We got this letter in the mail from Shoppers Drug Mart today (and if you don’t know by now, I am a HUGE fan of the Optimum Points program and have saved $1000′s over the years).
It’s an offer for 16,000 extra Points when I spend $100 or more at Shoppers Drug Mart – 2 of them, both expiring on September 10, 2012. The points will be awarded to my account by October 10th, and I’ll likely sit on my earnings until December when we’re hoping there’ll be another Mega Redemption (rumour has it we’re getting an X-box with a gazillion games & accessories for Christmas this year!)
And I’ll be sure to redeem these coupons during one of Shoppers Drug Mart’s weekend promotions, like the new Double Double this weekend where I’ll get $20 back in gift cards. Wanna know what kind of savings that adds up to, even before deciding on which sale items I’ll match my coupons to?
It’s staggering!
If I spend $100 this weekend, I’ll get back:
- a $10 Shoppers Drug Mart Gift Card
- a $10 Tim Horton’s Gift Card
- 16,000 Optimum Points from this coupon
- 1,000 Optimum points from purchasing a $100 Shoppers Drug Mart gift card on the way into the store
- 1,000 regular Optimum points from my purchase (which I’ll pay with using the gift card I bought on the way in)
- ?? who knows how many extra Optimum points from in-store offers
(we’re up to 18,000 points on this single transaction, which will get me $37.80 in FREE stuff if I spend the Optimum level of 90,000 points at a Spend Your Points event where we get $200 in free stuff instead of the usual $170 … if i break down and spend them before December!).
Too many numbers? How does 42% SAVINGS before sale prices, before coupons sound? And at a store that carries milk, bread,eggs & butter at the lowest prices around (for me, anyway), and has great weekly flyer sales which often match coupons in my binder, it won’t take long to get up to the $100 on items that we need to buy anyway.
The true challenge will be finding a reason to slip away from the campsite for an hour or so on Saturday. “What? No one packed the bug spray? Well, I’ve got a coupon, I guess I’ll run to town.” (tee hee)
Happy Couponing!
Christa Clips ~ August 2, 2012
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When I contacted Shoppers Drug Mart to inquire exactly how i came to receive these coupons, they replied: “Hi everyone, you can earn them by signing up for our E-mail list at https://www.shoppersoptimum.ca/eBonus/ongoing/en_CA/userFormWithCard.jsp
GREAT!
I did this today! I totally shocked the new girl, who was ringing me up. I almost forgot to get my GC first, so I gave her a lesson in suspending orders LOL. After I reached the $100, she scanned out my Double Double cards, scanned my 16,000 bonus, my extra bonus products (on sale AND + points = 7,000!), then $50 worth of coupons, then the $10 GC I earned from LAST weekend’s secret GC event. It cost me $40 OOP, but when you factor in the Timmies and new GC, really only $20
TOTAL points earned: 16,000 + 4,000 product + 3,000 product + 500 for $50 GC + 1000 regular purchase = 24,500. I LOVE SHOPPER’S!
Hey Jenn did your 16,000 points show up on your receipt? Mine didn’t but the coupons say I will receive the points before Oct 31…
Jenn – WOW – you got over $50 back in points! Thanks for sharing!!
Canadian Coupons…have you tried this before and received your 16,000 points on top of the 2x gift cards? Some couponing sites say ‘no’, others say ‘yes’. I would love to hear from someone who has done this before and received the points. The cashier said the computer accepted the coupon, but no points have showed up in my account yet…