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I try to be positive but this is too much. Sat up until midnight EST to do the extra credit deals. They are all for $5!!! With a limit of three, that means spending hours earning points for $15 value over the course of a month. A $5 Amazon card now costs more than the $10 one was in January.
This is what happens when so many members have been recruited to the program and no funding to support them apparently. I am really embarrassed I've recommended this program to friends. I did get value from it at the beginning. This is ridiculous.
@KatieK813364 wrote:Terrible! What a waste of my time now if it’s going to be $5. $15 was ok, but this is a slap in the face!
The reward program is officially dead. I am grateful for the rewards I got and it was well worth me paying a 5-year membership but now it is time to move on.
Wow! I am stunned by the extra credit rewards! I am obviously just a chump for believing this program would, at the very least, provide the limited value available compared to last month. Don't get me wrong; last month was bad; I just didn't expect $5 rewards this month! And, I couldn't even get three from the same issuer.
And, this is a rewards program?!?
Note: allowing three $5 rewards from the same issuer would have blunted the disappointment, somewhat, I guess.
What's even more insulting is ---------- I redeemed 24,000 points for the Walmart card and now a half hour later I have not received the email with the ecard!!!!! Twice the points and then no card at all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't think it could get worse. Just shows you how wrong I can be.
I did get the Amazon card before I got the Walmart one. And the Amazon email arrived. So 2 redemptions and 1 card. I now have 1 redemption left. Probably won't find one of the random cards few cards that they post during the month. I figured something was better than nothing. But I even spent points and got nothing.
An Update on not receiving my Walmart card: I called this morning and the woman I talked to (Susan) could see that I had redeemed the offer but the email was hung up for some reason. She said she would resend it and it showed up immediately. So at least I got my overpriced (large number of points required for a $5 card) card.
@shamit The last instant win I got was for Walmart. Forgot to redeem it when daring to go in Walmart until about a week ago. With a line forming behind me, it was rejected, saying I'd redeemed it already. I hadn't. Never again. Glad you are getting your redemption!
@garyfish49 wrote:Agreed. The Extra-Credit $5 points-only Amazon card will set you back an outrageous 25,000 points. A few days ago, a $10 points-only Amazon card required only 22,000 points. This is progress?!?
The sad thing is that members bought the $5 amazon gift card as it was sold out. I would rather wait and see if something better comes out. Not holding my breath though.
If they are only going to issue $5 gift cards, you might as well use your points on sweepstakes. It is a sad reality to what this program has become.
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