Which rewards programme is actually worthwhile?

Also, this stuff is expensive. Some time in planning seems the wise option. I mean we'd do it in buying a car, or a house?
 
pinball wizard said:
Me either. Once a week it arrives in my gate. Benoni city times.
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Oh that kind of newspaper. Yeah, still too much effort for me. Can't beat Checkers 15% back. Which is then converted to vouchers at 40% off.

So for R100 spend at Checkers I get R15 back which is then worth R25. So that R100 cost me R75.
 
pinball wizard said:
The adverts in my local paper, planning my route effectively, ten minutes of my time in pre planning and shopping list creation.
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Bl@ksem, did not think people still do this. Pamphlet scouting for specials to save a few rands while you have to stand in queues waiting at tills at 4 or 5 different supermarkets. Wasting valuable time. Crazy!
 
mbayshark said:
Bl@ksem, did not think people still do this. Pamphlet scouting for specials to save a few rands while you have to stand in queues waiting at tills at 4 or 5 different supermarkets. Wasting valuable time. Crazy!
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Look, I have to go to dischem anyway, so why not play the checkers and the PnP in between them off one another? Also, what queues? I do my monthly shop when you lot are at work. Not 5, not even 4 shops.

Dischem, pnp/checkers (sometimes both, but they're en route) and Tony's shop for fruit and veg - locally procured produce and great prices.
 
And I get my rewards for shopping just like I would with no reward system in place. This is the same shopping system at the same shops I used ten years ago, before I had anything other than a clicks club card.

Until I married this wife three years ago, I didn't know a smart shopper card or an ebuck from a frogs arse. What's worse is I was working at fnb when they invented ebucks. Dammit.
 
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Currently getting value out of:
Amex/British Airways Avios - Good for about 2-3 mid length return flights per year. 6k zar benefits
Hilton - Got 4 "free" nights out of it. Also about 6k zar benefits

They're both on quite high spend amounts though (quarter bar), so substantially lower ROI than what I gather ebucks provides. Slightly jealous. :o

Still look for a card that provides good cash back & isn't capped.

pinball wizard said:
Also, I track prices from one monthly shop to another via the app I use to make the list in the first place.
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Jirre. Nee f.
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mbayshark said:
Bl@ksem, did not think people still do this. Pamphlet scouting for specials to save a few rands while you have to stand in queues waiting at tills at 4 or 5 different supermarkets. Wasting valuable time. Crazy!
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I agree after the first shop I'm so annoyed already. On a good day I may survive filling up my car and visit a local Spar.
 
Collected 350k ebucks in 6 months. But I have nothing to spend it on sadly
 
tRoN said:
Collected 350k ebucks in 6 months. But I have nothing to spend it on sadly
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That's R35,000 in 6 months
So, R5800+ in a month

You can donate it to charity, although I don't believe the amount
 
Hamish McPanji said:
That's R35,000 in 6 months
So, R5800+ in a month

You can donate it to charity, although I don't believe the amount
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Just over 6 months now that I've checked.
Had some big spending in that period.
 
Hamish McPanji said:
That's R35,000 in 6 months
So, R5800+ in a month

You can donate it to charity, although I don't believe the amount
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Quite plausible for those running a business through a card with points. Like half the spend on my cards is corporate expenses funnelled through the cards.
 
I was with ABSA, just this month, I am moving to FNB so that I can buy a new iPhone phone next year October just from eBucks... I calculated and I will be on level 5 with the new rules, and I drive a lot, so I'll make plus minus 8000 eBucks a month, which would equate to about 100000 or more ebucks in about over a year, I made roughly R160/m ABSA, so without any major changes to my banking and spending... So, I'll try it and see...

How nice....!!!!
 
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