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On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:41:07 -0600, graham > wrote:
>On 2019-08-02 7:09 p.m., Doris Night wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:03:45 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2019-08-02 8:56 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>> On 2019-08-02 5:03 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> On 2019-08-02 1:38 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used to be a cash-paying customer for nearly everything. Then I got
>>>>>> a cash-back Visa and now use it for most things. But for trivial
>>>>>> purchases and those from small businesses, I still use cash.
>>>>>> OK, so the cost of these cards is hidden in the price, but it's there
>>>>>> anyway. Then there are those legions of loyalty cards that just swell
>>>>>> the wallet - if you bother with them.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't bother with them. I don't even bother with the Air Miles card
>>>>> that I used for years.
>>>>
>>>> I've had an Airmiles card for getting on for 30 years and still have
>>>> only ~1100 points.
>>>
>>> I have got a few things from Airmile, like a BluRay player and a Garmin
>>> Wristband and Garmin Swim Watch that fogged up the first time I wore it
>>> while kayaking. It seems that my banking keeps adding points, but I
>>> don't bother trying to redeem them I got fed up with their tactics.
>>> When I had 200 points there were all sorts of things available for 500
>>> points, but when I got 500 points there was nothing worthwhile for that
>>> amount. Similar items would be available fore 1000. By the time I got
>>> 1,000 points those things were not available. The only things of
>>> interest were 1500 points. I gave up.
>>
>> You do realize that 95 points will get you $10 of groceries at Metro
>> or Sobeys? That's all I ever use my air miles for.
>>
>> Doris
>>
>I think they have to be cash points or something. I haven'y figured out
>the gobbledegook on the website.
Go to Cash/Dream miles and set the meter, slide it to the proportion
of each you want.
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