Comments on: Best Buy offers $20 off a $200 purchase through American Express

By: Chris Thompson

Chris Thompson — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:04:07 +0000

The Amex Shop Small deals disappear once you’ve redeemed one (they’re limited to one deal across all stores per promotion period) so they don’t annoy you. That’s probably why you don’t see them.

Foursquare has also removed any sort of special icon from the list of venues when you’re checking in (boneheaded move, IMO), so you can only find them in Explore or by visiting individual venue pages.

I have no idea why they’re not offering the deal at a few stores.

By: Ben Fortney

Ben Fortney — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:08:21 +0000

Poking through the app and the website now, the Best Buy deal is featured at some but not all locations: http://4sq.com/Oy4xm7 but there’s zero mention of any Amex local deal at the store I got my last deal from or at 2 different places I know had deals during the last small shop round.

By: Ben Fortney

Ben Fortney — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:00:09 +0000

Maybe I’m missing something, but there still seems to be no way to find out which stores are actually offering these deals inside Foursquare or from Amex for that matter! I’ve already synced and “authorized” the service, do I need to now “connect the app” to get listings or are these just not available?

I accidentally stumbled across a deal at one of my most frequent check-in spots, but there was no message or even a “specials” icon to indicate I could save money. The Amex deals definitely don’t show up in the Explore section of the website, and I can’t find any list of participating store via Amex either.

What good is a deal to promote your store if no-one knows about it? How can one of the killer utilities offered by Foursquare stay so hidden?