@roflwofl wrote:
I never give them back the itemized receipt. When the server brings the receipt, I take out my wallet, remove my credit card, and put my wallet on top of the itemized receipt. I either hand the credit card to the server or put it on the table or in the payment folder. I have never had a server take back an itemized receipt from under my wallet. Some servers print another copy of the itemized receipt but none have ever demanded that I give the itemized receipt back to them.
If I were not given an itemized receipt for any reason, I would ask for one. This is not unusual. Anyone who is filing an expense report likely needs an itemized receipt.
its usually a no-no to contact mscs client directly. good luck. keep updated.@hotsauce1 wrote:
Update: I sent an e-mail and they replied with a PDF copy! Sooo relieved.
@hotsauce1 wrote:
Asking for the receipt after-the-fact is also frowned on? I contacted the restaurant and said I needed the receipt for a business expense, as others suggested to do.
thats why i said usually. either way its not the norm for mystery shop.id be interested in how the msc or client handles it. op did u explain what happened in report/@roflwofl wrote:
@hotsauce1 wrote:
Asking for the receipt after-the-fact is also frowned on? I contacted the restaurant and said I needed the receipt for a business expense, as others suggested to do.
I think we're talking about two different actions here. Asking for a receipt immediately after the fact because either you did not get one or the server threw it away is not a problem. Lots of people ask for an itemized receipt. I doubt the server would pay any attention. Leaving the location and contacting the client a day later to ask for a receipt is probably a little less common. It might make you memorable as a customer, but I would not consider it wrong. I don't think it's a "no-no to contact the client" in the instance of asking for a receipt.
Most ICA prohibit a mystery shopper from directly contacting the client, but I do not think asking for a receipt from a transaction is a prohibited action under the ICA.
@hotsauce1 wrote:
Update: I sent an e-mail and they replied with a PDF copy! Sooo relieved.