October 2004 Archives
Update: I'm not sure if the offer's been pulled, if they're reworking it to exclude media-only orders, or if it was just < 24 hours since my last order, but this morning (11/1) after placing a one-book-only order I got this message: "This award has expired. No Points can be awarded at this time. (Most Point awards are available for a limited time.) For hundreds of other Point-earning opportunities, please visit the Earn Points page. If you received this message in error, please try again. If you continue to experience difficulty with a valid Point award, please contact Member Care and mention the name of the offer." So this may be a dead deal. Try it at your own risk now!
I am RACKING UP at MyPoints by placing a small media-only order each day through their Overstock link in Department/Megastores. The wording of the promotion makes it sound like media-only (that's books/music/videos/magazines only) orders don't qualify. They don't qualify for the free shipping on a $60 order offer, but they do qualify for the 500 points per order daily! And shipping on a single media item is just $1.40, cheaper than their flat-rate shipping on other items!
Have spent $22.40 on 5 orders...4 orders of a single book, one order of two CDs. Earned 500 points for each for a total of 2500 MyPoints, which is the equivalent of $22.73. I'm actually making a profit of 33c on my five orders! And they're Christmas presents that I would've bought anyway. I'm happy!
If you're not a MyPoints member yet, please read my review and consider joining!
From a MyPoints email: "Max Points is back! For one day each week, Monday through Friday, Max will be hiding within the Earn Points pages at www.mypoints.com. Until December 20, 2004, all you have to do is find Max, click on him and you will earn between 5 and 25 Points! Remember, he's only around for one day each week. Check back frequently so you don't miss this chance to rack up some free Points!"
He was in Department/Megastores yesterday for 5 points, so if you didn't get him then, no need scouring the site for him 'til next week. Will update this post with his location when he's sited next. Check back daily!
BzzAgent Rewards Program Review
Please click here to join.
Date Launched: 2002
Reward Per Dollar Spent: No shopping reward
Minimum to Redeem: Varies
Prizes Offered: Mostly merchandise, occasionally GCs, varies by campaign
Earn Points For: Reporting buzz on new products or services after you've been accepted into an active campaign. Also earn points for referrals.
Limit One Account Per: Individual 13 years or older
Notes: Unique program stressing the importance of word of mouth in popularizing new products and services. BzzAgents provide their demographics when signing up and also complete occasional surveys to qualify them for upcoming campaigns. Campaigns are free product giveaways (space in each campaign is limited); agents are asked to try out the product and share it with as many people as possible. In addition to receiving the free product, agents earn points when reporting the results of sharing the product or talking it up to others. These points can be cashed in for prizes. Available prizes vary by campaign. You must be actively involved in a campaign, and you must have submitted and had approved at least one BzzReport in that campaign, in order to cash out for the campaign's prizes.
Related articles: 90 Days of BzzAgent, BzzAgent Receives $13.75M in Venture Capital, 2005 Year in Review, Interesting Article About BzzAgent, BzzAgent Announces New Program For Book Readers
As promised, here's some information on Circuit City's new rewards program:
All purchases made either through the Circuit City Rewards Visa issued by Chase, or through Circuit City's private label card, will earn one reward point per dollar...except purchases AT Circuit City will earn 5 points per dollar.
Points are redeemable starting at 500 points for a $5 Circuit City gift card.
If you already have a Circuit City card, they'll still be accepted but you'll be asked if you want to upgrade to their new cards.
To access your Circuit City Rewards account, click here: https://www.circuitcityrewards.com/
