Waiting for Shops

I think one of the hardest things is waiting for new shops to appear. It is the beginning of the month and you just neve know when the shops will appear. My weekends are pretty booked for this month and even into mid-February. I just happened to look on one companies web site and the gas stations were out, then the next set came out.

Sometimes you just get lucky and check the web page and find new shops. When I find new shops I start checking my calendar to see what I can do. One trap you don't want to fall into, is setting up too many shops for one day! I am limited to working mostly weekends and those can fill up fast! Sometimes I get so excited about a new set of shops that I sign up for TOO many shops. Sometimes I can reschedule them, other times I can't! It is a learning process for each company.

I just signed up for two shops for this weekend with a new company I just signed up with. I always start off slow with a new company. I like to make sure they pay on time and there are no issues. I was with one company that did mostly restaurant shops and they paid after 60-90 days by check. I got paid on time for the first few shops, but then problems arose. I didn't get paid. I emailed them and no response. I finally emailed one of the representatives who had emailed me asking me to do a shop. I told her that I hadn't been paid and wasn't going to do more shops until I got paid. She got things rolling, but I didn't like the fact they I got no response when I emailed the help desk. Needless to say, I stopped working for that company. I haven't had any issues with the companies I work for currently and they all respond very quickly when I do have questions.

Part of the fun is the hunt for the shops!! Mystery shopping fed us for dinner last night and bought my lunch today!!!