I would but I can’t add my business AMEX.

I only got VISA/Mastercard

hopefully there’s somewhere here that I can use it, the west seems pretty empty according to the little map

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Is this in addition to the current credit?

Where is the list of amex specials, could take hours to sort through specials on explore tab

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 I am totally lost.  I don’t know what 4square is and what I can buy from it.  Can I buy things online or I have to use an iphone?

i have 2 AMEX cards.

can i use them with diffarent email addresses

anyone think this’ll work with the $25 AmEx prepaid i just got from FedEx?

I think it would be helpful to be able to pre-load the specials before November 25.  I think foursquare’s resources are going to get hammered if everyone is trying to “EXPLORE” and download at the same time.

I actually think you need to spend more time helping businesses claim their venues so they can really begin to engage and reward their customers and show their value in the community. 

The business claim process is not working and many venues find it cumbersome and time consuming and I have to agree. 

Once set up, it works like a champ until you want to modify the special;  you can’t you have to retire it, try to explain that to a venue owner.

As a consumer, I love the product and have so much fun keeping up with friends, family, receiving badges, etc.  However, as a consultant who helps small business with social engagement and marketing campaigns, it’s a killer and not in a good way.  Like to see how we can turn this around.  Thanks, Doreen

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I’d like to see participating businesses *before* I sign on, not after. I live in a small city (pop. 8,400) that’s the biggest town in a 5 county area of northern WI. Its common that big promos like this are mostly geared toward major metro areas & local businesses here either don’t participate or don’t even know about the promo. Thus, I don’t want to waste time registering, downloading app, etc. only to find that the nearest participating business is a 1 hour drive away & sells something I don’t want. This is why I’m not going to participate in the offer. But I will support small businessess here.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=foursquare  There you go.

nice nice.. many improve from 4sq… i like it…

Please do not tease me with this offer on my foursquare home page when it’s not available in Canada. I thought foursquare were good at location based marketing!

not good ( 
“Sorry, only US-issued American Express Cards are valid.”

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+1

…hmmm they keep saying foursquare is not just America. This sounds very ‘America’ to me! Yet again, another waste of time for the rest of the world foursquare.

I think this is a great start. It’s too bad that not many people carry AMEX. I’m looking forward to see what else Foursquare does in the near future.

in us only ? im not satisfied with it ever !!

in us only ? im not satisfied with it ever !!

A little pissed off – I was all set to make a purchase yesterday, when another customer and the sales person told me if I waited until Saturday I could get the $25 credit. I explained that you needed an AMex card which I don’t have or desire.  They assured me I didn’t need one. “Just go on line and register!” Sooo, put back my purchases & now I have to make a special trip cross town to re-buy what I could’ve bought yesterday. Gas, time is precious. Should’ve listened to MYSELF!

Cool thanks foursquare and American Express

I love the idea …but I don’t have a smart phone …love AMEX …wish I could find a friend who has a smart phone and take advantage of this offer

+2

We’ve set up a Special so that those with American Express can take advantage of the spend $25 & get $25 back with no strings attached! All you have to do for American Express is Check-In to make your purchase valid with them! OUR SPECIAL IS GOOD FOR ANY & ALL CARDS OR PAYMENT TYPES

+3

Shoot. I do not have a cell phone with any taext stuff enabled. I have my AMEX card synced on here but can’t do it with a phone so guess I am out of luck

This is awesome! I’ll be getting $25 off a $40 bag of cat food that I have to buy anyways!

+4 ;’ (

Sounds great.  But it is NOT working.  Nothing is showing up in my Explore tab.  I have never seen a more difficult promotion to work with.

Before Thanksgiving you have to do this? Well, I guess I’ll miss out this year, as I didn’t know about this before Thanksgiving.

why the hell can you only search using a smart phone?  Pain in the ass.  No wonder I hardly ever use this site any more

why the hell can you only search using a smart phone?  Pain in the ass.  No wonder I hardly ever use this site any more

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Your new interactive map to participating small businesses is not on “new” homepage as promised. #fail

Had an extremely frustrating experience today trying to use the Amex special at Tabata Noodle in New York for Small Business Saturday. I ordered the usual and upon trying to pay, they declined my Amex and said that they only accept Mastercard / Visa, despite having the Amex special on their location page (see attached image). I even spoke to the owner / manager, and from what I could understand (her English wasn’t great), they had never even heard of Foursquare and had no idea they were offering an Amex special. 

How is it possible that this special appeared on this business’ page without the consent of the restaurant’s manager?

All in all, an extremely frustrating and upsetting experience. 

Does anyone know if I just sync’d my card, and it is AFTER Thanksgiving, if I might still get the credit?

the map of local businesses is severely lacking. I know the program is new so I hope in future years the map is improved alot.

So awesome!

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how do i add my small business to this?

The way I read it, the answer to your question is no.  Which is what bothers me a lot, because when I first went to this website to see what this whole “Small Business Saturday” was all about a couple of days ago, it said that I should return here on Saturday, to see what the deals are, etc.  So, I went away from this website and didn’t return until today.  Now, I read that you had to sync you Foursquare account with your American Express card before Thanksgiving?!  Then why in heck did they use the terminology they did, which lead me to believe that I had to leave this website until today???  Real poor, Foursquare.  If you, or American Express, doesn’t want to give the $25 to users for supporting local businesses, then please don’t bother with this sort of “promotion”.  Frankly, I feel really duped, and I resent it.

This isn’t the fault of AMEX or foursquare, but the clerk who probably wasn’t completely aware of how it worked as well.

This offer worked great for me and it resulted in me using my Amex which I normally *don’t* use.  Good work Foursquare and Amex!

Hmm, I synched my card today, and the specials were unlocked in my iPhone, but I didn’t receive notification that I got the credits. I am reading this post now, and it says that I should have done it before Thanksgiving. Wait, what??
Then, why on Earth did it let me sync my card today and redeem the specials TODAY during my check-ins?
I am calling Amex and Foursquare. It should not have shown me the specials, OR let me unlock them OR told me they were “loaded to my card” if it was not going to work.

Again, I got a message on my phone that the special was available to me today and that the credit WAS loaded to my account. Bad, bad user interface and misleading customers. I am disappointed as I am a heavy Foursquare user and Amex customer since 1996.

More details: I am extremely upset at this situation and WILL follow up with
Amex and 4square. I synched my card on the mobile website (on-the-go
while at a store) and there was nothing there saying that it had to be
done BEFORE Saturday. When I checked in, the special was unlocked
(again, nothing said that I had to do it BEFORE Saturday) and I tapped
to redeem it and again, nothing that said that it had to be done ahead
of time. Now, I get home, get ready to share my experience and lo and
behold, I see the disclaimer after the fact. We visited many places on the premise that it was a great campaign and now we are out at least $75. Ugh.

Also, the wording is misleading. I was under the impression you could use it for multiple places:
“There are a ton of small businesses participating, which means
that wherever you are, you’ll be able to find a great local merchant to
support (and get $25 bucks, too!).”
But that seems to contradict this statement:
“On Saturday, November 26, spend $25 at one of hundreds of thousands of
local merchants across the US, and you’ll get $25. For free. Seriously.”

So could you use it one time during the whole day, or could you use it “wherever you are”? (different businesses, different cities in the same state).
AGAIN, there were NO details after I used the first credit telling me I couldn’t unlock another credit, it just let me and showed me the screens saying that it was “loaded to my card”, so I continued using it. We made at least 5 purchases based on this discount. Again, in the “Check-in Special” screen there was nothing that said: you already used it today, you cannot use it again, you greedy person”.

See? Even though I had unlocked and used an special at MagiQuest, it let me unlock and use (“load”) another one. Nowhere it says that it’s one $25 for the whole day, and I was able to unlock in this manner 2 times and my husband 3 times. So now instead of being happy with our purchases and fun day splurging and helping the economy, we are saddled with an extra $75 balance that will wreck this month’s budget

I’d love to find out what you find out from either AmEx, or Foursquare.

greast idea looking forwarard to seeing this taken across the globe!
Regards
Steve
The Natural Room

I found out about this deal too late! But I love the idea of it.

People should have been able to benefit in Small Business Saturday regardless of having an AMEX card.

Do people not understand the point of a promotion? Believe it or not, it’s not to reward customers but to attract new ones. If u don’t have an Am/Ex quit whining and find another deal that u r eligible for.

I tried to sign up on Friday but wasn’t able to.  This is really frustrating bec I would have participated in this promo.

I saw the special on Saturday night, synched my AMEX, then went back to redeem the special but never saw it again. I think I inadvertently clicked on a “hide AMEX specials” link during the process, but I couldn’t find a way to reverse that. It was appearing on my friends account/app, but she didn’t have an AMEX card. After 20 minutes of frustration trying to get this to work in the restaurant I was in, I gave up and used another credit card. I also unsynched the AMEX card.

Your 10$ American Express offer for VBar in NYC is invalid,  I lost out on 10$ because of it. They don’t take AE. Please fix.

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