diff --git a/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/db.py b/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/db.py
index 9eeb537..2a1bc8e 100644
--- a/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/db.py
+++ b/rattail_corepos/importing/corepos/db.py
@@ -667,13 +667,13 @@ class MemberEquityPaymentImporter(FromCOREPOS, corepos_importing.model.MemberEqu
             return
 
         # first look for exact match
-        datetime = self.app.localtime(stock_purchase.datetime)
+        dt = self.app.localtime(stock_purchase.datetime)
         match = [payment for payment in payments
                  if payment.corepos_transaction_number == stock_purchase.transaction_number
                  and payment.corepos_transaction_id == stock_purchase.transaction_id
                  and payment.amount == stock_purchase.amount
                  and payment.corepos_department_number == stock_purchase.department_number
-                 and self.app.localtime(payment.corepos_datetime, from_utc=True) == datetime]
+                 and self.app.localtime(payment.corepos_datetime, from_utc=True) == dt]
         if len(match) == 1:
             return match[0]
 
@@ -684,7 +684,20 @@ class MemberEquityPaymentImporter(FromCOREPOS, corepos_importing.model.MemberEqu
                    and payment.amount == stock_purchase.amount
                    and payment.corepos_department_number == stock_purchase.department_number]
         if len(matches) == 1:
-            return matches[0]
+            log.warning("found 'loose' match for card #%s, txn %s, for $%0.2f: %s",
+                        stock_purchase.card_number,
+                        stock_purchase.transaction_number,
+                        stock_purchase.amount,
+                        stock_purchase.datetime)
+
+            # so there is one match, but its timestamp may be way off,
+            # so let's also make sure at least date matches
+            payment = matches[0]
+            if self.app.localtime(payment.corepos_datetime, from_utc=True).date() == dt.date():
+                return payment
+
+            # do not assume any match, if dates were off
+            return
 
         # TODO: not sure how to handle yet, if last check found more
         # than one match.  presumably if none were found then it is