LisaSTL Wrote:
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> I try to keep my printing at a bare minimum, pun
> intended! I rarely print a survey anymore since
> all of the "printable" versions are just the
> actual survey and contain so much info that is
> unneeded. After 4 years there are basics ingrained
> and when there are unique items I might print out
> a page with bullet points or, better yet, put
> those in my calendar so they are synced with my
> phone.
>
> An option if you want to save paper, ink and some
> trees is printing your completed reports to a file
> on your computer.


Lisa, I agree about saving it to your computer.

My problem is... every time I do save it to my desktop and I attempt to re-open the file, I can't. Pain in the butt. I've tried saving and opening as docx, adobe - nada.

Plus, I'm also obsessive about paperwork. I'm one of those annoying retentive persons who has paperwork in a file box dating back to 1991. Yup - Tax returns, bank statements, cc statments, receipts. *waves hand* I've got them! Wanna know what year I got my first computer and how much I paid for it? (it was $2100 and I bought it on December 27th, 1996 after a car accident settlement!). Wanna know every repair on our 1996 Buick Skylark? Which we gave to our youngest in 2006, but he sold it in 2007 - YUP! I've still got that! (have no clue why, since we don't have the vehicle!) Having the paperwork has really saved my butt on a number of occasions too.

HA HA! As I said, I'm one of those annoying types. I DO go thru the paperwork every other year though and shred useless stuff, believe it or not, all those years fit into 5 normal size file storage boxes!


I've had too many instances of saving stuff on my desktop and my desktop ends up going kaputz - and I'm out everything I've saved. On occasion I do upload pw protected files to my domain, so that helps too. I could burn CD's, but then I forget about those. LOL!

I'm sure after months of printing stuff out - I'll become comfy like you are and then not have to print out every little detail! *well, I can HOPE that happens!*

You'll get comfy with it I promise! A couple of weeks ago before heading out on a route my scheduler reminded me they needed business cards from every car dealer. I started laughing and said it is so ingrained now that I get business cards every time I talk to someone shop or not I had my tires replaced a few days before my trip and on my second day out the pressure monitor light came on. I knew it was because of the fluctuation in temps, but just to be sure I found a Nissan dealer near one of the shops and stopped in to have them check. I even got their business card:O

newbie9618 Wrote:
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> I want to mystery shop but don't have money to put
> out right now to wait for reimbursements later.
> Which types of shop don't normally require
> purchases?

Real estate shops [apartment hunting scenarios] @ EPMSonline.com
and also Mercatile systems [mercsystems.com] storage facilities shops.

These are video/ audio recording shops, but they don't require up front monies...