What is involved in a Yellow gas station shop/revealed audit?

Can someone highlight what is involved in the shop/revealed audit?
Is the $14 in expenses allocated between gas and C-store purchases?
As always, thanks for the insight.

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If it is the seashell yellow shop, alot! Pictures of every pump, individual pics of infractions, C store offerings, products, front counters, both restrooms, take pics of oil and anti freeze for reference, gas ID price sign, building front. There are probably more, but I can't think this early.

I won't do any at base. The editors are also notorious for returning reports for various reasons. I will do these when they get to my acceptable fee, but usually have to wait for awhile before that happens.

$2 in-store reimbursement and 2 gallons of REGULAR gas reimbursed UP TO $14 (only the actual cost of 2 gallons).

I used to do lots and lots of these shops. Now they have added so much time and work that I ignore them when I see them on the job board. Now, I would need at least $40 plus reimbursement to do one locally, and we know the current MSP is not going to offer that..

I do these shops, not at base pay. I don't touch them until the pay plus the bonus is more than double the base pay. Last round I did some for for a little less than that because there seems to be somebody in my area who doesn't value their time as much as I value mine and they were eating up all of my work. That turned out to be a bad thing, I did a lot of work, and was in a lot of pain, and didn't have enough money to cover my bills. I can't keep doing that.

I performed two of these shops during the last round. The shops do not have a 'print friendly' version like red/white/blue shops, so I ended up with a ton of paper and questions that had me walking outside, inside, back outside, back inside - you get the picture. I was on each site for at least an hour. Both shops were substantially bonused. I am not quick when I perform an audit like some people, but I am thorough. I agree with @AZwolfman regarding compensation, with @kathygry on requirements, and with @sestrahelena about reimbursements. These are time-consuming shops as @Morledzep pointed out. I would suggest only signing up for one shop and seeing how you like it before trying to complete a route of these shops.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2022 11:18PM by patman9760.

They are the most time consuming and most involved of all of the gas station audits. To reiterate what the others have said, it requires a picture of every single pump. That can be a pain in the behind when there are a lot of pumps and/or the location is busy. Also, the reporring platform that it uses is bulky and time-consuming for a picture heavy audit. It has the most interior photos and questions of any other brand that I have done. It does have nominally better reimbursements, but we're talking about $2 instead of $1 and whatever the cost of two gallons of gas is compared to the three four or five dollar flat reimbursements for gas for other brands.

Like many have stated, these are really not worth doing at base pay. You're going to do a lot of work for not much money. There is one location that is about a quarter of a mile from my house, and I won't touch it until it gets to $35. Once the bonuses start to hit though, these can be a great source of income. I'm guessing that the mystery shopping company is doing a good job of recruiting new shoppers. I just simply don't understand why people would do these for base pay. It would be better to just go to a fast food restaurant and get a regular job, at least in my situation.

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