I swore off groceries after doing one of those snooty groceries where you have to ask questions in seven departments (and you have to find someone even if you have to stand there all afternoon.) It had a $5 reimbursement. The two apples I thought I could afford cost $5.88. I said never again. Since then, I have found two MSCs with grocery shops that I enjoy. They are stores where I usually shop and I never drive more than 5 miles to get there. One has an easy report, the other has a report that I have done about 10 times now and am finally feeling like I can do it fast. The trick is to track who the MSC is for the grocery stores you like and give the report one try. You are savvy enough to already see the "tells" of a store you won't do. There are lots of shops I wouldn't consider (banks, car dealers, financial advisers etc.) Fortunately, there are as many types of shops as there are shoppers.@aayaey wrote:
However, if I'm missing some trick on doing the grocery store shops please enlighten me...
@Lurezia wrote:
I love the Trendsource grocery shops! Where I live, within a 3-mile radius, there are 20 grocery stores (3 different chains). I usually only do about 8 every 10 days, and that covers most of my grocery shopping for that time period. So it's worth it to me.
RCMS has one that I do monthly where you interact with every associate you happen upon. So perhaps rather than failing to read the requirements properly, it was a different shop than the 2-3 employee one.@sokimm wrote:
I don't know of any shops requiring interactions with 8+ employees, perhaps you weren't reading requirements properly.
@sokimm wrote:
You only need to interact w/ 3 employees (in addition to the cashier/bagger who you already interact with) but many times they're not available due to helping other customers. It does take observation skills, & to note descriptions in addition to name collection. If performing Boar's Head, it pays higher & only need interaction with 2 more. I don't know of any shops requiring interactions with 8+ employees, perhaps you weren't reading requirements properly.
@Wild Bill wrote:
@sokimm wrote:
You only need to interact w/ 3 employees (in addition to the cashier/bagger who you already interact with) but many times they're not available due to helping other customers. It does take observation skills, & to note descriptions in addition to name collection. If performing Boar's Head, it pays higher & only need interaction with 2 more. I don't know of any shops requiring interactions with 8+ employees, perhaps you weren't reading requirements properly.
If you are doing the Trendsource shop correctly you have interaction with a Deli person, a Produce person, a Meat person, then three different people working the aisles of the store, then the Cashier and Bagger.
If my math is correct that is 8 different people. Time to re read your your shop instructions lol.
@Kate20105 wrote:
I agree, but I leave them for the newbies to do. I'll wait it out for a bonus. It is not worth my time to leave the house for 15.00 unless I can do many shops in a route. Then it might be iffy if I take them that low. Grocery stores when it take you 45 to 60 minutes and have to talk to three or four different associates and then do a lengthy report just isn't worth it even if I lived across the street.
@Wild Bill wrote:
@sokimm wrote:
You only need to interact w/ 3 employees (in addition to the cashier/bagger who you already interact with) but many times they're not available due to helping other customers. It does take observation skills, & to note descriptions in addition to name collection. If performing Boar's Head, it pays higher & only need interaction with 2 more. I don't know of any shops requiring interactions with 8+ employees, perhaps you weren't reading requirements properly.
If you are doing the Trendsource shop correctly you have interaction with a Deli person, a Produce person, a Meat person, then three different people working the aisles of the store, then the Cashier and Bagger.
If my math is correct that is 8 different people. Time to re read your your shop instructions lol.
@myles1225 wrote:
I am in houston.I thought trendsource was a good deal. I planned my grocery shopping around 8 visits which were pretty easy and all of the stores were within a 5 mile radius of me. 7 stores, free groceries plus $35 I worked this other project for them. 12 locations, total of 2:30 hours being away from home $5, 20 miles driven and 30 minutes of report for $100 andd they process and they pay pretty quickly.
@SoCalMama wrote:
@myles1225 wrote:
I am in houston.I thought trendsource was a good deal. I planned my grocery shopping around 8 visits which were pretty easy and all of the stores were within a 5 mile radius of me. 7 stores, free groceries plus $35 I worked this other project for them. 12 locations, total of 2:30 hours being away from home $5, 20 miles driven and 30 minutes of report for $100 andd they process and they pay pretty quickly.
Your numbers don't add up. That's a hot mess.
@roflwofl wrote:
@SoCalMama wrote:
@myles1225 wrote:
I am in houston.I thought trendsource was a good deal. I planned my grocery shopping around 8 visits which were pretty easy and all of the stores were within a 5 mile radius of me. 7 stores, free groceries plus $35 I worked this other project for them. 12 locations, total of 2:30 hours being away from home $5, 20 miles driven and 30 minutes of report for $100 andd they process and they pay pretty quickly.
Your numbers don't add up. That's a hot mess.
I didn't bother to add the numbers since it's no money in my pocket. What I took from his post was that he is happy with TrendSource and he is making an appropriate amount of money for his time and travel. His numbers are actually irrelevant to anyone except him.
@Wild Bill wrote:
@sokimm wrote:
You only need to interact w/ 3 employees (in addition to the cashier/bagger who you already interact with) but many times they're not available due to helping other customers. It does take observation skills, & to note descriptions in addition to name collection. If performing Boar's Head, it pays higher & only need interaction with 2 more. I don't know of any shops requiring interactions with 8+ employees, perhaps you weren't reading requirements properly.
If you are doing the Trendsource shop correctly you have interaction with a Deli person, a Produce person, a Meat person, then three different people working the aisles of the store, then the Cashier and Bagger.
If my math is correct that is 8 different people. Time to re read your your shop instructions lol.