Kmart, according to corp. a rewards card is necessary to participate in Doubles

[Mama Stu]

This is the email I received


Dear xxxxxx
Yes, you would need a rewards card to participate in this event.


Sincerely,
Monica W,
Retail Customer Care
Sears Holdings Corporation


Original Message Follows: ------------------------
Hello, can you please tell me , are you going to have to have a rewards card to participate in your Double Event at participating stores starting 4/4? Thank you,xxxxxxxx

[toekneeface]

This is the email I got today......

Thank you for your recent correspondence. We are always interested in
hearing from our customers. We appreciate your interest in our Double
Coupon Event. We have received more complete details regarding this
upcoming promotion.

The rules for this event are as follows:

-Offer dates: 04/04-04/10

-Manufacturer Coupons up to and including $2 value will be doubled

-In-store Activation MUST BE tied to your Shop Your Way to Rewards card

-Does not include Kmart Store Coupons

-Does not include Kmart Pharmacy Store Coupons

-Limit 5 total coupons per customer per day

-First 5 coupons provided by customer will be doubled


Again, thank you for taking the time to contact us regarding the Double
Coupon Event. We appreciate your business and value you as a Sears
Holdings customer. We certainly hope you will continue to make Sears
Holdings your choice for quality and value.



Sincerely,
Brooke G.
Retail Customer Care
Sears Holdings Corporation




So I guess they really mean 5 qs a day. Ugh!!!! I probably need to get a rewards card, huh.AOLWebSuite .AOLPicturesFullSizeLink { height: 1px; width: 1px; overflow: hidden; } .AOLWebSuite a {color:blue; text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer} .AOLWebSuite a.hsSig {cursor: default}

[res030ei]

am I understanding this correctly??? kmart is tracking the 5 coupon limit from the reward cards? i guess it resets after midnight or something? :shrug7:

amanda

[Mikki 316]

Boo k-mart!

[$Saving!]

Well, it would seem to me that if they are tracking it to your card, it may or may not reset at midnight.........but there is only one way to find out and that's to test it at the store you go to. I don't know that their system would be that sophisticated? Could be.

Either way, I plan to check out their ad, look for the high dollar coupons and test it out. If they don't get a lot of participation, maybe they will up the ante?? We can dream!

Given how stores are trying really hard to hold onto market share and increase their share in these economic times by doing new and different specials, this could be a test deal for KMart.

I think feedback to corporate if it's too cumbersome to use or not worth the trip might let them know it's not going to draw your business from where you normally shop.

[petergabrielfan]

Apparently, they've been doing some scrambling to add that to the rules because I contacted them about participating stores last week. When I got a reply, they just confirmed that my local stores were participating but didn't mention anything about a rewards card. Today I got an additional e-mail from them with the same info pp posted above.

[lbrown1618]

ok, so how the heck do you get the rewards card? Is it just like a Kroger/CVS kinda card?

[petergabrielfan]

Just go to www.shopyourwayrewards.com or sign up in your local store. Yup, it's just like a Kroger or CVS card.

[couponlover]

Seems like an awful lot of hoops to jump through for 5 coupons! Although other stores have customer cards as well...but Geesh! LOL

[elizabethhouts]

Grr. To be honest my closest Kmart is like 30 minutes away and there is one about an hour away that always lt you do unlimited doubles so I always just drove to that one and it was amazing! The closest one (30 minutes away) was sticklers about limiting and seem to ernjoy ruining my day and just being irritating Kmarters all around lol. If I can only use 5 and there is NO way around it and the manager of my favorite one can't be like "Hey thats silly- use all you want!" I doubt I'll go unless I am in those towns for something else. What a bummer.

Edited for spelling. Oh the joys of typing while holding a baby!