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November 18, 2025 11:44AM
Can I just say that, as a runner, I was super excited to grab a heavily bonused one off of one MSC a few weeks ago, and then just this week another one on a different MSC at a different location in town with a $120 reimbursement? I just used a different email and nickname for each shop, and got two pairs of new running shoes for $110 out of pocket (if you're a runner, you know that that's a bargain - total price would have been $305 for both). And both MSCs pay quickly. I didn't have to buy for the first one, but, I needed new shoes and didn't know the second shop would be showing up. I know some people here don't like reimbursement only shops (which is what I consider the first one since I went in planning to buy the shoes anyway) but I now have running shoes for the year. This is my mystery shopping excitement for the year.
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November 18, 2025 11:57AM
I have not seen the shops that aren't reimbursement only. Are the requirements the same? I find these shops to be super easy and I share your excitement.
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November 18, 2025 12:02PM
@gigishopper wrote:

I have not seen the shops that aren't reimbursement only. Are the requirements the same? I find these shops to be super easy and I share your excitement.

The ones that just have the fee are the same as when I’ve done them before - asking about a particular brand if not brought up. No fitting room/bathroom requirement.
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November 18, 2025 01:52PM
Excellent. My daughter does cross country and track and the shoes are not cheap! Is it a company that starts with the letter i?
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November 18, 2025 08:24PM
Reimbursement shops, to me, make sense when you can make sense for doing it. Like this time, you benefited from it. That's always nice!

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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November 18, 2025 09:45PM
@joanna81 wrote:

Excellent. My daughter does cross country and track and the shoes are not cheap! Is it a company that starts with the letter i?

One of them is, yes
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November 18, 2025 11:22PM
Dang, I haven't ever seen these shops come up. Must be someone in my area pouncing quickly or the locations here don't participate.
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November 18, 2025 11:25PM
I did one of these a few years back. Most enjoyable and I got a great pair of shoes but had to spend $25 out of pocket. Well worth it to me.
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November 19, 2025 03:10AM
Any hints on the other company.
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November 19, 2025 10:58AM
@audrialyn30 wrote:

Any hints on the other company.
The reimbursment shop is with an MS that has its own proprietary website and all shops are listed when posted, as well as when another shopper has already claimed it. They go very fast, just as the fine dining shops that this MS posts, but their sandwich shops stay forever. The bonused shops with the other MS do not shop the store but a shoe brand. They start low but can go very high to $100 when bonused.
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November 28, 2025 12:42PM
WOW, you racked up!

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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