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[VIC] Melbourne Money Dining Initiative: 20% Rebate with $50-$500 Spend @ City of Melbourne

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[VIC] Melbourne Money Dining Initiative: 20% Rebate with $50-$500 Spend @ City of Melbourne
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Oz8argain on 26/05/2021 - 13:57 money.melbourne.vic.gov.au (4143 clicks)
Last edited 14/07/2021 - 10:10 by 3 other users

While receipts need to be timestamped before midnight tonight, diners have until 11:59pm on Friday 16 July to submit final claims. Eligible Melbourne Money claims that are submitted by Friday will be paid out.

We’ve partnered with the Victorian Government to launch a new $8.4 million dining initiative aimed at bringing people back into the city and providing much needed support for our hospitality sector.

Only in City of Melbourne municipality I found the zone here

Diners who spend between $50 and $500 (inc. GST) in Melbourne’s restaurants, cafes and bars will be eligible for a 20 per cent rebate on their total food and drink bill.

The rebate will be available right across the municipality including Southbank, Chinatown, Lygon Street, Docklands, North Melbourne and Kensington and at hospitality venues within sporting, arts and theatre precincts.

The program will open from Friday 11 June 2021, just in time for the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. The offer will be on a first-in-first-served basis and will last until funds are exhausted.

How the rebate will work:
You will be able to claim your 20 per cent rebate in four easy steps:

  1. From 11 June enjoy delicious food and drink at your chosen Melbourne restaurant, café, pub or other hospitality venue
  2. Pay for your meal in full and make sure you get an itemised receipt
  3. Take a photo of your receipt and upload it with your bank details via our secure Melbourne Money website
  4. Your 20 per cent rebate will be credited to your nominated bank account within five business days.*

With so many things to do and see in Melbourne over winter, you can make the most your visit and get a great deal on your food and drinks bill too.

Need some ideas on where to eat and drink? Have a look at What’s On Melbourne for some inspiration!

More details will be available when the program launches on 11 June – watch this space.

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    • Contrice on 11/06/2021 - 09:34

      Can you actually try and let me know if it works HAHA

    • theebargainer on 11/06/2021 - 09:44

      If a receipt is shared between individuals, can each individual separately claim the same receipt?

      • ​No. Only one claim can be made per group or receipt. The technology being utilised will check for duplicates and ensure the same receipt is not claimed more than once.
      • Please check with individual hospitality providers for their specific terms and conditions on splitting receipts.

      dang :(

    • firestint on 11/06/2021 - 09:47

      If a receipt is shared between individuals, can each individual separately claim the same receipt?
      ​No. Only one claim can be made per group or receipt. The technology being utilised will check for duplicates and ensure the same receipt is not claimed more than once.
      Please check with individual hospitality providers for their specific terms and conditions on splitting receipts.

      From their website - can you please try and let us know hahaaha

  • hotdish on 11/06/2021 - 09:30
    +1

    Hi from Canberra,

    Our equivent program just collapsed and everyone is laughing that the crappy website couldn't handle 200 users at a time

    https://canberraweekly.com.au/choosecbr-temporarily-suspende…

  • Choc83 on 11/06/2021 - 10:02

    How will they differentiate between dining and take away?

    • Birdseye on 11/06/2021 - 11:33

      Take away is allowed, as long as you pick it up yourself (no delivery services like Uber Eats etc)

      • iceshadow on 24/06/2021 - 23:19

        Does anyone know if a KFC take away order that was placed via the iPhone app is eligible?

        • Contrice on 25/06/2021 - 10:23

          Give it a try, worst case scenario they'll just decline the claim.

          • iceshadow on 06/07/2021 - 14:33
            +1

            @Contrice: Update: tried it with the receipt you get emailed to you but this was rejected as it didn't include the ABN. Emailed the KFC customer support asking for a proper tax invoice (note: took about 1.5 weeks to receive) and submitted that which was approved straight away.

  • vetopower on 11/06/2021 - 10:04

    Will be interesting to see how quickly funds are exhausted. Probably by end of long weekend.

    • desafinado74 on 11/06/2021 - 10:11
      -4

      Nope. Many people won't be coming to the CBD.

      • theebargainer on 11/06/2021 - 10:12
        +1

        oh really? you speak for everyone?

        • desafinado74 on 11/06/2021 - 10:22
          -2

          Not sure if you are a regular CBD visitor like me, but most office workers are working from home, many CBD businesses have closed down , parking is limited and expensive, the CBD has become a dirty and smelly homeless refuge , and most people prefer to dine and shop in their local areas. Not to mention no interstate and international visitors and students.

          • theebargainer on 11/06/2021 - 10:25
            +1

            @desafinado74: i live in the cbd. don't need your explanation kthxbye

            • baldur on 11/06/2021 - 10:27
              -2

              @theebargainer: city is dead. maybe you dont know it if you have been isolating at home for the past 18 months?

          • netjock on 11/06/2021 - 11:39
            +1

            @desafinado74: You are not a true ozbargainer if you can't travel for 45 minutes to save 20% which works out to be less than $10 but time is worth nothing unless you are actually getting paid for it. (Joke)

            • WillKillfor5Cents on 11/06/2021 - 11:51

              @netjock: I'd be buying the max amount and freeze the leftover. Anything less, you are not being an efficient ozbargainer.

              • netjock on 11/06/2021 - 12:25

                @WillKillfor5Cents: It depends on whether you have a freezer from Ozbargain deal with space available (might be full from other deals)? Otherwise you might have to buy a new freezer which I hope we can find a deal this weekend. (Joke)

                Maybe we should have contingent deals. Save 20% off $500 then if you go and with this freezer deal it is a steal!

    • netjock on 11/06/2021 - 11:37

      They they will need to pump more money into the hospital system. Or worse another out break.

      • plague69 on 11/06/2021 - 17:26

        Cause and Effect. I think Cause needs to be fixed first, not Effect

        • netjock on 11/06/2021 - 21:08

          Governments and the blotched policies.

          I don't want to sound like a broken record. If China shuts down a province with the population of Australia you would think the world should go for an orderly shut down of passenger travel until they figure out what the problem is. Keeping the borders open in the name of the economy and now the economy is stuffed.

          We will be lucky if the central banks don't stuff up the recovery by raising interest rates and stock markets / companies having a fit sending us back to recession. All the government debt needs to be paid for and raising taxes on citizens is like a de facto interest rate rise.

          Wasn't it not that long ago we had the budget repair levy for the bush fires. Expect a COVID stimulus levy, it is like getting stimulus backwards.

  • tchan28 on 13/06/2021 - 00:08

    Submitted an itemised receipt and an ANZ customer copy of the invoice and was rejected because the receipt did not state the ABN despite providing it in the claim…

    • arcticmonkey on 13/06/2021 - 09:47
      +3

      It clearly says an ABN is required to be on the invoice.

      I asked the restaurant and they printed off a different receipt with an ABN on it very easily. I got approved seamlessly. It pays to know the requirements before dining.

      The state/local government did a really good job with the website.

      • nightelves on 13/06/2021 - 17:28

        How long did it take before you got approved?

        • Wombatt on 13/06/2021 - 19:18
          +1

          I got denied for not being over $50, despite the bill being over $100. Have emailed back and told to wait 48 hours for response.

          • nightelves on 13/06/2021 - 21:55

            @Wombatt: How long before you got a response from them? I'm still waiting for my response

            • TKC1984 on 13/06/2021 - 23:24

              @nightelves: made 2 claims, Saturday lunch, approved confirmation email came thru within 1 hr. Saturday dinner, approved confirmation email received Sunday afternoon.

              Process very straight forward, though would good to know on website when total rebate is close to being exhausted.

            • arcticmonkey on 14/06/2021 - 13:04

              @nightelves: I applied on Friday night, approval sat lunchtime.

              Applied sat night and approved within a minute.

  • cosmogirlsz on 14/06/2021 - 14:20

    I thought I'd utilise this deal on Friday with a group of friends, so we booked a restaurant in Southbank to eat at, paid in full, got an itemised receipt and I uploaded it to the portal.
    Just found out that the claim got rejected with the reason: "Reason:Is not a participating business in the Melbourne Money Program".

    The management at the restaurant themselves told us to remember to upload it so we can get the rebate.

    Poorly executed already.. I have responded back to dispute Melbourne Money/Waivpay.. we'll see what happens.

    Makes me not want to risk getting involved with these schemes as this restaurant was a bit pricer than where we'd usually go!

    • HardQuiz on 14/06/2021 - 15:14

      Is the ABN’s entity or business name the same as the restaurant? And if the ABN’s registered in Melbourne City Council or not.

      I had a claim declined because the name was a trust and the location was in Hawthorn.

      • cosmogirlsz on 15/06/2021 - 12:39
        +1

        That might be it - guess the system doesn't recognise the restaurant's actual location but the location of the ABN entity.

        • tonester on 16/06/2021 - 18:58

          which restaurant?

          • cosmogirlsz on 18/06/2021 - 15:48
            +2

            @tonester: YASSAS Southbank - disputed it, and they've since approved it

  • atlas on 16/06/2021 - 20:47
    +1

    Applied on Monday and still awaiting processing.

  • nightelves on 17/06/2021 - 13:13

    Anyone know if giftcards are eligible?

  • zoltanc on 19/06/2021 - 12:18
    +2

    Have approval times blown out?

    I applied on Saturday 12 June (lunch) and got approval within minutes.

    I applied again on Sunday 13 June (dinner) and am still waiting for approval. I emailed them for an update 2 days ago, but still nothing.

    • nightelves on 21/06/2021 - 10:29

      Yeah time has blown out a bit.

    • iceshadow on 24/06/2021 - 23:18

      I just submitted a receipt and got approved straight away

    • zoltanc on 25/06/2021 - 19:32

      Just an update — my claim eventually got approved 7 days after I submitted it.

      They never replied to my email on the Thursday, but instead approved the claim 3 days later.

      It seems that some claims are going though quickly, and some are dragging out.

  • SomeBooy on 30/06/2021 - 15:27

    Has anyone had their claim denied despite the spend being over $50? They said the reason it was denied was because it was below $50, but the tax invoice clearly states otherwise.

    • Melburnian on 30/06/2021 - 21:28
      +1

      Yes. Appealed and eventually got approved.

      • pseidus on 02/07/2021 - 15:48

        How long did it take to get your appeal reviewed? I had the same issue and submitted an enquiry and have been waiting almost 2 weeks without a response.

    • Contrice on 01/07/2021 - 07:33

      Yeah i have, Just email them back to have a look at the claim. The system misread your receipt.

  • frangipane on 02/07/2021 - 00:27

    Did anyone have the same issue - QR code displayed in restaurant to claim under the Melbourne money scheme which prepopulates the ABN and restaurant name. Misleads you to think the restaurant is participating. However they will only issue handwritten receipts and not printed receipts so claim gets rejected.

    • richrichie on 09/07/2021 - 12:34

      Yep, got the same problem. Did you manage to appeal?

  • sween64 on 05/07/2021 - 16:59

    Applied this morning and received two emails: one confirming submission and one stating approval about an hour later. Money should be in my account by the end of the week.

    • sween64 on 12/07/2021 - 06:43

      Money arrived the day after I submitted my application.

  • shonofear on 13/07/2021 - 07:25
    +1

    hmm. just got decline
    Unfortunately, your Melbourne Money 20 per cent rebate claim has been declined for the following reasons:
    Reason: The minimum spend of $50 is not met on the tax invoice
    my total was $50.65 (including GST)
    my subtotal was $46.04 (ex GST) so maybe they just looked at that.
    anyways time to contest it.

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