How cheap will MSC go?
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@ShoppingDad wrote:
You will NOT be reimbursed
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/2015 11:21PM by MDavisnowell.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/2015 11:21PM by MDavisnowell.
Anyone bought fuses lately? They're hardly in the "pack of gum" price range.
Wonder how many people are lining up to do that shop. Although if the fee was bonused up it wouldn't be so bad.
Wonder how many people are lining up to do that shop. Although if the fee was bonused up it wouldn't be so bad.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
I recently accepted a couple of these. Still cannot figure out what I was thinking at the time. By the way, the gum I purchased was over $2. When did gum become $2?
Buy a fresh piece of fruit like an apple or banana; Usually only $0.99.
oops, i meant how much is the commission! there was a shop that paid $14...no reimbursment, but you got to buy items most people would ordinarily use.....
I just did a batch at $15, easy and quick. I always just buy something that I prefer to drink (one of the items on special if at all possible) or get a 2/.99 pack of peanuts.
I always get two packs because I just can't ask the clerk for a receipt for a 50c purchase - even when I am going to lay the LOA on them a moment later and they will realize why.
I always get two packs because I just can't ask the clerk for a receipt for a 50c purchase - even when I am going to lay the LOA on them a moment later and they will realize why.
If the location has a cooler area you can usually find cheese sticks--a good, inexpensive, healthy option.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Shops that don't reimburse but you must purchase something:
1. Teenage clothing shop with strong perfume and loud beach music
(no reimbursement-must purchase something) Yeah right, the shirts are $49.00 but I manage to find bath gel or $3 panties 
Shops you get a flat fee of $10 bucks for your purchase but no shopper fees....
1. Famous Linen store where you buy sheets and towels..
These are tough $ shops but if you build them in with your other shops, it's not too bad. But they need to be bonused! At least, the teenage store need to be bonused. I got one for $18. Otherwise, the gas to drive over there, the purchase, just not worth it...
The one shoppers really balk at are the $4 grocery store with $5 purchase. I take one now and then, because they have beaauuuutiful produce!
1. Teenage clothing shop with strong perfume and loud beach music
(no reimbursement-must purchase something) Yeah right, the shirts are $49.00 but I manage to find bath gel or $3 panties
Shops you get a flat fee of $10 bucks for your purchase but no shopper fees....
1. Famous Linen store where you buy sheets and towels..
These are tough $ shops but if you build them in with your other shops, it's not too bad. But they need to be bonused! At least, the teenage store need to be bonused. I got one for $18. Otherwise, the gas to drive over there, the purchase, just not worth it...
The one shoppers really balk at are the $4 grocery store with $5 purchase. I take one now and then, because they have beaauuuutiful produce!
I forgot to mention this was an auto parts dealer, so no fresh fruit or food.
A Dad shopping the Ark-LA-Tex and beyond.
How about a single air freshener, bottled drink, or gum?
Alex, I'll take Useless Things Mystery Shoppers Are Forced To Buy for $500.
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@ShoppingDad wrote:
I forgot to mention this was an auto parts dealer, so no fresh fruit or food.
If they charge too much for the air freshener and other crap at the front, you can always buy a single lug nut for .69 cents. Do enough of these shops and you can have all new lug nuts for your next tire rotation shop.
I always look for the $0.15-0.20 lollipop or Tootsie Roll. If it's not that, then it's the $0.35 pack of Double Mint gum.
Shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado. 33 year old male and willing to travel!
I had to buy a small $1 item at Best Buy so I bought the cheapest candy. Don't you know the cashier called me out on buying only candy there. I laughed and said I saw it on my way out and had a craving. Since there was no eval on the cashier and I had to take a pic of the exterior, I don't completely understand why the MSC needed me to make a purchase but hey whatever as long as I get paid
BellaFenice, you likely had to upload a copy of the receipt as a proof of visit, if it's the shop I'm thinking about.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
I've reversed the purchase at places like Best Buy. On hot days I will walk in like I'm heading to a department and make a quick turn to the bottled water with a comment about dying of thirst.
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.
"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.
@LisaSTL wrote:
I've reversed the purchase at places like Best Buy. On hot days I will walk in like I'm heading to a department and make a quick turn to the bottled water with a comment about dying of thirst.
Bottle of water $1.99 @ my Best buy.
A Dad shopping the Ark-LA-Tex and beyond.
I always felt at Best Buy, that they gave funny looks when you just bought a small bag of candy, when everyone else is buying big screen "65" inch TV's
I saw a shop posted tonight that I have done before. The pay was low before at $5 but now they reduced the fee to $4.50. For crumb sake! A free sub is great but I still have to drive there and back and write the whole report.
I buy Best Buy gift cards at Best Buy. They will put any amount on them. So, in January I may buy one for $1.09, explaining that it is a gag birthday gift for the next day. They laugh. I had one cashier who said she does the same thing. By December, the strategy gets a little more expensive, but I save up the cards and give them to my son who just shakes his head (but takes them, of course). I accumulated way too many $0.99 resuable shopping bags at Best Buy before I hit upon the gag gift idea. Sometimes in the Fall, the gift card is literally also a small car (gift for a boy in itself) or a USB hub, or a string of blinking LED lights.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
@myst4au wrote:
I buy Best Buy gift cards at Best Buy. They will put any amount on them. So, in January I may buy one for $1.09, explaining that it is a gag birthday gift for the next day. They laugh. I had one cashier who said she does the same thing. By December, the strategy gets a little more expensive, but I save up the cards and give them to my son who just shakes his head (but takes them, of course). I accumulated way too many $0.99 resuable shopping bags at Best Buy before I hit upon the gag gift idea. Sometimes in the Fall, the gift card is literally also a small car (gift for a boy in itself) or a USB hub, or a string of blinking LED lights.
Unfortunately gift cards are usually not allowed as purchases.
A Dad shopping the Ark-LA-Tex and beyond.
I have never had a problem buying Best Buy gift cards. It must depend on the client and the MSC.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
I usually go the soda route, even though a 20 oz soda is close to $2 and even a 12 oz can, if available, is often over $1 after tax.
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