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Re: Casino shops - 9 days ago

@ravensr4real wrote: Yea if it really only took 3 hours that would be great. Clearly, you are referring to my post. Yes, it took 3 hours to do the shop in the casino. Probably took 2 hours to write it up, since I type about 25 WPM. Not a big deal. That's $100/hour, plus the fee (I think about $75?) and the expenses (around $100 for parking, meal, and gift shop). So, since I make under $100/
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Casino shops - 11 days ago

@ravensr4real wrote: Yet another reason not to do them (the cap) LOL it was terrible. 3 hour shop (shift). Free meal, all expenses paid, and I got to keep $500 and the shop fee. I just wrote a check and gave the extra back. That's like winning a car and complaining about paying the taxes. (I've also won an SUV separately from shopping).
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: What places to avoid? - 12 days ago

@Morledzep wrote: @charleybuddy wrote: stay away from cirrus; longest company to pay, have to send invoices, then you will probably have to chase down payments. It seems Charleybuddy reminded me that I didn't share the ONLY 2 hard and fast rules that my son and I use for shops: 1. Never work for Cirrus 2. Do NOT do POP audits There are other qualifications and preferences, but these rules
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: RED FLAG- HS Brands - 15 days ago

@Dutch55 wrote: Coupon Maniac, I'm sorry for your frustration about the editor asking for additional information. I certainly can't speak to this exact situation but I can tell you that if a shop is submitted to the client we 100% pay shoppers. In many instances a shop can't be submitted to a client and we pay the shopper anyways and eat the cost ourselves when a picture or other key info is mis
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: BJ’ S gift card not received - 30 days ago

Glad you found it. I had 3 from September. 2 of 3 came through fine. The 3rd, I found in Spam.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: SPA shops in South Texas - 30 days ago

A pedicure is less than $50 I pay $75 for a manicure and pedicure. Try doing two cell phone shops and use that money.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Bestmark - 4 weeks ago

@SBP wrote: Thanks for the head’s up. I keep getting emails from BM for a singular “easy” weekend shop requiring visits to 7 high end hotels and spas for “simple” interior photos and “about 15 mins of time” each location at $10 per location, between the hours of 10am and 4pm on a single weekend day. Did my homework. Travel alone is 2 hours during peak traffic times if you already live clos
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: Management Contact at ishopforipsos SASSIE - 4 weeks ago

@drdoggie00 wrote: I don't know how the breadstick photo slipped by the OP unless they truly didn't read the guidelines because it's right there on the last line of page one: "Take a clear photo of the breadsticks, ensuring the cloth or paper is unwrapped." There is an easy way to see ALL of the questions at once on the form. In the URL where it says .....ShopperShopReview.php..... change Shop
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: Would you submit a mostly-reimbursement shop if your item was free? - 4 weeks ago

You should have purchased a second box.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Ipsos Scheduler issue - 5 weeks ago

Sounds like they found a second shopper out in the boonies.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: NFL and compliance shops? - 5 weeks ago

@teacherguy wrote: To Gigishopper: Way back in time i worked for a company called Signal Auditing Inc. I'm not sure if they are still in business, as they no longer seem to have a website and there is chatter on some forums about them having not paid their auditors back 5 or so years ago. Anyways, I did some jobs/investigations for Signal Auditing Inc checking PPV boxing and MMA, NFL, NCAA bas
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Frustrating emails with jobs xxx miles from my home... - 5 weeks ago

It happens. You've been around long enough to know that it happens. Delete and move on.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Is Ipsos Paying Twice Weekly This Year? - 5 weeks ago

Doesn't matter much when they don't edit the shops in a timely manner. I have unedited shops from 10/14 on. 21 sitting in completed status right now to be exact.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: The Halal Guys - 5 weeks ago

@NinS wrote: I managed to score two this month -- yay! But I've noticed at least in my area they're no longer serving their delicious chocolate chip cookies which were baked fresh in the store. Now it's a wrapped cookie from an outside provider. They still have the baklava, cheesecake, etc I got one last month. Seemed to be made in store. No idea how old it was, but it was hard as a rock!
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Sassie photo upload issue - 5 weeks ago

I have had it happen over the years. I think it is usually due to poor cell reception. It doesn't happen to me on my home wifi (using phone at home). I have a mac and a pc at home. Using the mac for photo uploading onto reports has been a game changer for me. (Teaching the old dog new tricks every day.)
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: RED FLAG- HS Brands - 6 weeks ago

Here's the deal: Ipsos takes too long to edit your shops. Sentry made you answer all of the questions and you don't like how they pay HS Brands denied your shop after making you edit it. Summary: it's you, not them.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: Extended Stay America - 8 weeks ago

@NinS wrote: When I read that sentence I thought you were saying I was brave for staying at an Extended Stay America! Haha! @big_sky_thunder wrote: You are brave in my book. I thought that as well.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Shutdown?, What shutdown? - 2 months ago

@joanna81 wrote: @jlbjeep00@aol.com wrote: The democrats are at fault. They want to fund illegal aliens. Not a good choice. Hey new member, can you elaborate how they're going to "fund" illegal aliens? In California, we do it by funneling money through NGO's or churches.
by BayShopper22 - General Chat

Re: Morals - 2 months ago

@Datagirl wrote: Don't think too much about it. But if it doesn't make you comfortable, don't do it. I would never steal either, but I have no issue acting like a ditz, airhead, space cadet, etc. I do not do any of the drug compliance shops in NV. I also rarely do anything that involves a bribe being given. I (for some reason) am very persuasive with very little effort. People would be gett
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: iSS - reputation ranking - 2 months ago

@BarefootBliss wrote: Do you mind sharing what level that is? If not, I understand. thanks Before two of my favorite and easiest shops moved to iSS, I had a lifetime earnings of $200. I could self-assign 2 shops I think? Currently: Lifetime earnings: $2800 Reputation Rank: 4 Badges: 10 (each one has a different number, depending on how many times I earned it) Self-assign Limit: 10 ( can
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: tru fru recall--how is it going for you? - 2 months ago

@MW wrote: I had three convenience stores that wouldn't sign, one that wouldn't give me his last name, and one that wouldn't let me in the back room. (There are always a few of these with convenience store recalls.) I put "refused" or "refused to cooperate" for the name, and I announce it out loud as I type it.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: iSS - reputation ranking - 2 months ago

I can self assign more shops now that my rank got higher.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: The high cost of…working - 2 months ago

@boridi wrote: @BayShopper22 wrote: Can you explain the areas that I have highlighted? I honestly don't know what you are talking about. What premiums? What required insurance? Cheated out of their retirement investments? It sounds like someone was scammed into buying whole life insurance as an investment ("premiums") by a sales advisor who makes a lot of commission on the product. The
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: The high cost of…working - 2 months ago

@SBP wrote: How lovely that your retirement stayed intact through all that, unlike so many others who did all the right things per your advice, paid all the premiums, and trusted what they were told about retirement planning…only to lose much of all of it. Our children and grandchildren (and perhaps even some of us here) do/did all the “right things,” and even in the tech and other successf
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: The high cost of…working - 2 months ago

@maverick1 wrote: Someone is asking in the PM (not me): "So by "regular" job, do you mean with Kid Rock at the top of Four Seasons?" I had to look that up. Gross.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: The high cost of…working - 2 months ago

@BarefootBliss wrote: Let's face the facts- this is low skill/unskilled work so that means low or very low compensation, depending on requirements and/or competition. Some can earn a better return on their time by doubling their efforts with creative timing/scheduling, but it's not always under their control. If a person wants higher level compensation, often they will need to undertake some k
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Golden Bachelor Debacle - 2 months ago

@Deedeezthoughts wrote: @BayShopper22 wrote: Well, I am on their list and am constantly getting emails to be on this show. Absolutely no. #1 I'm far too smart #2 I'm too chunky now #3 I'm married! Yeah, otherwise, I'd be down to humiliate myself in front of the nation - not! Do you have any idea what they pay? I mean, I am guessing it isn't all that great for the bulk of the contestants
by BayShopper22 - General Chat

Re: The high cost of…working - 2 months ago

@thunderdeacon wrote: I think there are five main reasons why pay has stayed steady or decreased despite significant inflation and why there seem to be fewer opportunities available than in the past. 1-5 (deleted so that it wasn't a page long quote) There is talk in this thread about investing, and it can be very lucrative for some people. But you have to have money to invest, and many my
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: The high cost of…working - 2 months ago

@PBS wrote: A lot of tldr in this one Thunderdeacon's post is worth the read though.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Unfair editors - 2 months ago

@weatherman2111 wrote: Who wants to take bets this is Coyle? I'll take that bet. I have never had Coyle hold back money.
by BayShopper22 - Mystery Shopping Discussion
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