Question on all the $8 spend Visa debit card / cash shops

MS007 · 2023-12-16T17:18:31+00:00

There are a ton of quick shops near me where the payment is $10 and you have to buy one item for less than eight dollars using a Visa debit card, then buy the exact same item using cash. These seem quick and easy, but for sure, some of the stores are not really amenable to this type of shopping. For example, one of them is a fancy steakhouse so it would be very strange to go in there and even purchase something like a to-go coffee. Although, I suppose they might have a small merch counter, where there might be some small items available for purchase. On the brighter side, some of these are food places where I’ve looked on their menus and there’s a nice sandwich or salad for six or seven dollars so this would be a great way to get two items for a nice lunch or dinner for totally free. I’ve read on here where some people have said it’s sometimes awkward to get the pictures required, but I have studied the guidelines carefully and I can work really quickly, so I’m not really concerned about that. I just do what needs to be done! My question is on the nail salon shops. In the fine print, I see that you only have to do the debit card portion for the nail shops. I am not a nail shop person, but are there things like bottles of nail polish that you could purchase for less than eight dollars in there? Or maybe something like hand moisturizer? Thanks if you have any input for me!

Question on all the $8 spend Visa debit card / cash shops

January 06, 2024 01:03AM

@Cassiespark wrote:

I'm glad to see you are having success with this program. I'm curious how you are handling the sit down restaurants you mention? Do you order the fries or drink, consume them, then pay for those with Debit, then order something else and pay for it with cash? Any tips on how to explain this to the server? And no tip to the server?

Thanks!

I order to go. So standing or sit around the cash out counter or near the front door table. I order a side of fries to go or a drink to go. I pay and take my fries or drink to my car, fill out of debit portion on the survey & then go back inside & order the same thing with cash.

If its a restuarnt that doesnt have a host stand or check out counter (servers strickly cashiers at their tables), i snap a picture of the whole restaurant inside for the "check out counter photo." If the restaurnt has no host stand or check out counter, but does have a bar area, i will take a picture of the kiosks area on or near the bar.

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January 06, 2024 04:16AM

@lauren75 wrote:

Does anyone know if you can filter these out of the presto app? I have done them in previous rounds but I am not interested and they are clogging up my map on presto. I don't know if you can filter them out.

Lord I wish they could be filtered out. They are ruining my map too.

One of the locations near me is the cafeteria in a hospital. It's funny because the guidelines tell you to take a photo of the exterior signage from your car. Well to do that I'd have to crash my car through the doors of the hospital lol. I guess you'd just take a photo of the hospital sign?

January 06, 2024 04:40AM

do you know the names of the shops you want to look for? In the search bar on the list of shops, not the map, put in one of the words of the shop title. There is also a search on the map, but I've never successfully searched for anything with it.

January 06, 2024 11:40PM

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Lord I wish they could be filtered out. They are ruining my map too. “

Lol.. thanks for the laugh.. needed that.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/2024 11:41PM by cocksureness.

January 11, 2024 08:25PM

To remove these assignments from the map........

When you open the app click on "list" at the top of the page. The map will be replaced with a list of available assignments. In the "Filter results" box type in Small Business then click the "hide from results" box. All the small business assignments will no longer show up. Then click back on the map and the remaining assignments will show up.

January 11, 2024 08:53PM

Yoyo, Thank you! I was today years old when I learned this! It works that way on the laptop website as well.

January 28, 2024 04:18PM

How long is it taking you all to get reimbursed? I've had some waiting for over 10 days, and afraid to do many more as I don't want to be out the money for doing something wrong. As it is, I've taken back one I accidentally deleted and used my same info from a day before visit. Interested to see if that will be approved.

February 15, 2024 04:40AM

@nellybean212 wrote:

How long is it taking you all to get reimbursed? I've had some waiting for over 10 days, and afraid to do many more as I don't want to be out the money for doing something wrong. As it is, I've taken back one I accidentally deleted and used my same info from a day before visit. Interested to see if that will be approved.

My last one took a week for payment. This was at the start of Feb.

February 15, 2024 04:43AM

Has anyone done a shop at a location that does not accept cash? I'm scheduled to do one later and I know for a fact the place is cashless. Would they still reimburse me for the first order? Am I expected to do two orders still? Will they find a reason to reject my shop if I didn't pay with cash?

Have shot an email off to them but they don't tend to be quick in responses...

February 15, 2024 05:39AM

I had one before. I only bought 1 with debit card.

It was the debit card, i think, that you will not get paid if you still do the shop and the location is only accepting cash. Imagine doing a nail salon shop, had a service done and assumed they accept debit card

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/15/2024 05:40AM by mcjover.

February 15, 2024 10:56AM

@OEShopper wrote:

Has anyone done a shop at a location that does not accept cash? I'm scheduled to do one later and I know for a fact the place is cashless. Would they still reimburse me for the first order? Am I expected to do two orders still? Will they find a reason to reject my shop if I didn't pay with cash?

Have shot an email off to them but they don't tend to be quick in responses...

They're strict on the rules. 2 purchases, cash and debit. Period. Don't do it. Just let it drop or you'll have wasted time and money for nothing. Choose doable locations instead.

February 15, 2024 01:46PM

@yoya301 wrote:

To remove these assignments from the map........

When you open the app click on "list" at the top of the page. The map will be replaced with a list of available assignments. In the "Filter results" box type in Small Business then click the "hide from results" box. All the small business assignments will no longer show up. Then click back on the map and the remaining assignments will show up.

Well, I guess we can't avoid them now. They are no longer listed as "small business." Now they show as the names of the businesses to be shopped. There's no way to filter them all out at once. So the only alternative is to filter In the exact projects you're looking for, one by one.

February 15, 2024 02:40PM

I love that they show the business now. It was so time consuming to go through each one to find out which business it was.

February 15, 2024 02:51PM

@OEShopper wrote:

Has anyone done a shop at a location that does not accept cash? I'm scheduled to do one later and I know for a fact the place is cashless. Would they still reimburse me for the first order? Am I expected to do two orders still? Will they find a reason to reject my shop if I didn't pay with cash?

Have shot an email off to them but they don't tend to be quick in responses...

I have done several. I did not know they were cashless and no signage was up so I didn't know until after the debit purchase was made. I only made one purchase, not two. They were all accepted. After i was banned from this project (for appealing rejections that were wrong) someone went through soooooooooooo many of my shops that were paid and said some of them weren't acceptable (i didn't return the pay) and one of them was a cashless location.

February 15, 2024 03:01PM

It’s madness still. Guess we gotta ask all questions again.. before purchasing. Can I pay for this with debit card? how about cash? Can you print receipt for both? oh, and can you write in the item name - since the receipt doesn’t show what I bought?
can you fly a kite? how about machete juggling?
- lol good luck folks

February 15, 2024 05:54PM

I know they say only one purchase required for nail salons, but what about hair salons. Has anyone had a hair salon where haircuts were the only under-$20 option?

February 15, 2024 06:25PM

For hair salon products, 2 purchases are required. For hair salon services, only debit card.
I guess It depends on the editor. Some of them are as confuse as we are. A nail salon shop can be rejected if you only buy 1 product even though the guideline says only debit card for nail salon.
What if the location is a hair and nail combo? Do you purchase 1 or 2?

February 15, 2024 06:26PM

You should be able to if you use a desktop.
There is a box right next to the filter that says "exclude from results", not sure why this doesn't also show up on the app but you can always bring up the webiste version on your phone.

February 16, 2024 02:53AM

I’m so glad I read this thread. I signed up for a couple of shops then reached out to an editor to clarify how to complete the shop like a restaurant and a liquor store, considering those don’t have shelf tags. When no one got back with me, I decided to come and search for the topic here which I should’ve done first. You guys saved me money, and the headache of having to deal with these shops.

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