@alfeg wrote:

I only apply for a shop if the email says it is "exciting"

; D

What about "Make Extra Pay By Traveling A Little Further"? How much extra would you charge to drive further, $1 or $2.00 on some jobs. BM has great qualities so its more like your an apprentice while learning how to perform jobs correctly. I get confused why companies do not want to keep their talented shoppers trained to perform any assignment offered. I saw some Travel Pay notices and one caught my eyes, it seriously was offering $1.50 extra as Travel Pay. If their shoppers did not budge at their regular rate, how is $1.50 or $2.00 gonna get them to shop?


Regular Pay $19

Travel Pay $1.50

Total Pay $20.50

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@MFJohnston wrote:

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Sweetie, that's not very much for a car sales shop. I did 2 for another MSC for $55 each this week.

I recognize that. However, It was not a matter of seeking out the best job - I had my appointment set. It was a matter of seeing what I could add into a small window of time. I have to be at a different location at 10:30. These two dealerships are less than a mile from my other appointment and open at 9:00. Plus, they specifically do not require a test drive, even if offered. Therefore, I can keep them reasonably short and fulfill the requirements of the shop well. The most money I was able to find with my 90 minute window was $30 by driving 12 miles each direction to do a single car sales job, which did require a test drive. It was less money and ran the risk of making me late for the appointment. They were simply a way to make $34 with my 90 minutes of dead time. I would not make a special trip for such shops.

I have never seen a car shop that didn't require a test drive (maybe the negotiation ones?).

Car Sales Shops consist of different things to do, they can be a pain in the arse!



1. Call your dealer and ask about your assigned cars, after talking with sales agent there is a report for you to fill out. The report is not "Yes/No" questions, there are narratives that take time. If you are unlucky the phone shop part actually can take ten to twenty minutes depending on how long it takes for the sales associate to obtain the information needed. Both phone time and report can hit thirty to forty-five minutes if you are too kind. Sales Reps have no problem dragging their feet, others are totally awesome taking only five or ten minutes to grab all your info!

2. Contact dealer through a web inquiry, wait to see if their internet sales professional make's contact with you. Write about your web inquiry experience (two to four pages depending on which car shop you accept) with questions and narratives.

3. Visit dealer to ask about your car, no need to take a test drive but you must inspect their Show Room, Parking lot, cars, sales associates attire, conduct of other sales reps speaking, conduct of secretary, how the sales event went. If you want to take a test drive after spending thirty minutes to one and a half hours(Implies the dealer is busy and your stuck to wait for someone to free up. There are shoppers who showed up when all the sales reps were busy, you had to take a ticket and wait up to one hour or not get paid. The phone or web inquiry info would have been a giant waste unless you wait.

4. Talking with the sales associate, they can drag this on for a long time and play hard to get about grabbing their card until you show a act of good faith by giving them your contact information. Some of the sales reps will call your phone to make sure you gave them the right number in their show room.

5. Take all the details from your experience, write them up in a seven to twelve page report with tons of narratives and hope to collect your $12, $14 or $17 and sometimes for the super deluxe shop the pay might go above $20 not to exceed $21.01

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@GuyFawkes wrote:

Car Sales Shops consist of different things to do, they can be a pain in the arse!



1. Call your dealer and ask about your assigned cars, after talking with sales agent there is a report for you to fill out. The report is not "Yes/No" questions, there are narratives that take time. If you are unlucky the phone shop part actually can take ten to twenty minutes depending on how long it takes for the sales associate to obtain the information needed. Both phone time and report can hit thirty to forty-five minutes if you are too kind. Sales Reps have no problem dragging their feet, others are totally awesome taking only five or ten minutes to grab all your info!

2. Contact dealer through a web inquiry, wait to see if their internet sales professional make's contact with you. Write about your web inquiry experience (two to four pages depending on which car shop you accept) with questions and narratives.

3. Visit dealer to ask about your car, no need to take a test drive but you must inspect their Show Room, Parking lot, cars, sales associates attire, conduct of other sales reps speaking, conduct of secretary, how the sales event went. If you want to take a test drive after spending thirty minutes to one and a half hours(Implies the dealer is busy and your stuck to wait for someone to free up. There are shoppers who showed up when all the sales reps were busy, you had to take a ticket and wait up to one hour or not get paid. The phone or web inquiry info would have been a giant waste unless you wait.

4. Talking with the sales associate, they can drag this on for a long time and play hard to get about grabbing their card until you show a act of good faith by giving them your contact information. Some of the sales reps will call your phone to make sure you gave them the right number in their show room.

5. Take all the details from your experience, write them up in a seven to twelve page report with tons of narratives and hope to collect your $12, $14 or $17 and sometimes for the super deluxe shop the pay might go above $20 not to exceed $21.01

Yeah, a lot of narratives....but won't do that for $20.

Sheesh, my luxury car sales shop did require a test drive but did NOT require extensive narrative. I'd do more of those in a heartbeat.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Sheesh, my luxury car sales shop did require a test drive but did NOT require extensive narrative. I'd do more of those in a heartbeat.

Was your luxury car a "Target Shop" for $45,$55 or $65 and now they have two near me for $75. Was your luxury shop from BM because I cant see you doing any auto sales shops for $12-$20, your experience and skill as a shopper makes me think you command a premium.

No, not a target shop and not Bestmark.

I have done some which FORBID me to a test drive even if offered. That can be an awkward scenario.

@nc wrote:

I have never seen a car shop that didn't require a test drive (maybe the negotiation ones?).

I can shop 3 simple bank shops on the same street or close by and get paid $75, no car shops for under $55. to $70 for me. The same goes for Assisted Living shops, $70 for me. I have shopped two car shops and two assisted living. I just wait until they are desperate, than I contact them and make an offer. All the MSC can do is say, "no". I do get calls to do shops with big bonuses, they know I will get them done. Recently I got a call with a large bonus to do a bank shop, I was told the last 3 shoppers didn't do them right, when I requested this shop before for a bonus they didn't give it to me, now what is it costing them?

Guy, I am with them as well. It took me 35 mins which included call ahead time before the shop, and 15 mins for my paperwork. I got paid $85.00 total for less than an hour job. Pretty good for where I live. Their a good company to do work for and not to mention the checks I receive for referring people.

@anna74 wrote:

Guy, I am with them as well. It took me 35 mins which included call ahead time before the shop, and 15 mins for my paperwork. I got paid $85.00 total for less than an hour job. Pretty good for where I live. Their a good company to do work for and not to mention the checks I receive for referring people.

The majority of shoppers are not driving the brand of car you have access to, are you friends with a used car dealer that needs their oil changed and specializes in these cars? I can't use my Audi or Lexus for the Service Call Jobs and most shoppers do not have the Make and Model. I am like you because the MSCs that represent my cars have trouble trying to locate shoppers to do these shops.


We are talking about Car Sales Shops, yesterday I did my shop at the dealer in thirty minutes because they did not have any of the models and packages I was sent to shop. I know how long the BM Service Call Shops take's to perform and write up the report. My Car Sales Shop was $100 because it was the last one on the list. There are plenty of BM Shops here for $85 if your willing to drive to Prison Town, they have two dealers in ten a mile radius nobody has shopped in months. You could probably get $100 if you drove 115 miles each direction and towed another car to capture the second dealer looking for a shopper. Bring a truck and car carrier to capture all the Service Call shops that have sat for almost six months because you can negotiate a higher rate.


When you add up your hourly rate do you not add the time it takes to drive to the dealer, sit and wait and perform your report? Unless it was a 2005 style Jiffy Lube 5 minute lube jobs, the type where they drove the cars in and out of the service-bays putting only a little Armor-all on the tires and a window wipe down. Service Reports do not take 20 minutes to write up.

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