I got Paid to "Play"

So, as I said on one of my earlier post, I signed up for some mystery shopping companies (courtesy of the advice of Carrie) and I just got my first paycheck deposited right smack dab in my bank account...woohoo. Now don't let the smallness of the amount discourage you, this was only for 2 shops (I'm just getting started and wanted to "test the water" and I work full-time on top of that). My first payday was $26.97...oh yeah!!! Wanna know the breakdown of it? I sure did!

Alright, here goes:

1st shop - Sonic Drive-In (YUMMY!!!) - got paid $5.00 to sit for approx. 20 minutes and enjoy my yummy food and then I got $5.75 in reimbursements for my purchase (I ended up spending like $0.50 cents cuz I ordered a more expensive menu item...mozzarella sticks instead of fries or tots) So all in all that translates into about $15.00/hour with free lunch. Not bad huh? BTW, as far as I have seen so far, the Sonic shops have the lowest shop fee and reimbursement of all the fast food shops at this site.

2nd shop - Five Guys Burgers and Fries (again...YUMMY!!!) - total pay $16.22 - breakdown: $8.22 reimbursement (burger, fries (that I shared with my son) and a drink) and $8.00 shop fee. Total time in the store 30 minutes maybe (we eat kinda quick) = $16.00/hr and free lunch! In case you are wondering the reimbursement amount for this shop is actually more than what I got; I can't eat the "regular" size burger so I get a little burger and the cost is a little less. I believe the actual reimbursement is $10.00 but I could be off. This is also one of the shops that you aren't required to do alone; you do have to pay for the other people in your party's food but they can come along and join you for dinner while you "shop" the store.

Ok, so how awesome is that?!?!?! $26.97 in food and "pay" for going to restaurants and eating food I love and just offering my opinion on the service, cleanliness, quality, etc.

You interested in mystery shopping too??? Well, the company that I performed these shops through is Market Force. Some of the other companies they "shop" for are McDonalds, Office Depot, and Verizon Wireless.

I've done 2 shops so far this month and I have 1 coming up on Friday so this month ought to be a pretty nice "payday" too.