Got several good deals from Cityspree auctions on gift certificates for several local restuarants in Austin, Texas. Several were honored by the merchants without any problem.
One local merchant, EL REY, refused to honor a certificate, after we had eaten and attempted to pay with a gift certificate, and said that Cityspree "had taken their money and skipped town", "we lost money on the certificates", "we are not honoring them anymore and posted notification at the entrance". There was NO notification at the entrance!!!
Call ahead next time to check to see if your gift certificate will be honored BEFORE you try to use it. It can be VERY embarrasing if it is not honored by the merchant, which I feel it should be!
It is the MERCHANTS problem for selecting Cityspree and they should honor any giftcertificates! THEY should take this up with Cityspree, not me.
I refuse to go to EL REY in the future and will tell others of my TERRIBLE experience I had there. They even gave me 5 EL REY
Dollar coupons good for future visits, which will NOT happen!
Thumbs down for both Cityspree and EL REY!!! Buyer Beware!
Fred
Austin, Texas
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