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What's The Easiest Shop You've Ever Done?

August 17, 2009 04:25PM
AustinMom Wrote:
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> I just did a tobacco shop that was super easy. I
> was supposed to go to a gas station/convenience
> store & see if a poster was up for a new tobacco
> product, then go inside & buy a pack of cigarettes
> & listen for the clerk to tell me about the new
> product. He did not, so, per instructions, I
> asked. He said "Never use the nasty stuff and
> don't know nothin about any of it." Very easy
> report form .... especially when the clerk said
> nothing I could enter. And I got paid ... the
> only problem was I was stuck with cigarettes that
> I gave to a co-worker. I was doing a gas shop
> next door, and at the mall across the street, a
> purchase shop and a fastfood.

I saw those and they looked sweet, but the ones near me were all gone.
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August 17, 2009 05:42PM
I only got one. There were like 14 or 15, my computer froze, and then I had to get to work ..... when I logged in again they were all gone. I got one reposted - I guess someone didn't do. REALLY easy shop.
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August 18, 2009 03:21AM
AustinMom Wrote:
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> I just did a tobacco shop that was super easy...


I did one of those, too, and just like you, had to find someone to give the
cigarettes to. It was very easy!

Lee
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August 18, 2009 08:45PM
Actually, going to timeshare talks @ $100-120 for and hours listening is very good. Also did a large retail chain got reinbursed for the $50 of mechandise I bought and was in the store and did the survey in under 15 minutes! I'm finding sitting at home, reading e-mails and doing surveys online is turning out very well. Lots of free samples, merchandise, gift cards, and money and I never have to leave the house!
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August 20, 2009 05:55AM
I was doing a number of calls to hardware store..Ask a few simple questions..fill out a basic yes/no form One page deal...Only paid 5.00 but also took less than 10 minutes to do...Nice fill ins...I have free long distance so I would pick a number of out of state ones to do...those 5.00 add up fast..
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August 20, 2009 01:56PM
Around here they limit you to 2 of the hardware calls per month. Take 2 and the rest all disappear. Price also is down to $3.
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August 20, 2009 02:57PM
I don't do $3 shops. Ever. I don't care how easy. It's an insult, in my opinion, so I can't bring myself to do them.
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August 20, 2009 05:40PM
I like doing the video shops for apartments. They pay pretty good as long as the camera gets good shots.
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August 28, 2009 04:23PM
Aeropostale shops. No reimbursement for the shop, but a $14 shirt. The shop can take as little as 10 min. and the form is very brief, 10 yes/no questions at the most along with a brief summary. I did three last week with the help of my teenage daughter. It was great for back to school. I was happy and so was she. The $14 works towards something more expensive or two cheaper items. For the three shops, my daughter got three polos and three tanks. Maybe I paid about $6 out of pocket. In the past, some of the locations had a shop pay of $5 along with the $14 for the shirt.
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August 28, 2009 08:33PM
I just got a call from a desperate scheduler on that clothing shop that you just stated. It paid $17 plus the $14 shirt reimbursement. Easiest report ever! Unfortunately they had a buy 1 get 1 free deal on tee shirts and most were like $25 (the ones I liked anyway) so I spent most of my commission. Oh well, it wasn't like it was hard and I got 2 shirts out of the deal! Only thing is that it seems I get a lot of those shops and half my closet is full of their clothes. BTW I am 29 and not tiny.. haha. I feel like kind of a poser wearing the stuff because I'm too old for it but whatever. Can't complain when it's pretty much free.
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October 09, 2009 11:03AM
I did sub shops where I go in buy a 6" sub, check to see if the employees were wearing promotional gear, check bathroom, check chips and display. Give out awards if merited and fill out a 25 line mostly yes/no answers. $14 + sub reimbursement. You could do multiple shops on the same day.
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October 09, 2009 06:14PM
Just did one for a restaurant that wanted to audit stores that had closed. I just had to take photos of the building, including restaurant signs and equipment that had been left behind. Answer two yes/no questions and uploaded my photos. $12.00
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October 09, 2009 08:13PM
Where do you find these easy jobs?
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October 09, 2009 11:26PM
You almost trip over them while you are going through the job boards of companies you work with. You look at them twice because you figure you are missing something, but you take a chance and accept one. You read through the instructions quickly because if the actual job is as simple as what it looks like on the surface, you will want to grab a few more before they are gone.

This week I stumbled on one that paid $11 for less than 5 minutes of my time when I was going right past the location anyway. Go in, look for an object, if you find it, take photographs of it, try to talk with a specific person to ask a couple of simple, straightforward questions if you can find them and they aren't busy, leave and take a photo of the front of the building. Report was about 5 questions with 2 photos to upload.
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October 10, 2009 03:58AM
I've avoided doing evening sign/light shops because the pay is usually low, and I don't always have my schedule lined up so that I know I'll be there when the photos need to be taken. There was one available this afternoon when I looked through my lists, the pay was higher than usual, and I had the time so I took it. There, take 20 photos, come home, super easy upload of photos and a short report. Nice job.
I did get hassled by the employees though, so perhaps not the easiest ever, but still not bad.
Lee
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November 21, 2009 02:56AM
Returning empties to the Beer Store. In and out in under two minutes and the report takes about five minutes to fill in. Pay is and easy$20.
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November 21, 2009 07:20AM
Wow. Wish we had that shop here for any recyclables.

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November 21, 2009 05:51PM
The Bank Teller shops, in and out in ten minutes...$10.00, easy report.

Live consciously....
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November 23, 2009 03:50PM
Drive-thru teller shops; even easier than the in-bank shops.

Second best are a certain large grocery chain where it's just reimbursement, but the report is all multiple choice and a breeze to do. I seldom pay for groceries there days.

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.
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November 24, 2009 01:59AM
The easiest I've done recently was to try to buy a National Brand cigarettes with a coupon for an OffBrand. No more than 5 minutes in the store about 5 questions. I did 12 of these and would do 12 more if they come back up.
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November 24, 2009 02:33AM
A few years ago one of the theatre check companies had a shop where you needed to get showtimes for a film, scan them from a local paper, and answer a question about which publication it came from.

For a $1 investment in an LA times that morning, I was able to take about 40 of those shops that paid $5 each, The time involved in walking to the newstand, scanning the page in question and entering the shops was about 20 minutes.
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November 25, 2009 05:45AM
SteveSoCal Wrote:
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> A few years ago one of the theatre check companies
> had a shop where you needed to get showtimes for a
> film, scan them from a local paper, and answer a
> question about which publication it came from.
>
> For a $1 investment in an LA times that morning, I
> was able to take about 40 of those shops that paid
> $5 each, The time involved in walking to the
> newstand, scanning the page in question and
> entering the shops was about 20 minutes.


Nice one!

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November 28, 2009 12:09PM
For MS company A, I went to perform a shop at store B. The store B was no longer in business. I reported this and the A paid me for my trouble.
B keeps coming up on the subsequent rounds. I see B again and report it as no longer in business before somebody applies/accepts it. I was trying to help.
The official reply from A is that they use the list of store locations provided by the company they represent.
I accept B again, because it is there and A won't remove it, and repeat the no longer in business notification. I am instructed how to complete report for a location out of business. I do that and get paid again, this time for not leaving my home.
I take this location every round and get paid.
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November 28, 2009 02:24PM
I did a gas audit one time and the only way I could find the store was look it up uner the name and not the address. When I went back to do the debrand I found the same old station closed for years. I thought I could remember how to get to the current address for the debrand but I could not. When I called for better directions they said they went by street address only. So It took five photos at an address closed for years got paid and all was happy.
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November 28, 2009 03:06PM
I think I have a new one:

I went to an auto parts store, asked for a part which they did not have, got a card, and left. The report took about 3 minutes and they paid me $20.00 for this service.

I love this country!
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November 29, 2009 03:17AM
I did some where, in different size stores, I counted the number of steps it took to cover the length and width of the store and then count the number of registers. It was different but I kind of liked it. I want to say it paid around $10.
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November 29, 2009 07:08AM
I loved those shops. I did 8 of those, Deech.

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November 30, 2009 01:07PM
I also, got paid for a shop that the gentleman happened to be talking on the phone with his attorney when I walked in. It was an announced shop. The attorney immediately ordered me off the property and stated they were in the process of suiing a company and no pictures could be taken. I left reported this and still got paid, but I was surprised by the attorney's reaction. The attorney was quite arrogant and nasty, put the attorney on a 3-way to my company and they heard it all.
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November 30, 2009 10:44PM
I love the drive thru bank teller shops. Easy reports for something I do anyway. Favorite and easiest were the $50 gift cards from the discount store. I, too, wish they were still doing them. Super easy survey, done in about 5 minutes (and that includes the time to scan the image!). I wish they were back.
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December 14, 2009 10:38PM
Did a quick shop at a gas station once. I just had to go in and buy a soda, and then go check out the bathrooms. Made 5 bucks for 5 minutes worth of work.
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