http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:23:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-798 matsonian Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:06:20 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-798 A great idea... one I had not thought of! I am going to use QuickPlanner Plus and develop full strategic plan for accomplishing this and post it on our user's area at quickplannerplus.co for others. I will, of course, give you credit mrsmicah. Thanks! A great idea… one I had not thought of! I am going to use QuickPlanner Plus and develop full strategic plan for accomplishing this and post it on our user’s area at quickplannerplus.co for others. I will, of course, give you credit mrsmicah. Thanks!

]]> http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-761   Mini-business plan–combine mystery shopping and eBay (or Craigslist) by clip31 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:33:03 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-761 [...] more here [...] [...] more here [...]

]]> http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-760 mrsmicah Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:23:10 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-760 That is a cool idea, FB. Going out to eat isn't in our budget, unfortunately. And while I don't plan to do the mystery shopping/ebay thing myself, this might be something I could get into. :) That is a cool idea, FB. Going out to eat isn’t in our budget, unfortunately. And while I don’t plan to do the mystery shopping/ebay thing myself, this might be something I could get into.

]]> http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-759 FrugalBabe Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:24:34 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-759 A few years ago - when we were in debt and never able to spend any money eating out - my husband and I signed up with a local mystery shopper network. It was free, and worked just as promised. It was primarily for eating out, although we did have one visit to Target and one to a hardware store, where our purchases were later reimbursed (that's how we paid for our very simple garden irrigation system). Normally, we would get an assignment to go eat somewhere, with specific instructions about when to arrive and what to order (usually an appetizer, two entrees, a dessert and drinks). Then afterwards, we would have to complete an on-line survey about our experience. We always got reimbursed. We had one shop where we were reimbursed $90. Usually it was $30 or $40, with several $50 nights. The surveys took about 45 minutes or so, although the $90 one took us about two hours. We don't do it anymore, because we decided that we were tired of filling out the surveys, but we probably went out to eat 10 or 15 times for free, which was awesome when we were way too poor to do something like that on our own. A few years ago – when we were in debt and never able to spend any money eating out – my husband and I signed up with a local mystery shopper network. It was free, and worked just as promised. It was primarily for eating out, although we did have one visit to Target and one to a hardware store, where our purchases were later reimbursed (that’s how we paid for our very simple garden irrigation system).
Normally, we would get an assignment to go eat somewhere, with specific instructions about when to arrive and what to order (usually an appetizer, two entrees, a dessert and drinks). Then afterwards, we would have to complete an on-line survey about our experience. We always got reimbursed. We had one shop where we were reimbursed $90. Usually it was $30 or $40, with several $50 nights. The surveys took about 45 minutes or so, although the $90 one took us about two hours.
We don’t do it anymore, because we decided that we were tired of filling out the surveys, but we probably went out to eat 10 or 15 times for free, which was awesome when we were way too poor to do something like that on our own.

]]> http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-758 FinanceIsPersonal.com Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:50:45 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-758 That's definitely an interesting business idea, probably won't make a ton from it, but it's better than nothing. I recently wrote a 15 page business plan to secure some funding from the local univerity to help start my blog as a business, so that's my plan! Good luck! That’s definitely an interesting business idea, probably won’t make a ton from it, but it’s better than nothing. I recently wrote a 15 page business plan to secure some funding from the local univerity to help start my blog as a business, so that’s my plan! Good luck!

]]> http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-757 qzcomplete » Mini-business plan–combine mystery shopping and eBay (or Craigslist) Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:44:03 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/14/mini-business-plan-combine-mystery-shopping-and-ebay-or-craigslist/#comment-757 [...] sourced here [...] [...] sourced here [...]

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