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The other thing is, you have to have a code from the store to place a bid or buy an item.. a code is only good to bid on or buy one item. The initial auctions go from 19-22 AUG.. so you might have a good chance of getting something for a deal at the start.
Today's 'groupon' deal is a NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® Piccolo coffee maker. 300 Air Miles - not bad.
Ron.
Note: To bid it appears you have to get a bid card first by shopping at Safeway.
Here's this week's Facebook coupon:
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Not bad. It's a 17.6% kick back based on $0.11/AM
I can't remember. Do GCs other than Safeway's count towards a B$100G100?
Checked the e-auctions again. I think that yes only the person who gets AM's deducted is the person that wins. I at first thought it was like penny auctions where everytime you bid you lose a certain amount of money or in this case AM's. Glad to see this is not that. More like E-bay.
I did a shop today at Safeway and got 272 AM's and 4 e-auction cards. I am going to wait and see a bit before I bid. Am really only interested in the Safeway Giftcards. But some neat stuff on there. I don't have tons of points so alot of the auctions already need more AM's than I have.
Does anyone know if it has to be $100 after coupons to get the bonus 100 airmiles or can it be before coupons. Thanks in advance for your help
Yes, $100 after coupons. Lord knows why!
Alert:
Nivea soap is B2G50 @ $2.71 each = $6.07 after taxesand get $5.50 + in AMs.
The Auction..
Today's 'buy' deal isn't flying off the shelf.. less than 1/2 way 'activated'. I'm sure the iPod Touch will be a lot more popular tomorrow. Some stores are slow giving out the tickets. I was @ City Square Safeway lunch time today.. and the cashiers weren't giving out tickets. I asked and she didn't know about it right away and had to ask someone - who went and found some.
Ron.
Am I the only one who thinks this is rediculous? I can't be, right? Is anyone willing to start writing letters to Safeway about this? One voice, maybe a few more may not make much difference, but what if it's a lot of us...and we keep bombarding them? I, for one, would give them so much extra business if they allowed me to bring the end result down a bit, while they still get the full benefit. Very frustrating!Quote:
Originally Posted by operabob
Looks like the first Group Buy is going to fail.
As to the iPOD, judging by the wording it's not "first 100" but "100 minimum to make it a go.
I'm also wondering if the 750AMs to activate is a misprint as someone has already bid 3210 AMs for the one available for auction. We'll know in 10 minutes.
Looks like it is first 100.
The other sold out with 1 minute to go.
Bob: it may be based on the generation of iPod although the one where a person has bid 3000+ doesnt specify which one, so at this point who knows, the site is getting hammered
8:00PMT and I get this:
503 Service Unavailable
No server is available to handle this request.
How 'bout the rest of you? LOL!
Same thing, the problem with sites getting hammered, it's like a snowball, when a person gets that error they will open up several other tabs and keep trying to login, so as more and more start to try and logon as time goes on you have way more users then their servers can handle, lol.
Yeah, I got in once for about 20 seconds and the page collapsed.
I'm just wondering if safeway pulled the plug on the site because it was getting hammered and is going to start it up again. I got through tons of times but there was nothing on the group buy side of the page (blank).
Safeway made a post on their Facebook:
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile...747_2192_q.jpgCanada Safeway We apologize for the inconvenience and understand your frustration with the Safeway eAuction website. Due to extremely high traffic volume the website encountered technical problems which are currently being addressed.8 minutes ago · Like · 4 people
Canada Safeway We will post another update when the site is back online.7 minutes ago · Like
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile...747_2192_q.jpgCanada Safeway When the Safeway eAuction website is is back online, we will announce a new time for the group buy.
Maybe a group of disgruntled AirMiles member hackers decided to do a denial of service attack in protest to the changes at AirMiles.ca.
Safeway conspiracy theorists abound.
Messy!
People are overbidding on the auctions. The current bid on the iPod Touch 32gb with 2 days to go is 3255 Air Miles. You can buy it directly from Air Miles for 3150. :)
Ron.
Obviously they don't follow this thread. LOL!Quote:
Messy!
People are overbidding on the auctions. The current bid on the iPod Touch 32gb with 2 days to go is 3255 Air Miles. You can buy it directly from Air Miles for 3150. :)
Ron.
iPod Group Buy now opens in just over 2 hours.
I will be working so can't take part.
Noticed the $500 Safeway card has now crossed the $0.125 threshold with 2 days and 7 hours left. Wanna bet it crosses $0.1143?
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$500 Safeway Gift Card
Current Bid:
4,010
Next Bid: 4,020
Number of Bids: 85
Auction Items BID ON ITEM(S) WITH YOUR AIR MILES® reward miles.
The Nivea soap was $2.71. Used the $2 coupon and for $1.42 plus taxes = 50 AMs. THanks for mentioning.Quote:
Originally Posted by operabob
Where did you get $2 coupons?Quote:
Originally Posted by marmaduke
Ron.
Originally from SDM, but haven't seen them for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by newfbc
Nooooo, I traded away all my $2 Nivea coupons. I could get cheap airmiles :(.
I managed to get a Touch in the group buy.. it was still very messy though.. I didn't know I actually got one.. the site kept crashing, etc.. I only realized I had one when it told me I couldn't buy one again.. lol. Not looking good on Safeway!
Ron.
Wow congrats!Quote:
Originally Posted by newfbc
Do you still lose the miles if you didn't get one in group buy? Thanks!
I managed to get one as well :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by heycinderella
They say the miles will be debited from your airmiles account once the deal has been activated (sold out) and only if that is the case. :)
They mentioned more will be available Monday morning.
Thank you! I'll be glued to the computer on Monday! Been craving for an ipod touch for a long time! Did they ask you to enter your address at any point?Quote:
Originally Posted by *JustMe
Haven't got any $2 Nivea! :cry:
But I have a few $0.75 Bick's which'll help.
Now if I do the $100 and use an Entertainment $5 coupon as well not bad! :top:
Well, passed the $0.1143 threshold (4,375 AMs) and wasting AirMiles with 2 days to go:
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$500 Safeway Gift Card
Current Bid:
4,410
Next Bid: 4,420
Number of Bids: 98