#rewards card

[bitchesgetriches]

Hi bitches!!

How do you determine if a rewards program is worth signing up for? It seems like every single business has one now and i can't figure out which ones are worth my time. And then there are the ones that are a credit card *and* a rewards card?? Is tim hortons trying to be my bank?? How do those work and are they worth considering?

Pro tip: most are not worth it.

Double secret probation pro tip: don't fucking bother with business-specific credit cards. Especially if you're not a credit card expert.

Now, here are the exceptions:

Do you shop there every week? A rewards membership might be worth it for the occasional coupon or discount. For example, I have a rewards membership with my grocery store. I regularly save anywhere from $4-$30 on my weekly grocery run due to member-exclusive discounts.

Is it a free membership? Then there's really no harm in it. For example, I have a rewards membership with the shop that changes my car's oil. Every 9 changes I get a free oil change. And I pay nothing for the privilege.

Are you good at ignoring ads? A lot of rewards memberships, even if they're free and useful, are just marketing tools meant to inundate you with marketing spam and emails to induce you to buy more. If you can ignore this extra marketing, you're good to go. For example, my local greenhouse spams me with tons of ads, but I still use their free rewards program because I only buy what I need, when I need it.

If you can handle all that, then go ahead! But I would personally never PAY for a rewards membership. And I have never, EVER gotten a credit card from a store I shop at. Here's more info, my dear:

Here’s What to Do With Those Credit Card Pre-approval Offers You Get in the Mail

How to Shop for Groceries like a Boss

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[buffetlicious]

After our dinner and grocery shopping, was on the way out of the shopping mall when I remembered that I have accumulated enough stamps to redeem a S$3.50 cup of dessert from Nine Fresh (九鲜). I picked the Nine Fresh Signature (九鲜招牌) with mixed bean curd and grass jelly base topped with red bean, green bean, pinto bean, peanut and taro (yam) balls. The staff asked if I want soft or hard peanuts. Soft means stewed peanuts and hard is roasted peanuts. I am glad I went for the latter as the crunchy texture complemented the soft and silky bean curd and grass jelly well.

Mum got the Grass Jelly Special (黑糖芦荟仙草冻) with grass jelly base and topped with aloe vera pearl jelly, black sugar jelly dice, milk ball and taro (yam) balls. She also requested for sweeten red beans (+S$0.70) to be added so it’s S$3.50 in total and I get another stamp added to the rewards card.

[cowboy-frank]

I've got a stamp-card with the Devil

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

To my favorite sandwich shop:

If you don't want to honor the "buy fifteen get one free" sandwich cards, THEN DON'T GIVE OUT THE FUCKING SANDWICH CARDS!

It's not even like I get every 16th sandwich for free, because a lot of the times the cashier will just forget to give me a card (the lady who works the lunch shift is on top of it, but the girls who work the dinner shift are hit or miss), so these 15 cards represent like 20 or 30 sandwiches I paid full price for, something like $300, over the course of seven or eight months of regular patronage! I'm a loyal customer, I tip every single time, so I don't think it's unreasonable for me to cash in FIFTEEN cards for ONE free sandwich ONCE A YEAR! If that fucks up your inventory, or somehow messes with your register till, then you're bad at running a business! That's not my fault.

There's no expiration date on the cards and I was given the 15th last week, so this is clearly still a thing you're doing! The promotion isn't over, so why are you giving me shit for it?

Don't advertise a sale and then get pissed off when someone tries to get in on it!

Most places like this have buy-10-get-1 offers, so buy-15 is a ripoff anyway!

[carebeardean]

Charles whose dad smashed his cassette tape with a hammer learns to navigate the backpack cause, like, he needs to be useful, yeah?

and this way Charles has everything Edwin needs, and if Edwin gets sick of him he’ll just.. he doesn’t know what he’ll do.

but then Edwin gets the record player.

he suggests, tentatively, that Charles might play some of his “queen” if he liked. after all, if they are to haunt potential realtors away from their new office, they may as well entertain themselves.

so they take turns, switching out; edwin likes opera. he shows Charles how to waltz, chiding Charles to stop looking at his feet til they’re gliding, whirling around like they’re in the movies. Edwin’s smile is small and pleased and lovely. (Charles attempt to get Edwin to headbang along to queen results in a sort of awkward rhythmic nodding. Charles loves him so much he could die again.)

And, like. Edwin doesn’t like clutter. he doesn’t bother with the random tidbits ghosts give them for solving cases.

until now, apparently.

now he comes back from trading at the goblin market with little useless things—a cursed rubix cube, records from bands Charles mentioned years ago.

Charles is so busy trying to subtly read his book on Edwardian courting rituals (disguised by Nikos discreet manga covers) that he doesn’t realize what Edwin’s set down in front of him. he stares at Edwin’s spiky handwriting, the tidy numbered list.

“I thought, perhaps, that we might—start a new tradition.”

Charles blinks, eyes stinging. “Mate, did you.. make me a mixtape?”

“Crystal assisted me, and while she was absolutely insuffer—“ Edwin staggers, catching him with a surprised little noise.

“I love you so much,” Charles says, muffled into his throat. “You’re my favorite person. I love you so much it hurts, sometimes.”

“Yes,” Edwin says softly, hands curling around his waist. He takes Charles weight like it’s nothing. “I believe I know the feeling.”

[thonking87]

I stared death in the eyes and asked him

"Would you like a sears rewards card today?"

[batwynn]

It’s pumpkin juice, I promise.

(This is a patreon art card reward for October, available for every tier!)

[thegreatyin]

two of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[expelliarmus]

[mirakurutaimu]

people who buy secret lairs are the reason magic is doing what its doing (enshittifying)

[xingxueyue]

Detective Story Top Up Cards

Date: 25 April 2024 to 5 May 2024

[cowboy-frank]

I've got a stamp-card with the Devil

[project-sekai-facts]

Haruka mixed focus with akito and tsukasa as the other 4 stars…

If they don't put Haruka as the anniversary 3* clpl is getting another pipe bomb

[peachybytes]

There’s so much you can do with experimentation kinks. There’s the classic hooked up to a fucking machine and coming 24/7 but have you considered. Scientists getting off on the sight of you, dripping and flustered and horny. Watching them touch themselves, smirking, smug, while you’re still strapped to the operating table, groaning but unable to touch yourself. Scientists fucking each other, fondling themselves, fondling you. The general horny, flirty atmosphere at the lab, where cocks are always bulging through pants and nipples always peeking through lab coats. And don’t even get me started on all the aphrodisiacs they’re cooking up (and testing!!)

All in the name of science, of course…!

[potatocat]

The last days to pick up the very first Go!Robins! collector card have arrived! 😱 I'm going to get my prepping mode in gear for next week! 💌 You can still sign-up for the very first Go!Robins! collector (and holo) card until the end of this upcoming Monday (July 29)

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+ gain early access to the Go!Robins! comic, art, birthday calendars and lots more posts!

[batwynn]

Witch Bunny Makes Apple Pie

(A Patreon art card reward for October)