Hi Product Hunt!
Ok, it’s not really free. McDonald’s has a “Buy 1 Get 1 Free Quarter Pounder” offer if you complete a short survey using the receipt from a previous visit. Sounds easy right?
The problem
Each McDonald’s receipt contains a 26-digit(?!?!) code which is awfully painful to enter in their website at mcdvoice.com. Depending on your keyboard ninja skills, it could take a while to enter this code on a phone.
The solution
I built a tiny tool that will scan the receipt, use Optical Character Recognition(OCR) to retrieve the survey code and pre-fill the code in the McDonald’s survey site to get you started. That’s it!
What makes this special?
- You don’t need to download an app, all you need is a web browser
- The receipt is processed on your device, it is not sent anywhere.
- You can give away this free burger to someone in need!
Use this sample receipt to try it out
That’s all folks. If you find this useful, please share with others.
@howlerkate Great question! Currently, the app only scans receipts in english. If you can share a sample German receipt, I will add support for it. Thanks!
@johnmurch@braunshizzle yup, planning on it. Based on how this is received, I plan to build a mobile app that can generically scan receipts for surveys and codes and opensource it.
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Neat example of how to build something useful that works on the phone but without the need to install an app.
Pros:no need to fill out long code, no app to install
Cons:doesn't fill the survey out for you, burger doesn't just show up at my house