I took a bonused gas staion audit that was about 200 miles from where I live. I managed to grab a bunch of them so the pay out was more than enough to motivate me. It went well, one audit got kicked back to me but I was able to correct the issue on the report, but one of my audits did not...and it ticked me off!!

I went inside the gas station, made my instore purchase of one small candy that was on the counter. I paid 75 cents, in quarters. CSR did not give me a receipt. I thought to myself "Ding!" but the ding would be on me.

I went back to car, fueled up, went back in, did reveal, got a duplicate receipt and took a picture of it without thinking about it, finished report and submitted it. Finshed the route and drove back home. Five days later, the audit gets rejected and sent back for a picture of in store reciept. I know I have it, and go to look at the pictures in my phone.

When I find the picture..I see it...the total is marked as 0.00. What?

I looked thru all my photos in my phone but the picture had the timestamp and location and they all matched. The CSR gave me a receipt with zero tranaction.

I email the editor and pleaded my case, but the report was rejected, and the editor even noted "Sorry about this one..I would approve it if I could but the picture doesn't match and you need a purchase to complete the report."

I was not happy. They offered a nice bonus to finish it but I was not going to drive that far for one gig that I had already put the work in for, it just rubbed me wrong. I kinda understand the editors side of this situation but it doesn't make it easier for me to accept. I did manage to get a few well paying audits on that run so I am not complaining, but let this be a waring to y'all!

I should have checked that damn reciept!

I did a few audits last week as well and had a few tech issues on the road. I don't know if it's just me but Presto app has been kinda lacking since the new upgrade. That's another rant. I finished my weekly run and decided to clean out my photos on my phone on Sunday. The very next day, I get a report kicked back to me and the editor was asking for, you guessed it, a photo that I just deleted.

I tell ya, I can't win for losing sometime. With that said, I'm out to take a quick ride to grab this overall store picture, that somehow didn't upload to Presto but the app still let me upload an incomplete report. Sigh.

Note to self...Back everything up, triple check your paperwork and have a good day out there.

I've had something similar happen when I was on a route. I called the store and talked to the manager. She was able to pull up the right one, took a picture of it, and texted it to me. I was saved on that one. I am sorry that happened to you!

You can't stress out over worrying if something is going to go wrong. It's going to go wrong. All you can do is do your best and keep your head up. We all have days like this.

I can't even count how many times I've had shops returned for receipt issues! Mostly because the register's time was wrong. I never look at that part. I'm guessing you emptied the trash after deleting those photos. I probably would. And the same has happened to me. You are not alone!

My photos are never deleted until payment is in my bank. (adjusting my halo) I'm sorry this happened to you. I DID check a receipt once and the store had rung up my purchase to less than what I was supposed to spend minimum. I went back in and came up with some excuse why I was returning the items after just buying them, added to the total, and was given a brand new receipt.

I am so sorry that happened to you!
Here is what I do as self checking:
All of my photos are always saved on my laptop's hard drive until I perform the same shop again. Otherwise, if I never do the shop again, they remain. My laptop always accompanies me on every shop.
Also, before I leave the site, I review my photos and name them, reviewing again the named photos.
I also have a worksheet for each shop with all the pertinent photos needed listed and the receipts written down.
Those worksheets are where I catch the shop employee's errors in receipts received.