bmttinman Wrote:
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> Everyone that says they are making $ 650 a month
> or more on 8 shopping days Please show me the
> check and I will show you mind for 30 days of
> visits to the 5 job boards and for 5 completed
> shops for December and I made $ 279
bmittinman - I've been reading this thread with the mindset to see both sides. I see your point, low wages, but I also agree with several who have posted the reasons for your low wages. I must also say that I have found it somewhat difficult to read your posts because of grammatical errors. In this forum there are many posts with spelling and grammatical errors but few that are as difficult to read as yours. And I will give you a point as I have a blind spot that causes me to miss letters in some words, so I had to read your posts carefully.
That being said, I have posted on this forum several times that I can not do more than three shops a day and usually need the following day to write reports. For 2014, my first year of shopping, I had 7 out of 12 months where I netted over $650 a month. The other months were lower due to being a new shopper and one month that I took off for personal travel. If I had the health to shop more, I would have netted more. I am a low-end shopper. I am able to get higher paying jobs because I try my best to live by the attributes that dspeakes mentioned early on.
I was terminated by an MSC because of an error, didn't matter who made it. What I did was beg for another chance, offering to take a hard to fill shop for next to nothing. Yes I begged because I wanted to work for that MSC. I now work for them and am about halfway back up the ladder to where I was before the error. There have been other errors, some mine and some the MSC's. I have found that when I approach the MSC in an innocent and positive tone, I have been granted a reprieve. Example - in a recent targeted shop, the "wrong" person was shopped. I had an electronic copy of the target assignment. I forwarded it to the MSC and said POLITELY "This is who I shopped. Did I do something wrong? Can you help me?" I gave the MSC an "out" rather than backing them in to a corner. As a result, I was told that I would be paid for the shop regardless of whether or not the company accepted it. If I had approached it differently, by telling the MSC that it was their fault and that I had proof that they owed me, I think the outcome would have been no pay.
I don't get paid third world wages for several reasons. 1) I like having extra spending money. I am fortunate that it is not a necessity for me. 2) My husband and I like to eat out and I like to pick up nice foo-foo for self, friends, and family. Getting it for free or at a low price is a bonus for me. 3) I shop for my health. Multiple sclerosis precipitates extreme fatigue and to fight that, I do volunteer work and I shop.
This third reason for shopping is "Priceless".
When you learn, teach, when you get, give. Maya Angelou