nectar cards

[Lainie]

i got one of these in jan when i passed my driving test. i just looked online tonight and you need to spend a grand before getting a free cinema ticket and 2 grand to get a free dvd - jeesiz christ. hardly worth the bloody bother!!!

:hmmmm:

[Devilfish]

I've had a nectar card for years.

Initially got it when they had an offer with Barclaycard, you got 2 points for every ?1 you spent. I figured out that if you joined one of those casino or bingo sites, deposited about ?500 then withdrew the lot, it counted as a transaction on the credit card and you got points for it! :roflmao: I absolutely raped it and I think I've got about 45,000 points now. That partnership soon stopped. :(

Now they have a partnership with American Express and you get a similar pounds to points ratio. So I use the Amex for buying online, shopping and petrol. BP and Sainsbury give you nectar points, use the Amex and twice the amount of points. :)

You can also register your nectar card on ebay so you get points for everything you buy. If you're buying online, make sure you go through the nectar website (http://www.nectar.com/dynamic/estores/nectar/home) and you'll get points.

[Lainie]

wonder how many points i need for an iphone

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[wilf]

i got one of these in jan when i passed my driving test. i just looked online tonight and you need to spend a grand before getting a free cinema ticket and 2 grand to get a free dvd - jeesiz christ. hardly worth the bloody bother!!!

:hmmmm:


I had a card for total petrol garages, bear in mind i buy ?5000 in fuel each year and still only managed to get a free ticket to alton towers with the points. I dont bother now, had an investigation by tax man and he told me how much fuel i had used because he knew i had a total card and knew how much i had spent by how many points i had. so if you self-employed and like to cook your books beware they watch for these things!!!!

[Lainie]

I had a card for total petrol garages, bear in mind i buy ?5000 in fuel each year and still only managed to get a free ticket to alton towers with the points. I dont bother now, had an investigation by tax man and he told me how much fuel i had used because he knew i had a total card and knew how much i had spent by how many points i had. so if you self-employed and like to cook your books beware they watch for these things!!!!

thats ~~~~ing outrageous the tax man can get that info. im not self employed but i loathe thefact that they can get that kinda info.

[wilf]

thats ~~~~ing outrageous the tax man can get that info. im not self employed but i loathe thefact that they can get that kinda info.


yeah i was shocked when i came out of the room as to what they can do even down to some money i had from a will and invested in shares they knew about it. Anyway after a year or so of investigations it turned out they owed me ?700 so either i was lucky or am a good chef lol