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Originally Posted by =X=
I think the Club membership is worth it if you buy throughout the year and plan on buying more than $133 dollars in books.
What I realized however is that I only buy their books when there is a 100% rebate sale. They tend to have 2 a year. It was not worth it for me since the discount is reduced to 0. So I did not benefit from the15% discount. (One can argue that paying less upfront is better than reclaiming the discount via micro rebates but that is just preference).
=X=
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But you get the 15% when spending your rebate which can really help. When they have their "sales" where you get a big rebate even when paying with Micropay, every bit that gets the per book price down helps to minimize the amount of micropay dollars you need to start with.
For example, say a book initially is $10 and has a 35% rebate even with Micropay. This means you'll spend $6.50 of your Micropay dollars to get the book. However, you *have* to have $10 in your Micropay account to initially buy the book, even though you'll get $3.50 back for a net deduction of $6.50. With buywise you only have to have $8.50 in your account to start with.
This is really helpful on things like the current 75% rebate Agatha Christie sale, where you need 4x the amount of Micropay dollars than the actual net cost of the book.
-Marcy