Best Buy Reward Zone membership - free after 9/18

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Although BB was pretty good about waiving the fee after the first year, after September 18th it will be free for everyone to join. :)

However, they never have double point days like MediaP;ay used to... :bs:


From the Reward Zone site:
  • New, no-fee membership. Just make one purchase per calendar year at Best Buy or BestBuy.com® to continue your membership.
  • A simplified point system. Get 1 point for nearly every $1 spent.
  • Earn 250 points and get a $5 reward certificate.
 
Wait, isn't that actually worse, though? Tell me if I'm wrong, but before wasn't it $150 in purchases to get a $5 certificate? (Assuming there's no point bonuses given) According to this, it's double what was required before...
 
[quote name='Psykodelik']When the program first started it used to be $100 per $5 cert. So yeah, it's gotten worse...so to speak.[/QUOTE]

Definitely! The current offer I believe is $5 for every $150 spent. THey can keep their free program.

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My tax rate is 7%.
Which isn't an issue if you buy from most etailers.
They get marketing data, they build brand loyalty [I should shop at BB so I earn points], they save money [*most* people don't do the work at PMing that we might], and they have very little payout [you have to spend 250 w/in a year to get anything back, and I think I saw that points expire after a year.]
Definitely not a win-win. And yes, while you can PM and coupon and everything, to me that's not worth the work to save a dollar or two or 'earn 2% back one year down the road.
I'll continue doing what I am doing--go to BB if i'm up there to check things out visually, then sit at home in my comfy chair surfing for the best prices at a no-tax, hopefully free-shipping e-tailer, making sure to use ebates or mypoints where I get relatively speedy and more worthwhile payouts [cash in my paypal account, or points to buy gift cards for many stores].

Anyway, free is good, but while this will impress a bunch of newbies, pretty much anyone who's had a RZ card--and paid for it--is seeing less and less benefit in the program. Of course, that's most likely their strategy--make the devils work for their savings, and sucker Joe Public.
 
Reward Zone is beyond ridiculous - it's almost insulting to get the 10% coupons from them. You already have to spend a quarter grand to get five bucks; now you're making it 10% harder to do?
 
[quote name='dtcarson']My tax rate is 7%.
Which isn't an issue if you buy from most etailers.
They get marketing data, they build brand loyalty [I should shop at BB so I earn points], they save money [*most* people don't do the work at PMing that we might], and they have very little payout [you have to spend 250 w/in a year to get anything back, and I think I saw that points expire after a year.]
Definitely not a win-win. And yes, while you can PM and coupon and everything, to me that's not worth the work to save a dollar or two or 'earn 2% back one year down the road.
I'll continue doing what I am doing--go to BB if i'm up there to check things out visually, then sit at home in my comfy chair surfing for the best prices at a no-tax, hopefully free-shipping e-tailer, making sure to use ebates or mypoints where I get relatively speedy and more worthwhile payouts [cash in my paypal account, or points to buy gift cards for many stores].

Anyway, free is good, but while this will impress a bunch of newbies, pretty much anyone who's had a RZ card--and paid for it--is seeing less and less benefit in the program. Of course, that's most likely their strategy--make the devils work for their savings, and sucker Joe Public.[/QUOTE]


Ding. For $5 back on $100 or $150, I'd take the extra effort... but for 2% --- it's worthless. I get more back using a "rewards" program online that I would the own store's incentive program. The "deals" for members have also gone by the wayside as the last good one wa over a year ago (buy 2 GH/PC/PH games for $22) and I don't expect it to get better now that it's a free for all program.

That $1 saved at Circuit City on the CD is now better than PM and getting the RZ points.
 
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