I just printed out the new revised shop instructions for a $10 gas station shop - 32 pages of color! I have done many of these shops in the past, but am looking at my costs for my shops and printing gets pretty expensive. I tried to remove all of the photos and just keep the text (having a master instructions for reference) to work from. No matter how much I edited, the questionnaire still came out to 12 pages (B&W). I spent over an hour editing down. Keep in mind that the instructions are revised every few months which entails printing out a new 32 page color master, plus the 12 pages required for each shop. The reports have over 30 questions and a minimum of 11 photos (that is if there are no "No' answers which require at least one per every "No"). Based on the intricancy of the shop, I have never finished one in less than an hour and reporting it takes a minimum of another 40 minutes. I am looking at nearly 2 hours along with the printing expense and am thinking I must be crazy to even consider doing another one! Does anyone have experience with this and if so how do you accomplish it?
Just thinkin'....

I wouldn't do these shops at all. So many other companies shop gas stations and they are nowhere near as complex and all pay more then mf.

I refuse to do that shop for MF. Like you said, too much time and effort involved.

I have my iphone with me set up on the pages and read them a few times and re-read it right before I go in to do the shop. But like you say it is a lot of ink when I have to print it. I need to buy a shredder lol.

Print in greyscale? or draft mode?

Thanks everyone...I'm thinking I am burned out on these shops and I'm glad I asked.

Eunicetoo, I'm curious as to how you set up the pages on your iPhone...I'm an iPhone newbie!

eunicetoo Wrote:
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> I have my iphone with me set up on the pages and
> read them a few times and re-read it right before
> I go in to do the shop. But like you say it is a
> lot of ink when I have to print it. I need to buy
> a shredder lol.

I leave them on one of my opened Safari pages after I've opened the link

You think thats a problem try some of Maritz. I recently did one. A 92 page manual, 57 questions, comments on all no answers, 9 manditory photos, photo for all no answers, all photos must be resized to 640 by 480. About 3 hours not including travel time. There must be some fun doing this?????

suzieboz Wrote:
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> I leave them on one of my opened Safari pages
> after I've opened the link


That is how I do it on my iphone.

I made the mistake of signing up for a monster gas station shop/audit when I first started. For a whopping $10 fee plus $2 reimbursement, because I didn't know any better.

I said never again, but, now... I've found some that are $6 plus $6 reimbursement with NO PICTURES and take 10 minutes. I'm signing up for all of these I can find. Too easy Easy is thrilling for now, once I'm more experienced I'm hoping some better paying work will find me and THAT will be thrilling

I have completed a lot of these MF gas stations but they are just not worth it for $10



sallyf024 Wrote:
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> I just printed out the new revised shop
> instructions for a $10 gas station shop - 32 pages
> of color! I have done many of these shops in the
> past, but am looking at my costs for my shops and
> printing gets pretty expensive. I tried to remove
> all of the photos and just keep the text (having a
> master instructions for reference) to work from.
> No matter how much I edited, the questionnaire
> still came out to 12 pages (B&W). I spent over an
> hour editing down. Keep in mind that the
> instructions are revised every few months which
> entails printing out a new 32 page color master,
> plus the 12 pages required for each shop. The
> reports have over 30 questions and a minimum of 11
> photos (that is if there are no "No' answers which
> require at least one per every "No"). Based on the
> intricancy of the shop, I have never finished one
> in less than an hour and reporting it takes a
> minimum of another 40 minutes. I am looking at
> nearly 2 hours along with the printing expense and
> am thinking I must be crazy to even consider doing
> another one! Does anyone have experience with this
> and if so how do you accomplish it?
> Just thinkin'....

Agreed. The only way I'll do a MFI gas shop is if its highly bonused.

I do these regularly and because I have done them a lot and done a good job at them, I got a nice bonus on a couple last month. As far as printing, print the 3 page "cheat sheets", the letter of authorization and the page they sign for a total of 5 black and white pages.

Every quarter when I pick up a new batch, I look through the full PDF, look for changes and then print the cheat sheet and possibly the current promo guide as a reference. The promo guide can then be used on all the shops since they're all the same.

alibisss Wrote:
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> You think thats a problem try some of Maritz. I
> recently did one. A 92 page manual, 57 questions,
> comments on all no answers, 9 manditory photos,
> photo for all no answers, all photos must be
> resized to 640 by 480. About 3 hours not including
> travel time. There must be some fun doing
> this?????


I am curious about the Maritz shop. A year or so ago, I got very tired of the amount of work (photos, number of questions, backup) required that I just stopped using Maritz as a company. Sounds like it is still the same. How much were you paid for this shop?