Ј5 back shopping at local shops with AMEX

A question about : Ј5 back shopping at local shops with AMEX

Haven't seen this on this forum, but it is elsewhere on the site.

Starting tomorrow you can get Ј5 back on spend at selected merchants when you register here.

https://enroll.amexnetwork.com/GB/en/ShopSmallUK2012/

Once registered you can see a map of participating merchants. They are supposed to be small local shops but quite a few are franchises of larger chains. Similar deals apparently will appear on the foursquare app tomorrow.

Best answers:

• This almost seems to be too good to be true, I thought it would be London centric, but the list includes all my local takeaways etc, so I have signed up
• This is brilliant. My local pub is on the list . Thanks for posting
• Most my local pubs are listed.... free pub crawl on Amex
• NOTHING in Glasgow...bah!
• Looks like an England only offer
• I tried a few places from the Shop Small map on Amex website and most of them refused to accept Amex. In one place I was told that I would need to pay an extra 1 pound on top of my shopping for using a credit card.
  I believe that this map shows places that are part of Shop Small campaign but this does not mean they accept Amex or are aware of this promotion.
  Please report any places where you have managed to take advantage of this promotion otherwise it would be nothing more than a confusing marketing gimmick with a bit of embarrassment attached to it .
• Signed up yesterday and looked at the list of shops in my area. Boy was the website slow. I was surprised by the shops that came up because there was only one that I knew took Amex. I also got a flyer in the post from Amex and it says to look for the sign / sticker in the window saying the shop is taking part in the scheme.
  Tried the shop locator website last night and it wasn't working
  Not a good start.
• Nothing in Wales, just seems to be random places in England...
  Good idea though and thanks SimonGregson for letting us know!
• The website isn't great but if you use a specific post code and sort by distance it seems to work reasonably well. Have now lined up a potential Ј15 worth for this weekend and already called to confirm the curry house accept Amex
• First success earlier today at a little place called Malinka in Reading that we already use about once a week. The wife had to push for them to accept Amex and the shop assistant called her manager first but it was accepted, so in theory I'm already Ј5 up
• I need to go look for who is participating in my area I think the reason many small shops don't take Amex is because they charge a higher transaction fee than Visa, MC etc
  Edit: found a couple of places I normally buy stuff from, need to make sure I go this month then
• Thanks OP! I would never have known about this promotion otherwise. Going to try and use my card during the week - theres quite a few coming up in my area - so thanks!
• Do you know how to get a map of where to use your Amex for this offer. When I click on the link in this thread I get a form to register my card. When I complete the form it states that my card is already registered, which I have not done. The only thing I can think of is that it is accepting the same registration as for four square. Any help would be great thanks
• just be aware that not all shops on the map take american express. so make sure you ask the store whether they will accept the card first before deciding to buy anything...
• You get an email notification from AmexNetwork@email.amexnetwork.com within minutes of the card transaction. I have now had 2 emails subject title "Thank you for Shopping Small" and a message:
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