Another Amex / Foursquare update

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• Ant says:

  5 Dec5 December 16:27

  Here’s an interesting question. Since the Gap offer is now saying from Dec 5 to Dec 31 does that mean that it is a new offer and I can load it again on the cards that i used back in Nov?

  • Andrew Seftel (@andrewseftel) says:

    5 Dec5 December 17:03

    If you can get it to load, rather than it saying ‘already loaded’ it will probably work again.

    • Ant says:

      5 Dec5 December 17:41

      That’s what I thought. I just loaded it and it didnt say “already loaded”. Since i have Gap next door to the office i am on my way to try it.

• Will says:

  5 Dec5 December 18:36

  I actually purchased online with tesco after ‘checking in’ from my living room. I got a notification from the foursqaure app that my £10 would be credited. Will report back when its showing on the statement.

• David says:

  5 Dec5 December 19:19

  Hi, does the “load to card” expire?

  If anyone knows that would be great.

  I am going to do £25 Harvey Nichols gift card on three different cards. I would rather load at home and then do it rather than have to sign in and out three times while pretending to browse!
  Thank you!

  • Raffles says:

    5 Dec5 December 21:38

    It doesn’t seem so.

    I loaded all mine at home with no bother.

• Rich says:

  5 Dec5 December 21:41

  Has anyone got this to work with tesco groceries online??

• Rich Spencer says:

  5 Dec5 December 22:20

  I did last week,
  I checked into the store it usually comes from, but there is a risk you are supplied by a different store

  • Flashware says:

    6 Dec6 December 08:35

    I don’t think it matters does it? When you check in to one it then loads it for that brand, you don’t necessarily need to buy from the store you loaded it at?

• Ben E says:

  6 Dec6 December 20:26

  so… enthused by all the comments, I headed to covent garden to do a bit of shopping at nike. Only, I couldn’t find how to send the offers to my card. Just got home to read this in the small print:

  Which mobile devices can I see American Express offers within?
  You can view American Express offers within the Foursquare app on iPhone, Android and Blackberry

  Trust me to be the only idiot still using Nokia!!!

  • Raffles says:

    6 Dec6 December 20:45

    I also have a Nokia! However, I downloaded the iPhone app to my iPad and checked in that way (from home). You can’t do it from a PC, though.

• David says:

  6 Dec6 December 22:20

  Hi!

  When using Foursquare with the aim of putting money onto gift cards: do you buy x amount of separate gift cards or do you put x amount of value on one gift card and use different cards within one transaction?

  PS: I’ll upload an avatar as I feel I’ve left enough comments to merit it!

  • Raffles says:

    7 Dec7 December 06:19

    Harvey Nichols only sells paper vouchers anyway. It doesn’t matter otherwise, but for an easier life (and an easier ebay sale if that is your plan) I would hand over the same card every time and say you want to add some more money to it.

    If you making multiple transactions at the same till, however, you may feel more comfortable asking for 3 x £10 GAP gift cards but saying you need to pay for each one separately! It would be a bit weird handing back the same card 3 times and insisting you pay separately.

    When spending, you can use multiple gift cards in one transaction if necessary. I used 3 at Pizza Express on Monday to settle the bill.

• Raffles says:

  7 Dec7 December 06:23

  As an aside, I got another 2 x £25 in Harvey Nichols yesterday (same till, said they were for different people and needed to use different cards). I genuinely felt that they thought it a bit odd that someone was buying gift vouchers and that they are NOT seeing a mass influx.

  However, it is more likely that they have so many staff (all till trained as far as I can see) that the staff haven’t noticed the increase.

  • David says:

    7 Dec7 December 08:40

    I agree, though unless what you’re doing is totally arbitrary the SA will be receptive, well has been trained to be at least.

    I should count myself lucky I only have three cards, some readers have a lot more. Though, it’s believable enough to just say they’re for different people (as I gingerly slip my other card in!)

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