My son signed up for a bunch of Shells, but we have no place to put the gasoline, both of the cars are full, and the gas caddy is full. So he let them drop. I'm heading for Tennessee tomorrow or today actually, so there might be room in a gas tank tomorrow evening..

First, there are only one type of gas station audit that I do for under $20. It is Circle K and appears only on Prestomap. It is unrevealed with maybe 3-6 photos. Quick and easy.

P66 et al These start at $22 in my area. Easier than others. One pump pic makes it quicker. $10 reimbursement to be used as I see fit.

Shell: $14 with two gallons of gas. Currently bonused at $20. Requires photo of each pump, which in a busy station, can be difficult. Requires photo of two restrooms if they are present.

Exxon/Mobile: $12 with $3 reimbursement ($2 gas). Picture of each pump, no overall canopy photos. Rarely do one of these.

BP/Amoco: photo of every pump. Low reimbursement. Rarely do one of these. Fee starts at $18.

Marathon/Arco: $10 and $2 reimbursement in store. One of the Easier ones. Usually I do when bonused to $15. Used to be $7 flat fee. Photos of one pump close up and far away.

Valero: $12 and $5 reimbursement. I do when bonused. Only 4 Valero stations in my area.

Generally, I do P66, Marathon and Valero stations on a quarterly basis. Circle K is monthly. $5 plus $6 reimbursement. ($3 gas and $3 in store. P66 is my favorite, but losing stations due to rebranding in my area. Circle K second due to ease. Marathon 3rd when bonused.

Shell would be 4th and BP 5th. ExxonMobil last.

@Okie wrote:

Weird, I think I might be locked into CF now.

The place to be IMNSHO.

The other programs are a PITA and not worth the base pay.

Circle k came out a couple days ago. Still at $5, bur it'll likely go up to $8 this weekend, and it goes up pretty quickly after that. They are monthly, so the incentives add up quickly. The last usually get done a few days before the next round at around $25 - $30.

@Okie wrote:

Ah yes! I was meaning to research and look into gas containers. But maybe for the next round. Out of luck, I ended up scheduling these pretty well spaced out and rescheduled some. But between two cars, driving more, and sharing with someone else on occasion, gas does go by a lot quicker for me these days.

If I pick up 9 shops but can only fit gas from 8 shops in my car, I find somebody who looks like they could use a blessing. Probably done this a dozen times or more.

Once, I had to give a guy in a $100,000 truck, pulling his expensive boat, a gallon of premium gas. I got tired of waiting, and I was not going to drop the shop or drive back to Lodi, CA to do it again.

Race way huh? never seen a shop for those around here.. or in CA either.. hmmmmm

Okie, we have both here, Raceway and Racetrak. But I've never seen shops for either. I accept hints..

It was probably a competitor shop then. Not for Raceway itself.

Racetrac and Raceway used to be shopped many years ago by a company that changed its name but still shops a couple of gas brands. The pay was minimal even back then, maybe 15 years ago? There was a brief shopping of Racetrac during Covid which was centered only on germ reduction. There was also a very brief, unrevealed shop post-Covid but that never reappeared.

Racetrac has been building many new sites. They need a regular shopping program like all of the bigger chains. Hopefully an MSC or two is hounding them to get on board!

LATE to this thread but above a few of the comments state that the XOM ones need all pump pics..i only have to take 2 pump pics, 3 if there is an infraction. They streamlined the assignment months before this thread started. Those are $45 currently in Texas and take about 7 minutes lol so the ones who were avoiding those because past experience should try again!!

Make an accurate list of all photos that you need to take. The rest is how to report it. The list must be the same way that you walk. For example if you always start with the restroom the first photo on the list is the restroom. You miss one simple photo and you lost the whole game.

I make cheat sheets just for things I tend to forget. I take the photos in the order most efficient for each particular station.

Can anyone tell me how to print the BP leave behind sheet. There’s no way to in the Presto app and I don’t have a computer (if that’s what you need) ???

The link opens the form but there’s no way to print. If I remember the last time I did these you needed a computer. My laptop died & I don’t plan on replacing it. They need to make these printable with phones.
A screenshot distorts all the smaller print at the bottom of the page that gives the owner ways of contacting BP directly for their infractions.
I used to do these all the time when they paid good. Now I have a local idiot that does everything at first drop including the Circle K’s every month.

Thank you! I totally flaked out on that one. I have it saved to my phone from their website but even saved you can’t read the smaller print at the bottom. But hey that’s not my problem! If you’ve ever done the BP audits they seem daunting but once you do one it’s easy. Knowing what POP to look for is key. And taking extra photos if you’re not real sure about something. Thanks again!

I did a Race Trac shop in TN, but there are a bunch of Race Trac stations here, and I've never seen shops available for them. The one I did in TN is available again, for a much higher pay, I was going to grab it, but I can't get there on the days available. Maybe it'll still be available in the middle of the week when I can go up there, I need to go pick up my glasses up there too.