Just A Theory Why Approval Is Taking So Long
whosyourdaddy24
02-05-2006 18:41:02
JUST A THEORY
Cause FreePay is losing a ton of money by sending all these 360s and ipods out.
They're tryna hold off everything until a new generation ipod comes out so the videoipods would go down in retail price.
Same thing with the xbox, its just a matter of time before it goes down to about 300 dollars which would save freepay a bunch of money.
because approval taking over 4 weeks to complete just isn't cutting it.
my two cents
gafdpc
02-05-2006 19:10:58
Somehow I don't think so. I'd take a lottery ticket over the chances of the 360 going down to $300 in the near future. 8)
ilanbg
02-05-2006 19:24:40
It will probably be another year, at least, before the 360 goes down in prices.
And probably at least six months before the iPods are updated.
Plus... why would they want to send their customers obsolete products?
Captain All That
02-05-2006 20:00:35
ha ha... yeah, because the xbox hasn't been $150 for 2 or 3 years now...
J4320
02-05-2006 20:25:34
I think it's more of a poorly organized type of problem.
St00pid
02-05-2006 22:02:04
[quotebf65ff8410="J4320"]I think it's more of a poorly organized type of problem.[/quotebf65ff8410]
I concur.
Tropic32
02-05-2006 22:39:37
They are probably revamping their whole company and to top things off a lawsuit in their pocket, it might get hectic.
But the question is how hectic?
Tholek
02-05-2006 23:22:59
I'ma scared.
For the past few days, the entire Customer Service team has been opening envelopes and entering in data from the approval forms so that the Approval team can begin to approve all outstanding accounts.
As a result, you should see the approval process accelerate rapidly over the next few days.
mpbollywoodking
03-05-2006 07:55:32
awesome news
iamzim
03-05-2006 08:06:38
Good to hear things are moving along....too bad i'm not waiting on this too!! otherwise i'd be even happier! But good news to all that are waiting!
Menotti
03-05-2006 08:13:30
[quote80fdc5e80f="Jake"]For the past few days, the entire Customer Service team has been opening envelopes and entering in data from the approval forms so that the Approval team can begin to approve all outstanding accounts.[/quote80fdc5e80f]
Gah...manual data entry! Glad I'm not responsible for doing that lol
Anyways, is anyone from the ops team placing those GC orders for the 360s? It was supposed to be this week.
stagim
03-05-2006 09:20:39
Good news Jake. Hey, do you know when the psp's that are stv will be sent out?
BVGuitarPlayer
03-05-2006 09:59:58
[quote8d59fb1a81="Jake"]For the past few days, the entire Customer Service team has been opening envelopes and entering in data from the approval forms so that the Approval team can begin to approve all outstanding accounts.
As a result, you should see the approval process accelerate rapidly over the next few days.[/quote8d59fb1a81]
Jake, that's awesome to hear!!! Thank you guys so much! Faith restored to the newbie (myself) about FreePay! I look forward to it and thank you much, i'll keep those referrals coming to you guys!
[quote52e7c29153="Menotti"]
Gah...manual data entry! Glad I'm not responsible for doing that lol
[/quote52e7c29153]
The things I do for you people P
j/k ;)
Tropic32
03-05-2006 12:25:01
[quote3a7e613c58="Jake"][quote3a7e613c58="Menotti"]
Gah...manual data entry! Glad I'm not responsible for doing that lol
[/quote3a7e613c58]
The things I do for you people P
j/k ;)[/quote3a7e613c58]
The things, i do to you and bug you.
lol I'm suprised you haven't hired a hit man to keel me.
parkers
03-05-2006 13:55:33
[quote03d1bdf55a="Jake"]For the past few days, the entire Customer Service team has been opening envelopes and entering in data from the approval forms so that the Approval team can begin to approve all outstanding accounts.
[/quote03d1bdf55a]
This makes no sense. So freepay has revamped there system to make it more profitable by using people to enter data from sheets of paper that used to be entered electronically anyways. If you think about it, this whole approval form is a waste of money on both sides. Freepay now has to have more employees to man the mail room, and enter data, and customers are leaving due to all this BS. I know I will never recommend Freepay to anyone again. I don't know what the hell there thinking. (
RM200
03-05-2006 14:03:03
i figure only 3 weeks or so to find out if im approved. not to bad since my b-day is next month(wink wink ;P)
kuwan
03-05-2006 14:39:47
[quote7fab46df47="parkers"]This makes no sense. So freepay has revamped there system to make it more profitable by using people to enter data from sheets of paper that used to be entered electronically anyways. If you think about it, this whole approval form is a waste of money on both sides. Freepay now has to have more employees to man the mail room, and enter data, and customers are leaving due to all this BS. I know I will never recommend Freepay to anyone again. I don't know what the hell there thinking. ([/quote7fab46df47]
Exactly! This is exactly what I was thinking when I learned about the new TOS. All the manual forms do is increase their costs as well as ours. I imagine that hiring or transferring employees to man the mail room and manually enter forms will end up being quite costly.
PS - How do you know when FreePay has received your Approval Form? Is your status page updated to show that they have received it? Or do you just have to hope that they have it and eventually you'll see that you were either approved or denied?
fatejd
03-05-2006 14:44:03
It's an elaborate consipracy to increase business at the post office
;)
tramahound
03-05-2006 14:46:24
there is no indication that they received the form on the site. i submitted a question two weeks ago asking whether my form was received and have no answer despite three follow-ups on my part. it's just a wait and see while my deadline gets closer. I can't wait to hear how some of my referrals dont' qualify a week before the deadline. roll
J4320
03-05-2006 15:03:22
[quotef84de676b0="parkers"][quotef84de676b0="Jake"]For the past few days, the entire Customer Service team has been opening envelopes and entering in data from the approval forms so that the Approval team can begin to approve all outstanding accounts.
[/quotef84de676b0]
This makes no sense. So freepay has revamped there system to make it more profitable by using people to enter data from sheets of paper that used to be entered electronically anyways. If you think about it, this whole approval form is a waste of money on both sides. Freepay now has to have more employees to man the mail room, and enter data, and customers are leaving due to all this BS. I know I will never recommend Freepay to anyone again. [bf84de676b0]I don't know what the hell there thinking.[/bf84de676b0] ([/quotef84de676b0]
They did it because they thought they could make it harder for people to get approved because it's harder to mail it in then just submit it on the internet.
And now they are getting screwed because of it. ?
fgr_admin
03-05-2006 15:37:34
definitly sppedding things up. Been waiting 5 weeks on handbags and just logged in to see 4 greys, lol.
jeff7602
03-05-2006 16:07:06
[quotec9cb1e707e="fgr_admin"]definitly sppedding things up. Been waiting 5 weeks on handbags and just logged in to see 4 greys, lol.[/quotec9cb1e707e]
ouch! that kind of news for me would do me in at this point...4 weeks left. In my opinion they owe you 5 weeks.
ilanbg
03-05-2006 18:47:40
[quote985009c387="Jake"]For the past few days, the entire Customer Service team has been opening envelopes and entering in data from the approval forms so that the Approval team can begin to approve all outstanding accounts.
As a result, you should see the approval process accelerate rapidly over the next few days.[/quote985009c387]
Excellent. When can I expect to receive my PS3?
amir89630
03-05-2006 19:54:22
how bout if ur CS, would tell me if they have my form, instead of telling me that they have a lot and they don't know. I don't want to be approved (actually yes i do), but i WANT to know if u have my form. I'm not asking a lot here.
Its been a good month + now.
Comeon jake i know u gots it in you.
J4320
04-05-2006 06:00:43
[quote7643c9f6c4="ilanbg"][quote7643c9f6c4="Jake"]For the past few days, the entire Customer Service team has been opening envelopes and entering in data from the approval forms so that the Approval team can begin to approve all outstanding accounts.
As a result, you should see the approval process accelerate rapidly over the next few days.[/quote7643c9f6c4]
Excellent. When can I expect to receive my PS3?[/quote7643c9f6c4]
Woah... I totally forgot that I completed that PS3 site. shock
Thanks for the reminder. P
Vector
04-05-2006 07:12:50
[quote7fcdb7e172="Jake"]For the past few days, the entire Customer Service team has been opening envelopes and entering in data from the approval forms so that the Approval team can begin to approve all outstanding accounts.
As a result, you should see the approval process accelerate rapidly over the next few days.[/quote7fcdb7e172]
What a great idea making approval use snail mail! It would be easier to find a golden ticket in 500,000 bars of chocolate than to send out all orders of just one product.
Well... keep at it.
[quote21a01f0b03="Vector"]
What a great idea making approval use snail mail!
[/quote21a01f0b03]
Don't blame me for it. I had no say in the decision making process. I just came in one day and they told me that things would change this way so I just had to accept it.
[quote01caf8ce83="amir89630"]how bout if ur CS, would tell me if they have my form, instead of telling me that they have a lot and they don't know. I don't want to be approved (actually yes i do), but i WANT to know if u have my form. I'm not asking a lot here.
Its been a good month + now.
Comeon jake i know u gots it in you.[/quote01caf8ce83]
That is what registered mail is for.
tramahound
04-05-2006 08:33:21
I sent mine in registered mail, and I have usps.com telling me mine was received a month ago, unfortunately I have no way of knowing that freepay actually got to it yet. mine could be under a pile of interoffice envelopes for all i know. some kind of notification on the site that i check hourly would be nice. especially with only weeks left before i'm cut off due to the tos. if i get any gray or blacks at this point i'm pretty much out of luck. this kind of situation is what freepay was banking on i'm guessing though. that's unfortunate.
bjbailey
04-05-2006 08:49:35
I got signature confirmation that freepay received my form on April 6th. Still no change to the account. I hope that things will start picking up like Jake says they will.
tramahound
04-05-2006 09:04:34
maybe they'll pick up after the end of the month ?
mpbollywoodking
04-05-2006 09:11:27
haha, end of the month is the deadline
dbcooper
04-05-2006 10:46:21
If there is some kind of manipulation on Freepay's part to delay approval until after 5/31 so we all loose our referrals and therfore our free stuff, anyone interested in joining a class action lawsuit?
jeff7602
04-05-2006 12:52:55
[quote56695655de="dbcooper"]If there is some kind of manipulation on Freepay's part to delay approval until after 5/31 so we all loose our referrals and therfore our free stuff, anyone interested in joining a class action lawsuit?[/quote56695655de]
Let's not get our panties up in a bunch just yet. I'm taking Jake's word for it that approvals will start to pick up very soon. I really think that they are feeling the pressure of May 31st just like we are. I don't think things are going how they had planned it, but they are working hard to get caught up. At least that is what my idealistic mind is trying to tell me.
evilfury69
04-05-2006 13:24:24
[quote1b0454b6f4="jeff7602"][quote1b0454b6f4="dbcooper"]If there is some kind of manipulation on Freepay's part to delay approval until after 5/31 so we all loose our referrals and therfore our free stuff, anyone interested in joining a class action lawsuit?[/quote1b0454b6f4]
Let's not get our panties up in a bunch just yet. I'm taking Jake's word for it that approvals will start to pick up very soon. I really think that they are feeling the pressure of May 31st just like we are. I don't think things are going how they had planned it, but they are working hard to get caught up. At least that is what my idealistic mind is trying to tell me.[/quote1b0454b6f4]
I can dig it, something should happen soon.
mpbollywoodking
04-05-2006 13:49:24
i feel sad for the poor strangers who i got as referrals, who has no idea that by the end of may, their accounts are cancelled
parkers
04-05-2006 13:55:16
I actually got a response from CS about them getting my approval form,
We received your form on 03/16/2006. Our approval department is currently approving accounts on a daily basis. Please continue to check your account status with an update.
FINALLY!! I've been asking the same question 5 times, and all I wanted was those 8 little numbers. Well now i wait till the end of the month to have 2 referrals conveniently denied just in time for them to save $400. .......sigh.......
whosyourdaddy24
04-05-2006 14:35:57
well good news is i contacted a customer support agent
and dey confirmed it was recieved 4/25
good to hear they got it
now its time for freepay to do their thing
jeff7602
04-05-2006 15:47:14
If you sent your form certified and the usps says they got it, don't send tickets in asking if they got it. It just makes the people over at freepay have to do extra work answering pointless cs tickets when they could be doing something productive to help us get our stuff quicker.
Akademikz
04-05-2006 18:34:57
I was going to say the same thing; but half of the the people on these forums are little whiners. The only people asking if it's been received are the ones who sent it without registration, like me. Haha.
RM200
04-05-2006 18:48:36
Ya i dont even bug.. I just ask if they received my form thenjust wait.
phunkstar
05-05-2006 13:54:54
Sure wish I could drum up the optimism that some of you possess. Must be nice...
[quote48237007ab="Jake"]As a result, you should see the approval process accelerate rapidly over the next few days.[/quote48237007ab]
Approvals are happening SO fast, I can't keep up with them! o
stagim
10-05-2006 07:37:06
Yea, where is the new fast approval's? some info would be good jake.
whosyourdaddy24
10-05-2006 15:37:52
it kinda adds to the speculation
people that did ps3 offers are already approved
and the ps3 didn't come out yet so they don't have to worry about that
the ipods and everything else are in stock
back to my theory
could be waiting for a price drop