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Delivering Catalogues... I think?

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  • I used to do this sort of thing for Betterware when I was in sixth form. I used to earn anywhere between £40 and £120 per week for about 10-15 work. Average for me was around £60 (20% of order value).

    I used to cycle round to do the delivery and collection of the catelogues and then drive round for the delivery of the goods.

    A couple of other suggestions though:

    1) Mystery shopping - I do this on a regular basis. there's a thread on this forum for it. Basically, you are assigned to go into a branch of a company and perform a transaction/interaction of some sort and then complete an online questionnaire on what happened. I've done them on all sorts of things - paying money into my bank account, purchases at a supermarket, negotiating the best price on a new car, dinner out with my wife.
    Most of the time you get a fee for the work, plus a reimbursement for a small purchase. For larger purchases, you sometimes don't get a fee as well but you keep the item anyway. For some of the meals out, I don't receive a fee but about £30 to cover costs (almost free dinner for 2!)
    2) Online surveys - small fees for each one. Again, a thread on here about it. You won't make loads of money, and if you sat and worked it out its probably below minimum wage. However, I fill them in while watching TV, which is a task I earn £0 for usually, so every little helps!
    3) When I was at uni, I worked for the university themselves. There was a department devoted to going out to local schools and promoting university to the kids (Yr 7 to Yr 12). The kids also came to the university and we gave them tours and did activities with them. This was back in '99-'03, so not sure if they still do this sort of thing
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  • kpgeezer
    kpgeezer Posts: 9 Forumite
    Awesome thanks everyone for the responses.

    Some good ideas as well Pheonixrising21.

    :beer:

    I used to do this sort of thing for Betterware when I was in sixth form. I used to earn anywhere between £40 and £120 per week for about 10-15 work. Average for me was around £60 (20% of order value).

    I used to cycle round to do the delivery and collection of the catelogues and then drive round for the delivery of the goods.

    A couple of other suggestions though:

    1) Mystery shopping - I do this on a regular basis. there's a thread on this forum for it. Basically, you are assigned to go into a branch of a company and perform a transaction/interaction of some sort and then complete an online questionnaire on what happened. I've done them on all sorts of things - paying money into my bank account, purchases at a supermarket, negotiating the best price on a new car, dinner out with my wife.
    Most of the time you get a fee for the work, plus a reimbursement for a small purchase. For larger purchases, you sometimes don't get a fee as well but you keep the item anyway. For some of the meals out, I don't receive a fee but about £30 to cover costs (almost free dinner for 2!)
    2) Online surveys - small fees for each one. Again, a thread on here about it. You won't make loads of money, and if you sat and worked it out its probably below minimum wage. However, I fill them in while watching TV, which is a task I earn £0 for usually, so every little helps!
    3) When I was at uni, I worked for the university themselves. There was a department devoted to going out to local schools and promoting university to the kids (Yr 7 to Yr 12). The kids also came to the university and we gave them tours and did activities with them. This was back in '99-'03, so not sure if they still do this sort of thing
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