@PaulinMI wrote:
It's a dilemma for sure. I always wait for the bonus, even if I may miss a few. The only exceptions are the lunch shops close to my FTJ, those I will take at a base rate when they come up.
@MountainCacher88 wrote:
@PaulinMI wrote:
It's a dilemma for sure. I always wait for the bonus, even if I may miss a few. The only exceptions are the lunch shops close to my FTJ, those I will take at a base rate when they come up.
I'm with you! I used to scoop up everything I could and tons of fillers and reports to get done. It meant many $5K months of traveling, but now, I wait for a bonus and I often still clear $2-$3K in a good month on bonuses. Of course, I'm still rural in WV and near the VA, KY, TN borders so I can hop a few states in a days time and get back home before dark.
@walesmaven wrote:
When targeted shops come with a big bonus that is sometimes a danger sign; the target may be ducking shoppers.
@walesmaven wrote:
When targeted shops come with a big bonus that is sometimes a danger sign; the target may be ducking shoppers.
@Shop-et-al wrote:
I have scooped, and I have waited. Neither is better or worse. What works in my world is to do what I need to do in order to meet my current financial goal. It will be wonderful when my current financial goal is to retire from this and do no shops whatsoever, or do only well bonused shops, or do shops that I personally love to do, or do shops that are conveniently located near museums and other nerdy girl (NOT dirty girl!) pleasure places.
@PaulinMI wrote:
Never huts to email the scheduler and say "I'll do it this day for this much", Works for me.
@ceasesmith wrote:
TALK with your scheduler. A good one will tell you what the shop has paid in the past. If it has never paid over $10 plus reimbursement, you won't get more than $10 plus reimbursement. Unless, of course, something happens to all the shoppers who have done it for that, and they need it done TODAY, and they'll pay anything reasonable.
@ceasesmith wrote:
"Can you tell me, please, what's the highest this shop has paid?" They'll either say, No, that's confidential, or they'll tell you. Or perhaps they don't have access to that information (usually, they do, though; a good scheduler has to be familiar with their hard-to-place shops).
Frankly, I would never get my $80-$125 bonuses if I didn't keep AND USE the phone numbers of all my favorite schedulers.
Often, I get the phone numbers right off the e-mails they send. Sometimes, I get them from other shoppers. And when a scheduler calls ME, I ALWAYS but ALWAYS get their name and phone number (and e-mail, if they'll give it) and make a note on the company sheet I keep.
If I get the phone from an e-mail, I'll call and tell them I just want to introduce myself, tell them how long I've been shopping, mention I know how busy they are so I won't keep them, but if they ever have a hard to fill shop, keep me in mind.
Frankly, I think a good scheduler is priceless, and deserves our respect. I'll bend over backwards to help one of my favorites!
^^This^^@ceasesmith wrote:
Frankly, I think a good scheduler is priceless, and deserves our respect. I'll bend over backwards to help one of my favorites!