Mystery/Secret Shopping

I realized I forgot to share with you my experiences about secret shopping. So here goes :-)

First one: Pretended to be interested in buying a new car for a whopping 30 minutes w/ no chilren. Good: No children, had a little break. Bad: got paid $14 bucks for too much effort. Won't do it again.

Second: Applebees Shop- had dinner w/ Gabe and the kids. Good: It helped to keep track of details with Gabe there, especially with the kids distracting me. Had yummy dinner out, which was mostly paid for. ($25 reimbursement) Bad: Not much-we'll definitely try to hook up a date night sometime again. Hard to schedule on the website.

Third: Oil Change at Cascade Autocenter. Good: Free + cash oil change. They also fixed a door problem I was having. Bad: I took my kids along, and it went significantly longer than expected. And we watched the food network which made us all hungry!!! :-)

Overall opinion: This is pretty cool. I have to be picky about what I can/can't do with kids, but having dinner and oil changes paid for is helpful when we're on a budget. The really cool thing is that they "say" you can't do more than one of one kind in a certain time period, but I'm scheduled to take Gabe's truck in tomorrow... so they are pretty flexible about the details. I appreciate that :-) I wouldn't consider this as an "income" because it's not consistent at all. But I would call it a way to get random stuff/services free in exchange for a little work. And it does take about 3-4 weeks to get the check, so it's not quick by any means.

There's also not a whole lot available in Wenatchee, but for my friends and family across the mountains, there's a ton. Plus Moses Lake and Yakima... which yea, I consider a bit odd compared to the limited amount here. But hey, I'll take what I can get and let the rest of you have some too :-) I'm only working for one company right now- Bestmark. If you want a referral, let me know!