STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

JMR · Dooney & Bourke

RE: cutting corners?

alb · Marc Jacobs

JMR or any other mom--would you be interested in trading formula coupons with me? I use only Nestle Good Start but I get coupons for similac and emfamil as well. I just threw out a few but I might have some more arund the house and I know more will be coming. Let me know if you are interested--I bet we can save a ton of $$$ that way!!

JMR · Dooney & Bourke

alb wrote:

JMR or any other mom--would you be interested in trading formula coupons with me? I use only Nestle Good Start but I get coupons for similac and emfamil as well. I just threw out a few but I might have some more arund the house and I know more will be coming. Let me know if you are interested--I bet we can save a ton of $$$ that way!!
meeeeeeeeeeeeeee - Ill pm you!

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

lsubatgirl wrote:

I also do online surveys through the keynote panel -> $10 gc to amazon for each survey and also surveydirect.com usually $2 paid per survey in your paypal account.

This would be great! Any tips on where/how to sign up to do this?

lsubatgirl · Gucci

leah_leanna wrote:

lsubatgirl wrote: I also do online surveys through the keynote panel -> $10 gc to amazon for each survey and also surveydirect.com usually $2 paid per survey in your paypal account. This would be great! Any tips on where/how to sign up to do this?

http://www.surveydirect.com/surv_form.htm Sign up here and they email you when they have survey's to do.

I also use Survey Savvy and can refer you on that site if you just pm me your first name and email.

Keynote Research Panel (Amazon GC) https://xms.keynote.com/login/vrp/default.asp?logout=1

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

Grrr...I just did the LONG survey from Surveydirect.com...probably for Domino magazine...and at the END it had an error message about my id! WTF?!? Good cop out for not having to pay me! GRRRRR!

nunzi182 · Kate Spade

laken1 wrote:

I clip coupons from the Sunday paper

We go out to eat sometimes, but mostly we dine in. My FIL takes us to really really nice dinners when he is in town so I don't feel deprived. I mystery shop for some restaurants so it's very hit or miss, but sometimes can get our meal paid for (maybe 9 times this past year?). If we drink at dinner we only have one drink.

Laken, what service do you use to mystery shop? I always wanted to do it, but I know there are scammers out there.

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

nunzi182 wrote:

laken1 wrote: I clip coupons from the Sunday paper We go out to eat sometimes, but mostly we dine in. My FIL takes us to really really nice dinners when he is in town so I don't feel deprived. I mystery shop for some restaurants so it's very hit or miss, but sometimes can get our meal paid for (maybe 9 times this past year?). If we drink at dinner we only have one drink. Laken, what service do you use to mystery shop? I always wanted to do it, but I know there are scammers out there.

I'd be interested also. :)

theotherjess · Chanel

laken1 wrote:

Sometimes I cut them out and put them by the product in the store to hopefully cut a mom a break. I'm so pitiful!

Laken, that is the sweetest thing ever!

laken1 · Hermes

nunzi182 wrote:

Laken, what service do you use to mystery shop? I always wanted to do it, but I know there are scammers out there.

I am seriously signed up with about 25 companies, of which I've probably shopped for 3? I'm not doing it & am cutting ties with most because I actually got a job with a grocery retailer & they pay way better (like hourly + mileage) but that is really a job - you can't just not answer email requests like you can with the other companies. The typical company sends out mass emails, you respond if you want the assignment & may or may not get it. you have to be on top of the emails because the restaurants go quick.

I've actually done shops for 2 companies for restaurants, so that is the ones I'll list for you - the rest I just feel like give you lots of emails for crap they are paying $7 for & I'm just not doing that - ya know? And as far as scams, I really feel like I got scammed at first because I paid $25 for a list that I could have gotten without that company at all. Plus I have never gotten any info from them, emails, nothing. I learned later that you should NEVER pay for info - but it was only $25 - so I'm not too bummed...

Here are the companies I've done restaurants for.
http://www.focusonservice.com/
http://mysteryguestinc.com/home.asp

Again, those are the 2 I have actually done shops for, paid in a timely manner, etc.

-- Edited by laken1 at 17:00, 2005-10-21