@mlzg wrote:
@backtowork wrote:
Funny thing is, now I have all those salespeople from dealerships continuing to email me saying how they see they need be more aggressive and give me the best deals, etc. to win over my business. I guess when I really do need to buy a new car, I will send out some internet inquiries to dealerships and ignore them for a month. Playing hard to get seems to be working, only I don't need a new car now! ha!
I'm such a homebody, unless there's food involved. Those phone shops are my favorite.
I used a burner app for these calls and I give an e-mail I don't check... When I get too many calls, I burn the number and get another one...
I love phone calls... I admit I take the low paying phone shops too... I work them into my normal work day... I make several hundred dollars a month doing almost all phone/internet shops for several companies. I love the auto calls more than the banking ones...
@mlzg wrote:
Thank you all for your responses!
I have only signed up with and shopped with BestMark so far. I looked into a few others, but they required SS# during sign up.
I would *love* to do a grocery MS. Grocery stores are my favorite kind of store
@backtowork wrote:
I'm a homebody too! I recently started as an amazon customer service associate (working from home), but I'm not really liking it. I also started merchandising in the last month and a half. I really like the merchandising, and it doesn't bother me to have to leave the house to go and do it. I actually find it fun! But there's not as much work as I thought there would be. I put my name into a few more places, but haven't really had the response back from them that I had hoped for.
I'm kinda scared to get into mystery shopping. Most of what I read on here sounds like there is a whole lot involved with it. Sounds like something I'd have to ease into. The phone shops seem like they would be a good way to get my feet wet with it. If I did 3 of those an hour, it's more than I'm making merchandising and more than amazon as well.
@ceasesmith wrote:
Get an EIN. MS companies also accept EIN.
Free, easy, on-line, at IRS.gov
Best of luck.
(IMHO, giving the SS# on a secure connection is no problem. But I am an idiot where tech is concerned, and I could be wrong. So get an EIN!) *Then you use the EIN on your Schedule C for self-employed.
@N-TownShopper wrote:
"Unless I'm watching Bones and eating at the same time, very little grosses me out"
@MA Smith: try watching Hannibal and eating at the same time. Anyone who can do that is incapable of being grossed out! ;-)
@backtowork wrote:
I've never heard of phone shops. I'm going to look into this now. Thanks for the tip. Just a quick search showed a company that pays $5 for a 5-10 minute call and a short 1 page survey to fill out. That doesn't sound like a bad deal to me!