Sleipnir
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my spin counts are all jacked up
Shop Your Way Rewards - Free and Bonus points thread
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XJPat
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Good news, got most of my stuff today, I got the ready for pickup notification Saturday and picked it up today.
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Good to hear! I have 3 orders from last Mon/Tue still sitting like yours were, hopefully mine will show up soon too. (Two were promised this week, the third isn't expected till the end of the month.)
Xtra downtime planned for 10pm-12am CT tonight, gotta get done with today's games early!
No schedule changes Tue.
Wednesday expected game schedule:
12am-11:59pm CT (in 4hr intervals) 4x+ tiny WWWed Xtra (recent changes in how this game works)
12am-11:59pm CT tiny bonus in app
11am-12pm CT $2 WW Xtra
2:30-3:30pm CT $3 WW Xtra
4-5pm CT $4 WW Xtra
5:30-6:30pm CT $1 WW Xtra
7-8pm CT $5 WW Xtra
No schedule changes Tue.
Wednesday expected game schedule:
12am-11:59pm CT (in 4hr intervals) 4x+ tiny WWWed Xtra (recent changes in how this game works)
12am-11:59pm CT tiny bonus in app
11am-12pm CT $2 WW Xtra
2:30-3:30pm CT $3 WW Xtra
4-5pm CT $4 WW Xtra
5:30-6:30pm CT $1 WW Xtra
7-8pm CT $5 WW Xtra
Code for tomorrow:
Wild Wins Wed = WildAgain
Despite getting all the games played yesterday, it was a new record low for me - $0.20! 
And now it takes $59 to get free home shipping!
And now it takes $59 to get free home shipping!
Despite getting all the games played yesterday, it was a new record low for me - $0.20!
And now it takes $59 to get free home shipping!
Dang... I got that SharkSaw in my cart, I should have bought this earlier so I can get free shipping.
hmm.. I am now seriously thinking about quitting this mess. It seems that I am winning less points, the games are all messed up lately, and now we have this $59 free shipping. I have limited selection of things that I can pick up at local hometown store, so this practically ends anything that I can purchase online and shipped.
I need to stop by at local homestore and see what they have in stock. I think I have most of the stuff that they have lol.
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kasander
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Posted on Sears thread, but if you buy 3 of these items you get free shipping. It's better than letting points expire...
https://www.kmart.com/tag?q=Saver&adcell=hp-extras-saver
https://www.kmart.com/tag?q=Saver&adcell=hp-extras-saver
tjpavlov
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Looks like MAX members still get $35 free shipping.
Someone on SD said they're a Max member and still need $59.
I think there's an FAQ page that might be inaccurate/incompletely-updated, you'd need to have a Max membership and test checking out to be sure.Pretty sure that hearing has been delayed to the 27th.
btoonsis
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Sure... spend it! When I've got $5 worth of points burning a hole in my pocket, I splurge on:
Stanley Large Parts Organizer with Bonus Small Organizer - $4.88
https://www.sears.com/stanley-stst60761-parts-organizer-with-fasteners/p-00977447000P
Craftsman 12" Utility Case - $5.99
https://www.sears.com/craftsman-12inch-utility-case/p-00965284000P
Craftsman 16-Foot Sidewinder Tape Measure - $8.49
https://www.sears.com/craftsman-sidewinder-16-ft-tape-measure/p-00953895000P
XJPat
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I believe it depends on which tool, breaker bars no, hex sockets yes, as of last week.Did not know that freecash excludes Capri Tools. Just tried my Sweeps Weekly $10, and only regular points are being applied to this Sears Authorized Supplier.
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XJPat
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Must have because the ones I bought are no longer available, sorry.
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Daddy B
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Did not know that freecash excludes Capri Tools. Just tried my Sweeps Weekly $10, and only regular points are being applied to this Sears Authorized Supplier.
I found the same thing last week with the craftsman sensor socket set. And that Capri set has been nice so far. I'm not a professional user, but, no complaints yet.
2manytools
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Did not know that freecash excludes Capri Tools. Just tried my Sweeps Weekly $10, and only regular points are being applied to this Sears Authorized Supplier.
I could see some companies not wanting to chance Sears not coming up with the cash to pay for a tool that was paid for in points, but still want to sell through Sears, for whatever reason that could still be. Maybe they are setup to receive more direct payment now to ease their hesitations with Sears.
Was enough money really set aside for Shop Your Way offers? It's hard to believe they set aside enough, when reps will instantly put points in your account to fix issues or similar situations. Sort of seems like the Fed printing money that isn't really backed, and sort of snow-balls out of control (on top of all their other management mis-steps)
I still think in big picture SYW makes money for Sears. I think there are plenty of people who are attracted with those buy something and get points back, but these people end up forgetting to use the points. It is similar to companies who has free after rebates program (it is free if you get the rebates, otherwise you paying full price for junk you do not need).
Damn, that's what I was thinking about ordering tomorrow (with price match).
Won $3 this afternoon, at least.
Yeah, most of the money Sears has kept losing for years has apparently been due to the amount of unnecessary administrative overhead in their organizational structure. SYW is a drop in the bucket in comparison. There was some court paperwork filed recently that said they need to cut something like two-thirds of the management/corporate overhead. (And another round of corporate layoffs is underway this week, too little too late.)
The other big thing that set Sears up for failure was the CEO's decision to spend $6 billion on stock buybacks (a giant giveaway to investors, and artificially driving up the stock price for a few years) a decade or so ago. There was an article recently pointing out that if that money had been used instead to reduce debt and maintain/improve the stores better, the company could be in a very different situation today.
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2manytools
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I suppose that, as well as what Hexen posted above. I guess I'm looking at it from the perspective that I don't know of any other retailer that has a rewards program such as this. If it was profitable or increased sales, others would start something similar.
I know Eddie originally wanted to be a data collection company which I think SYW may have geared towards in the beginning (all the polls & questions), but seems to have changed more towards general promotion. Obviously there's no way they become a data company now with the competition out there, I think they lost that war the day Amazon opened
kasander
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SYW also makes money on ad revenue, so I don't expect they are losing much if any money on it.
No schedule changes Wed.
Thursday expected game schedule:
8-11am CT $2 bonus in app
1-3pm CT $3 bonus in app
2-3pm CT $2 WW Xtra
4-5:30pm CT $2 bonus in app
4-5pm CT $5 WW Xtra
7-8pm CT $3 WW Xtra
7-9pm CT $5 bonus in app
Thursday expected game schedule:
8-11am CT $2 bonus in app
1-3pm CT $3 bonus in app
2-3pm CT $2 WW Xtra
4-5:30pm CT $2 bonus in app
4-5pm CT $5 WW Xtra
7-8pm CT $3 WW Xtra
7-9pm CT $5 bonus in app
upgrading
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The good news Xtra appears fixed.
No trouble playing this morning.
The bad news is I won a whopping 30 cents.
No trouble playing this morning.
The bad news is I won a whopping 30 cents.
Same here.... They fixed the glitch and killed my winnings. 20 cents.
I had a 20-cent day a couple days ago when the glitch was still going strong, though.
New codes:
Host With The Most = DigIn!
Online Deals = GR8DEAL
tjpavlov
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I've been having good luck on the Featured Instant Wins on shopyourway.com lately. I'd say I get at least a couple of 100s every day there.
Yeah, apparently SYW is getting hit hard in the corporate layoffs today.
Most of them worked in other little-used aspects of the site, though. Hopefully a skeleton crew will still keep the games running a while longer, but we'll probably be SOL if anything breaks again.EOC_Jason
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I would think the SYW games makes them decent money with all the freaking ads you have to watch...
Whereas the gift lists and email newsletters and other 'fluff' on the site probably get little, if any, traffic...
Maybe they laid off the people that change the prices on a daily basis... lol
Whereas the gift lists and email newsletters and other 'fluff' on the site probably get little, if any, traffic...
Maybe they laid off the people that change the prices on a daily basis... lol
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Don’t forget we’re talking about Sears. How often have they done things that make sense when there’s another option? Sears gonna Sears!
Another new short term Extra game started today, Online Deals. Ends November 20.
2manytools
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My doubtfulness in that, is you can exit out of most of the ads early, and most you end up seeing multiple, multiple times. As an advertiser, I don't think I'd invest much into that, they probably don't play the games. If I was an advertiser, I know I'd be paying SYW bottom of the barrel rates.
No schedule changes Thu, but massive layoffs so we may not have much longer.
Friday expected game schedule:
11am-12pm CT $3 bonus in app
2-3pm CT $2 WW Xtra
3-4:30pm CT $4 bonus in app
6:30-9pm CT $5 bonus in app
7-8pm CT $5 WW Xtra
Friday expected game schedule:
11am-12pm CT $3 bonus in app
2-3pm CT $2 WW Xtra
3-4:30pm CT $4 bonus in app
6:30-9pm CT $5 bonus in app
7-8pm CT $5 WW Xtra
Ouch! I was usually winning maybe two a week? So odds are that now I'd average one every 5 weeks instead, unless a whole lot of people give up.
Edit: It's even worse... someone on SD knew the odds were even higher on the $1-$4 games before, 1000 was only on the $5 games:
"Yeah all $1 - $5 bonus and Xtra games used to have a total of $5000 in prizes, 5000 winners for $1 games, 2500 winners for $2 games, 1667 winners for $3 games, 1250 winners for $4 games and 1000 winners for $5 games."
Many times it seems like SYW’s biggest advertisers are Sears and Amazon. Both are probably swapping ads on their sites and not leading to direct cash payments to SYW.