Is it worth it to collect points any more?
I haven't collected optimum points in over a year. The closest SDM was 30 minutes away & there were so many issues at that time with points being stolen etc. that I stopped making the trek to shop there.
A new SDM has opened only 15 minutes away and I was considering starting to shop there & collect points again but in the past few flyers I have noticed very few bonus points listed on products. It appears they have stopped offering bonus points as often as they used to. I find the prices on non-food items to be a bit more expensive than other places & only the food items on sale are on par with local grocery stores.
Is it still worth it to shop & try to earn points?
It's definitely worth it!
missnita, It's definitely worth it! I posted this in the "what's your best shop?" thread last week, thought you might want to see an example of what you can do...
I had an optimum card for years but never really used it or knew much about it. I started to seriously use it a couple of years ago, and when I realized how good the program was I got a card for my hubby. His reaction was "yeah, whatever. I'm not gonna carry another stupid card.". So I carried it and put purchases on both. Made sure I took advantage of bonus days and coupons, and built up a lot of points. I made a couple of mega-redemptions, but it was always for household things that get used but not really noticed.
Fast forward to last week: We're taking a trip in October that involves a long plane ride. Hubby says "Gee, it would be nice if we had a tablet computer to keep ourselves entertained on the plane. And maybe we should get a new small digital camera, so we can each have our own, that way we won't fight over the one we have (like we always do on vacation). "
I say "well, we have enough points on our optimum cards, why don't we go down to SDM and take a look on Saturday morning?"
Saturday morning, we walk out of SDM with TWO Acer Insignia A3 tablets (one each!), one Canon Powershot SX600, and a full set of memory cards + spares for all. I did 4 redemptions in total (2 on each card), combined with the set of 3 mailed coupons ($20 off wus $75, $15 of wus 60, $10 off wus 40) and our total out-of-pocket expense was less than $50. Took hubby over an hour to pick his jaw up off the ground. He's still babbling to anyone who'll listen about what a great deal his wife got on the weekend. :shock:
Ahh, it feels good to be appreciated. :-)