I don't do the gas shops in the metro area until they are between $6-$8. I take them then because if I don't, someone else will. I can do 10 a day easily and work other shops around them while I do them. They will never make it to $15 so I take them when they get "hot" and start disappearing. The ones outside the metro area are saved for routes out into the state. Then I see $12-$25 and even as much as $35 once per gas station. I can do these in my sleep now. And, the best thing is I can do them without staying on my feet too long at one time. So there is a method to my madness and strategy involved in my acceptance of the gas shops at a lower fee.
1. I take the metro area ones when they start to disappear anyway.
2. I save the "boonie" stations until they go up.
3. I need the money from shops I can do with little physical exertion.
4. I've done so many of these that I can do them quickly.
Butttttttt. I still won't do one for $3.00. lol I will drive past the same station over and over, knowing it's on the job board, but won't stop for it until they pay me more.
Anybody who takes an ADA shop or big box hardware store for $4.00 is really hard up. Those shops are hard! I do both from a scooter and the ADA one is harder because I have to get the scooter into a restroom and the fitting room. The doors are heavy in the restrooms and the fitting rooms generally just had the layaway department dumped in front of them. I've actually had to climb the piles with my cane to get to the fitting rooms. Also, the aisles are so packed this time of year I keep getting the cart trapped behind merchandise. I won't take these shops now until they are upwards of $15. The big box hardwares are getting a bit easier, but I don't like all the narrative in the reports. Pffffftttt on $4.00. lol
I'm also not going to carry something big and bulky around a bedding store for 20 minutes waiting for someone to ask me if I want a cart. Pffffffftttttttt on $5.00 too!