VOUCHERS: Giving them away...

Howdy all-

I am trying to set up a loyalty program where a customer gets a free $5 gift card for each $100 she spends. I can?t figure out how to set this up in the system. I want to ?sell? the gift card on the transaction in question, but sell it at $0 and allow it to be redeemed for $5 later. It does not seem like I can do this?

As an alternative, I can create serial numbers for my $5 voucher item and mark them as sold, and then just give out the card with transactions that qualify, but then I have no way to link the card to a transaction and this could obviously lead to abuse. Also, I would not be able to enter a proper expiration date for the voucher (30 days from the original transaction). This is not a viable solution for me.

Am I missing something? Is there another way to give away a voucher with a sale?

Thanks for any help!

Jason

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Jason
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You're right that if you discount the $5 gift card 100% then it will have $0 value. You can add another item to the transaction which has a value of negative $5 so it will act as a counterbalance. You configure the item properties of your $5 gift card to have the other item be attached as a "tag along item".

I'm not sure how you can create them in advance and then have them attached to transactions. I'm afraid you'll still need to ring them up manually at the time of sale.

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lancemuz

Jason,

Sell the Gift cert/voucher at a discount;

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Jeff

I do not have CustomerSource. Can someone cut ans paste it for me or summarize it?

Based on the other response above, it looks like I can't use a discount, or the voucher will have no value...

Thank again... Jason

"Jeff" wrote:

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Jason

I have an alternative suggestion that I've suggested to our stores who donate gift cards. I suggested creating a non-inventory item called Donation, and setting the option to enter the price at the POS. In your case, you can create a non-inventory item called Discount. Ring up the gift card for $5 then ring up your new Discount item as -$5 to offset this and your Gift Card will have the full $5 on it.

Just a suggestion.

"Jas> I do not have CustomerSource. Can someone cut ans paste it for me or > summarize it? >

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Wendy_I

Jason,

So you want someone who _has_ paid for the info to send it to you for free?

How about sending _me_ something you sell for free and I'll be glad to send the article your way. ;-) Must be of equal value too! A new Ford GT would be nice! Blue with white stripes, please.

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Jeff

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