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A Los Angeles pizza shop received a refund request from a customer who used a photo of a burnt pizza. After monitoring and checking the order information, the store revealed suspected AI fraud and ultimately canceled the refund.
A customer passes byDoordash I ordered a pizza, but later sent me a photo of the pizza being burnt, claiming it was inedible, and asked for a full refund. The food delivery platform initially refunded the money, butlos angeles The pizza shop owner saw the photo and decided to check the kitchen monitor. The footage captures not only the pizza being baked and packed into the box, but also the customer’s name and order number on the box. The store confirmed it was the same order and objected, and the refund originally issued was later rescinded.
According to KTLA, the altercation occurred at Masa at Echo Park restaurant in Echo Park, Los Angeles. This family-owned restaurant opened in 2004 and is known for its Chicago-style deep-dish pizza. The store’s deep-dish pizza is about two inches thick and loaded with cheese, tomato sauce, meat and vegetables. In the photo used by the customer to apply for a refund, a large area of the surface of the pizza was burnt black.
Restaurant co-owner Rhonda Reynolds said she was skeptical when she saw the photo because she believed the store clerk would not put the pizza in the usual box after seeing it burned like this. They suspected that the photo had been tampered with, so they uploaded it to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) image detection tool. The tool shows that it is 96% confident that the photo was generated by AI. Reynolds returned to the in-store monitor screen to check the delivery process for this order.
In the photo, the clerk takes the deep-dish pizza out of the oven and puts it in the delivery box. Jose Tapa, the clerk in charge of packing the boxes at the time, said that the customer’s name and order number were clearly marked on the box, allowing the store to verify that it was the one the customer had complained about. Reynolds said there were no signs of burning as seen in the photo when the pizza was placed in the box. Refund canceled after store’s objection.
Masa states on its official website that for delivery orders placed through DoorDash, order changes and refunds will be processed by the platform. DoorDash’s merchant details show that if the store believes the order problem was not self-caused but resulted from a cut, employees with administrative rights can raise objections through the merchant’s backend within 14 days of delivery. If it exceeds 14 days, you will need to contact the platform customer service.
Reynolds said in the 22 years the restaurant has been open, this is the first time he has encountered someone suspected of using AI photos to request refunds. They were concerned that the photos would lead people to think the store was shipping burnt food, harming the reputation of employees and the restaurant. This time, stores had photos of the products being baked and packed into boxes, and they could also rely on the information on the boxes to match orders. She is worried that if more and more similar customer complaints arise in the future, the store will have to spend a lot of time examining images and checking food records one by one.
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After a customer ordered a pizza through DoorDash, he uploaded a burnt photo, saying it was inedible and asking for a full refund. The platform initially refunded the money, but the store later discovered that the photo did not match the actual delivery.
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The proprietary first used an AI image detection tool to do the comparison and the result showed that there was a 96% chance that it was generated by AI. He then checked the kitchen monitor to confirm that the pizzas were being cooked and packaged normally, and that the name and order number on the box could be matched.
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After the store objected, the refund originally issued was rescinded; The restaurant is also concerned that if similar customer complaints increase in the future, the store will have to spend more time examining images and verifying records, which will impact its operations and reputation.
