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February 04, 2016 02:30AM
It is now early February and still almost no MFI shops on my screen. I use two ZIPs and a 35-mile radius. Both ZIPs are in major metro areas in SoCal. One ZIP has no shops, the other has two. Besides, only so many cell phone companies one can visit in a lifetime. No FF on the lists. Am going in search of other MSC shops to fill out my schedule.

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February 04, 2016 02:57AM
@PuaM wrote:

It is now early February and still almost no MFI shops on my screen. I use two ZIPs and a 35-mile radius. Both ZIPs are in major metro areas in SoCal. One ZIP has no shops, the other has two. Besides, only so many cell phone companies one can visit in a lifetime. No FF on the lists. Am going in search of other MSC shops to fill out my schedule.

I live in the same part of the state. I had deleted the fast food giant years ago that they used to have but would still see 2-3 pages of jobs each month. The last few months it is down to perhaps a page and a half or two. Today I noticed most of what was left were jobs at the airport which I would gladly do if I had access. There were a significant number of their other locations just a few days ago but most of them seem to have been booked since then. These were all the same not as fast fast food places, taxes and coffee shops they have had for years. Perhaps you do not have these stores in your area or everyone else was hungry and thirsty this month.
I also have noticed that they do not put all the jobs out at once but do them in waves so more may be coming in a week or so.
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February 04, 2016 08:11AM
I suspect that since they no longer have the FF king, the folks who did those shops are picking up others they may not have done in the past. MF is the one most MS recommend to Newbies so it does not surprise me that there is more competition. The cell phone shops went fast in January for little reimbursement.

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February 04, 2016 01:37PM
There are still some cell phone shops in my area. I am waiting on them to get bonuses before I take them. There are a few grocery and some airport shops but that is it. I used to do a lot with them but slowly have been replacing them with other companies.
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February 04, 2016 09:26PM
I've seen this in the past with MF, there are often lulls between available shops. Today I got an email that there were shops available for two of their restaurant locations, and I just logged in again and there are two shops for their favorite fast casual burger joint.

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February 04, 2016 09:45PM
I have done three this week for them. Piddly pay. . $15 was highest.
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February 05, 2016 04:49AM
A new low for MF, $7.50 for cell phone shops.
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February 05, 2016 04:51AM
I wish they would bring back the $40 - $100 loan shops. Those were nice!!
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February 05, 2016 08:06PM
Well, it is the first of the year and it always seems that January and February offer few bonuses because they get an influx of new shoppers. That might be part of the issue. Also, as someone has stated previously on other threads, if you make 'too much' money with them, even though they called YOU out of desperation, they will limit what you can take... Fast food and fast casual are still out there in my area, but not with bonuses.
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February 06, 2016 05:16PM
What about the Income Tax service shops? Does anyone see any in the state of NJ other than Jersey City and Hoboken?

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