I enjoy car shops sometimes, and my minimum is $25, depending on the company and the report. Intellishop car shops are worth $40 or more to me. Many shoppers in my location regularly take them for $17, and they are welcome to them.

I would not do one for less than $75. Too much potential to get stuck there for too long.

I did one yesterday ($30) that had to be the most comically bad sales experience I've ever witnessed. It went from bad to worse, and I ended up leaving without the guy's business card because he left me standing outside five minutes in 93 degree heat while he ran back inside to see if he could "grab the keys" for an SUV I showed interest in. After four minutes in the blazing sun I started meandering my way back to the air conditioned showroom, stopping to look at cars and price tags on the way so as to maintain my cover. When at 5 minutes I entered the showroom, there was my A#hole salesman, meeting with someone else. I walked slowly and calmly out the door. When I passed him he looked up and reached out to me. I shook my head and walked out the front door, past the receptionist who just watched the whole thing with amazement. No one stopped me, except the lone salesman working the front steps, who, as I passed him on my way to my car, called out "Did you find anything you liked today?" I didn't even acknowledge that. Remains to be seen if I get paid since I didn't get to a close, and didn't have a business card. Instead I posted the screen grab from the follow up text the nut sent me... "Sorry for delay"

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/23/2014 07:25PM by nanner_bananer.

Nanner,

Maybe he got waylaid by a customer who cornered him.

MM1970 Wrote:
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> I've done a lot of them and, when I started out
> MS'ing, I did the ones for $17 and, also, $20,
> $30, which was good for experience. These days, I
> won't touch the ones for $17 (when they get
> bonused, I'll pick them up for $35). $30 is fine.
> $20 isn't enough to prompt my interest these days
> (it's about two hours of work with the shop itself
> then the report so not worth my time at only $20).


I've never seen one for more than $33....and that's rare & with a bonus! Usually I see them for $17 (whiich I won't do) or $20 (sometimes with a bonus to make it $25. These are all from Intelli. Is there a better-paying company?

I did a few $17 and $22 car shops for Intellishop. They are a lot of work to report on. Because I did a few at the lower rate, they've privately offered and paid me over $50 for some end of the month car shops before, so doing one or two of these shops at a low rate can turn into a more lucrative opportunity if you are willing to hold out for the bonuses later on. They tend to bonus the locations other shoppers don't want to go to most of the time. I got offered two dealers within a half mile of each other for $50 each on the same day. It was a pain in the butt, hot as hell and I was doing it using public transportation, so it was exhausting. I didn't get to take a test drive at the second dealer because I got to the second dealer a bit late, but they still paid me for both shops. Surprised me as I thought surely they would not pay for no test drive, but it was the sales person's idea that I not take the test drive because he didn't want to stay.

I also do car sales negotiation shops (no test drives and no long narratives) with another MSC that require 2 visits but pay $75. The way I look at it, there are only so many car dealers in my area I can shop, so I am not going to spread myself too thin for too little.

Monterey pays a $30 flat for their car shops but I don't own a car and don't have my own insurance so I can't work for them.

I really like shopping cars because I don't drive regularly and it's fun to see all the cool features the newer cars have, but I have to be very selective about which ones I accept.