"The $3 Coffee Shop"

July 28, 2015 08:26PM

I had not done these for about 3 years. It is at the Truck-Stop. You check the coffee station. You buy a cup of coffee. You get a receipt. They reimimburse you $2 for the coffee. Apparently, you don't need to check the coffee filters anymore (someone said).

So, I check the shop fee and it pays $3. I was shocked. I don't remember the price 2-3 years ago but was it always this low? I was more a newbie back then....but I could not back out of my driveway to get to the Truck-Stop to do this for that price. I was wondering if anyone has done this $3 coffee shop? What are you required to do now?.

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July 28, 2015 10:27PM

I've picked that shop up twice when bonused, once was $15 and once I think was $9 plus the coffee. It's an okay shop and an okay report. I had no problems with it. Many shops start out with a low base and if not picked up will be bonused later on. If I'm going by and I want a cup of coffee it can be a really good deal. It's not designed to get the shopper to make a special effort to go there and do it. It's designed to be done on the way as part of a day's route and for that purpose it works great. It's even the right time of the day for the No. 1 shop to get me up and going.

The least you're going to get out of the shop is $3.00 and a $2.00 cup of coffee. Quick in and out, quick report. On the two I did, I felt like I held up the stagecoach and got the gold. Would I do the report for $3.00 plus a cup of coffee? No. But -- if I didn't have $2.00 for coffee, yes. It all depends on the circumstances.

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.

July 29, 2015 11:51AM

Thanks! It's just like the cinnamon roll shop. If I am going out that way I get my cinnamon roll.

July 31, 2015 04:51AM

I agree that the report is not bad for this shop, but yes, they have definitely been gradually lowering the base pay. Even a few months ago, it still started off at $5. I generally only take them when bonused, but that's just me!

Happily shopping the Pacific Northwest. Shopping since 2013

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