<p>Having read a thread on the Barns & Nobles Membership card I decided to start one on the Borders Rewards Card. Let me ask by asking, does anyone use this? Apparantly you scan it when you buy books and after a while you can make certain purchases using discounts from the card. Meanwhile they spam your inbox and you can’t make purchases using it except on one of two arbitary days of the month. Then your credit expires if you don’t use it within a certain time-frame. Has anyone actually found a use for this card, or am did I make a mistake in describing this card’s short-commings?</p>
<p>yeah it’s worthless. i get a discount on the NEXT purchase i make within a week, so essentially, they want your money.</p>
<p>krogers rewards > borders rewards</p>
<p>I have one, since we’re buying manga a lot, it really does come in handy.</p>
<p>And if the timing doesn’t work out, you can always go to the Internet (visitborders.com) before you go for a recent coupon.</p>
<p>“Having read a thread on the Barns & Nobles Membership card I decided to start one on the Borders Rewards Card. Let me ask by asking, does anyone use this? Apparantly you scan it when you buy books and after a while you can make certain purchases using discounts from the card. Meanwhile they spam your inbox and you can’t make purchases using it except on one of two arbitary days of the month. Then your credit expires if you don’t use it within a certain time-frame. Has anyone actually found a use for this card, or am did I make a mistake in describing this card’s short-commings?”</p>
<p>you are making mistakes. </p>
<ol>
<li>The BORDERS rewards card is FREE (B&N you have to pay $25.00)</li>
<li>You have the whole month to use your in store credit. </li>
<li>You can use the coupons once they arrive in yourinbox (date range specific)</li>
<li>BORDERS doesn’t “spam” your inbox. You should get 2 and only 2 emails a month from BORDERS. If you get more call: 1-800-443-7359 to fix the problem.
For a FREE card, the program is pretty good.</li>
</ol>
<p>Borders >>>B&N</p>
<p>Best Buy Reward Zone cards are worth it and it doesn’t take much to earn cash value certificates.</p>
<p>Agree wholeheartedly with Wasbash. In addition, you should get a coupon towards the end of the year worth dollars in proportion to what you spent over the year.</p>
<p>Last year, in addition to the regular coupons offered fairly regularly, I received a credit of almost $25 at the end of the year. I was thrilled! It beat the heck out of my B&N card, for which I’d shelled out $25 just for the privilege of having it.</p>
<p>Since then, they’ve changed the specifics of the Borders Rewards Card. It’s somewhat more restrictive and not quite as generous, though I’d have to go to the website to say exactly what those changes entail. Meanwhile, I’m guessing that B&N has been feeling the heat of the competition somewhat, as they’ve been sending me more frequent coupons that amount to 25% or more off a single item.</p>
<p>Nah.
used book stores + no card >> any new book store + card</p>