Help bad printed receipt
I would have immediately asked for a reprint, hoping I could get a better copy.
Since you did not do that, you are stuck with what you have. Unfortunately, all you can do is submit and explain it in the note. The bad news is that even with your explanation your shop will be rejected, and you are going to take a loss for this shop. Now, depending on how much you've lost, you'll have to do two shops correctly and have them accepted to at least break even. I stand by my statements on these shops: They are high risk, low reward. There is too much beyond the shopper's control, and you have the perfect example. I'm glad some people have managed, somehow, to do okay. There have also been a high number of rejects, it seems. Looks like there is about to be another one. Please accept my condolences.
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Since you did not do that, you are stuck with what you have. Unfortunately, all you can do is submit and explain it in the note. The bad news is that even with your explanation your shop will be rejected, and you are going to take a loss for this shop. Now, depending on how much you've lost, you'll have to do two shops correctly and have them accepted to at least break even. I stand by my statements on these shops: They are high risk, low reward. There is too much beyond the shopper's control, and you have the perfect example. I'm glad some people have managed, somehow, to do okay. There have also been a high number of rejects, it seems. Looks like there is about to be another one. Please accept my condolences.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/06/2024 04:36PM by ServiceAward.
address the receipt quality in the report comments, emphasizing that you followed all guidelines, spent $xx and are not responsible for a shoddy receipt printer at the business. Offer to send a screenshot of the debit card transaction from your bank ledger. Email the general mailbox and cc kathryn.johnston@ipsos.com with an explanation of what happened and a request that the shop be manually reviewed and approved due to the circumstances.
Having said all this, I agree its likely to be rejected but maybe with some proactive measures you'll get lucky.
These shops are the absolute worst!
Having said all this, I agree its likely to be rejected but maybe with some proactive measures you'll get lucky.
These shops are the absolute worst!
@Cassiespark's post made me go back and reread the OP. Having done that, I guess the question I have is, if the first receipt was not readable, why go back and do the other part? You might have been able to return what you bought, depending on the type of store, then abandoned the shop?
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/06/2024 06:53PM by ServiceAward.
Their printer issues are not your fault. I've had a shop accepted once where I accidentally spilled water on my receipt making it difficult to read if not outright illegible. I've also had a shop where the receipt printer conveniently wasn't working (out of paper I think). I got paid on both. That said it's up to the MSC and the editor, but personally if I got screwed out of pay because of something that's clearly the store's fault, I'd consider not shopping for that MSC.
@DrSquash wrote:
Their printer issues are not your fault. I've had a shop accepted once where I accidentally spilled water on my receipt making it difficult to read if not outright illegible. I've also had a shop where the receipt printer conveniently wasn't working (out of paper I think). I got paid on both. That said it's up to the MSC and the editor, but personally if I got screwed out of pay because of something that's clearly the store's fault, I'd consider not shopping for that MSC.
I agree, on many shops you can probably get by once or twice. However, the type of shop the OP did probably will not be one of them. The receipts are, essentially, the shop. Maybe there will be enough there that combined with the debit card transaction they can get it approved. But, wow, what risk for little pay.
One business I used to shop told me that they could no longer get replacement cartridges for their cash register, so the receipts were always illegible. Just explain and hope they understand.
I went to one mom and pop joint where I got a receipt dated 3/2000 from their beat up cash register. I'm fully expecting it to be rejected but left a comment explaining it. We'll see what happens...
I've had shops accepted when I had no receipt at all. Some mom and pop businesses just don't or can't print them, especially for cash purchases. I simply explained that they gave receipts only for card purchases. And the card purchase receipt wasn't itemized. Submit what you have, explain if necessary and ignore the doomsayers.
You can use a scanner to darken lightly printed receipts. That often makes the receipt readable.
@AZwolfman wrote:
You can use a scanner to darken lightly printed receipts. That often makes the receipt readable.
This - it depends on how bad the printed receipt was, but I've saved a handful of poor receipts by darkening them.
Occasionally, I have taped the poorly printed receipt to a sheet of paper. Then to the right of each relevant line on the receipt, I print what the receipt says. I then scan the sheet and try to enhance the poor printing. In each case, my printing has "guided" the editor to be able to interpret the poor receipt, and have been paid. YMMV
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
Careful, if you appeal rejected shops you might be banned from the project. (I appealed 4 rejections out of hundreds of successfully accepted shops)
I did get paid for this shop. Yaa! The print was dark and grainy. Hard to read. I did had 5 decline out of 51 assignments. One was a church, not a restaurant, another was a small backery with no listed prices, one where the doors were locked with no closed sign(I do not know how to take photo of locked door )
Were you banned?
@viv0412 wrote:
Careful, if you appeal rejected shops you might be banned from the project. (I appealed 4 rejections out of hundreds of successfully accepted shops)
Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
@galct wrote:
one where the doors were locked with no closed sign(I do not know how to take photo of locked door )
Take a photo pulling on the door trying to open it.
From this project yes, from the company no
@ArkLaMissshopping wrote:
Were you banned?
@viv0412 wrote:
Careful, if you appeal rejected shops you might be banned from the project. (I appealed 4 rejections out of hundreds of successfully accepted shops)
They want a 'closed' sign.... supposedly won't pay without that
@ServiceAward wrote:
@galct wrote:
one where the doors were locked with no closed sign(I do not know how to take photo of locked door )
Take a photo pulling on the door trying to open it.
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