This is a quick one. I don't normally post because all my customers do the same idiotic things, but I don't think I've posted about this one.
A little bit of background for those of you who aren't familiar with Bustice: FunCards are coupons that are good for $25 towards a purchase of $50 before sales tax. FunCards can be combined with other valid FunCards.
Gift cards are... gift cards. AKA a form of money that, when presented during the payment stage of the transaction, can act like any other form of money in order to obtain our horrendously overpriced goods. No, you probably did not buy your gift card. You may therefore think that the gift card is not "real money" because you can only use it at Bustice.
Okay. So to recap. FunCard = Coupon. Gift Card = Money. Using some kind of math properties I don't know because I'm not any kind of math person, It would stand to reason that Coupon =/= Money. Right? Oh, wait. You're not Bustice customers, are you?
I've had this kind of transaction multiple times:
Me: (starts ringing stuff up)
Customer: Okay, I only wanna spend $xx.xx today. I've got $x in FunCards and $XX in gift cards. [hands all to me at once.]
Me: *Oh dear Lord. I know where this is going.* Yes sir/ma'am. (finishes ringing stuff up, puts in FunCards) Okay, your current total is $xy.zq
Customer: And that's after the FunCards and the gift cards?
Me: No, sir/ma'am, that's just after the FunCards. Let me put in your gift cards. (Proceeds to do so, then gives new total. Transaction finishes as normal).
I don't know how it is at everyone else's stores, but at mine you can't start paying at the beginning of the transaction (well, I guess with certain customer-facing swiper thingies you can, but...)
The fact that they are both called "cards" does not make them the same thing.
A little bit of background for those of you who aren't familiar with Bustice: FunCards are coupons that are good for $25 towards a purchase of $50 before sales tax. FunCards can be combined with other valid FunCards.
Gift cards are... gift cards. AKA a form of money that, when presented during the payment stage of the transaction, can act like any other form of money in order to obtain our horrendously overpriced goods. No, you probably did not buy your gift card. You may therefore think that the gift card is not "real money" because you can only use it at Bustice.
Okay. So to recap. FunCard = Coupon. Gift Card = Money. Using some kind of math properties I don't know because I'm not any kind of math person, It would stand to reason that Coupon =/= Money. Right? Oh, wait. You're not Bustice customers, are you?
I've had this kind of transaction multiple times:
Me: (starts ringing stuff up)
Customer: Okay, I only wanna spend $xx.xx today. I've got $x in FunCards and $XX in gift cards. [hands all to me at once.]
Me: *Oh dear Lord. I know where this is going.* Yes sir/ma'am. (finishes ringing stuff up, puts in FunCards) Okay, your current total is $xy.zq
Customer: And that's after the FunCards and the gift cards?
Me: No, sir/ma'am, that's just after the FunCards. Let me put in your gift cards. (Proceeds to do so, then gives new total. Transaction finishes as normal).
I don't know how it is at everyone else's stores, but at mine you can't start paying at the beginning of the transaction (well, I guess with certain customer-facing swiper thingies you can, but...)
The fact that they are both called "cards" does not make them the same thing.
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