Has anybody done a pOpshelf shop?
Easy but it’s real hard to stay in reimbursement with only a $2 allowance. I take these bonused as well and usually just take them with the intention of making my shopping trip discounted. Too many cute things!
I may be in trouble then, especially if they have candles and such. I hope the MSC doesn't consider it suspect when two hours elapse between my time in and time out. -lol-
If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown
I've done them, also when they get to $20. Pretty easy. One associate interaction. You have to browse the store and look for stock outages and items that don't have prices. The latter is kind of hit or miss, because some items have the price on a sticker on the bottom, and you're supposed to turn over the apparently unmarked items to make sure. It's impossible to do that with every such item in the store, so I just check a handful.
3-5 photos:
1) Storefront required.
2) Front merchandise table required. (This can be the most challenging one, as an associate may be looking at you as you enter. Generally you can get the photo unmolested at some point.)
3) The worst of any out-of-stock sections.
4) The worst of any no-price-marked sections.
5) Receipt, of course, required.
The store is supposed to have a scent called "Citron Berry." Smell for it lol. You will be asked.
The questionnaire isn't bad, except for one question, "What did you find the most interesting part of the store, and why?" Gets old fast. I've gotten to where I just name the seasonal section and give a boilerplate answer.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/2023 01:48PM by KokoBWare.
3-5 photos:
1) Storefront required.
2) Front merchandise table required. (This can be the most challenging one, as an associate may be looking at you as you enter. Generally you can get the photo unmolested at some point.)
3) The worst of any out-of-stock sections.
4) The worst of any no-price-marked sections.
5) Receipt, of course, required.
The store is supposed to have a scent called "Citron Berry." Smell for it lol. You will be asked.
The questionnaire isn't bad, except for one question, "What did you find the most interesting part of the store, and why?" Gets old fast. I've gotten to where I just name the seasonal section and give a boilerplate answer.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/2023 01:48PM by KokoBWare.
I have done a couple of these and they are easy. They do have a lot of cute things and it is really easy to go over the $2 reimbursement. Bonus-ed is better.
Awww, thank you, Koko! Appreciate all the info.
This will be my first time in, and it sounds like I may have a "kid in a candy store" moment.
This will be my first time in, and it sounds like I may have a "kid in a candy store" moment.
@KokoBWare wrote:
I've done them, also when they get to $20. Pretty easy. One associate interaction. You have to browse the store and look for stock outages and items that don't have prices. The latter is kind of hit or miss, because some items have the price on a sticker on the bottom, and you're supposed to turn over the apparently unmarked items to make sure. It's impossible to do that with every such item in the store, so I just check a handful.
3-5 photos:
1) Storefront required.
2) Front merchandise table required. (This can be the most challenging one, as an associate may be looking at you as you enter. Generally you can get the photo unmolested at some point.)
3) The worst of any out-of-stock sections.
4) The worst of any no-price-marked sections.
5) Receipt, of course, required.
The store is supposed to have a scent called "Citron Berry." Smell for it lol. You will be asked.
The questionnaire isn't bad, except for one question, "What did you find the most interesting part of the store, and why?" Gets old fast. I've gotten to where I just name the seasonal section and give a boilerplate answer.
If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown
I've done one. It was easy. I couldn't find anything in the store for less than $4. So, that overage came off of the pay.
Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
It's an "upscale" Dollar General. I've only been to one, and it was actually pretty clean, as opposed to nasty-in-every-way DG.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/2023 11:37PM by sestrahelena.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/2023 11:37PM by sestrahelena.
I haven't done one since the bonuses stopped getting up to $35. They aren't difficult, I don't like them because of the interaction with the associates that are NEVER available.,.
Weird, here there are oodles of items for $1 or $2.@ArkLaMissshopping wrote:
I've done one. It was easy. I couldn't find anything in the store for less than $4. So, that overage came off of the pay.
Where on earth are you that bonuses ever got to $35? I'm in a quasi-rural area and $20 is the limit. If they're not taken at $20, they get taken off the board until next month.@Morledzep wrote:
I haven't done one since the bonuses stopped getting up to $35. They aren't difficult, I don't like them because of the interaction with the associates that are NEVER available.,.
I think there are areas that have no shoppers that are aware of this MSC. The one I did was $35 and had been on the board a while. Yet most other shops there, mostly offered by that Walmart of MSCs, get done at base or close to it.
There's a town 45 miles south of me where the POPshelfs never get taken unless I take them. Since it's not worth it to me to drive 45 miles for 20 bucks, I don't take one there unless I can build up a good-sized roster of shops there on the same day. Some months that doesn't happen and I don't go. I've seen three of them sitting, sitting, sitting at $20 on the board for this town, and then they all disappear. I can't imagine three people suddenly swooped in and took them all at once, so it seems $20 is as high as they go there. I've never seen them offer them for more than $20 in my town, either.@sestrahelena wrote:
I think there are areas that have no shoppers that are aware of this MSC. The one I did was $35 and had been on the board a while. Yet most other shops there, mostly offered by that Walmart of MSCs, get done at base or close to it.
Actually, the one that is closest to me, less than 20 miles from me, in a small city, in a very rural area, used to go up to $35 every month. Someone else discovered this and is now taking them at base pay. I haven't been to a PopShelf in several months. I wouldn't go in there naturally, they have nothing that interests me.
Can someone give me a hit to the MSC please?
Yes, that's weird. Even a small cup here is $4.
@KokoBWare wrote:
Weird, here there are oodles of items for $1 or $2.@ArkLaMissshopping wrote:
I've done one. It was easy. I couldn't find anything in the store for less than $4. So, that overage came off of the pay.
Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
Has a scheduler name Joe.
@tksms wrote:
Can someone give me a hit to the MSC please?
Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
I didn't have a problem finding items that would come in under $2, including tax. A candy bar, a holiday ornament, and items in the craft section. I ultimately bought a gift bag for $1.
If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown
Maybe there's a Joe there, but I've never seen that name attached to FirstTooNobody.
If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown
I think the scheduler's name is Ryan.
It's the same MSC with the grocery store shops like in-store, pick up, fuel.
Yes, that's who schedules for me.@Morledzep wrote:
I think the scheduler's name is Ryan.
You are CorreX, sir.@drdoggie00 wrote:
Maybe there's a Joe there, but I've never seen that name attached to FirstTooNobody.
@KokoBWare wrote:
You are CorreX, sir.
Make that 'madam.'
If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown
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