A loophole in its new loyalty programme has seen some shoppers create burner accounts and claim hundreds of dollars in points to spend in-store.

Good on them, I hate these BS loyalty schemes, and typically avoid any store that offers them.

Milk it for all it’s worth I say.

  • DaveMA
    15·
    9 months ago

    Boosted offers were tailored to the individual and based on what shoppers had purchased in the past. To get the points, you need to hit the “Boost” button online or on the app before you shop and include the product in your groceries.

    Yeah I’m out. What kinda nonsense is this. What happened to the good old days, where companies would harvest and sell your data without you having to do anything?

    • IlovethebombOP
      7·
      9 months ago

      Exactly, the amount of effort people will go to to save a buck is ridiculous. There’s a power company that lets you buy power in advance, with all these discounts. It’s been explained to me a few times, and always seems like far more trouble than it’s worth. Same with AA smartfuel etc.

      Some people really need to think about how much their time is worth.

      • Venator
        4·
        9 months ago

        The worst is when people queue up at petrol stations for hours to save a couple of dollars… Like, why not ride a bike or walk or something instead of driving if you’ve got that much time to spare…

        • ColonialSpore
          4·
          9 months ago

          Yup. Exactly. The queue at Gull often extends down the road.
          FFS

    • RecallMadness
      5·
      9 months ago

      Kiwis seem to love a gimmick.

      Countdown Lego? New World kitchenware? A myriad of power and mobile companies with “free hours” and other schemes?

      And it’s all designed to give the illusion of savings for the customer.

      • DaveMA
        2·
        9 months ago

        I assumed all these gimmicks were based on similar things from overseas, because humans love a gimmick.

        • RecallMadness
          2·
          9 months ago

          There wasn’t much in the way of gimmicks in England. Most places seemed to be focussed on cutting expenditure via whatever exploitative or customer-negative ways so that they could shave another 10p off the price of a bag of carrots.

          But, there was actual competition so 🤷‍♂️

          • liv
            4·
            9 months ago

            Pretty sure Australia has a lot of the same stuff.

        • Venator
          2·
          8 months ago

          NZ is the perfect guinea-pig market to test out gameification gimmicks before risking deploying them in a more important bigger market.

    • master5o1
      4·
      9 months ago

      I’m not gonna defend Countdown but I’m pretty sure there extra points above the standard per order earn rate.

      Adding some gamification of their loyalty scheme.