E-Rewards / Borders Question
 

Hi there. I recently signed up for the e-rewards program and have in a short time accumulated a little over $14 on my e-rewards account. I noticed that on November 15th you can transfer $15 worth of credit from your e-rewards to your Borders rewards card. I was wondering if it was only possible to do it this particualr day or are they going to allow you to transfer from this date onwards. Also i was wondering how you go about transferring the amount? I presume you need to have a minimum of $15 (which is a pisser for me as i am just under and there are no other surveys or whatever that i can apply for to get my money up over the mark). Any advice and help would be appreciated. Cheers.

hey i did too ... i am currently up to 15.15 can't wait to redeem ;)

anyway just sign up for more emails for the surveys they send you ... i was just on the minimum and i got to 15. in a couple of months... good luck

But how do i redeem once i go over the $15 mark??? Do i get an email through....or do i go to a specific page on the E-rewards or Borders website???

on the e rewards site when you log in there is a link for GET REWARDS it says on the NOV 15th you can transfer your 15.00 to your borders rewards sign up now or log in to your borders rewards account ... that's it i think

i would think it is only if you have reached the 15$ mark you can get the $15.00 borders rewards...

They haven't activated the link for that reward yet. Don't know why. I emailed them about it.

$15 in Holiday Savings Rewards added to your Borders Rewards account (Available November 16, 2006)

that's weird wasn't it the 15th ?

Yes it was... and it still isn't an active link. :(

Maybe they mean November 16 @ 20:06. So the link will be active after 8pm tonight!

True, they don't give a time.. I've never done these offers before though, so when they say it's available today, does that mean "only today", or beginning today? Only reason I ask is this is probably the only way I'll get my Borders account over the $10 mark so this would be a good help to me that I don't want to miss.

I'm sure it's not a one-day offer. They just haven't activated the link yet. I e-mailed them also, but they obviously dropped the ball on this one. Once it is set up, I have about $60 in credit to redeem, although I think I may only be able to redeem one $15 reward with Borders, but I'll see.

Edit: Link is now up at e-rewards.

Unfortunately, per the link:

"Redemption of this reward is limited. You may claim one Borders reward once per calendar year."

Edit #2: Although the link now works, they set it up wrong so you can't finish the process. It thinks it's Hilton Honors or Worldperks. Stupid e-rewards.

i don't think it is working all i get is

$15 Level


$15 in Holiday Savings Rewards added to your Borders Rewards account

but nothing to click on :(


5. How do I redeem my e-Rewards currency?
To view the reward chart and individual reward centers, simply click on the " Rewards" tab at the top of your Member account page. You'll need to log in to review the terms and conditions of each reward and make a redemption. Once you select a reward to redeem you'll be asked to re-enter your e-Rewards password and confirm your choice.

IMPORTANT: Prior to making your selection, please review all terms and conditions which may be associated with a particular reward. Your account balance will be verified then debited, and your reward will be on its way. While several reward coupons and certificates are fulfilled electronically, others will be fulfilled through the postal service. If so, please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.

They had taken the link down to fix it. It works now--just checked out.

Thank you, Jeff
Congratulations! $15.00 in e-Rewards currency has been redeemed for your $15 in Holiday Savings Rewards added to your Borders Rewards account. We hope you enjoy your selection. Your rewards confirmation will be sent to you by email with instructions on how to redeem this reward.

IMPORTANT: If you do not receive an e-mail from us confirming your reward within 30 minutes, please contact e-Rewards Member Services at [email protected].

To continue earning e-Rewards, just watch your e-mail for future promotions.

COOL it works now i have 23.25 in my borders account to use ;) it was immediate ... once i click and put the info in the balance updated on my borders account ;)




HOLIDAY SAVINGS REWARDS™ ACCRUAL
Holiday Savings Rewards Accrual refers to 5% of your Qualifying Purchases made between January 1 and December 31. Once your Holiday Savings Rewards Accrual reaches $10 for an accrual period, you will have a Holiday Savings Rewards Balance that represents the actual dollar value of the Holiday Savings Rewards available to you during the applicable redemption period that runs from November 15 of one year to January 31 of the following year. If you are an Online Registered Member, your total Holiday Savings Rewards Accrual for an accrual period will appear online on your Account Summary, and your per-transaction Holiday Savings Reward Accrual will appear online in your Transaction and Rewards History. You may also view your account at Borders Search kiosks in Borders stores.

HOLIDAY SAVINGS REWARDS™ BALANCE
Holiday Savings Rewards Balance refers to the actual dollar amount of Holiday Savings Rewards available to you to redeem during the redemption period that runs from November 15 of one year to January 31 of the following year. Your 2006 Holiday Savings Rewards Balance can be redeemed between November 15, 2006 and January 31, 2007.

Yep, got my $15!!!

Hooray!

Does that mean that, if I can get to $15 again by January 31st, I can claim the reward again? If not, that sucks. I was working towards another $15 (I'm at 10.something now) in hopes of claiming it twice. There aren't really any other worthwhile awards on this site.

So being that this is now a new year, I just went to e-rewards to redeem for another $15 in borders holiday points, and it shows "out of stock". So basically the only decent reward from e-rewards is out of stock somehow. Bizarre. This is what it shows:

$15 in Holiday Savings Rewards added to your Borders Rewards account (Out of Stock)

This happened because you already redeemed $15 to the Borders rewards program. You can only do that once.

No, it says you can only do it once per calendar year. So lots of us were waiting until January 1st to do it again, since it is now a new calendar year. The people at E-Rewards must have realized this and marked the offer out-of-stock. Sucks. I've got $30 of credit with them, and there's really NOTHING worth getting. THe only magazine subscription I'm interested in, I can can get for free elsewhere (EGM). All the coupons require a huge minimum purchase beyond the discount.

Correct. Guess I may just redeem for another set of blockbuster coupons. Those always come in handy.

I noticed it was out of stock last night but I checked again today and it's back in stock. I was able to redeem $15 this morning. I also redeemed for $15 back in November.

Thanks for the heads-up. Just checked again and it is working now. Of course, I failed to anticipate that these would now be 2007 rewards dollars, meaning we can't use them until next holiday season, but so be it I guess. I had planned on using the dollars now within the current holiday rewards season.

LAME!!!!!!!!!!

A lot of the questions regarding the Borders Rewards program are answered in their FAQ, posted here.

Specifically in regards to the rewards earning period: