McDonald's 4+

A very bad experience...
I ordered my food with the app, which is supposed to make it easy, but instead it was a pain! We made the order on the app and then chose curbside pick up. They don’t charge your card until you check in. So instead of saying, hey don’t charge the card because where the only McDonald’s in the world right now with NO ICE CREAM! They ran the card, made the food, and assumed having no ice cream was okay because our order was large. No it’s not and they should have came to our car before charging the card to inform us that our order would not be able to be completed as ordered. Instead they brought all the food out and asked if we wanted a shake or something instead. We asked for a refund instead and were told that since we did not pay at the store they could not refund us and we would have to call online to request a refund. We called online to request a refund and were told they they could not refund us our money and that we would have to call our bank and tell them the charge was not authorized.
This was a horrible experience that will not be forgotten. This whole process was supposed to be easy and it was not. To top it all off they think a coupon for a $.50 ice cream was going to suffice when we called. How can you offer a shake but not have ice cream? Aren’t shakes made out of ice cream?

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About a month ago I began experiencing problems with my McDonald’s app. I was asked by the app to connect a credit card to the account which I had already done. Every time I tried to get in I was reminded to try to connect a credit card. After many attempts attempts to correct this I finally decided I would try to connect a card. Once I did that the app has gone into a new mode where every time I open it it wants to take me through several iterations I’m trying to sign in when before I was automatically signed in once I open the app. Now it takes 4 or 5 attempts to get through the “use PayPal,… use email” questions. Even when it opens up and asks for a fingerprint and accepts the fingerprint, it will still try take me through the “use …” steps. Once I try going through the steps it will cycle back around to the “use…” menu and the whole thing starts over again. I have deleted the app and reloaded it but it does the same thing. I have tried to get to a real customer support person but have been unable to find the link. I am about to delete my app and start over but am unsure what will happen to the points I have accumulated. Is there anyone I can talk to about this?

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For starters, I’m generally against fast food apps because it’s typically faster to just order it in the drive through but I thought I would give the McDonald’s app a shot since they have some pretty good deals. I just wish this app were designed a little better and the stores were a little better trained for mobile orders. One big problem I have is the unnecessary requirement to share your location. This just feels like a huge violation of privacy and for no gain. They want you to share your location and it actively uses it anytime you even open the app. I can kind of understand it so they can estimate when they need to prepare your order and I believe that is their reason, but; 1) if it already tracks your location why should you have to click in the app that you arrived at the restaurant? 2) since it is a fast food restaurant, most of the time your order should already be ready. I guess the app just guarantees it? The app actively tracks your location, and not request a location like it should if it wants that. The deals are kind of annoying because they cannot be combined and can only be used once per hour. Overall, the app just feels like a way for McDonald’s to steal your information and takes a lot of work to save $1. The app doesn’t even improve the ordering process because some stores will have problems finding your order

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