Favorite Freebies..
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Pandora shops hands down. Oil changes and car washes a second, I love me a clean car.
I don't see the car wash shops around here, but I'd love them too. My favorite is the quick and easy wine store shop. Me loves free wine 
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Where do I begin? Jewelry and luxury shop reimbursements.
My favorite was a children's store. I got a $300 diaper bag, clearanced to $90, for $50 because it was missing a zipper tab. I called the company after buying and they mailed me a replacement. My reimbursement for the shop was only $20, but with shop fee and bonus, it made the bag free.
At a close second comes a regional home and garden center here. Reimbursement is $10 but I buy clearanced seeds. Between there and bonused DIY shops, my veggie garden was completely shopped.
At a close second comes a regional home and garden center here. Reimbursement is $10 but I buy clearanced seeds. Between there and bonused DIY shops, my veggie garden was completely shopped.
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Plan the work. Work the plan.
Plan the work. Work the plan.
The Empire State Building Observation deck and golf at the finest public courses in Ct.
Free stuff? I beg to differ. Mystery shopping not is free.
Mystery shopping comes with the cost of your time (and perhaps that of your guest(s)), gas, wear and tear on your car, printer ink, and the like.
Allowing for the above, there are some pretty nice perks I have gotten. Whale watching, museum visits, oil changes, being introduced to a great credit union, and numerous enjoyable meals are a few that come to mind.
Mystery shopping comes with the cost of your time (and perhaps that of your guest(s)), gas, wear and tear on your car, printer ink, and the like.
Allowing for the above, there are some pretty nice perks I have gotten. Whale watching, museum visits, oil changes, being introduced to a great credit union, and numerous enjoyable meals are a few that come to mind.
Happily shopping Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut
One of my most cherished items was unpredictably a reimbursed clothing item on one of my first shops. It was a black and red blouse from a 'tall' store which I was mystery shopping and had subsequently gotten me other job opportunities of great value!
I like to think of the shop fee as pay, and the reimbursed item(s) as free, considering reimbursements aren't taxable.If I took a meal shop with $40 reimbursement and $20 bonus, personally I consider the meal free, and the pay $10 an hour.
There are many ways to consider it, and I used to consider mystery shopping the same way as you. Now, I'm in it for the reimbursements.
There are many ways to consider it, and I used to consider mystery shopping the same way as you. Now, I'm in it for the reimbursements.
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Plan the work. Work the plan.
Plan the work. Work the plan.
Hundreds of thousands of hotel rewards points!
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.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
In my case my top freebies/perks have been:
Experiencing some of London, UK's top attractions, including free food and souvenirs.
A fun night with free food and drinks at a private club.
Some Danish Jewellery.
Experiencing some of London, UK's top attractions, including free food and souvenirs.
A fun night with free food and drinks at a private club.
Some Danish Jewellery.
- Nick
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Shopping the UK, Denmark and Sweden as well as elsewhere at times.
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Shopping the UK, Denmark and Sweden as well as elsewhere at times.
Got to take my daughter to dinner at the Foundation Room at the New Orleans House of Blues...that was a really special meal even if I did have to work for it. As a "gold" member we got treated more than right. She was working at one of the high end restaurants just down the street and was really impressed with being served that dinner that she thought was better than at her place. And it came with a lounge show just for us. We were the only ones enjoying the show in the private lounge that night so we became special guests of the manager.
A DVF bag! I've been stalking this particular company's job board for months trying to snag it, and finally got to do it this past weekend. Got a purse originally retailed at $245 fully covered by reimbursement. I also love some high end cosmetic stores I've done, and who doesn't love a free oil change.
bedenji Wrote:
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> A DVF bag!
> Got a
> purse originally retailed at $245 fully covered by
> reimbursement.
So jealous!!
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> A DVF bag!
> Got a
> purse originally retailed at $245 fully covered by
> reimbursement.
So jealous!!
My favorite was a night in a nearby city. The night at the hotel was covered including a wine reception that night and a nice breakfast in the morning. I went through another MSC and got a dinner at a place I never would have been able to afford. All this on our anniversary weekend. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!
Easy: 5 nights in Kona, Hawaii, almost all expenses paid. All I had to do was record two timeshare presentations.
Shopping since 1995; full-time since 2009. Blogging about shopping on www.myfrugalmiser.com.
Best:
Going to see Captain America: The Winter Soldier on opening weekend, with a drink, for free, with a friend and then swinging by a Five Guys together, for free. (Well, mine was for free, and he was all "THIS IS AWESOME WE'RE LIKE SUPER SPIES" so he was having a grand old time even though his food wasn't free).
When you're a hardcore geek, it doesn't get much better than that. And they passed alcohol compliance, so I got to do it all guilt-free!
Going to see Captain America: The Winter Soldier on opening weekend, with a drink, for free, with a friend and then swinging by a Five Guys together, for free. (Well, mine was for free, and he was all "THIS IS AWESOME WE'RE LIKE SUPER SPIES" so he was having a grand old time even though his food wasn't free).
When you're a hardcore geek, it doesn't get much better than that. And they passed alcohol compliance, so I got to do it all guilt-free!
I generally like having my ass kissed when I don't deserve it, gambling with someone else's money, and free alcohol.
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up, up, down, down, left, right,left,right, B,A, start.
up, up, down, down, left, right,left,right, B,A, start.
Favorite reimbursement shops were Disney tickets, (no longer done to best of my knowledge) and a great trip to Kennedy Space Center (still done 1x a year as far as I know). High end spa shops and fancy food.
Yankee Candles and Lindt Chocolate are my recent faves. I do also love the Pandora shops!
Recently I got a pair of $140 shoes plus $15 shop fee. Incredible ! I used to make $15 for high-end handbags but had to return the bags. This MSC's instruction says "No Return". I risked putting out $140, but was reimbursed within 2 weeks. This MSC is now my favorite. They do not have too many shops in my area, but when they do, they rock !
BBird0701 Wrote:
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> I like to think of the shop fee as pay, and the
> reimbursed item(s) as free, considering
> reimbursements aren't taxable.If I took a meal
> shop with $40 reimbursement and $20 bonus,
> personally I consider the meal free, and the pay
> $10 an hour.
>
> There are many ways to consider it, and I used to
> consider mystery shopping the same way as you.
> Now, I'm in it for the reimbursements.
I'm the same way.
If I can manage to squeeze in the fee to cover my cost for gas and I can squeeze it into my schedule, I'm all for it.
I think the reimbursements as a way to subsidize my normal expenses... My favorite ones to do are the bar integrity shops, fine dining, grocery shops and movie theater shops. I may need to do the same to subsidize my oil change. For as long as I've own my Audi A4, I've already taken it to Audi.
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> I like to think of the shop fee as pay, and the
> reimbursed item(s) as free, considering
> reimbursements aren't taxable.If I took a meal
> shop with $40 reimbursement and $20 bonus,
> personally I consider the meal free, and the pay
> $10 an hour.
>
> There are many ways to consider it, and I used to
> consider mystery shopping the same way as you.
> Now, I'm in it for the reimbursements.
I'm the same way.
If I can manage to squeeze in the fee to cover my cost for gas and I can squeeze it into my schedule, I'm all for it.
I think the reimbursements as a way to subsidize my normal expenses... My favorite ones to do are the bar integrity shops, fine dining, grocery shops and movie theater shops. I may need to do the same to subsidize my oil change. For as long as I've own my Audi A4, I've already taken it to Audi.
Shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado. 33 year old male and willing to travel!
I enjoy my free car air fresheners from spencers, oil changes from variety of places (actually i get paid), free food, and my favorite free or reduced travel.
Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.
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