Michael
Post Falls,#2Author of original report
Wed, September 08, 2004
While some of what James says is correct some is not. I have reread the invitation to work for this company and it still says compensation remitted within twenty four hours! It took over a month to get my payment completed and then I had to negotiate it down to get it completed! James please speak the truth. What you are saying in total is not correct.
James
Melbourne,#3UPDATE Employee
Wed, September 08, 2004
I represent GAPbuster Worldwide and would like to explain the reality behind this situation. To begin with there a couple of points that require clarification: 1. Payments are not made within 24 hours. It is not possible. Whilst our payment process is the fastest in the industry, we need time to process all results reported to us. Furthermore, it takes a number of days for payment to be processed by our payment agent PayPal. Our claim is that daily payment processing allows payment to be made within a number of days. Please visit our application page to check this claim www.gapbuster.com/xec GAPbuster Worldwide sets the standard for speed of payment in our industry. If we receive quality results a shopper can be paid within 4 days. In a worst-case scenario it may take 7-10 days. Compare this to the industry standard of 4-6 weeks. Indeed, our shoppers find our prompt payment a great benefit of working with GAPbuster Worldwide I think they are the greatest and fastest on payment to boot. This quote has been taken from a mystery shopping forum on www.volition.com - a major mystery shopping resource. 2. Mike's payment calculations were incorrect. He believed that he was entitled to receive a greater sum than was actually due. The total of Mike's payment was $27.50 rather than $45.15. This was addressed with Mike personally over the phone on two separate occasions. In the end, a small additional payment was made to Mike to compensate for the misunderstanding. 3. Admittedly, there was a delay in forwarding the second payment of $10 to Mike. GAPbuster Worldwide converted to the PayPal payment system in August, and some teething issues were experienced. Nevertheless, all shoppers that completed their work were paid for their efforts. Allow me to reassure you that GAPbuster Worldwide is NOT a rip off. We work with some of the largest brands in the world including McDonalds, Shell, Texaco, Virgin, Blockbuster and many more! Our global operations extend into over 30 countries. We invite anyone who doubts our credibility to visit our web site to demonstrate our level of professionalism www.gapbuster.com Please also note on a separate issue that a site registered as gapbusters.com is in no way related or associated with GAPbuster Worldwide.
Mike
Post Falls,#4Author of original report
Mon, August 30, 2004
8/5/04 I did the shops and did not receive all the monies due. I was to receive the following: 1st time bonus $10.00 Shop fee 17.50 expenses reimbursement 7.65 total 45.15 Monies received to date: 11.00 plus 6.50 total 17.50!! I have sent two follow up emails to the people in charge and have not received even an answer. It seems like they just do not want to talk to me. However the monies are due and I would like to be paid. This type of rip off is just wrong. Please go after them and make them do what is right.
Mike
Post Falls,#5Author of original report
Mon, August 16, 2004
AFter failing to make payments within 24 hours via PayPal.com as promised I did receive two payments of lesser amounts within about a week. Out of the $34.15 owed I have received 17.50!! This is not at all as promised and is a Rip Off in my opinion. I am now being told that some of the payments has to come from other people!! Why wasn't this disclosed to start with?