Hi there,
Does anyone have early news on the SDM bonus pointswyb GC event? I believe it was early November last year and possibly the year previous. Looking for details if available.
Thanks!!
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Hi there,
Does anyone have early news on the SDM bonus pointswyb GC event? I believe it was early November last year and possibly the year previous. Looking for details if available.
Thanks!!
I don't have the answer but I know last year's gift card event was from Nov. 10 to 16th. Here's hoping it will be the same this year.
yeah, it's been sometime in November the last 3 years, im waiting for it too. Im actually on my last gift card from last year's promo, I was expecting to use them up much earlier but it hasn't been a good summer for lottery tickets, I just won't buy so many gift cards like last year.
I'm waiting for this one too---- I like to buy up a bunch of LCBO ones so I can buy my Christmas wines and SDM ones, obviously!!
i can't remember the totals. is it spend 150 in gift cards u get 8000 pts? my memory is bad and i don't want to search.
i guess my memory isn't that bad after all!
Anxiously waiting for this promotion again as well. :)
Thanks everyone for sharing infirmation on the GC bonus. I didn't participate last year but knowing I can get LCBO GC at SDM I'm super excited for this event!
I was curious to what all this GC promo was about so thanks for the clarification - sure hope sdm runs one again soon. In the past did it include any and all gift cards that they sell? This is exciting :icon_santa:
Last year I got a variety of: Petro Canada, Club Penguin membership, Home Depot, SDM, iTunes, Home Hardware, McDonalds, Playstation, Old Navy, Bon Apetit and Xbox. The Petro ones I bought for myself and most of the others I gave as Christmas gifts or used to purchase gifts. I love this promo! All of the cards listed in the Gift Card Mall on the SDM website are included.
Just be very careful to insist that the cashier scan your Optimum Card. I had a long battle last year when I bought $150 in GC along with a clearance score of some Life Brand swiffer-type sheets . I'd put my Optimum Card out for her to scan while I got my wallet. I didn't check until I picked up my bag and my card only to see she HADN'T scanned my card. Cashier said "Don't worry, you don't get points on gift cards anyway and your other stuff would have only been 200 points!" Can you believe it? She scanned the card with the transaction receipt after the fact so I got the 200 points easily enough but the GC bonus points were a headache that took three calls to resolve.
I'm still psyched up for this year's promo because GCs are great for both buying gifts and giving as gifts. I also pick up GCs for restaurants we'll be using over the holiday season, helping to manage our eating-out budget a little bit better while also getting points!
Check with your Shoppers about their policy when buying GCs - some will let you use a credit card to do that and others won't. There's nothing worse than planning on a credit card purchase and then being told you have to come up with the debit amount right then if you're kind of tapped out on that account!
good advice
i went last year and made the girl swipe the optimum card. she said a customer came in teh day before and purchased 3000 worth of gift cards and she didn't know about the promotion so she didn't swipe her card!
I asked at my local store and she said they had not heard yet but she is hoping they do it as she bought GCs for her xmas shopping last year
Wow, I'm certainly gonna plan to use this promo!
One question: Say I want to buy $450 in gift cards. In order to maximize the points, do I have to split it into 3 separate purchases of $150 each?
Yes- and if it's like previous years each transaction needs to include at least 2 cards totalling $150, I believe.
yes 2 cards totaling 150 has been the rule for the last few years.
What is the best way to maximize points? If I have SDM cc, SDM points card and regular cc.
I didn't try last year, but can I use SDM GC to pay for new GC?
That will depend on your local store, some prohibit it due to high GC fraud in their area (and some may not take credit cards for the same reason)
If the promo is the same as last year, 150$ GC for 8000pts, this would mean you are getting 80$ worth of optimum pts back?
Anxiously awaiting this promo again. Loved it last year, can't wait to do it again.
Was deciding on whether or not to wait for this promo to buy gas cards for the year, went ahead and bought Canadian Tire gift cards instead from this week's sobeys 750 point bonus for each $50 card. Based on the redemption ratio for free groceries, it was almost equivalent to the top redemption tier at sdm, plus I can redeem for free groceries in $50 increments instead of having to come up with ~$220 of things at sdm to redeem for at one time. No problems using Amex to pay for the GC either.
Does anyone know if SDM is offering PC gift cards now? I keep forgetting to check when I am there. I was kind of hoping since SDM was bought by them that they would at least carry their gcs now.