11763 Green Shield Stamps Revisited

I recently picked up my Q8 (petrol station) gift catalogue after applying for their loyalty points card.

For every litre of petrol which I buy (approx euro 1,10), I get 1 point.

The gifts include anoraks, shopping trolleys, mobile phones, food processors and even SAT NAV’s and TV’s.

Now, I am not very good with numbers, BUT if I understand this correctly, to get the 42” TV, LCD (nice) all I need is 23,900 points to get it AND pay an additional 699 Euros. So I’ll have to [B]fill the car up with over Euro 26.000,00 [/B]and chip in with a further Euro 699.

So, I thought I'll have the little shopping trolley instead :bigergrin:, but I still need 900 points, so [B]990 Euros worth of petrol[/B] and 5 euro cash!!!

:wideeyed: Bonkers!

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General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 05:00

You will be so old by the time you have collected the points, you’ll be glad of that shopping trolley so don’t knock it! :bigergrin:

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 13:18

Actually, don't dismiss these 'points'. The Coop (Centro Italia is all I know) have loads of particularly unattractive 'presents', but you can 'scaricare' your points against either pretty attractive 'special offers', or simply against your groceries bill. Eurospar, where we have a loyalty card, even though we shop there about once a month (never more than 20 Euros per visit) are about to present me with a useful hand held liquidiser! Makes me feel all warm inside....

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 15:49

Ah wait - the presentation ceremony will last four hours. You'll have to sign 18 different documents. Present proof of age - of your parents, parents. And then, and only then will you be able to agree the month in which your gift might be delivered to a Provincia near you.

Anyone ever been to an AMC cooking utensils presentation???