@CoolMusic wrote:
Noice!
In the midst of booking out what should be a worthwhile loop (my perspective is different than many around these parts) the genesis of which was a $400 video apartment shop with a decent reporting process (Grace Hill).
Scrolling around on the instant assignment map site uncovered a $100 Site Experience, and 3 Famous Highway dark shops at $75 each. Because Daddy will be needing gas, I also grabbed the 3 available Yellow Mollusks along the way which should gross over $40 with current gas prices in my area.
So that's around $850 gross before I fill in with at least a couple of dozen Green Dinos, a majority of which are now @ $25 + $10 reimbursement.
If the doubly dinosaur website weren't so freaking slow I'd be done by now, but it takes about 2.5 minutes to book each assignment, so I took a little break to visit here.
Should gross about $400 per day when all is said and done, while doing easy work tooling around some often gorgeous scenery during beautiful weather for a few days.
@Tinamayflower wrote:
Hi Coolmusic, Can you let us know when Grace Hill pays you? I heard mixed things about them on here.
Great to hear. If I could get out of my bubble and take on some things that the Big I has, I could probably actually do somewhat better. For whatever reason I just am happy with the mix I have right now and the non-revealed projects I do.@CoolMusic wrote:
Noice!
In the midst of booking out what should be a worthwhile loop (my perspective is different than many around these parts) the genesis of which was a $400 video apartment shop with a decent reporting process (Grace Hill).
Scrolling around on the instant assignment map site uncovered a $100 Site Experience, and 3 Famous Highway dark shops at $75 each. Because Daddy will be needing gas, I also grabbed the 3 available Yellow Mollusks along the way which should gross over $40 with current gas prices in my area.
So that's around $850 gross before I fill in with at least a couple of dozen Green Dinos, a majority of which are now @ $25 + $10 reimbursement.
If the doubly dinosaur website weren't so freaking slow I'd be done by now, but it takes about 2.5 minutes to book each assignment, so I took a little break to visit here.
Should gross about $400 per day when all is said and done, while doing easy work tooling around some often gorgeous scenery during beautiful weather for a few days.
.@Tinamayflower wrote:
Hi Coolmusic, Can you let us know when Grace Hill pays you? I heard mixed things about them on here.
@CoolMusic wrote:
.@Tinamayflower wrote:
Hi Coolmusic, Can you let us know when Grace Hill pays you? I heard mixed things about them on here.
Typically by the third week of the following month. Never really had a problem with them, and EPMS seems to be paying quicker since GH bought them.
I find the GH reports to just fine. Perhaps a bit narrative-heavy, but I only do apartment mystery shops when the bonuses are good, so I'm happy to spend the time. I really like their revealed community standards gigs.
The EPMS online experience continues to be horrible, but I'll suffer when bonuses for their video shops take the fee to over $250. I don't do them often, but between the two companies I've done $685 for 2 jobs in the last week or so, with a total of 3 hours' work tops.
Interestingly, this loop's apartment shop was total deja vu. The building/office layout was identical to another property from the same company in an adjacent state that I had shopped the last time the bonuses went cray-cray, so I had a bit of a flashback.
And then the agent turned out to be subbing and was the one I had video shopped previously. I don't think she remembered me, thankfully.
@metro25782 wrote:
What video equipment do you have?
@CoolMusic wrote:
@metro25782 wrote:
What video equipment do you have?
The PV-500 button rig.
Love the latest version I purchased after borrowing older ones from EPMS.
It paid for itself at some point into the 3rd job I did with it. It only goes out when there is more than $200 being paid, and has proven to be a worthwhile investment.
@metro25782 wrote:
How many "trial runs" did you do before you were comfortable with it?
@CoolMusic wrote:
@metro25782 wrote:
How many "trial runs" did you do before you were comfortable with it?
Each gig with an EPMS loaner was a trial run as there were a couple of different series of cameras in their inventory.
I've been good with it pretty much right out of the chute. No issues with report acceptance, even when my camera angle was off.
The current version represents a big improvement: more solid connection of the button to the cam, and now the mic is built into the button. The loaners had a separate mic that you had to safety pin inside the shirt. I just checked the video from my most recent shop and my camera positioning is holding up just fine after a few velcro adjustments.