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If you could only do one type of shop, what would it be?

August 16, 2024 02:41AM
Any shop, to the point where I get paid. For the work I put in.

I've done fine dining, fast food, spas, casinos, retail, as they call it, cell phone shops, new car shops, fast casual, I think they're called electronics shops now.

If the pay is fair for the effort I have to put forth, there's not a shop i wouldn't do.
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August 16, 2024 04:01AM
Without question, I would only do $200+ at closed locations for the few MSCs that pay full fee for just one photo of the closed sign.
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August 16, 2024 05:09PM
I would do a resort shop every other month. I used to do a lot of dining but for me they are no longer worth it.

I wish I had a small business that I can earn a bunch of points and then cash them at the resorts. On my last bar shop at a hotel, a guy sitting next to me said he had several million hilton points to burn…
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August 16, 2024 08:57PM
Why does no one want to do those crappy $2-$4 phone shops? :-P

I would do the WF ATM complaint shops daily if I could. It stinks that we have to wait every 10 days to do this. I would do as many as possible each day if they allowed it. Those are really some of the simplest shops that do not require me to leave the house.
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August 16, 2024 11:30PM
I'll end up with quite a few Hilton points to burn soon... my husband has to travel for 8 weeks of training, hotel stay for 60+ nights paid for by his employer and points for us!


@LindaM wrote:

I would do a resort shop every other month. I used to do a lot of dining but for me they are no longer worth it.

I wish I had a small business that I can earn a bunch of points and then cash them at the resorts. On my last bar shop at a hotel, a guy sitting next to me said he had several million hilton points to burn…
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August 17, 2024 02:40AM
@viv0412 wrote:

I'll end up with quite a few Hilton points to burn soon... my husband has to travel for 8 weeks of training, hotel stay for 60+ nights paid for by his employer and points for us!

That will get you diamond status. You need 10 years of diamond status to get it for life. I have 7 years. This year will be 8.
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August 17, 2024 05:58AM
I just learned that my $50 onekeycash rewards from Expedia expired. I had thought they reset the expiration when they did the big rewards merger last year, but they kept the old expiration dates. Expedia did a horrible job relaying that though. Grrr!
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August 18, 2024 01:43PM
I think we had it for a while as we used to have the Hilton credit card...
We stay probably 20+ nights a year in a hotel, the problem is it's not all with one brand. Lots of softball/ baseball tournaments are 'stay to play' meaning the tournament director decides what teams stay at what hotel.


@BayShopper22 wrote:

@viv0412 wrote:

I'll end up with quite a few Hilton points to burn soon... my husband has to travel for 8 weeks of training, hotel stay for 60+ nights paid for by his employer and points for us!

That will get you diamond status. You need 10 years of diamond status to get it for life. I have 7 years. This year will be 8.
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August 18, 2024 10:18PM
One night hotel stays where I get breakfast, dinner, and three free drinks. My second choice would be grocery pick up shops. I try to pay little to nothing for my groceries.
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August 18, 2024 11:06PM
Alta's quick-version truck stop shops. So easy and fast to do and report, they're worth it even at $10. I've had them bonus up to $25 in my area, though normally they peak at $18. $18-$25 for 5 minutes shop and 5-minute report? Yes please!
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August 19, 2024 02:50AM
I have to agree with HBbigdaddy... Curinos shops If i could do them more frequently . I would love to do dining shops for sit down non American/non European foods but unfortunately those are generally mom and pop places not shopped.
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August 26, 2024 09:10PM
If there were enough of them, I would do only video shops for the rest of my working life. If I had any time left over, I would add revealed gas station audits.
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September 01, 2024 06:23AM
Gas station audits are my preferred shop. I plan routes and can pick up far away locations with a bonus. And I travel with gas cans.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/01/2024 06:28AM by medowynd.
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September 01, 2024 04:49PM
It seems gas stations audits are a clear favorite, which I had already picked up on from the endless threads about them. I don't have any of the shopped station brands where I live and I feel like I am really missing out!!

I think I am a unicorn, but Field Agent shops are my favorite. I don't need to apply for jobs or plan ahead. I don't need to interact with anyone or remember anything. I don't have to write any narratives. When I leave the store the shop is submitted and there is nothing more to do.
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September 01, 2024 10:30PM
I think you are the first personon tohave liked Field Agent. I might need to take another lool at it.
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September 02, 2024 03:13AM
Not sure if I am familiar with those ? Are they with Trendsource? those field agent audits?
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September 02, 2024 03:22AM
Field Agent is the name of an app that you would need to install on your phone. I don't believe that it has any connection to TrendSource.
@BarefootBliss wrote:

Not sure if I am familiar with those ? Are they with Trendsource? those field agent audits?

Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
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September 02, 2024 07:06AM
Gas shop for me but I also enjoy hotels when travelling as I am retired.

Willing to travel, Alberta, Canada
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