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I love the red pins too. I was out of state last week and picked up 2 Mexican restaurants very close to one another. I had no issues with the editor, but I feel like one of the restaurant workers thought my husband and I were special agents. We ordered ala carte burritos to go and I was caught taking a picture of the menu near the entrance. I feel like they were very suspicious of us.
And now the Liquor store.. The store clearly had prices posted.. all 4 digits or more. All for $15 or more, I bought 2 sodas from the soda cooler near the front door that had no prices posted anywhere, but seemed to be the only thing that I could be sure was under $8. I thought the price picture was supposed to be of the items I purchased, not the $35 bottles of booze.
shop excluded because I didn't post pictures of the prices in the rest of the store.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/22/2025 06:06AM by Morledzep.
shop excluded because I didn't post pictures of the prices in the rest of the store.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/22/2025 06:06AM by Morledzep.
Is there a way to question the editor? That is not what the guidelines state. I had a similar situation and I submitted a photo of the sodas as they were in the store (and showing absence of pricetag).
@Morledzep wrote:
And now the Liquor store.. The store clearly had prices posted.. all 4 digits or more. All for $15 or more, I bought 2 sodas from the soda cooler near the front door that had no prices posted anywhere, but seemed to be the only thing that I could be sure was under $8. I thought the price picture was supposed to be of the items I purchased, not the $35 bottles of booze.
shop excluded because I didn't post pictures of the prices in the rest of the store.
does anyone know if the items HAVE to be under $8, or can we just buy what we want and get reimbursed $8. At restaurants it's really hard to find those lower priced items, which I why I avoid them.
You get reimbursed what you spend up to $8. If you buy something that is $5 for the debit and cash purchase, you will be reimbursed $10 not $16. If you have to buy something that costs more than $8, you will only get reimbursed the max of $16.
@nellybean212 wrote:
does anyone know if the items HAVE to be under $8, or can we just buy what we want and get reimbursed $8. At restaurants it's really hard to find those lower priced items, which I why I avoid them.
@Morledzep wrote:
And now the Liquor store.. The store clearly had prices posted.. all 4 digits or more. All for $15 or more, I bought 2 sodas from the soda cooler near the front door that had no prices posted anywhere, but seemed to be the only thing that I could be sure was under $8. I thought the price picture was supposed to be of the items I purchased, not the $35 bottles of booze.
shop excluded because I didn't post pictures of the prices in the rest of the store.
Don't most liquor stores have a rack of airline (shot sized) bottles near the register? Never paid a lot of attention since I buy the big bottles.
And if theyre at the register, have fun taking the picture.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/2025 08:03PM by wrosie.
Well, they had lots of those star/exploding signs for alcohol that were all much higher prices than the reimbursement, no prices on the shelves at all. And the pic my son took of the counter by the cash register shows a couple of those signs. So they excluded my shop because there were priced items and I chose an item that didn't have a price.
That's right. If a store has a thousand cheap items that do not have a visible price tag or price label, and one single item that has a visible price of $1,000, you are required to buy the $1,000 item. Twice! So you need to go $2,000 out of pocket or the shop will be rejected.
It's my understanding that the credit card company client has an agreement with vendors that they are not allowed to charge additional credit card fees or provide a cash discount if they accept their credit card. Therefore, the purpose of this shop is to catch the business breaking the contract red-handed. There can be no disputing the evidence that the location is charging more for credit cards. I suppose that's why they're so strict about it, and I imagine the client requires all of those things to be in order for the shop to be accepted.
Is that fair to the shopper? That's debatable. A lot of these have been rejected on technicalities. My frame of mind when doing these is that there is always a chance that it could be rejected. Therefore, I have used my own experience and my knowledge I've picked up from this forum to try to eliminate rejections. I also only do these when they get up to $25 or more and the business seems like it should be relatively easy too fulfill the requirements.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/24/2025 02:22AM by thunderdeacon.
It's my understanding that the credit card company client has an agreement with vendors that they are not allowed to charge additional credit card fees or provide a cash discount if they accept their credit card. Therefore, the purpose of this shop is to catch the business breaking the contract red-handed. There can be no disputing the evidence that the location is charging more for credit cards. I suppose that's why they're so strict about it, and I imagine the client requires all of those things to be in order for the shop to be accepted.
Is that fair to the shopper? That's debatable. A lot of these have been rejected on technicalities. My frame of mind when doing these is that there is always a chance that it could be rejected. Therefore, I have used my own experience and my knowledge I've picked up from this forum to try to eliminate rejections. I also only do these when they get up to $25 or more and the business seems like it should be relatively easy too fulfill the requirements.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/24/2025 02:22AM by thunderdeacon.
Thunder, you're absolutely right. It was my mistake, and I know it. I read the guidelines, and I showed that the entire cooler with the sodas had absolutely no price tags on the doors or the shelves. But there was one of those star things near the cash register that they saw.. for like $18 or something.. I don't need to buy alcohol for it to take up space in my freezer for no apparent reason.
Seems like all these have disapeared over night.
I made the same mistake on 2 shops. Instructions stated if no price you must ask. The whole small market was without prices. I asked how much the Oreos were and told $8.99
I bought 2 packs and apparently something in my counter photo showed an item priced behind the counter. Both shops declined.
I bought 2 packs and apparently something in my counter photo showed an item priced behind the counter. Both shops declined.
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