@SteveSoCal wrote:
@aayaey wrote:
I think there is definitely a GOOD amount of money to be made if you work efficiently and can work full time.
You really need to define what a good amount of money is. For me, earning $35k annually in shop fees was more than full time work and too demanding. Earning $35k in reimbursements can be done with less than 10 hours per week and a few shops a month.
@Professional Guest wrote:
In MY mind, I make $1,000.00 a day, give or take. With fine dining reimbursements/credit reversals, I can count on another $7,000.00 annually, if I chose to do four evaluations a month.
@Sybil2 wrote:
@Professional Guest wrote:
In MY mind, I make $1,000.00 a day, give or take. With fine dining reimbursements/credit reversals, I can count on another $7,000.00 annually, if I chose to do four evaluations a month.
So at $1,000 a day, let's say 5 days a week, you are making $260,000 a year...in your mind. Oh, I forgot the extra $7,000 annually for a total of $267,000. Maybe we should all get inside your head!
@SteveSoCal wrote:
@Sybil2 wrote:
@Professional Guest wrote:
In MY mind, I make $1,000.00 a day, give or take. With fine dining reimbursements/credit reversals, I can count on another $7,000.00 annually, if I chose to do four evaluations a month.
So at $1,000 a day, let's say 5 days a week, you are making $260,000 a year...in your mind. Oh, I forgot the extra $7,000 annually for a total of $267,000. Maybe we should all get inside your head!
You're misunderstanding the concept of considering reimbursement as income while shopping for lifestyle perks, Sybil.
It's $1,000 per day, working the equivalent of about 35 days per year, because we have other jobs that take our time up....and my $35k figure already includes my fine dining reimbursements. It's not really 35 8-hour work days for me, though, but I'm well under 10 hours a week of work on average. Probably 300-400 hours of work per year.
@Sybil2 wrote:
@ Professional Guest, I am glad that you are happy with your numbers. I am very happy with my numbers also. I can't afford to spend 18 hours on performing shops and writing reports so I have to settle for about 2-3 hours a day, 3-4 times a week. We can only do what we can do.
@Sybil2 wrote:
So at $1,000 a day, let's say 5 days a week, you are making $260,000 a year...in your mind. Oh, I forgot the extra $7,000 annually for a total of $267,000.
I don't work 52 weeks a year so my numbers are even lower. I get 5 weeks paid vacation, 5 sick days and 5 personal days per year. And I have other priorities besides work as do many other forum members. Family is important to some people, social life to others, and that pesky school thing gets in the way.
@Sybil2 wrote:
Posted to wrong thread. Sorry.
@bgriffin wrote:
Also now I want ice cream
I think strippers with ice cream would be the perfect solution.@jackaroe wrote:
I do it to hire strippers....
@Sybil2 wrote:
Posted to wrong thread. Sorry.
@Sybil2 wrote:
@bgriffin wrote:
Also now I want ice creamI think strippers with ice cream would be the perfect solution.@jackaroe wrote:
I do it to hire strippers....
@Sybil2 wrote:
What are you talking about? i was replying to a post from an earlier page of this thread. If you don't like my posts, free feel to toggle me. You won't hurt my feelings one bit.
@Sybil2 wrote:
I didn't know that the forum has a Help Desk and an IT department. How do I contact them?
@Professional Guest wrote:
I work 3 18-hour days which works out to 54 hours per evaluation
@CaliGirl925 wrote:
if I went to the gas station and only got reimbursed $5 or $6, but put $40 worth of gas in my car (which I did. A few times. Today, in fact.) I counted $40 worth of expenses and payment of I don't know.. $10-$15 (depending on the job). Is there a better way to capture this?
@SteveSoCal wrote:
That's actually a pretty complex question and there are multiple ways to approach it.
As BGriffin said, from a technical aspect, only the reimbursed amount is an official expense.
@CaliGirl925 wrote:
Thanks @SteveSoCal and @bgriffin!
I'm surprised to learn that only reimbursed expenses can be considered an "official expense". I guess I'll take a closer look (pun unintended) at the reimbursement amounts to make sure I only take ones where I'm sure I'll be fully reimbursed, or where the reimbursement amount is generous enough to make any overage worth not being able to claim it.
Great info, thanks again!