BristolUK

I was always someone not especially impressed with PC Points but times have changed. There had been a slight improvement even before they merged with Optimum at Shoppers.

I now think it's well worth it. Aside from getting prescriptions I don't go to Shoppers much anymore and when I do it is to get 20x the points, but then because I went much less I was just accumulating the points.

Well, now I can spend them at Superstore.

But whereas I never used to pay attention to PC Points offers - because, say, it would offer a points value worth 60c on Butter when it was $4.69 and, say, last week I'd already stocked up when it was $2.99 and will be again in a couple of weeks - they now seem to be offering points incentives on stuff that is also on special already.

Last week I took $60 off at the till but that visit and some test strips and needles at Shoppers put $50 back on my account and today I took another $60 off groceries again, but gained another $11 worth of bonus points.

Almost Canadian

I sincerely hope that my life never becomes so tedious that making a post like this appeals.

BristolUK

I hope I never become so blasé about money that saving $60 doesn't appeal.

Right back at ya

MarkG

I wait for the '20,000 points for every $50 spent' offer to come through every few months, then stock up on everything we're likely to need for the next few months.

Shard

I have a Nectar (Sainsbury's) card in the UK. When it reaches £25 I usually get a bottle of whisky. I don't really like all those points systems, but I like whisky.

Piff Poff

My PC Optimum point are over two hundred bucks, I usually cash them in for the Christmas shop, I might save them all for a camera this time though.

scilly

Never had the PC card 'cos never shopped there

Have had the Optimum card for many years, but all prescriptions are with another pharmacy, so the points on it mount slowly, even with the occasional visit to Pharmaprix in Quebec.

Maybe OH will be able to use my PC/Optimum card when he buys groceries for daughter next Christmas, as well as when he goes to the Shoppers for the cough medications we always seem to need over there

scrubbedexpat091

I never get many points on PC card. Seems that you have to buy very specific on sale type things which never seems to be anything I need.

Have a optimum card well had one. Never got much out of it as I didnt buy much at Shoppers.

I used to rack up points pretty quicly when I shopped mostly at Save On.

MillieF

I'm not a Shopper's shopper, never go there, and I was ambivalent about the Optimum card, and a bit cross about President's Choice becoming Simpli, as I liked President's Choice Bank. I have however 'enjoyed' my points at the Superstore for the last couple of years. I'm only buying the same things I always do, but just buy extra when there are good points to be made. There is a certain vicarious pleasure in paying for your Springtime bedding plants with points from your winter time cat food. It's generally tosh because these great big boxes (even in tiny under populated NB) are never going to let the end user 'win', but if you are going to buy 'fruit crisps' for your kid's lunchbox, you may just as well buy them when you get 20 per cent popped on you card in points.

BristolUK

I found that used to be the case. Try using the card for an ordinary shop and you might find they start offering you points on the things you bought.

Many of my offers this week are just normal things like bread and they're piddling amounts so I don't pay any attention. Those points will take care of themselves.

But if there's a big pie, already reduced and offering $3 worth of points as well then I'm taking it. And whenever pepsi is on offer at 99c - less than half price - we buy 20 bottles or more. It's a bargain already but then the points essentially offer another 20% off.

Points for prescriptions soon mount up. Especially if high cost ones are involved.

It's a pain having to fork out about $130 a month for test strips and needles but I have no choice.

What I can choose though is either to buy them at Lawtons Pharmacy with the 20% discount (age 55+) on Wednesdays or get them at Shoppers on a 20x points day which now is essentially like $37 worth of free groceries at Superstore. Shame you can't get aquarium supplies there or something.

scilly

I'd have to cross town to get my prescriptions filled at Shoppers, about 20 minutes by car (+ persuading OH to drive me there) or 3 buses there and 2 back. Not worth it! So we go to another pharmacy that I can walk to if necessary.

We used to have a Shoppers on the main street in our area but it shut up shop almost 25 years ago ........... that was in the days when they still gave you a gift when you bought certain items, no points card

Zoe Bell

shoppers points are really good value, we usually clock up several hundred dollars worth . I think they paid for the Xbox one.

now they are linked with PC points even better. I just got the PC master card to replace my chase one that is being discontinued ( no more free hotel nights for me )

MarkG

The only thing about that is that they tend to give me offers for things I bought last time, which are usually not the things I'm going to buy this time. It's like all the 'targeted ads' on Facebook for cars after we bought a new car.

BristolUK

Or when Amazon suggest you may be interested in this laptop based on your recent purchase of a laptop

Mind you, if the offer's good enough, it may still be worth it even if you did buy it last week. Not a laptop obviously.

Shard

After that thread on the dentist, I started getting ads for dental treatments. Big Google is certainly keeping a tab on things.