@sandyf wrote:
Be careful what you wish for. Years ago when my son was still a young teen I took him on a (Indoor) Sky diving shop. They put you in a tank with compressed air or something simulating sky diving. That blossomed into him doing real sky diving when he became a young adult . During that time period there were several sky diving accidents reported in the news. I was so nervous every time he went!
Anyway Olympia, let me know when you have convinced a msc to do those. I love your list.
I have more modest wants...
Restaurants that are not sea and turf places. I like the one off places and would love Indian, or Thai, or Ethiopian food or lots of other cuisines.
Postal shops that reimburse fully to zone 8 plus a fee
An auto body repair shop with reimbursement
A shop for one of those Handyman services places that reimburse even smaller jobs
House cleaning service reimbursed
More middle of the price range sit down dining shops not requiring a guest
Haircuts (used to do those long ago)
Uber type shops
Shops where the pay including all time spent on it including reasonable travel is at least minimum wage
Shops that reimburse parking where parking fees are necessary
@olympia tennenbaum wrote:
-high end sushi restaurants, maybe Nobu with a stay at their ryokan
@nolimitem wrote:
Nobu is shopped. Indoor skydiving is/ was shopped. I used to do local haircuts. Haven’t seen them in ages. I haven’t seen high tea since pre covid. Harbor cruises have been a thing within the last 6 months.
I’d love:
Car rentals
Long term stay rentals
Haircuts and manicures and massages (to come back)
Concerts
Museums
Flights
Less grocery shops with higher reimbursements lol
@SteveSoCal wrote:
@olympia tennenbaum wrote:
-high end sushi restaurants, maybe Nobu with a stay at their ryokan
You already work for the MSC that offers (or offered) this one. My very last shop before the COVID lockdown was a stay at a Nobu property that included dinner.
We can al work on manifesting the return of that client. The out of the country locations had a decent travel reimbursement too....
I used to see Peeeettt's Coffee shops, but have not in months. I would love to see V erve Coffee here in LA get shopped. They are my favorite.@olympia tennenbaum wrote:
@sandyf wrote:
Be careful what you wish for. Years ago when my son was still a young teen I took him on a (Indoor) Sky diving shop. They put you in a tank with compressed air or something simulating sky diving. That blossomed into him doing real sky diving when he became a young adult . During that time period there were several sky diving accidents reported in the news. I was so nervous every time he went!
Anyway Olympia, let me know when you have convinced a msc to do those. I love your list.
I have more modest wants...
Restaurants that are not sea and turf places. I like the one off places and would love Indian, or Thai, or Ethiopian food or lots of other cuisines.
Postal shops that reimburse fully to zone 8 plus a fee
An auto body repair shop with reimbursement
A shop for one of those Handyman services places that reimburse even smaller jobs
House cleaning service reimbursed
More middle of the price range sit down dining shops not requiring a guest
Haircuts (used to do those long ago)
Uber type shops
Shops where the pay including all time spent on it including reasonable travel is at least minimum wage
Shops that reimburse parking where parking fees are necessary
Very nice list - anything practical would be great for me.
Definitely would love more restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries, boba shops, ice cream, shave ice etc., just about anything edible would be great.
@sandyf wrote:
@nolimitem wrote:
Nobu is shopped. Indoor skydiving is/ was shopped. I used to do local haircuts. Haven’t seen them in ages. I haven’t seen high tea since pre covid. Harbor cruises have been a thing within the last 6 months.
I’d love:
Car rentals
Long term stay rentals
Haircuts and manicures and massages (to come back)
Concerts
Museums
Flights
Less grocery shops with higher reimbursements lol
Years ago I used to do the long term rental hotels but they reimbursed for one night only. it was fine with me as there was only a small fee for my dog that they covered and we could hop from location to the next location with just a one hours drive down the coast. And they had a kitchenette with fridge and real cooktop/oven so we did not have to spend money on restaurant food every night and/or do another report. Those reports were easy.
There's a car maintenance one nearby me right now....I'd have to look it up to find which MSC, but I passed because I hate the dealership and only go there for warranty work. It was $20 pay and $60 reimbursement. Not a ton, but still something.@olympia tennenbaum wrote:
Okay, I'll also take a boat rental and status at an airline or hotel, I think preferably Marriott right now.
Creating my own list...
-high end grocery store/fish monger/specialty store with a high reimbursement
-maybe something like a time share or Airbnb or house swap that would allow for a week and up to a month of reimbursed lodging
-high end sushi restaurants, maybe Nobu with a stay at their ryokan
-luxury shops with purchase reimbursed
-appliance shop with purchase reimbursed
-NFL games reimbursed with some kind of easy shop like a lounge
-boat ride shops like harbor cruises, brunch cruises, whale watching, dolphin watching, etc
-car maintenance or tires reimbursed
-streaming service reimbursed
-ooh, how about medical services like doctor visits and lab work
Okay, and if something wants to pay my mortgage or property taxes I'd take that too! I think I'm trying to figure out something to cover all of my necessary (and non necessary) expenses.
@mysterioso412 wrote:
There's a car maintenance one nearby me right now....I'd have to look it up to find which MSC, but I passed because I hate the dealership and only go there for warranty work. It was $20 pay and $60 reimbursement. Not a ton, but still something.@olympia tennenbaum wrote:
Okay, I'll also take a boat rental and status at an airline or hotel, I think preferably Marriott right now.
Creating my own list...
-high end grocery store/fish monger/specialty store with a high reimbursement
-maybe something like a time share or Airbnb or house swap that would allow for a week and up to a month of reimbursed lodging
-high end sushi restaurants, maybe Nobu with a stay at their ryokan
-luxury shops with purchase reimbursed
-appliance shop with purchase reimbursed
-NFL games reimbursed with some kind of easy shop like a lounge
-boat ride shops like harbor cruises, brunch cruises, whale watching, dolphin watching, etc
-car maintenance or tires reimbursed
-streaming service reimbursed
-ooh, how about medical services like doctor visits and lab work
Okay, and if something wants to pay my mortgage or property taxes I'd take that too! I think I'm trying to figure out something to cover all of my necessary (and non necessary) expenses.
@Okie wrote:
Grocery delivery shops. There was a study done for it. But I'm hoping this is the next step for Kroger.
Kroger is buying out safeway/albertsons/vons and all its other names company so things may soon change with grocery shops for those stores. Krogers attention might be elsewhere to do the merger or possibly they may want to send mystery shoppers out to the newly acquired safeway stores to make sure the standards are met for Kroger.
@Morledzep wrote:
ok, I'll play..
I'd like restaurant shops that pay in addition to reimbursement that covers the required purchase. For a while Mellow Mushroom did that, but not the current round. I'd like jobs in air conditioned buildings that pay $50+ for an hour or less effort (I know, dream on.. ).
I'd like grocery shops like the ones I used to do at the Mexican grocery stores in CA that paid $20 or more that only required you purchase something, anything, and get a receipt. Or like the ones I saw that were taken from me after they were assigned to me, where I had to buy things in 3 or 4 different departments that paid $10, plus had an up to $70 reimbursement.
@Morledzep wrote:
Olympia, I think I dodged a bullet with that company. They deactivated me after my first shop for something that was completely out of my control. The mistake I made was defending myself because I followed their guidelines exactly as written.