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@vividdetails, did any of those shops require a purchase of any kind? If yes, that will affect your bottom line.

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God bless you for taking two car shops for $17 a piece. I won't touch those for under $50 under any circumstances. Keep your eye out towards the end of the month - most MSC will start bonusing the car shops. I picked up one last month for $95. Same exact shop, literally, was posted yesterday for $17.

Soon.....I'm going to take that Lamborghini for a test drive. But, I'm going for the Porsche next. There was one posted today for $150. I was all over it until I read you had to be a boy! Discrimination - girls drive fast too!

Shopping up and down the Colorado Rocky Mountain front range.
Time to find some apartment and bank shops, since those have fee/growth potential. Also, look for new car shops at a minimum of 35 each once you get good marks on those cheap ones. Thereafter, get 50 each! That is how you grow.

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.


Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/2016 09:18PM by walesmaven.
I have been at this now about 4 months and shops are not plentiful in my area. Here's what I've done or am doing this week. I don't know if you care to hear it or if it is useful in any way but I'm enjoying reading where you are going so thought I would share.

Home Depot $15
Ymca $10 easy or i wouldn't do for only $10
Onsite inspection $17
Best Buy $14
Farm and Fleet exit intercept this Saturday $50

So, 5 this week, exactly what I say that I average per week. Oh wait. .. i may have a video shop that pays up to $250 Saturday!
vivid, have you done any apartment shops? The non-video ones. They pay pretty well.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
@COMystery wrote:

God bless you for taking two car shops for $17 a piece. I won't touch those for under $50 under any circumstances. Keep your eye out towards the end of the month - most MSC will start bonusing the car shops. I picked up one last month for $95. Same exact shop, literally, was posted yesterday for $17.

Soon.....I'm going to take that Lamborghini for a test drive. But, I'm going for the Porsche next. There was one posted today for $150. I was all over it until I read you had to be a boy! Discrimination - girls drive fast too!

Vivid, how are you holding up? Your probably doing the $17 Car Shops pretty fast, try to keep them no more than one hour or your losing money fast. Keep your phone call no more than five minutes or web inquiry before you see the dealer. Seek out your salesmen and start your clock ticking. Have someone call you fifteen minutes in to your shop to get you out of there. You should never take a test drive unless your getting paid for it. If you spend five minutes on the phone car, fifteen minutes on the lot and the rest filling out the paperwork your in good shape.

I hope you hit your target!

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2016 06:44AM by JasonHunter79.
Have you signed up with isecretshop? It's a platform for multiple MSCs. They had some well paying car shops a few months back. Also Monterey has better paying car shops.
Everybody who has car shops has better than $17 car shops!

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.
I am in the process now of signing up for a few more MSC that pay better car shops, thanks to a certain member here!

I am done in 15 min max on all the car shops I do. Trust me, when I take a job I value my services pretty high...
I have 2 easy bank shops, one today and one tomorrow. $20 each

1 Best buy shop tomorrow for $15

2 Possible Porsche Auto Shops at $50 a piece smiling smiley I have to wait to see if I'm accepted.
Good for you focusing more on the mystery shopping. I know those 15 minute car shops. If you an knock out the reports quickly, they are not as bad as some make them out to be. On the other hand, the Porsche report can be a bear.

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
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How do you keep a car shop under 15 minutes when the test drive typically takes at least that long? My bottom figure for these shops is $50.

Shopping up and down the Colorado Rocky Mountain front range.
Easy, no test drive. Without the test drive figure only ten to 30 minutes. Most of my shops without the drive averaged 18 minutes.

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
None of the 17 dollar shops required a test drive. I enter and inquire about a vehicle that I Plan on purchasing in the coming months. Get a price and a business card, smile and leave. smiling smiley My last one was actually 8 minutes.
The Santander bank shop I just did a few minutes ago, took me 7 minutes and paid $20. I love trying to avg over $100 an hr, I know I DON'T earn that but in theory I do smiling smiley

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/07/2016 04:51PM by vividdetails.
The OP's bookkeeping does not make any sense to me. But I have bigger things to worry about. Good luck!
If you aren't worried, then why bring it up at all? If you are going to bring it up why not say what it is that doesn't make sense to you?

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
Keep up the good work vivid!

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
Book Keeping? I keep every job and receipt in a Journal and file folder. Everything I do is very organized. I log all of my mileage. I also do jobs based on an hourly rate. If I can get done 5 easy $15 shops in one day that take me 8 minutes a piece then you better bet I do that over some rigorous $75 shop.
Remember to add your reporting time to the on site time. Some $75 shops end up taking less total time than 8 simple $15 ones.

But, you are on your way and that is what counts!

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.
Picked up 1 more Santander bank shop, Total of 3 for the week at $20 a piece + $15 best buy shop.

$75 midweek update. I focused only on MSC's this week, no Apps!

I signed up for secret pick up a few weeks ago and the manager just contacted me and pretty much begged me to take the job in my area, they have no one. He/She said it would be a long term gig. Does anyone have any experience doing the pick up shops??

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2016 02:16PM by vividdetails.
Secret pick-up is a term that I have not heard. Since you have not named the client, you can help us to respond if you name the MSC, please.

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.
Teri,
That was my guess, but I wanted to be certain.

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.
Use the search function for Superior Product Pickup. There are a lot of threads.

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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