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If it's through 360 Relay, I've done one of theirs many, many years ago on like a Tuesday.
Super awkward. Gotta try and ask for receipts. Gotta order food..... Yeah. Those type of places weren't my thing to begin with. But making it blatantly obvious makes it even more awkward.
Super awkward. Gotta try and ask for receipts. Gotta order food..... Yeah. Those type of places weren't my thing to begin with. But making it blatantly obvious makes it even more awkward.
Very infrequently shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado these days.
Not 360 Relay. Said don't Valet.
Max Reimbursement up to $250
Cover Charge: up to $40
3 dances around $40, but IPEs often quote their own rates
Customary and acceptable to tip about $5 per dance. IPEs do not typically offer receipts (LOL), so detail your expenses in your narrative.
3 drinks total generally be $7 and up, depending on whether it's soda or energy drink. order 3 drinks, including one from a server, one drink from a bartender, and one drink for an IPE if possible. Tip approximately $3 per drink and note the amount.
Tips: $25.00 maximum
Max Reimbursement up to $250
Cover Charge: up to $40
3 dances around $40, but IPEs often quote their own rates
Customary and acceptable to tip about $5 per dance. IPEs do not typically offer receipts (LOL), so detail your expenses in your narrative.
3 drinks total generally be $7 and up, depending on whether it's soda or energy drink. order 3 drinks, including one from a server, one drink from a bartender, and one drink for an IPE if possible. Tip approximately $3 per drink and note the amount.
Tips: $25.00 maximum
Only advice I'd consider is the kinds of proof of visits you need: pictures, receipts, etc.
If it's reasonable where you don't stick out like a sore thumb (need to ask for receipts, or take discrete pics, or ask leading questions to skirt the grey areas, etc.), nothing wrong in 'working' for the experience.
If it's reasonable where you don't stick out like a sore thumb (need to ask for receipts, or take discrete pics, or ask leading questions to skirt the grey areas, etc.), nothing wrong in 'working' for the experience.
Very infrequently shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado these days.
I used to do these shops regularly every month before I was married. After I got married, I shopped only the one that did not require I buy a lap dance, and I took my wife. We enjoyed the food. The shops were easy to conduct and report. I would still be doing these shops if not for Covid-19 keeping me from being in closed spaces where most people do not wear masks.
Pictures inside the clubs were neither required nor allowed when I did these shops. Receipts from the dancers were never offered or required. Getting receipts was never a big deal. On the rare occasion a receipt was not offered, I just asked for one. If you omit shops where you may have to ask for receipts and have to order food, you limit the types of shops you can do.
Pictures inside the clubs were neither required nor allowed when I did these shops. Receipts from the dancers were never offered or required. Getting receipts was never a big deal. On the rare occasion a receipt was not offered, I just asked for one. If you omit shops where you may have to ask for receipts and have to order food, you limit the types of shops you can do.
@AZwolfman wrote:
I used to do these shops regularly every month before I was married. After I got married, I shopped only the one that did not require I buy a lap dance, and I took my wife. We enjoyed the food. The shops were easy to conduct and report. I would still be doing these shops if not for Covid-19 keeping me from being in closed spaces where most people do not wear masks.
Pictures inside the clubs were neither required nor allowed when I did these shops. Receipts from the dancers were never offered or required. Getting receipts was never a big deal. On the rare occasion a receipt was not offered, I just asked for one. If you omit shops where you may have to ask for receipts and have to order food, you limit the types of shops you can do.
There's quite a difference between asking for a receipt for a cash payment for a restaurant meal vs. a receipt for a $3 beer paid for in cash at a bar at a strip club. One is normal, one... stands out.
Very infrequently shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado these days.
I disagree and have had no problem or felt weird asking for a receipt from any of the hundreds (yes, hundreds) of bartenders or cocktail servers I have shopped. BTW, good luck finding a $3 beer in a strip club with no cover charge. Clients for whom I have shopped bartenders generally wanted me to order something that gave the bartenders chance to upsell to premium liquor.
Do you also find it weird to ask the C-store for a receipt for your $2 purchase?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/2022 07:02PM by AZwolfman.
Do you also find it weird to ask the C-store for a receipt for your $2 purchase?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/2022 07:02PM by AZwolfman.
Previously, it was reported that the shop instructions for this from HS Brands was 40 pages long. Since many guys charge these expenses to their day jobs, it might not be unexpected when asking for a receipt. And based on scandals decades ago with quasi legal bordello spas in NYC, I would be curious as to what business name is actually listed on the receipt. LOL. Lastly, ICU Associates does a big chain of these which was founded by a late, high profile publisher. ( No, not Penthouse or Playboy).
@AZwolfman wrote:
I disagree and have had no problem or felt weird asking for a receipt from any of the hundreds (yes, hundreds) of bartenders or cocktail servers I have shopped. BTW, good luck finding a $3 beer in a strip club with no cover charge. Clients for whom I have shopped bartenders generally wanted me to order something that gave the bartenders chance to upsell to premium liquor.
Do you also find it weird to ask the C-store for a receipt for your $2 purchase?
No; also an apples to orange comparison.
C-store purchases are shops typically that are 5 minutes or less, AND being in the consulting world, where any purchased are expensed for reimbursement for normal work situations (outside of mystery shopping),.
Very infrequently shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado these days.
@AZwolfman wrote:
I disagree and have had no problem or felt weird asking for a receipt from any of the hundreds (yes, hundreds) of bartenders or cocktail servers I have shopped. BTW, good luck finding a $3 beer in a strip club with no cover charge. Clients for whom I have shopped bartenders generally wanted me to order something that gave the bartenders chance to upsell to premium liquor.
Do you also find it weird to ask the C-store for a receipt for your $2 purchase?
Agreed, a lot of people use this for entertainment or business expenses and write it off. It's not unusual to ask for a receipt.
@foodluvr wrote:
@AZwolfman wrote:
I disagree and have had no problem or felt weird asking for a receipt from any of the hundreds (yes, hundreds) of bartenders or cocktail servers I have shopped. BTW, good luck finding a $3 beer in a strip club with no cover charge. Clients for whom I have shopped bartenders generally wanted me to order something that gave the bartenders chance to upsell to premium liquor.
Do you also find it weird to ask the C-store for a receipt for your $2 purchase?
Agreed, a lot of people use this for entertainment or business expenses and write it off. It's not unusual to ask for a receipt.
Apropos to this discussion a few hours ago I read this report
[ktla.com]
about an investigation underway due to the fact it was discovered that the health insurance company for the Dockworkers local here has paid out thousands and thousands of dollars in claims for "sex worker" services that were being billed as chiropractic services by a business offering prostitution. Not only did the customers ask for receipts but they put them in for reimbursement to their health insurance and got reimbursed. The funniest part about this was that when I was googling it to attach the article here my finger was over one space on the keyboard and instead of typing dockworkers it kept typing dickworkers.
I just want to confess that it took me a minute at the top of this thread while I was thinking "What, like a discount membership card for suits?"
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/2022 09:29PM by Amarsir.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/2022 09:29PM by Amarsir.
I personally avoid the club shops. Don't like laying out that much money for reimbursement unless the fee is well above the reimbursement.
I however always try to get the attached adult store shop, when bonused as long as there is not requirement to try on outfits.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/2022 03:27AM by ShoppingDad.
I however always try to get the attached adult store shop, when bonused as long as there is not requirement to try on outfits.
A Dad shopping the Ark-LA-Tex and beyond.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/2022 03:27AM by ShoppingDad.
@ShoppingDad wrote:
I personally avoid the club shops. Don't like laying out that much money for reimbursement unless the fee is well above the reimbursement.
I however always try to get the attached adult store shop, when bonused asking as there is not requirement to try on outfits.
Thanks for the visual, I just finished reading all of the Levi jeans posts.
This is impossible to read and understand with hardly any punctuation used.@sandyf wrote:
@foodluvr wrote:
@AZwolfman wrote:
I disagree and have had no problem or felt weird asking for a receipt from any of the hundreds (yes, hundreds) of bartenders or cocktail servers I have shopped. BTW, good luck finding a $3 beer in a strip club with no cover charge. Clients for whom I have shopped bartenders generally wanted me to order something that gave the bartenders chance to upsell to premium liquor.
Do you also find it weird to ask the C-store for a receipt for your $2 purchase?
Agreed, a lot of people use this for entertainment or business expenses and write it off. It's not unusual to ask for a receipt.
Apropos to this discussion a few hours ago I read this report
[ktla.com]
about an investigation underway due to the fact it was discovered that the health insurance company for the Dockworkers local here has paid out thousands and thousands of dollars in claims for "sex worker" services that were being billed as chiropractic services by a business offering prostitution. Not only did the customers ask for receipts but they put them in for reimbursement to their health insurance and got reimbursed. The funniest part about this was that when I was googling it to attach the article here my finger was over one space on the keyboard and instead of typing dockworkers it kept typing dickworkers.
Advantage -making money at night
AZ, I have shortened sentences below so that you can better understand what I wrote. If it is still incomprehensible to you let me know and I can make them even shorter. I also added a few : and ,s.
@AZwolfman wrote:
@sandyf wrote:
@foodluvr wrote:
@AZwolfman wrote:
I disagree and have had no problem or felt weird asking for a receipt from any of the hundreds (yes, hundreds) of bartenders or cocktail servers I have shopped. BTW, good luck finding a $3 beer in a strip club with no cover charge. Clients for whom I have shopped bartenders generally wanted me to order something that gave the bartenders chance to upsell to premium liquor.
Do you also find it weird to ask the C-store for a receipt for your $2 purchase?
Agreed, a lot of people use this for entertainment or business expenses and write it off. It's not unusual to ask for a receipt.
Apropos to this discussion a few hours ago I read this report :
[ktla.com]
It is about an investigation underway. It was discovered that the health insurance company for the Dockworkers local here has paid out thousands and thousands of dollars in claims for "sex worker" services. The services were being billed as chiropractic services by a business offering prostitution. Not only did the customers ask for receipts, but they put them in for reimbursement to their health insurance and got reimbursed. The funniest part about this was that when I was googling it to attach the article. y finger was accidentally over one space on the keyboard and instead of typing dockworkers it kept typing dickworkers.
This is impossible to read and understand with hardly any punctuation used.
Thanks. Now I can understand what you are talking about. One of the major things that I was to watch for and report on was whether or not illegal actions were taking place inside the clubs. The dancers had to abide by the local laws.
@AZwolfman wrote:
Thanks. Now I can understand what you are talking about. One of the major things that I was to watch for and report on was whether or not illegal actions were taking place inside the clubs. The dancers had to abide by the local laws.
I was once in a place where the police raided it. You know M-4s, ski masks etc.
They arrested a couple of the dancers and took them out in handcuffs. Apparently there was too much contact between dancers and patrons. Now who was making contact with who, I don't know. And why did they arrest the dancers and not the patrons if there was too much "touching" going on.
My feeling is there were undercover cops that had come in earlier, hence the ski masks.
And if you go to these places in Vegas, there are a lot of couples in the audience. So why discriminate for the shops?
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Yes, it is cheaper to pay us to mystery shop them than to lose even one day's business due to getting closed for an investigation. All my shops were in Las Vegas. It's mostly up to the dancers to direct the customers to follow the rules. Yes, the customers were mostly men, a few couples, and some women.
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