As soon as I hit $20 on pc points, I redeem it to pay for my groceries. No keeping big balances for me.
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As soon as I hit $20 on pc points, I redeem it to pay for my groceries. No keeping big balances for me.
wow! just the day before yesterday i redeemed for a gift card...boo if that's over :(
Ahhh, so disappointed about this! I was going to cash in for gift cards, just hadn't decided which ones. I was going to do it to prevent the points from being stolen!
Agreed 100% Cinpow, I only ever redeem my points for gift cards so I don't have to spend $20 all in one go. If this is the case, I will definitely be sending them a nice email. I understand trying to stop the theft of others points, but they shouldn't screw everyone over for the fewer that have been hacked. HATE spending $20 in one go and want to keep it the way it wasQuote:
Originally Posted by cinpow
This irritates me. I've been redeeming my points for gift cards to give to my parents to make their lives a lil less expensice. They're both retired and my dads meds are $300 a month. This way he can pay w gift card or they can buy groceries. They host Xmas dinner which is also pricey. I can somewhat understand the PC cards but I have their MasterCard... That's the whole reason I got one so I could earn faster and redeem more.
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I'm hoping that "at this time" means it is only short term while they sort out their security issues!
Same!Quote:
Originally Posted by Colsgirl
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+1Quote:
Originally Posted by smileyKT
Fortinos also has signs at all of the cash registers stating that you cannot redeem points for gift cards :-(
agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by Lavender Lady
started after SCs lost shoppers drug mart optimum points in 2011
http://smartcanucks.ca/attention-shoppers-drug-mart-simple-solution-to-optimum-points-theft/
PC PLUS, hope you will do something nice for customers who are inconvenienced
like a 20x points event
soon
hint hint
I'm also hoping that the cancelation of redeeming points for gift cards is temporary. I have enough points for a $50gc, doing this helps me keep track and also makes me not have to pay weird amounts at the till after redeeming $20+ in points.
Saw similar sign at Loblaws. Hope it's temporary.Quote:
Originally Posted by barbis9
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Edit: Saw a customer complaint posted over the weekend on Loblaws' Facebook page, copy-pasted below including reply.
Hi loblaws
I was just at your superstore in scarborough ontario and went to redeem my pc points for a gift card and was told that points cannot be redeemed for gift cards. But according to the terms and conditions on my pc financial card it says points can be redeemed for gift cards. So what is the policy and is there an updated terms and conditions?
Hi ****, While the Terms & Conditions remain unchanged, we have temporarily suspended this function due to recent fraudulent activity. We're sorry for any inconvenience.
I spoke with a cashier about it this morning, and she had a letter (not publicly available, so I didn't get to read it) that suggested the inability to redeem for gift cards was hoped to be temporary. Yeah, apparently fraudulent activity is what has caused the change but PC hopes to be able to make the option available again to customers. I'm guessing that if this is the case, they have to add in more precautionary measures before allowing it to go live again.
Maybe one of those visa GC with the activation fees?Quote:
Originally Posted by Colsgirl
They make a profit on goods though so us redeeming $20 costs them less where gift cards are full price so I guess it makes business sense
That's a disappointment about the gift cards, I do hope it is temporary. My plan this year was to save all my points for the year and buy gift cards for gifts (or to purchase gifts with) in December. I get that I could just use them for groceries and then set aside the same amount of cash, but I kinda liked seeing the points accumulate for presents. It was more a mental thing.
I too hope it's temporary we use all our points to do our Christmas shopping. We've been doing this for 2 years already and it's great that we can get the gcs with points and then do our purchases at the stores or online.
Wow, talk about timing... I tried to redeem after my last shopping trip for 2 x $10 PC gcs but the store was out of them - which is typical for that store. If this becomes permanent, I won't go out of my way to shop at their stores anymore.
At the store I usually go to they nailed a guy who redeemed for $1,000 worth of Home Depot gift cards, just before the gift card freeze.
Wow!Quote:
Originally Posted by majormom
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If it was fraud I am glad they caught him. I have a PC Financial MasterCard and it is really easy to rack up a lot of points. I usually let them sit there until there is something we want - last thing we bought was a 52 inch TV. At the moment all my cards are locked down, I can't redeem even if I try (they locked my PC Financial cards down too and in the account settings there is no option to change them so I can redeem).Quote:
Originally Posted by majormom
You don't have to keep the points. If I was you, I would use the points to pay for the things that you would buy with cash/credit card anyway and put that same amt of cash in a savings acct and earn interest. Then when you want to buy that TV, just take the cash out and buy it. the final end result is the same. it is the same thing when people open multiple saving accts for different purples.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colsgirl
So hope this is a temp thing. I was so looking forward to saving my points for gcs for my parents :(Quote:
Originally Posted by barbis9
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Indeed... Talk about being inconspicuous lol. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetmomma
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I think I am totally missing something here
Why not just pay for your current shopping with your points then pay cash for the gift card
Now I think I'm getting it. If you pay with pc financial you will get some extra points. Then at the end of the day you can still buy the gift card and had the benefit of the extra points on the initial buy
pls let me know if I am even close
i prefer paying with credit card to get bonus points, like spend $ to get X amount of points. also, whatever i earn in points is what i am allowed to spend on a treat for me or family. and its hard to buy so much groceries to redeem the points when the shop doesn't have your items or if you're already stocked up (or have a smaller family).
what i don't understand is that why don't they allow cashier to check ID when redeeming points for gift cards. cashier can check that the name on the card matches the ID of the person.
that's one option but can you image how it will slow down the lineup? My rcss is usually busy even with all lanes open on the weekend!Quote:
Originally Posted by Aquaria
also if theft cannot get gift card, there are other stuff to get, electronics or expensive stuff,etc?
After seeing the media reports about the fraud last Friday, and having 160,000+ pts, decided to go to RCSS and get my annual $100 PC Mobile update card, and a $50 LCBO gift card. No problem at all doing this.
Later that day my wife went there too; she had less points, but still enough to get us a couple of $25 PC Gift cards which we like to use for those very small $ purchases. Well she was asked for id ! which she didn't have on her, having just come from the gym ... She was able to get them eventually, after flagging over the cashier supervisor who recognized her; no surprise, since we're in there a few times a week. haha
But yesterday, the signs noted above were up, so I guess we lucked out, getting in just under the wire.
Hope its just temporary, as we love the Gift Cards, as a little reward for 'smart shopping'. ;)
A scenario, we can never reach $20 spend in order to use 20k PC points in a single shop. In my case, the selection of stores my No Frills & RCSS price matches (ie: Foodland, Sobeys, Fortino etc) don't offer really low prices. As soon as 20k PC points is reached, we convert to PC $20 gc in order to spend on a few items (that earns PC offers) over a period of time. There are less and less PC points offers that maps to our needs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thatdone
That is what I was planning to do, but I keep forgetting to unlock my phone app before I go shopping, it is set to collect points only!Quote:
Originally Posted by a_1_a
