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Any EPMS shoppers buying video equipment?

May 08, 2023 02:11PM
I've been happy to take on video shops in the past when the bonuses take the fees over $100. More times than not I was able to book additional shops once I had a camera getup on hand.

Now they are no longer going to provide video gear.

Even if I had some extra budget, I don't think I'd cough up for my own rig.

They provide what is arguably the worst online reporting experience of any MSC. Doesn't make sense to spend money just to continue working for them.

Your thoughts?

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May 08, 2023 03:48PM
I agree. Back when I owned my own equipment and had many video options from other MSCs I would take theirs only if things were really slow and the location was handy to add to a day route.

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
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May 08, 2023 05:16PM
I have five rigs with working button cameras. I’ll keep doing EPMS work until that last camera fries, the bonuses get pretty at EOM.
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May 08, 2023 05:21PM
I still take shops from them, but they have to be certain forms, which are super easy and unlike the rest of their shop forms. If it is that one form format, I will do it, otherwise, I do not care how much they are paying. All the other forms are redundant, too long and repetitive questions. UGH!
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May 10, 2023 03:55PM
They will lend a camera if you take 3 or more video shops.
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May 14, 2023 09:21PM
@eyelove2shop wrote:

They will lend a camera if you take 3 or more video shops.

Um, no.

For starters, their system would only allow you to self-assign 2 video shops.

Now they are on record they will no longer provide video gear for shoppers to use.

Have synthesizers, will travel...
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May 15, 2023 12:50AM
I did not know they added the video equipment to the list. I thought it was just the recording device for audio only and the shirts for the video equipment that they stopped doing. Where did you see that? I use my own devices. But their homepage does talk about sending video equipment out.
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May 15, 2023 01:42AM
Oh, those shirts were NASTY. I’m convinced that the EPMS project managers pulled them out of donation bins that had been sitting in a miasma of cigarette butts, diapers, and rotten meat. <<shudder>>
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May 16, 2023 12:44PM
@ColoKate63 wrote:

Oh, those shirts were NASTY

LMAO

I modified a shirt from a company I used to rep that is now defunct. The logo on the back was part of my cover story.

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