Please Understand.

[sandiecoop1]

I'm from Ontario so when the offers of other members who would shop at LD for me was very appealing.
I had a very smooth experience and think that both they and myself have benefited from it.

I do however hear a lot about other members who also would like the items purchased for themselves, and yes willing to pay postage, but hesitant when it comes time to pay for their time. I like to treat it as a work environment. If you go to work, you get a paycheque for your time and effort. This should also apply to the kind people offering to shop for us. It is their gas, their time, and their effort. Not just buying and mailing.

Sorry if I'm being rude about it, but I don't want honest people such as who I dealt with in my trade to go sour, or disuade them from providing this service.

Please be kind, and pay for the time.

[Meg1112]

I am sure if they wanted something for their work they would probably ask.

[sandiecoop1]

I am sure if they wanted something for their work they would probably ask.

From the gossip trail....they do ask to be compensated and get a NO, after the purchases are made on their behalf. Although you are correct in one way. The person should dictate the price for their time before beginning the transaction

[AmberLab]

This is actually an occupation, it's called a professional shopper. For something like this where someone is going out of their way for you, I personally think you (general "you") should be considering giving them something for their time and effort, preferably arranged before any shopping is done.

[anisa]

common courtesy should prevail, greedy-pants shouldn't get rewarded

[Zonny]

Personally I wouldn't pay someone to shop for me this way. Not that people don't deserve to be compensated, but I enjoy the shopping part myself!

I wouldn't want to pay money only to lose the thrill of the bargain chase! The brags! The deals! Not nearly as much fun to say, hey, look what someone bought me when I sent them money!

Z

[smartmama]

I'm from Ontario so when the offers of other members who would shop at LD for me was very appealing.
I had a very smooth experience and think that both they and myself have benefited from it.

I do however hear a lot about other members who also would like the items purchased for themselves, and yes willing to pay postage, but hesitant when it comes time to pay for their time. I like to treat it as a work environment. If you go to work, you get a paycheque for your time and effort. This should also apply to the kind people offering to shop for us. It is their gas, their time, and their effort. Not just buying and mailing.

Sorry if I'm being rude about it, but I don't want honest people such as who I dealt with in my trade to go sour, or disuade them from providing this service.

Please be kind, and pay for the time.

This is news to me. Is it really worth having someone buy something at LD plus pay the shipping, etc?

[Meg1112]

This is news to me. Is it really worth having someone buy something at LD plus pay the shipping, etc?

Good points. It wouldnt be a great deal then?

[Tuktu60]

If someone is willing to go to the trouble and time to go shopping on your behalf, then I definitely think they should get paid for it. I used to live in Nunavut and used a service that someone in Ontario would shop for me and mail up a box of goodies every few months. It was worth it to me. Its an individual choice - if you want to pay for that kind of service - go for it. I wouldn't expect anyone (unless they were a personal friend) to go to that kind of trouble to shop for me, box it up, mail it for free!?

[Sally888]

In the same argument though Smart Canucks members aren't really spose too be transferring monies either.

If someone offered to stack for me great, but I would not pay for it as this is not a business, and well it wouldnt make it worthwhile to me. 5 bucks for gas or somemthing..that would be the highest I'd ever ever go (plus the cost to ship)

[Boo Radley]

At the moment SC does not support the exchange of money in trades due to the complexities associated with having to manage something like that. However I have been thinking of how we can have a more professional system that supports these kinds of transactions... it's not easy but it's possible.


That being said, in this case (not for other coupon-to-coupon trades) if the shopper is expecting to be compensated for their gas and time they need to make that clear BEFORE the deal is initiated.

They need to clearly say "I want to be compensated $x for my gas and time"
Otherwise they shouldn't be expecting anything.

[sarajk]

I decided against it when I had discussed doing this. They didn't say a set amount but stated that they wanted to be paid or have a GC for their troubles.
It just really wasn't worth it to me for how little I actually wanted.

I was more than willing to send extra coupons including some free products but they didn't want that.

[Jezebel]

I have done these but look at it as a trade...I am shopping p'm, stacking ect and in return for doing this am getting a g.c or stamps or coupons from my wishlist....everything has been very smooth for the most part..only had 1 hiccup that has been resolved....generally ppl are paying taxes(I pay first) and shipping(I pay first) so they are pretty much reimbursing me...most of the trades ppl are still after taxes and shipping($12-$15) still saving $150 plus by me stacking for them one person after her expenses(approx $30) still saved almost $300 I really don't see it as a business to me it is a trade I get stamps,g.c or hv coupons ...they get the items they want....

[Jezebel]

I decided against it when I had discussed doing this. They didn't say a set amount but stated that they wanted to be paid or have a GC for their troubles.
It just really wasn't worth it to me for how little I actually wanted.

I was more than willing to send extra coupons including some free products but they didn't want that.

just wanted to clarify for ppl reading this thread this was not with me but another member....