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Originally Posted by rebarnmom
Did I miss anything Paul?
Feel free to add anything I might've missed or simplify anything I made too complicated or correct me if I'm wrong about anything.
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Well, you and I missed one MAJOR thing, and that's the fact this may be the biggest scam going! I tried to purchase a $50 Gas Card today with my Reward Points only to find out that unless you are a Sony Card Holder (I don't need or want a Credit Card) you are limited to only applying 500 points to any Gift Card purchase!
So, even though I currently have 6,280 points and a $50.00 Gas Card is 6,250 points, I can only apply 500 points toward the purchase leaving a balance owed of 5,750 points. To complete the transaction, I have to purchase the remaining points, which cost $57.50! Now what idiot is going to pay Sony $57.50 for a $50.00 Gas Card? What a SCAM!
Now, according to the rules, purchases costing 10,000 points or more have no restrictions, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the points will expire before you could accumulate that many points [just like last time]! What a crock...
Here is the Expiration Terms from the Sony Website:
Points Expiration for an Account not linked to a Card. For Accounts that do not have an associated Card registered with Sony Rewards, all earned Points expire on March 31st of the calendar year following the year in which the Points were earned. (For example: if a Member who has not linked his/her Card to his/her Account earns 500 Points in June, 2010, such Member must redeem the 500 Points by 11:59pm ET on March 31, 2011 or the Member will forfeit the Points.)
This is a major disappointment, and I almost feel taken advantage of after watching WOF and Jeopardy as religiously as I have been for the past year! Oh well, I guess I will continue to amass points to see if I can get over 10,000 before March 31st, 2011, and then blow them on something before they expire!
I also just learned [per the Jeopardy Site] the the weekly tournament has been cancelled until September! So there goes an opportunity to get an additional 200 points per week! I guess they saw some of us were gathering too many points and it may cost them something! I am majorly disappointed in Sony!