There is a clerk at Uptown who told me what Krazytwacy said. He is fantastic to deal with too. Think his name is Erwin or something similar to that.
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There is a clerk at Uptown who told me what Krazytwacy said. He is fantastic to deal with too. Think his name is Erwin or something similar to that.
They told me the same thing at a location here in Montreal, that HO was telling them to stop doing that. She did it anyway, but told me she wasn't supposed to.
Shoppers Drug Mart Hi Michelle, you earn points on SDM only gift cards when you use them to purchase items. If you purchase an SDM gift card you do not earn points. Does that help you?16 hours ago · Edited · LikeUnlike
This is their response to my question about Points being earned on PURCHASING GC's...
You are NOT supposed to be earning points on GC PURCHASES
and NOT earning 20x on the GC Itself purchases either.
I'm sure it will take some time for all the stores to get on the train for this.
But I know my local Store already has... :(
Unless there's a policy change happening, I think that person just didn't know (I've had cashiers tell me you don't earn points on GCs, encouraged them to try it and they were surprised). If we weren't supposed to be earning points on GCs, surely they would have fixed it ten years ago?
I don't think it's ever worked for a 20x the points event though, that's nothing new.
Update! I emailed HO, they sent me this and gave me a bonus 4,000 points. I still think I'm done with that particular location though.
"In response to your inquiry, we do not have an official corporate-wide policy against purchase gift cards for personal use. We apologize for the difficulty you encountered using your gift card and for and for any inconvenience that this may have caused.
Your comments and concerns are important to us and we have forwarded them to the store for internal investigation and consideration. As a goodwill gesture and an added apology, we have also credited 4000 points to your Shoppers Optimum card, which we hope you enjoy redeeming at any Shoppers Drug Mart location."
Okay we are talking Shoppers Gift Cards here. You do receive points on a shoppers GC however you do not get points for other GCs and you can not use a shoppers Gift card to buy other gift cards.
I'm going to try a different SDM tomorrow while I'm out and about
I know the one at Polo Park is inflexible!
Wish me luck and I'll let you know what their soup~de~jour rules are...
Lucky you wonder if I could do it. I can try I really have not seen it written anywhere its something I just learned from here.
I've never had a problem with buying gc's for sdm points. The supervisor knows me because I always go in and I have talked to her about it and she said it's fine.