Homescan by Nielsen

[Eeyore's-tail-tack]

Does anybody do this and have you actually gotten anything for so doing?

 

[aka-mad4themouse]

Since Homescan is a rewards incentive program, I'm going to move this over to the Disney Rewards Program forum.

I did this program years ago. It was time-consuming to say the least. The points added up slowly and I never did redeem for any prizes before I got fed up with the whole scanning process and sent the thing back.

Maybe someone has had better luck or more recent experience with Homescan. It was a definite "thumbs down" for me.

 

[Eeyore's-tail-tack]

Anyone else have any experience with Homescan?

 

[MickeyReeds]

My husband signed up for this--which is kind of funny, because I do all of the shopping! It is a little bit of a hassel, but it does make me look closely at my register receipt after shopping. It does take a while to get enough points to get anything. I've been doing it quite a while and I almost have enough points for an ipod--which I don't need anymore, because I got tired of waiting to have enough points and bought my own! I'm thinking of using my points and being done with it!

 

[Eeyore's-tail-tack]

Thanks, well they don't pay much when you do the television surveys either. I think it was like $5.00 for one or two weeks of writing down everything you watched.

 

[Redwitch]

I am currently doing it. It can be a hassle, but I find it somewhat fun. I am lucky in that the major grocery stores in the area are preloaded with prices - so I don't have to enter them.

Basically, for everything you buy, you scan the UPC code, enter the price, how many you bought, whether it was on sale, if you used a coupon and if so, how much was the coupon. So, if you make frequent, small trips, it is not bad. If you shop once a week and have 20 bags to scan, you will not have fun. (My weekly CVS steals take me a while to do!)

I have found several errors since I started doing this that I probably would not have noticed.

As for the benefits, you get points to redeem for prizes. It takes awhile to get enough points to get anything "good." Also, it seems they reward you with more points the longer you continue the program. They also have surveys available for points.

That said, I have not actually redeemed for anything yet. I tend to hoard points on rewards programs to get something "good."

 

[Ronni]

I did this program years ago. It was time-consuming to say the least. The points added up slowly and I never did redeem for any prizes before I got fed up with the whole scanning process and sent the thing back.

Maybe someone has had better luck or more recent experience with Homescan. It was a definite "thumbs down" for me.

This. I did it last year. The scanner never worked that well, and I STILL had to enter tons of information by hand. It took forever, I never got anything for it, and the points built up slowly. I sent mine back right before I moved to Chicago.