Metro guest card: what does the client get, how can each individual apply for and receive a card for free, how can a person get to the Metro Cash and Care store without it?

All hypermarkets of the METRO retail chain periodically hold open days under the slogan “Guest card for every visitor!” Anyone who wants to visit a store to make sure that prices are low and products are of high quality can do so. Read on to learn how to get a Metro guest card.

About Store

It is convenient to visit very large hypermarkets.
The advantage is that there is a huge selection of different products here. The buyer who comes here will find what he was looking for. There are several largest retail chains operating in Russia, but METRO stands out among them. How exactly does it stand out from its competitors:

favorable price of goods. The prices set here will help you save significantly while shopping, buy everything you need at once, in large quantities, without visiting the store several times;
a wide range of. METRO offers many categories of food products, decorative items, furniture and much more. You can buy everything from food here, even some rather rare ingredients;
It’s easy to look for what you need in the large premises of METRO hypermarkets. Each of them is clearly divided into several categories. The buyer quickly navigates according to the signs and goes to where he will find the product he is looking for. Even if he couldn’t figure it out and was completely confused, store employees will come to the rescue;
Various promotions are held regularly. This is a way to attract customers. Typically, all products sold on promotion initially have a low price. Special offers allow you to buy many things at once cheaply and also receive an additional bonus.

METRO really has many advantages, but one nuance especially stands out, confusing people who first heard about this store.
Anyone who wants to can't go there. To visit, a person is issued a METRO card - a kind of pass issued after concluding an agreement. READ Comparing Taobao and Aliexpress: what is the difference, where is it better to buy

There are no huge queues in hypermarkets, like in similar places. The Metro Map is a useful tool. It allows you to make large-scale purchases without problems, nerves, or any difficulties, even on days of turmoil, for example, before major holidays.

Customers in the store are not given a receipt. It is replaced by an invoice, as well as a corresponding act. The Metro Cash & Carry card is not available to everyone.

The standard clients of this retail chain are businessmen, individual entrepreneurs, employees of major organizations, lawyers, military personnel, and other persons who form certain categories of the population in the country.

A permanent METRO card is issued after submitting a package of documents. Some papers in it differ depending on the activity in which the potential client is engaged.

The described rule is a minus for those who want to get into METRO, have enough money for this, but do not belong to any of the presented categories.

What does the Metro Cash and Carry store guest card provide?

Using the guest card, the visitor has the right to go through the turnstile of the store, get acquainted with the assortment and make a purchase. The guest version has the same advantages as the professional one:

receive information about promotions;
15% discount on birthdays;
30% coupon for one non-food item;
accept profitable offers by email.

Store visitors choose the Metro chain for attractive offers: a wide selection of food products, non-food products and professional equipment at competitive prices. Convenient operating hours allow you to visit the store from early morning until late evening. For example, the shopping center in Yekaterinburg is open from 7 to 22 hours , and in St. Petersburg from 6 to 23 hours .

What is a guest card and what does it provide?

To get a regular customer card of the METRO network, a person will have to spend time and money collecting a decent number of documents. Anyone who has no idea about the goods sold in the store and the prices set is unlikely to agree to the design of such a plastic instrument.

For this reason, METRO began offering visitors a guest card that allows them to familiarize themselves with the assortment. It is needed for people to come, evaluate the structure of the hypermarket, its policies, and then make a choice as to whether service at Metro Cash & Carry will benefit them. They will then decide if they need a permanent card.

The guest card can
be used for a limited period of time, after which it becomes invalid.
A guest card is required directly in order to enter METRO. At the entrance to the trading floors there is a turnstile that reads the barcode from the plastic and then opens.

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The second time the guest card is presented at the checkout when paying for purchases. It allows you not only to purchase, but also to take part in promotions and sweepstakes. First-time visitors especially like the “Metropolia” promotion. Its conditions are as follows: during a specified period, a person makes purchases, bonuses are credited to the guest’s card, and after that they can be used to receive a favorable discount on the products included in the promotion.

How can every ordinary person get it for free?

One of the main ways to obtain a Metro Guest Card is to submit an online application on the official website of the retail chain. The action plan will look like this:

First, you need to go to the official Metro page and go to the “Apply online” section (located at the bottom of the main page).
In the window that opens, you will be asked to issue a permanent card or a guest pass. You need to select the latter by clicking “Get card”.
Next, you will be asked to fill out a short form, where you need to enter the following information about yourself:
date of birth;
E-mail address;
Mobile phone number.
After filling out the fields, you need to click on “Get an electronic Guest Card”.
The completed Metro pass will be sent to the specified mailbox. In the future, to visit hypermarkets, you will need to present your electronic card at the entrance by opening the METRO mobile application (subject to technical equipment).

Attention. At the client's request, such a pass can also be issued in plastic format. It should be borne in mind that both permanent and guest Metro cards are issued absolutely free.

Other ways to obtain such a pass include:

personal appeal to the Metro shopping center;
use of the mobile application of this holding;
registration in the Viber chat bot.

Instructions for registration

For several years, METRO hypermarkets have held open days two or three times a year. At this time, everyone who wishes comes to the store and receives a guest card there, without presenting any papers other than a passport. The instructions for getting a guest card for yourself are extremely simple:

Visit any of the branches of the retail chain.
Approach the main counter.
Pick up the guest card.

There is no need to activate it; the buyer will be registered right there at the counter.

On non-promotion days, you have to collect documents and pay METRO employees to receive a permanent card.

Why do you need a Metro guest card?

It is not so easy for a person who is not a representative of an organization or any company to get into the Metro shopping center. Because the store is positioned as a wholesale center and an establishment for businessmen. If an ordinary citizen needs to get there, he needs to get a guest card. Only with her help can we pass the turnstile, which is located at the entrance to the Metro building. We need to scan the barcode of the card on the device and we can begin our journey through the store in search of the necessary goods.

It should be noted such positive aspects of the store as really low prices for some groups of goods.

Small and large traders have a lot to see. In addition to this, in the Metro there are practically no queues or crowds at shops selling some popular goods. Although there may be slight delays at the checkout due to the fact that guests here usually collect a lot of goods. And servicing one can take more than half an hour.

The store is also open at night, which is undoubtedly an advantage. Products almost never run out and the room is comfortable. In particular, due to the fact that there are not many customers, and the store premises are quite spacious.

Advantages of the METRO shopping center:	Explanation:
More than 35 thousand food and non-food products.	The assortment includes both leading world and Russian brands with budget prices.
Exclusive range.	In the shopping center you will find special product lines released for Metro guests.
Adequate price/quality ratio.	Due to wholesale prices for all groups of goods and strict selection of products.

How to restore if lost

If a store visitor has lost a guest card that is valid for a certain period of time, he will not be able to restore it. Only standard or gold client cards that function on an ongoing basis are subject to restoration.

Important! What to do when the guest card is lost and the buyer needs to visit METRO? If at this time there is still a promotion in hypermarkets, you just need to come and issue a guest card for an individual again.

Once the promotional period has expired, your only option is to wait for the next promotional offer to begin.

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How does METRO work?

Initially, METRO was conceived as a network of wholesale shopping centers for entrepreneurs of various levels. That is, the gigantic areas housed a wide variety of goods that were difficult to find in regular stores.

At a time when Auchan, Lenta, Perekrestok, Okey and other shopping centers for retail consumers were not yet widespread in Russia, METRO was a desirable place for family shopping.

Today METRO are large hypermarkets that maintain competition among the above-mentioned retail chains due to the fact that they remain aimed at wholesale buyers.

Private buyers are interested in METRO only because there are fewer queues; otherwise, they have enough hypermarkets near their home.

But organizations and individual entrepreneurs visit METRO with great pleasure: the assortment is designed specifically for doing business. So, in addition to groceries, here you can buy goods and equipment (including furniture) for your office, your own catering establishment, etc.

A nuance : some goods cannot be purchased individually, but only in general packaging - after all, this is a wholesale hypermarket.

Well, the client needs a METRO card as a pass, and its registration requires the provision of some documents.

Conditions for visiting METRO

Not so long ago, only legal entities or individual entrepreneurs had the right to visit METRO hypermarkets.
The main condition is the presence of a card, issued after the transfer of a set of documents. The papers must confirm the legal status of the person wishing to become a Metro client. READ Procedure for filing a complaint with Booking

Since 2021, the situation has changed somewhat, but this does not mean that today absolutely everyone can come shopping at METRO.

What are the conditions today:

Possession of a customer card. This pass is issued in the name of a specific individual. You won’t be able to go to a hypermarket using someone else’s card. Everyone who has received a pass can bring up to two accompanying persons.
If the card is lost, stolen, or damaged, you should immediately contact the administration with a request to restore it.
The METRO administration reserves the right to cancel the card and terminate the contract with a legal entity or individual when the latter allowed the use of the pass by unauthorized people.

Promotion for buyers on the metro cc ru skidka website

Site visitors who register using the link Metro-CC.ru/skidka receive a coupon giving a 30% discount when purchasing one non-food product or drink. When returning an item, the coupon will not be returned to the buyer. If the price of the selected product has already been reduced, then the bonuses are not cumulative; the discount should be used for another item in the sales receipt.

To take advantage of this offer, the coupon must be presented to the cashier before the invoice is closed.

Advantages

You can use Metro gift instruments to pay for products in shopping centers or online stores. Plastic is great for rewarding subordinates for the purpose of bonuses and motivation. It relieves a legal entity from handling cash. The card can be used repeatedly until its expiration date.

Important! Metro customers can also order gift products in large quantities. The denomination is not a limitation on the purchase amount, since the difference can be paid in cash, with a bank card or with an additional gift card.

The validity period of the carrier varies from 6 months to 1 year. You can pay with the purchase instrument at any of the Metro branches, of which there are more than 85 in the Russian Federation.

Appearance of the Metro map.

Terms of use

The completed registration of a metro buyer card allows company representatives to use current discounts and save on purchases. Each company can use five separate physical cards to give to their employees. Each card also has separate rules of use.

For guest card

In this case, the rules provide for the following conditions of use:

Free receipt.
The right to visit retail outlets.
Transfer to other persons is prohibited.
Permission is required in case of change of company representative.
All management actions are carried out in your personal account.

For a gift card

First of all, you will need to activate via the Internet, send data confirmation codes or use another method for verification (through the operator). Also, the terms of use require:

limited limit (even an extra ruble that is not provided by the gift card cannot be withdrawn from an empty account);
the difference in cost and funds available in the account can be covered in cash;
use is only possible with a signature on the reverse side.

Important: In addition to purchases at regular retail outlets, this type of gift provides the opportunity to purchase goods in an online store. One of the most important questions is whether it is necessary to wait for a positive period after replenishment. Only a day after payment and activation can you use the gift in an online shopping application or visiting a retail chain. Cashing out is not possible.

Apply for a METRO card in a convenient way

This method of filing an application has many advantages:

no need to go to the hypermarket;
convenience and speed in filling out and sending the questionnaire;
saving time on completing all procedures - as soon as the application is approved, the potential buyer will receive a notification. In this case, the card can be sent by mail, or issued upon a personal visit to the hypermarket.

First of all, you need to fill out a form, which you can take directly to the shopping center or download from the company’s official website and fill out at home. Data can be entered either manually or by computer printing. In the first case, it is better to use block letters. You must write legibly and clearly, otherwise the document will not be accepted and the client will have to fill out the forms again.

Completed forms should be taken to the shopping center. It must be borne in mind that only those documents that have the company seal will be accepted.

Important! When filling out an application, you must indicate the specific department of the hypermarket where the client is going to pick up the completed pass.

About the Metro CC guest card

You cannot get into the Metro hypermarket without a professional client card. Every year, the retail chain makes an exception to the rule - purchases at wholesale prices are allowed to all visitors with guest status. To do this, you need to register for free and receive a guest card (electronic or plastic). It is issued to persons over 18 years of age , without the right of transfer to another person.