What are Nectar points?
Mary Fisher
Mary
Dave
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>I see them mentioned frequently, will someone please explain?
Nectar is a unique reward programme which lets you collect points at more than one place
by using just a Nectar card rather than lots of cards in different shops. Once you have
collected Nectar points you can redeem them for thousands of great rewards - from free
meals to great days out, from flights abroad to cinema tickets - the choice is yours.
http://www.nectar.com/NectarHome.nectar
Dave
Mary Fisher
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Right, thanks.
I went to the site and still don't understand 100%. Put it down to dotage.
As I see it you have to spend money at certain outlets for which you are
(possibly) charged more than you would be otherwise and for that you are
awarded points. And what do points mean?
Oh, sorry, wrong programme ...
You're awarded points which can be redeemed against other goods or services.
OK so far?
So. What I want to know is where do you have so spend money and what goods
or services do you benefit from?
I suspect that I might not be buying those goods or services - at either
end - in any case but I'd like to be able to walk the walk ...
May
Mary Fisher
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> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:42:04 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
> <mary....@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>So. What I want to know is where do you have so spend money and what goods
>>or services do you benefit from?
> If you shop at Sainsburys Mary you can have the value of the points
> earned knocked of your bill at a rate of £ 2.50 pr 500 points I have
> £20.00 saved on my card up to now for Christmas . Don't know why I
> have bothered actually because I hate Christmas and the sooner the 2nd
> week in January comes around the better I shall like it .
> You also get Nector points at BP garages .
Hmm. That goes some way to comforting me.
I don't shop at Sainsbury's. Ever. Nothing to do with price.
I can't think of buying fuel from BP garages either.
Thanks to this group I receive AA reports of the best value fuel stations in
my area, they never include BP ones.
Thanks for the explantion.
I enjoy Christmas but not in the commercial way which is pushed at us :-(
Mary
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not only your spending habits but the locations you visit as well.
This information is used to target the consumer with incentives whilst
offering the lowest “rewards” of any similar system currently in operation.
Launched “in a blaze of glory” it replaced Sainsbury’s loyalty card, but
they, like several other retailers like Debenhams, were reported to be
dropping it due to cost and the associated accounting problems of having to
report “unclaimed benefits” as credits in company accounts.
Big brother is watching with a Nectar card, and the silly sheep that sign up
for it don’t realise that the cost of the so called “benefits” are small
when you take into consideration the data trail you freely give the
operators in return.
Doug Ramage
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> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:42:04 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
> <mary....@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>or services do you benefit from?
> earned knocked of your bill at a rate of £ 2.50 pr 500 points I have
> £20.00 saved on my card up to now for Christmas . Don't know why I
> have bothered actually because I hate Christmas and the sooner the 2nd
> week in January comes around the better I shall like it .
> You also get Nector points at BP garages .
Thanks for the reminder about Sainsburys - I had forgotten about that
option. :)
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Stevie Boy
> So. What I want to know is where do you have so spend money and what goods
> or services do you benefit from?
>
BP, Sainsbury's, Debenhams, Vodaphone, Barclaycard and a few others that I
cant remember.
Just spend money at any of the outlets and collect points to the value of
your goods. Points are based upon a value per money spent. The precise
figure I do not know but it takes stinking ages to get any points of real
value as the points per poundage is very poor.
Ex. Roughly £30+ of fuel spent at a Bp garage gets you around 40 points.
Just spend heavily and use your nectar card EVERYTIME and you'll soon
accumalate points of worthwhile. The Nectar site tells you what points are
worth prizes. Otherwise redeem at Sainsbury's or Argos.
Steve
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and it takes absolutly ages, and ages to get anything of value from these
cards!
Mary Fisher
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>
>> So. What I want to know is where do you have so spend money and what
>> goods
>> or services do you benefit from?
>>
>
> BP, Sainsbury's, Debenhams, Vodaphone, Barclaycard and a few others that I
> cant remember.
Hmm. I don't use any of those ... :-(
>
> Just spend money at any of the outlets and collect points to the value of
> your goods. Points are based upon a value per money spent. The precise
> figure I do not know but it takes stinking ages to get any points of real
> value as the points per poundage is very poor.
>
> Ex. Roughly £30+ of fuel spent at a Bp garage gets you around 40 points.
That's less than a tankful!
>
> Just spend heavily and use your nectar card EVERYTIME and you'll soon
> accumalate points of worthwhile. The Nectar site tells you what points are
> worth prizes. Otherwise redeem at Sainsbury's or Argos.
Oh. I don't use Argos either. Well, that's not absolutely true - two years
ago we bought some plastic venetian blinds for the caravan ...
Our problem is that we don't spend much money ...
... that's partly because we don't have much to spend but mostly because we
have everything we need.
Sad, innit!
Mary
>
> Steve
>
Mary Fisher
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That's interesting! Thanks.
>
> and it takes absolutly ages, and ages to get anything of value from these
> cards!
So is that!
Mary
>
>
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Airmiles with all purchases, even on those that already offer Airmiles.
Proper awards that you can now use to book a flight on any airline, not just
BA. Not only flights though.
Thanks to rewards from my Mastercard purchases, that's everything including
groceries and petrol and all household bills, I will be travelling business
class to Dubai, then on to Bangkok, then to Hong Kong, then back to Bangkok,
then back to Dubai, all FREE.
An entire lifetime of purchases with Nectar wouldn't even get you tickets in
self loading baggage class (Economy).
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I wouldn't bother with Nectar anyway, it's more or less useless.
Some of the companies involved aren't happy either, and may be withdrawing
their support.
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what's the link for the fuel price checker, mary?
cheers
Neaco
> cards!
Not true - I've accumulated over 16,000 points in little over six months -
and I shop at Sainsbury's, BP, Thresher, have my home fuel and my parents
(who give me their nectar points) from e-energy and use my Sainsbury's VISA
for ALL my shopping (double points) or my Barclaycard for all my business
purchases.
I don't care what they want to track from my spending - so what. People who
worry about such things are just paranoid. Next thing you know they'll be
telling us that we have secret bugs planted in our brain whilst we sleep at
night!!!
Since collecting Nectar points (and before that Sainsbury's Rewards) I've
"purchased" the following items:
A garden shredder (still works great after 3 years of good use)
Two computer scanners (one for me and one for a present)
A circular saw (needed one quickly when re-fitting my kitchen last year)
A £100 set of reward vouchers (for my mum so she can use it to spend on
Christmas shopping)
A portable Sony DVD player (which I take on holiday)
The above items would have cost me between £350-400 to buy so I think it was
points worth spent. And I don't really go out of my way to get points.
Meurig
The way I look at it, buying petrol/groceries/home fuel from cheaper
suppliers would have saved you more than the £350-£400 you saved by
collecting nectar points.
If you would have shopped in these places regardless, then by all means
collect the points, but it's false economy to shop somewhere because of
their rewards scheme when other places are cheaper.
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Mary Fisher
>
> what's the link for the fuel price checker, mary?
Go to http://www.aapetrolbusters.com/to sign up.
Mary
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>what's the link for the fuel price checker, mary?
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That's how I feel but I don't shop at those places anyway so I'm not being
puritanical about it. And he does use his Barclaycard for business
purchases - that probably tots up more than the average domestic shopper, to
say nothing of his parents' points.
Mary
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> Meurig
Stevie Boy
Also, it
> is a thinly veiled form of spyware, used to build up a profile of all
> Nectar card users concerning their spending/purchasing patterns for
> hard-sell marketing purposes.
I'm not sure what that hard-sell marketing is. It hasn't made me indulge in
anything I wouldn't normally buy or have I been bombarded with offers
connected with Nectar.
> I have chosen to have nothing to do with it.
>
As far as I'm concerned it is something for nothing and although it is not
much it is more than not having it at all.
Not to long ago I accumulated enough points to nearly buy a Microwave oven
outright.
Steve
Kez
cheers
Mary Fisher
And did you?
I don't want a microwave oven either ... :-(
Mary
>
> Steve
>
Stevie Boy
">> Not to long ago I accumulated enough points to nearly buy a Microwave
oven
>> outright.
>
> And did you?
>
Yep replaced ye old hand me down Philips monster that suddenly started
making a buzzing and snapping noise!
Wondering what to do with the accumulation of points I now have.
Steve
Gizmo
>
> > So. What I want to know is where do you have so spend money and what
goods
> > or services do you benefit from?
> >
>
> BP, Sainsbury's, Debenhams, Vodaphone, Barclaycard and a few others that I
> cant remember.
Strong rumour is that Sainsbury's and Barclaycard are about to pull out of
the scheme.
Barclaycard have already stopped offering the incentive to new customers.
Trunky
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Neaco
> suppliers would have saved you more than the £350-£400 you saved by
> collecting nectar points.
>
I choose to shop where I do because it's convenient for me - I don't have
the time or the inclination to spend all my life driving around Surrey going
shopping at ASDA (say) which is a further 8 miles away from where I shop at
Sainsbury. I can't guarantee that I will run out of petrol outside the
cheapest petrol station and as I pass at least 3 BP petrol stations and two
Sainsbury's petrol stations on the way to and from work then it's a damned
site easier for me to go to one of those rather than looking for somewhere
"cheaper". And my (and my parents) energy supplier *is* the cheapest - they
just happen to also offer Nectar rewards.
> If you would have shopped in these places regardless, then by all means
> collect the points, but it's false economy to shop somewhere because of
> their rewards scheme when other places are cheaper.
>
It's not a false economy if I was going shop there anyway and I can't be
arsed going elsewhere - and of course, I'm a snob and would never consider
the idea of shopping in ASDA anyway.
Meurig
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:46:31 GMT, "Neaco" <gu4...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>It's not a false economy if I was going shop there anyway and I can't be
>>arsed going elsewhere - and of course, I'm a snob and would never consider
>>the idea of shopping in ASDA anyway.
>
> dregs of society shall we say .
Does it make you feel dirty to be next to them in line? Or is it the
being seen with them that does the tarnishing?
I believe that anyone who would judge me for where I shop, isn't a very
good judge.
Allen
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:46:31 GMT, "Neaco" <gu4...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>It's not a false economy if I was going shop there anyway and I can't be
>>arsed going elsewhere - and of course, I'm a snob and would never consider
>>the idea of shopping in ASDA anyway.
> Got to agree Asda and Morrisons for that matter do seem to attract the
> dregs of society shall we say .
Excuse me for taking offence at that one but I shop at Asda and do not
consider myself amongst the dregs of society. You need to watch what you
say about people in public groups!!!
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pick that is so boring you take a portable DVD player with you?
Ian F.
> > BP, Sainsbury's, Debenhams, Vodaphone, Barclaycard and a few others
that I
> > cant remember.
>
> Hmm. I don't use any of those ... :-(
Where do you live? Outer Mongolia? ;-)
I use them all and have squillions of points on my Nectar card. Makes a
great difference at Xmas when you can knock the cash off your food
shopping bill. Nectar's website here
http://www.nectar.com/NectarHome.nectar gives you details of the outlets
that subscribe to the scheme and the various ways ofd redeeming your
points.
Someone mentioned (wrongly) that Nectar is owned by a major bank - it is
actually owned by a company called Loyalty Management UK Ltd. and backed
by a private equity firm.
> Sad, innit!
Er...yup! ;-)
Ian
Ian F.
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> I don't care what they want to track from my spending - so what. People
who
> worry about such things are just paranoid. Next thing you know they'll
be
> telling us that we have secret bugs planted in our brain whilst we sleep
at
> night!!!
Absolutely! At last some sense is being spoken in this thread! Who gives a
tuppenny toss what information they are gleaning? I don't give a monkey's!
Ian
Martin
Well they would, but you're missing the point anyway. You can still use a
Nectar card when you use your Natwest Mastercard. They are not mutually
exclusive.
Regards
Martin
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> Maybe your judgement is impaired, I mean, what holiday destination do you
> pick that is so boring you take a portable DVD player with you?
One that's a long drive away! Portable DVDs are also great for a nice
evening in on holiday. It's not all about climbing Everest, relaxing is fun
too!
Graybags
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>> > BP, Sainsbury's, Debenhams, Vodaphone, Barclaycard and a few others
> that I
>> > cant remember.
>>
>> Hmm. I don't use any of those ... :-(
>
> Where do you live? Outer Mongolia? ;-)
Leeds, Yorkshire.
Same thing, some might say, but it's suited us for going on for seven
decades.
>
> I use them all
Yes but you have to want the things they offer. There are other petrol
companies which are cheaper to start with and more local; we rarely use
supermarkets (buy food we don't grow fromthe producers as far as possible,
it's better and cheaper); big stores aren't necessary for people like us who
have everything we need; can't remember the phone supplier and First Direct
banking suits us fine.
You must remember that we're boring old fuddy duddies who don't live in this
century most of the time :-)
Mary
Mary Fisher
<snip>
> And my (and my parents) energy supplier *is* the cheapest - they just
> happen to also offer Nectar rewards.
I've been wondering about this - why don't your parents use their own
points?
>
>
> I'm a snob and would never consider the idea of shopping in ASDA anyway.
Nor would I.
Mary
>
>
>
Mary Fisher
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> Asda and Morrisons for that matter do seem to attract the
> dregs of society shall we say .
That sounds like the voice of experience :-)
Mary Fisher
Well said.
Mary
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Can't you relax at home?
Mary
>
> Graybags
>
Ian F.
> Leeds, Yorkshire.
>
> Same thing, some might say, but it's suited us for going on for seven
> decades.
Mrs. F. is from near you, so I know the city well.
> (buy food we don't grow from the producers as far as possible,
> it's better and cheaper);
That's not too easy down here in t'smoke. I'm a 3 minute walk from
Sainsbury's - and an hour's drive from anywhere that sells farm-grown
produce!
> big stores aren't necessary for people like us who
> have everything we need;
How can you ever have "everything" you need? What about a newspaper? A new
washing-machine? A pair of knickers? Some socks? A shirt? A packet of
Rowntrees Fruit Gums? A Radio Times? Kendal Mint Cake?
> You must remember that we're boring old fuddy duddies who don't live in
this
> century most of the time :-)
Well, I'm 54 - can I join the club? ;-)
Ian
Mary Fisher
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>> Leeds, Yorkshire.
>>
>> Same thing, some might say, but it's suited us for going on for seven
>> decades.
>
> Mrs. F. is from near you, so I know the city well.
Chapeltown.
>
>> (buy food we don't grow from the producers as far as possible,
>> it's better and cheaper);
>
> That's not too easy down here in t'smoke. I'm a 3 minute walk from
> Sainsbury's - and an hour's drive from anywhere that sells farm-grown
> produce!
I've heard that the Borough Market is The Place.
>
>> big stores aren't necessary for people like us who
>> have everything we need;
>
> How can you ever have "everything" you need? What about a newspaper?
Don't read them.
> A new
> washing-machine?
Spouse maintains the one we've had for many years. When it dies permanently
we'll get another but it won't be from Debenhams, we'll look around for the
best deal.
> A pair of knickers?
Got loads from the market.
> Some socks?
Have loads but hardly wear them.
> A shirt?
Have lots - I was considering buying a linen one for Spouse from Jermyns or
Manufactum. Probably shan't bother though.
> A packet of
> Rowntrees Fruit Gums?
Don't eat them.
> A Radio Times?
Don't have it. - no TV and Radio 4's wall-to-wall 24/7.
> Kendal Mint Cake?
If I felt the need I'd make it. I can't remember the last time I felt the
need :-)
>> You must remember that we're boring old fuddy duddies who don't live in
>> this century most of the time :-)
>
> Well, I'm 54 - can I join the club? ;-)
Not yet - I was at High School when you were born :-)
You didn't ask which century ... it is the fifteenth.
Mary
>
> Ian
>
Gyp
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So, having transferred all of our Barclaycard and Sainsbury's points
into the Nectar scheme in the first place, will they be transferring
them back out into another scheme?
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