Exceedingly Mundane

I’ve blogged about this before, but it is worthy of blogging about again! I’ve been using the MyPoints reward system for a little over five years now (my how time flies when you’re having fun!) and I have nothing but good things to say about them. I started out slow, just reading emails and taking surveys. It’s easy to get points that way, although it does take a while to build the points up in your account. In the last couple of years, I’ve taken advantage of their shopping rewards – you go to the MyPoints site and if there’s a merchant you want to order from online, you simply link to that merchant through MyPoints, then go ahead and place your order. You earn points for your purchase, usually a certain number of points per dollar. I’ve built up a lot of points through the years, and I now average $50 or $75 a year in gift cards. You can redeem your points for gift cards to places like Walmart, Target, BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.com, Sears, Penney’s, Kohl’s, Lowe’s, Bath and Body Works, restaurants and movies, and a myriad of other choices. I’ve always received my gift cards and have never had any trouble with this program, so it’s one I always recommend.

Why do I blog about this today? Because a couple of days ago I received a letter from MyPoints, with my claim code for Amazon.com. I’ve been saving my points for most of the year, and I finally “cashed” them in on a $50 gift code to Amazon.com. Now, I just have to decide whether I’m going to order more books or maybe a new Wii game! I will have enough points in another month or so to redeem for a $25 gift card, and I’ll have to choose then where to get it from. Probably Target, you can never go wrong with that place!

If you don’t participate and are interested, let me know and I’ll send you a referral link. It helps me out to have others sign up under me, so this is a shameless self-promotion post as well 😀 It really is a good program, and I have never had any problems with them. I don’t mind reading the emails or taking surveys for the points, and I don’t mind linking there first to do online shopping (not every place I order from is linked there obviously, but a fair amount are). Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll send you an invitation 😀

Have a great day!