Payment is a coupon?

What am I missing here? MSC offers a coupon for $10 off $50 purchase, and reimbursement of $15 for an item that cannot be returned. Why would shoppers take these? Seriously asking. Is a coupon as payment the wave of the future?

ETA: Can't be used on sale items, either. I just don't get why someone would take these.

Now scheduling travel shops for the day after Christmas through mid-January.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/2016 08:25PM by PasswordNotFound.

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Hope it's not a trend. I never use coupons. The coupon + reimbursement = 50% of the cost. Shopper has to pony up the other 50% plus write a report. Can't think of any reason that I'd be willing to take that shop.

Whatever the $50 item is, you can probably get it on Amazon for much less and not have to write a report.

There is only one positive about these shops. "Coupon shop" is in the subject line which makes it much easier to identify and delete.

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I just turned down a shop where you get a 20.00 reimbursement for buying something in a workout store.
prices are crazy high there, you'd get iike a keychain or headband with their name on it, no pay for report.
Why bother, weird because this is a good company....hopefully, this isn't a new wave,

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When they had it at Gordsmans, it worked out for me because it was basically a huge discount for a 10 minute report for things I wanted. So yeah, that's why I took the assignment. I took it because it was worth it for me...

Shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado. 33 year old male and willing to travel!

It's like the restaurant shops that pay by coupon, or the shoe shops that reimburse $10 to $15. The MSCs involved may have no motivation to advise the client to catch up with reality and risk losing the contract.

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If these are the coupon shops I'm thinking of, they are worth a second look. The report takes 5 minutes with no narrative. The coupon offer varies by store, as does the reimbursement. In the beginning I was getting free meals and items at my favorite stores. I agree that lately the coupons haven't been as great.

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