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Today I bought a Chapters gift card at SDM. The cashier swiped my Optimum card at the start of the transaction, and I paid for the gift card with the SDM MC. I noticed afterwards that I did not get any OP on that purchase. It's my first time purchasing a gift card at SDM - should I have received OP?
If I should have, will SDM give those points to me retroactively if I go back?
Thanks for your help.
No you don't get optimum points for gift cards at SDM.
You do get Optimum points for purchasing a SDM gift card, just not for all the other gift cards.
Did SDM used to give OP on purchases of gift cards, because many sites that discuss "strategies to get more OP" talk about buying gift cards to get more points.
Whenever I've purchased a SDM Gift Card, I've gotten the points. They won't give points on the other gift cards that you can buy at SDM.
They mean that you buy the SDM GC and then use that for your purchases. I believe you can buy the SDM GC and then use it to buy another GC.
I don't get optimum points for buying a SDM GC. I used to but I have no luck these days anymore. They told me it was a mistake when I was given points before. I didn't want to push my luck so I just stopped buying SDM gift card:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by jojos_n_kelowna
You will at least get the points that you should with you optimum mastercard (better then nothing). It's still more than using you mastercard at chapter's to buy a g/c there because you get more points per dollar transaction when you use your SDM Mastercard at SDM.
Has anyone actually done this? I can just imagine the withering stare from the cashier for doing this.Quote:
Originally Posted by kerrylj
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Originally Posted by kerrylj
YES, I do this all the time, so do many SCers on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by awongtse
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Marcianne, you should email SDM from their website 'Contact Us' page and explain that your SDM is not swiping your Optimum card when purchasing SDM Gift Card...they will probably give you some SDM points for your troubles....but in order to get around the cashiers not swiping your card, just buy something with your GC like a pack of gum or whatever so that they swipe your card....then you'll see your points show up on the receipt.Quote:
Originally Posted by marcianne
You can definitely get optimum points when purchase a SDM gift card. Last week i went to a different shoppers, didnt get the points and then called. First they said no and then they told me to read the terms and conditions as posted on the shoppers site. It said clearly that points are given for purchasing SDM gift card - however not for other cards eg. ESSO. (If you get them for ESSO good for you) - hope this helps.
Not necessarily so for non-SDM electronic gift cards. On Oct. 29th, in the SDM flyer there was a promo for itunes cards. I bought (4) $25. gc & got 5000 pts. I think it was buy $50 worth& get 2500 pts. Since Christmas is coming up, I bought 2 for my friend's teenagers and they other 2 I will be donating to a fund raiser for a silent auction. Can't go wrong with these if kids have ipods. Therefore, always scan throught the flyer twice so you don't miss anything & then circle the item with a blk Sharpie or write it down. Heck, I only looked at the flyer 3 times before I noticed it as some of their ads kind of blends in sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suj
As for the SDM gc, I've always gotten pts for my cards and the cashiers have always asked for my Optimum card or I have it out already with my credit card in hand. However, I've never tried to buy another gc of any type with my SDM gc.
yes, it depends on whether or not they are having a points promotion on other gc's, but regularly you would only get points on sdm gc's.
In the "Discuss and Request Deals and Coupons" forum, in Lynnie's thread called "Question about SDM points", on post #24, Alberta_Girl says:
"I have used SDM cards to buy Chapters, Esso, Best Buy and Second Cup gift cards. That is how I have achieved Plus Status. I always buy SDM cards and then use them to buy Gift Cards that we use as gifts or personal spending at other stores. Great way to rack up base points and I still get points on my regular credit card that I use to buy the SDM card in the first place."
I've also heard a few other posters say that they use SDM gift cards to pay for other retailer gift cards that SDM sell. I haven't done it yet, but I think it would be worth a try. I probably wouldn't do it all at one time, though. :-)
When SDM had an offer way back in August for bonus points for buying ESSO GCs, I used my Mastercard to buy SDM GC's, then used those to buy the ESSO GC's. I got points for the SDM GC's and points for the ESSO GC's, so yes, it can be done.
A few months ago I bought a $100 SDM gift card (because I actually remembered to that day, lol, as a way to get more points) and the cashier did not give me my points (part-time, weekend girl). She said they no longer give points for any gift cards.
I went in again on either the Monday or Tuesday and told the full time, weekday cashier that I did not get points for buying an SDM gift card on the weekend, and she said they still give them for SDM cards just not other GCs. She even showed me the internal memo taped to the desk by the lotto machine (the manager was in the back, she told me to come around and look at it, lol. I am a regular there!)
She then called the front-end supervisor out from the cash office, I told her, and she confirmed, yes you were supposed to get your points. I had kept my receipt in my wallet knowing that I was coming in to inquire about it.... she took my receipt and my Optimum card and credited me with the 1000 Optimum points that I should have received upon the purchase of the $100.00 gift card and said they would be speaking to all the cashiers to clarify that you do get points on SDM gift cards but not other gift cards.
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I always buy something else (gum usually) when I buy my SDM gift cards. That gets around the whole debate of swiping the card. Just checked an old receipt. On October 7 I bought a $50 SDM card and a pack of jujubes $2 and got 520 regular points.
I frequently buy other gift cards with SDM cards and have never had a problem. I don't get points on the other stores cards but do on the original purchase of the SDM cards.
I am planning on going in this week and buying a $25 SDM card with my $25 Nestea gift card. That way I am ready for the weekend shopping trip!
If you were organized you could get a lot of points for buying other gift cards. Like if you knew you were going to swiss chalet for dinner you could stop at SDM, buy cara gift card with SDM gift card and get optimum points. Even more if you bought SDM gift card with Optimum mastercard. Amazing!
So if I was to buy a $75 SDM gift card on a 20X points day, would I get 20 times the points then?
You only get regular points buying a Shoppers gift card.Quote:
Originally Posted by Balllot
In preparation for this Saturday's 20X the points event, I just attended my local SDM to buy a gift card and get the regular points. I wasn't sure if this one would be a minimum $50 or $75 event, so I asked. The cashier wasn't sure, but said that usually it is min. $50 (true...except when it is fragrance/cosmetic...then it tends to be $75).
Anyhow, I then passed the $50 gift card to her, and she looked at me like I had a toaster for a head. "What do you want?" she asked. Seriously. "I want to buy this gift card," I responded.
She suddenly developed a major attitude and wouldn't use words to communicate with me. When I passed her my Optimum card she held her scanner out and waited for me to move it to within her scanner range. When it became time to give me the total, she simply said, "50." Period.
My goodness, you'd think the points were coming directly off her pay cheque. What the bleep? Why the attitude over doing this?
Oh come on! I LOL as I read your post. This is my chuckle for the day. :lolsign:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nice Sass
You one upped her on this one! Now that the moment is over, you have to chuckle with the cashiers in different stores with their attitudes like the one you had over sdm pts, price matching, etc., bottom line is "nobody is stopping the cashiers from doing what we do, collecting pts, using coupons, etc." I suggest they should take a "chill pill" as it's only going to get worse with Christmas coming up and the cashiers are going to be even busier.
Is there are list of all (other retailer) GCs that they carry? I went to the website it only shows 5-6 different ones. I'm just curious as which different ones that they have. Do they allow you to use SDM GC to buy other GCs there?
Hey Nice Sass. I'm heading to SDM to buy a few items & also a SDM gc & yup, I'm going to use my existing SDM gc to do it as well. Ha. Ha. I hope I don't get "attitude" like what happened to you as you didn't deserve to be treated like that.:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nice Sass
I'm not sure if you can use a SDM GC to purchase other GCs, but I do know that you can't use your points to buy any GCs. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwis-mom
Regarding GCs carried, I think it varies by store; some have the "Experience" gift cards, which offer a whole range of things, like spa escapes and golfing, but smaller stores don't seem to have these.
As for retailers, I'm trying to think of what I can remember seeing there; maybe we can work on a list: Pier One, Cineplex Odeon, Chapters Indigo, Kelsey's/Swiss Chalet/Montana's.