@gbarnes wrote:
I have received these shops and deleted them because when you calculate the payment it comes out to $15.00 per hour. If you are satisfied with that amount, then go ahead and do them. This is not really for me. Mystery shopping is a side business for me. I will not have companies sending me shops for $75.00 to end up getting $15.00 per hour shops.
@gbarnes wrote:
I have received these shops and deleted them because when you calculate the payment it comes out to $15.00 per hour. If you are satisfied with that amount, then go ahead and do them. This is not really for me. Mystery shopping is a side business for me. I will not have companies sending me shops for $75.00 to end up getting $15.00 per hour shops.
@guysmom wrote:
Intellishop baffles me! This job was just posted on JobSlinger in my area this morning.....the fee is indeed listed at $75.00. There is a reimbursement listed as $35.00. When you read the note from Intellishop, it states the shopper will be reimbursed TEN DOLLARS (Not $35 as listed) for printing out color packs of sheets to use when doing the audit. ALSO.....the DUE DATE is listed as 1/1/2017 (as in, NEW YEAR'S DAY). The "DO NOT SHOP BEFORE DATE" is listed as.........you guessed it..........1/1/2017....NEW YEAR'S DAY! Even if I were interested in this shop, I would NEVER sign up for it with the dates/reimbursements listed as it. This Company seems to have a DIFFICULT time getting info straight (as in their paint shops, when they list OUTDATED sticky notes for dates due that have ALREADY past! Oh well.....that's why I rarely shop for them....only once so far this entire year.
@stormraven73 wrote:
The actual shop date on many of these has not yet been finalized. I was awarded one well over a week ago, and have done training, but still don't have a shop date.
You may get more responses once the shops actually start.
@Morledzep wrote:
It took me 7 hours the day of the audit, and I did not get all of the pictures I needed the first day and had to go back the second day. That one took about 40 minutes, because it was just picture taking. Input time went pretty quickly once I had all of the pictures, I think less than 2 hours.
All in all, including driving into town twice, I think the audit should probably pay a little more. But it's not a bad paycheck if you can get everything you need in one day and get the input done the same night.
@bjmartin wrote:
I did one on Monday. It took 4 hours and 45 minutes. The dealership had been preparing for two weeks rounding up tools and putting them where they belonged. They were very organized. I spent a few minutes from time to time waiting on the Service Manager to deal with a customer, but I honestly don't know how it could have been done any faster.
Interestingly, the online report asks much how time I spent in preparing and inputting for the audit. I reported three hours. That was about two spent attending the conference call training, reading and getting the drawer sheets printed and one hour inputting the results.
I could have done multiple and much faster audits and earned more money in exchange for less time, but at the time when I scheduled it there was nothing else happening. I had fun, it kept me out of trouble, it was only a few miles from my house. Would I do one again? I guess it depends on the timing and the circumstances.
I just went and looked at the the status of the report and I got 10/10 and a nice note from the editor.
In the end ... no regrets.
@bjmartin wrote:
Thank you for your input Mama. I used to own my own corporation and netted myself a low six figure salary for thirteen years. I am doing what I enjoy and aim for some kind of fulfillment every day in my un-retirement. I took absolutely no math in college because I tested out for it in high school. I don't need to be schooled in the arithmetic of what I now do. $75/day is not my best day financially by any means even these days, but I got to hang out with some really nice guys back in the service department for a day and got paid for it. I derive enjoyment and stay alive learning new things and staying outside my comfort zone.
I had to turn down a MF scheduler for a better paying travel gig for that same day later but I keep my commitments.
Again, no regrets and thanks for your contribution to the forum.