Lovely news years day present from Pick n Pay

**nkawit** · 04-Jan-12, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by Justloadit

Aha, was under the impression you did. So EBUCKS are only earned when you physically use your credit card, which means that the merchant is supporting EBUCKS from the commission charged on the CC transaction..

Bingo!

**Blurock** · 04-Jan-12, 11:00 PM

I earn E-bucks on my FNB business account. I only do EFT's and no cheque or card transactions. E-bucks does not pay very well so it is not a motivator for my transactions. It is just a small freebie from the bank. It is only slightly better than PnP's store card where you earn R1 for every R1000 spent.

**nkawit** · 04-Jan-12, 11:20 PM

1-3% of purchases are offered by *some* places ...

**AndyD** · 05-Jan-12, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by Blurock

It is only slightly better than PnP's store card where you earn R1 for every R1000 spent.

PnP's smarty shopper card gives you 1% back on your spend (R1 for every R100 spent).

For every whole South African Rand spent on point-eligible items, a smart point will be earned

1000 smart points are equal to R10 cash back on your card against a future purchase

Source

**nkawit** · 05-Jan-12, 10:45 PM

There is also that eat healthy thing where you get 25% back??!?! something crazy like that which my wife asked me to sign up for

**tec0** · 05-Jan-12, 10:57 PM

I got one of those PNP cards and deemed it pointless. With the small amount they give back I can maybe purchase a packet of smarties...

Now this just sucks!!!

The only transactions for which you do not earn smart points are coffee shops, fuel, tobacco and tobacco related products,

Especially if I consider how much gets spend on cigarettes

Pure discrimination !!!

**thinusmj** · 05-Jan-12, 11:35 PM

How to earn eBucks

Based on your banking behaviour, you can now earn up to 2.5% back in eBucks on all your qualifying FNB Cheque Card purchases

**Blurock** · 06-Jan-12, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by nkawit

There is also that eat healthy thing where you get 25% back??!?! something crazy like that which my wife asked me to sign up for

This really works, but do not buy coke and chips with your healthy food as that will penalise you and you will lose points and discounts. Discovery is doing this to encourage people to live healthy. By changing to a healthy lifestyle, one supposedly do not get sick so often and thus less medical aid claims. So they (and their sponsoring partners) can afford to give you incentives such as discounts on airline tickets, hotels etc.