LATEST AVAILABLE POINTS ONLY!

[gm5271]

eBay Gift Card

12,000 Points$5 Value

Available Now 

Enjoy a beautiful day! 

Try setup for us use as Main thread as they do with codes.... maybe it'll work either way I'm grateful for all who post info sure helps out Thanks! 

Ginger :  ) 

[JoLo49]

Anyone, 18 years and older, is allowed to participate in the rewards program, so the sky is the limit as to the number of participants accessing the rewards.  This rewards program should be limited to 50 years and older,  as that was the original intent many years ago.  Since we can't change the age eligibility of the program, AARP should allow only the "paying members" to have access to $10 certificates, and the $5 certificates for all members.  JMHO

[RenateW69623]

Even that won't help much.  I'm a paying member, and I couldn't get the Cold Stone Creamery gift card today because it was sold out already when I saw it for the first time.  Based on the previous comments, it looks like it sold out in about 2 hours.  They really need to offer more of the gift cards, even those for members.

[OneDayMatisyahu]

3 hours. I can verify the original posters (LesL) current comments on the - Sell-out time.

Big sell-out factors:

- it was $10.00 - bigger than the average $5.00 we normally get as Paid Members.

- relative low point value to redeem -12,000 points - and it is for $10.00 = good value per points.

- it's a Sunday and a holiday of sorts (thanks to all the mom's who give/ gave so much....) - more people are up and about; ( some percentage of AARP members do work 9 to 5 or part-time (usually Mon - Fri) 

- and as mentioned by various posters - more folks - Members and non-members are awaiting so few rewards/ gift cards.

😎

[Karyn8]

One reason these gift cards sell out so quickly is the success of our pipeline to inform everyone who shares on these boards about new available points only rewards. We are the victims of our success so to speak. 

[KellytheBelly]

So...should we only share new available points only rewards for Members Only? Would that work better? And, just let all the non-members fend for themselves to be alert/aware of new non-member points only rewards? Would this better the chances for members to obtain the same points only rewards available for non-members? Should this system of communication, we are currently using, change? Are we trying to actually find a solution, or are we just having discussions. Truly, just curious!

I think as a community of Members we could do this! We could post available points only rewards for Members Only -- here.

And, then be the squeaky wheel for 4 monthly, points only, members only, rewards, with a 2 week turnover of stale points only, members only, rewards, to be replaced with new members only rewards? I know you were okay with the rewards being up for a month, but I think that's too long.

Not only that, but, as a non-member you can only earn 2,500/3,000 redeemable points daily, thus, having a 2,500/3,000 daily limit would make it more difficult to get those rewards so easily. (YES, I know it's currently 5,000 points, but I think that's too high, it should be lower to let's say, 2,500 or 3,000 MAX for the daily earn allowance for non-members. This will still give members the advantage, and the secondary on the account, 5,000 max points. Thus, making it more difficult for non-members to get the rewards, in comparison to how easy it is to create an account and get the rewards.)

What AARP is trying to achieve is to get non-members to become members, and when non-members don't have the rewards, they become members. Although, age is still a factor with the whole shebang. The online thing, I'm sure, caused that to happen (i.e., Sweeps, IWs, etc...).

That's just what I think, though. What do you think? 🙂 

[Karyn8]

Kelly I don't have any answers but was sharing my observation. I would like for non members not to receive the notifications at all but if they sign up  to receive AARP notifications there's nothing we can do about it. 

  Ideally AARP should offer us members 4 redemptions per month and non members the 3 per month so maybe we wouldn't be in competition with them by the end of the month or at least have a crack at more with our paid subscription

[HokiePoq]

@Karyn8   It was not up when I went to bed at 10 p.m. EST.   My feed had Kelly putting it up at 1 a.m. EST.   My times could be wrong, Kelly would know when it came up.   In any case, it was the night owls or early risers on the east coast that found it.

It was the first thing I'd caught this month.

[KellytheBelly]

Physical Item  Sold Out

Members Only

Crafters Tote

17,000 Points

$7 Value

The Crafters Tote is the perfect carry-all for all of your crafting project needs. Plenty of storage with a large main compartment and multiple stretchy pockets around the base of the bag are perfect for supplies of all shapes and sizes.

[KellytheBelly]

Only a Few Left!  Sold Out

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@KellytheBelly wrote:

Physical Item

Members Only

Crafters Tote

17,000 Points

$7 Value

The Crafters Tote is the perfect carry-all for all of your crafting project needs. Plenty of storage with a large main compartment and multiple stretchy pockets around the base of the bag are perfect for supplies of all shapes and sizes.

[KellytheBelly]

🗨 Hiya! Guess what arrived today! 🙂

Received 05202023 (see pics below)
PHYSICAL ITEM

Members Only

Crafters Tote

17,000 Points

$7 Value

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Well, don't be too shocked when I show you the pictures here, because it does have the pockets all around, and the handle is the same, but the one I received was blueish-black. I think it's quite stylish, however. Also, the handles are (white) plastic. The inside was a bit sharp when I held it in my hand, so I sanded them down (just a small bit of elbow grease was required), and that was that!

Approx. DIMS: 13 ½ x 15 ½ x 5 ½ (expanded)

Here are those pics:

 🙂

[OneDayMatisyahu]

Update: As of Friday 5-12 ~~ 8:30 a.m. est - The Crafters Tote (with new Image) is now available.         Sold Out

You can redeem as usual - 17,000 Points - Members Only.

😎

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 As of Thursday 5-11 ~~~12:30 + pm est - I'm not seeing this Tote Bag at all - no tile and/or image.

Yesterday ( a.m. hours), while it was first reported I did see the tile but with no image as reported by kelly.

But now, I'm not seeing it - they have removed this item.   Temporarily )

🤔

[AARPJanelleM]

@KellytheBelly The listing has been updated to show the image 🙂

[KellytheBelly]

Thanks! However, the item is no longer shown in the rewards catalog. Is this item now not available? Thanks, again! 🙂

[shamit]

It looks like they have changed the picture.  It is a different tote then the sporty tote.  It fits the description of having pockets around the base of the tote.

[Karyn8]

The picture is there now and it's the same as the bag already there so two of the same bags with different names and different values and different number of points for redemption. 

[jserramcorder]

sure hope they have a picture soon, I would not want to order it and find out it was a crappy bag.

[rednexsrus]

@jserramcorder 

It’s a crappy bag. Same type, as those free gifts you get from Fingerhut.

[KellytheBelly]

Yet, there's still no image showing what it actually is. Nonetheless, I went ahead, and redeemed it anyway! Daring, I know. har har 🙂 

[WebWiseWoman]

I ordered it last year and will again just to donate to charity because I know someone homeless can use it. Let's start thinking about being neighbors who help each other, perhaps?

I know you do, so let's do this for our less fortunate neighbors?

#StaySafe

[KellytheBelly]

When did you order/redeem the Crafter's Tote? The 'Physical Item' is fairly new. It's great you give yours to charity. Did you get this tote this time around, too? Unfortunately, it's gone from the rewards catalog. Will see what happens! 🙂

[WebWiseWoman]

I just this minute (05:27 AM PDT) successfully ordered the Crafters Tote.

hth

#StaySafe

[MemberS2006]

I would like to order one but my mailing address is a PO Box and they won't ship to a po box.However if you add a physical address it changes everything for your account to that address.Makes no sense at all.Then new cards,etc are mailed to that address which is a total waste of funds because you have to go back later and change it all back to the address you use for mailing.Then more cards are sent.I have never seen this dumb rule on any other site I order things from.AARP should come up to 2023 and allow you to have a billing and a shipping address on your account,without wasting funds to mail cards over and over.I opened chat and no one was there and it ask did I want cards and I checked NO.Well more cards were mailed the next week.They waste so much money on this crazy rule alone.

[jserramcorder]

hope it is worthwhile.  I googled aarp tote and too many pics came up, not necessarily  what we would be getting.  Plus many pics from google had no affiliation with aarp like amazon or some other online ordering site.  I just had a chat with aarp about it, said they did not know anything about this item and did not know why there was not pic.  I guess something like it will show up again and we just decide then.  I got one of the bags a few months ago and although it was everything it said it would be, it was a bit flimsy for taking stuff to the gym so I added a second pocket to it.  The sporty tote that I ordered a few days ago shows pockets but we will see just what it is or isn't....

[Karyn8]

Does this count towards the 3 redemptions per month?

[KennethG683811]

Karyn - I was able to get the tote even though I had already used my three redemptions this month, hope that helps!!!

[AARPJanelleM]

@Karyn8 @KellytheBelly  Yes, it does count towards the redemption limit. The limit of 3 redemptions per month includes points-only merchandise, gift cards, and Daily Deals. Learn more about the limits here: https://aarp.info/3xUQmTP

[Karyn8]

Hi Janelle, Previously the magazines I ordered did not count towards my 3 redemption. The daily deal counted toward the 5 paid gift cards I learned recently  when I used a daily deal and could only buy 4 Princess gift cards not the usual 5. 

[RenateW69623]

I haven't been a member for very long, but I don't recall ever seeing a points-only Daily Deal (have only seen Daily Deals offered for discounted purchase).  Did they have those in the past, but don't anymore?

[KellytheBelly]

UPDATE: Effective June 2023, The physical items DO count towards the usual 3 redemptions per month.

REF: https://community.aarp.org/t5/Redemption/LATEST-AVAILABLE-POINTS-ONLY/m-p/2497496/highlight/true#M73...

[Karyn8]

I ordered the sporty bag as a second redemption so I will know for a fact if it counts after one more redemption and will report back. I sure hope it doesn't count because I would not have ordered it.