Disappointed with eRewards

[ncbyrne]

A few months back I ordered 6 free Blockbuster movie certificates with my 25 points. Yesterday I wanted to do the same thing, but I got a notice saying that I had already ordered from Blockbuster during this calendar year and could not use the points for that offer again! Sooo, I went back to see what other offers I might like. I know that Omaha Steaks often has some nice sales, so I clicked on that offer. However ---- when it brought me to their site, the points are only good on specific meats thru an offer only available to eRewards redeemers. The prices are much higher than I was willing to spend after you factor in the $9.99 shipping, even after they deducted the $25 certificate. I tried calling them to see if I could pick up the order (there's an Omaha Steak store just a few miles from here), but I was told it was only offered mail order. So, the end result is that I just wasted $25 worth of points!!! A lesson well learned.

 

[zippeedee]

I stopped bothering to do their surveys because there was never anything worth cashing in the points for. It seemed like they were all discounts on items that would cost me more than I'd pay elsewhere without the "reward".

 

[disneysteve]

I just signed up recently but discovered the same thing. You aren't actually getting money or stuff. You're just getting discounts on purchases. I don't think I'll bother doing them anymore either since they don't seem to have anything that is actually worthwhile.

 

[perfectmatch300]

I was just coming here to post about this!

I got their Omaha Steaks $25 certificate. They wanted me to redeem it for an order of steake that would cost me $32 AFTER redeeming the certificate. However, I found the same steaks offered on the Omaha Steaks website for $24 WITHOUT the certificate! Doesn't sound like much of a reward to me......