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December 31, 2024 06:41AM
Good for you, Okie. You do you and what works for you.

Shopping domestic and international locations since 2003.
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December 31, 2024 12:52PM
I'll continue to do mystery shopping where I can skim off the easy shops. Otherwise, I prefer to keep living off our investments mainly in the S&P500 from decades of labor and live below our means.
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December 31, 2024 03:04PM
Same with me Maverick not going to run around driving myself crazy for pittance of money. As for me tax free bond income is the best with stocks for growth as in my 70s need a balance.
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January 02, 2025 01:15AM
I always do a year in review and enjoy seeing how the year played out.

I'm pretty happy with changes that I have made. I made some adjustments from 2023 to 2024. I cut out almost all fast food. I feel like I moved more towards quality. I don't mind picking something up when it works with my schedule but I really didn't need to have more burgers or "Chinese" food.

In 2025, I would love to increase more of what works best for me but I'm not too sure that there are that many opportunities available. I hope that I'll be able to repeat much of what worked in 2024 but we all know how the landscape can change.

Happy new year to all!
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January 02, 2025 04:59AM
@ServiceAward - Odd you do not eat mushrooms, but continue to smoke them. (Just kidding, no need to write a page here. Just kidding about that, too. LOL)
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January 02, 2025 10:59PM
Lessons from 2024: 99% of shops are no longer worth it to me.

I keep very, very few shops nowadays that include some extremely low time needed, but pays out $100 each time once a month ($1,200 of income alone), and a couple food shops here and there.

Otherwise, I basically moved on from mystery shopping.

As for 2025? No changes from 2024, unless some shops that are worth grabbing to me catch my eye. One program I wished came back was the Titanium Elite shops for Bonvoy. That helped significantly get myself closer to Lifetime Platinum Elite.

Very infrequently shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado these days.
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January 06, 2025 03:56AM
In 2023 and 2024, I cut out nights and weekends. I averaged down to 67 shops/month in 2024. For 2025, I am going to try also cutting out Fridays.
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January 06, 2025 04:22AM
I just looked at the number of shops I did in 2024 compared to 2023 and I did 17% fewer this year due to the drop in fees and my general refusal to take jobs at low fees. I know I did fewer shops in 2023 than in 2022 so I expect that the trend will continue into 2025. MSing is just a sideline for me, so that's alright. Eventually I might get to the point that I do a few Texas RH a year, get a car wash every other month, try to snag a couple high end restaurant shops a year, pick up a bonused burger shop that someone flakes on and call it a day. Of course getting the flake and high end shops mean looking at the job boards every day, so maybe I'll just fade away and be done with the whole business. Time will tell.

Edited to add that I may be dropping the car wash shops since Confero seems to have decided to stop paying.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/2025 03:31AM by DRJ.
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January 08, 2025 12:30AM
I'm going to work harder, not smarter!
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January 08, 2025 04:16AM
@sestrahelena. What?

I barely mystery shopped in 2024 and that's what I intend to continue doing.

If it's right on my way, I'll consider it.

When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
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January 09, 2025 12:44PM
67 shops on average per month? I can't begin to imagine....bravo to you
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