My $10 Target Gift Card
When I wrote that post with the long list of survey sites a few weeks ago, I included a few things that weren’t exactly surveys. One of those things was My Points. If you Join MyPoints*, you receive points for doing things like reading emails and clicking on the sponsor link, making normal purchases through their portal instead of directly from the company’s website, downloading free software, etc. The points can be redeemed for gift cards to a whole bunch of different merchants… including Target. I. Love. Target. I have not made any purchases, but I do click on the links in the emails and earn 5 points at a time, and I have downloaded a few free things I found useful anyway (like the Weather Channel Weather Tracker). A few weeks ago I crossed the 1500 point mark and was eligible to get a $10 gift card to Target.
Which I did. And it arrived. And now I have a $10 gift card to Target.
Target is now calling my name louder than ever. I told myself I should wait until I earned enough points to get a $25 gift card instead, because I seriously cannot only spend $10 there. I know this and yet as soon as I could get the $10 card… I did.
I think I may end up compromising. My son needs a bookcase for his room which I found online for $15 at Target. I can spend $5 out of the November miscellaneous budget and the $10 gift card to get him a bookcase. That would be okay. I think. If I can go in and get the bookcase and leave, because I can’t buy it online since that would involve paying for shipping. I’ve seen the bookcase at our local Target, it is just a matter of getting in and out with just the bookcase.
I really should have waited until I could get a $25 gift card. But my son does need the bookcase. So if I’d waited I might have had to buy it without a gift card anyway. The cardboard box full of books in his room is just not working for me. Now I must brave Target. But not until November… the October budget has taken enough of a beating :). Oh, Target. I so want to go inside your doors.
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October 24th, 2007 at 11:17 am
I never get the Target gift cards. I can’t handle it! LOL
I always get Walmart cards, because Walmart is right around the corner from our house, and for some reason I’m not tempted to buy things we don’t need at Walmart. Not sure what the difference is, but it’s much more tempting to spend at Target.
You can do this! Just make a beeline for the bookcases, throw one in your cart, and get out of there!
October 24th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Run inside Target, buy the bookcase and run out! I also fall victim to the many trinkets that they carry…Everything is so cute! Method? All about it!
October 24th, 2007 at 11:25 am
First let me say, that I just recently found your blog and I really really enjoy it. My husband and I are struggling to get out of debt and you have really inspired me to take major action. Second, I hear you on the Target thing. I love Target and it is sooo hard to get out of there with only the items you went there to purchase. Grab the bookcase and get out. Don’t even look at anything else:). Good luck and thank you for the great blog.
October 24th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
I must take all advice. Run in, buy, run out. No stopping! No looking around!
Lynnae I got the Target one because I so want to go to Target. It is weak. I am weak. lol
October 24th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
And Ashley we all can take action and I am glad you’ve been inspired to do so
October 24th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
On a side note, it pays for MyPoints to give incentives for behavior. It gives them more opportunities to market to you.
I’ve been on the marketing side of a few MyPoints promotions. The profits that can be generated are huge.
Plus, Target knows you love them. That’s why they’re offering gift cards through MyPoints.
The Williams Group found that many people will spend nearly twice as much as the original value of a gift card. The National Retail Federation reports that the average recipient will spend 20% more than the value of the gift card.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
And I will spend probably 50% more than the value of the gift card. Target loves me right back
I still heart My Points though