Archive for the ‘Rewards’ Category

Cash in your Scour points by the end of August

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Scour is changing the way it rewards its users.  Not for the better, unfortunately. I received my third $25 Visa gift card from Scour today, and on checking out the site I found this link on the front page: "Upgraded Rewards System Coming Soon!" Uh-oh. The social search engine site has had a point-based ...

Six click-through rebate sites

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

If you've shopped on the Internet -- and if you're reading this, you probably have -- then you know that there are great deals to be had just about everywhere you look.  You've probably also stumbled across sites that make online shopping even sweeter by giving you a kickback on ...

Why are some gift cards more “expensive” at MyPoints?

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

MyPoints is a rewards program that gives you the opportunity to earn free gift cards by reading e-mails, completing surveys, and purchasing from online retailers through their site. Each action has a point value associated with it, it doesn't take too long to earn gift cards, and many of ...

Setting, forgetting, and getting with UPromise

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

I signed up for UPromise.com years ago and have largely forgotten about it except for the occasional e-mail update about my rewards. (UPromise is a company that has made deals with other companies to "give back" part of a sale as a contribution to a college fund of the ...