Archive for the ‘Rewards’ Category
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Actually, this isn't a recent capture: Coupons have always been doing the bidding of the marketing department. Companies don't distribute coupons because they're nice. They want more of your money, and coupons are a way to get you to spend more.
There are three basic mechanisms for companies to get more ...
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
A few days ago I was all set to redeem another $5 Amazon gift certificate with my Swag Bucks over at SwagBucks.com.
But I was THWARTED!! (Temporarily anyway.) I got hit with this message:
There is a limit of 5 orders per prize each calendar month. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Bummer, ...
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Customer reward programs go by a number of different names: customer loyalty programs, frequent flier programs, shoppers' club, and so forth. In exchange for some of your personal information and the ability to laser-target their advertising to you by tracking your purchases, you get discounts or rebates on your purchases.
Maybe ...
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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 ...
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