[SymbiSpidey]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Wait, you get points for having the Walgreens account card thing?

Did not know that. However, wow, wtf? Despite having bought tons of Marvel figures from them, I only have 1020 points. What do you get, 1 point for every $20?

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Originally Posted by Tim

Yeah. It’s kinda bullshit. They also run deals like 4 cokes for $12 and you get 2000 points if ya buy all 4. I’ve only got a 5dollar reward coupon from them once haha

You get 10 points for every dollar spent, and points expire after a year (it used to be 3 years until they changed it). You don't get points on certain items, such as tobacco, alcohol or anything that wouldn't be taxed. After working at Walgreens for a year and a half, I kinda learned the ways to easily accumulate a lot of points lol.

1) Join Beauty Enthusiast. Most people assume it's just for makeup and stuff like that, but the program actually includes basic hygiene products as well. Stuff like deodorant, body wash, facial soap, hand soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc., all qualify. Basically if you spend $50 on those kinds of products, you instantly get a $5 reward. And that's cumulative, so you don't have to spend $50 all at once. So you can spend $10 on hygiene products today, then spend $20 like 2 months from now and another $20 a couple months after that and you'll get the $5 reward.

2) Look for the green stickers, those will usually tell you to buy a certain dollar amount worth of a product to get a 3000 ($3) point reward or something like that. There's also stuff in the monthly deal booklet that might get you extra points.

3) Those coupons that print out that most people throw away can actually be extremely useful for accumulating points. Some will say something like "Spend $35, get a 5000 point reward" or "Spend $10, get a 3000 point reward". You just buy an amount of products worth that amount (doesn't include dairy, tobacco, alcohol or stamps but everything else, including Legends, is fair game) and give the coupon to the cashier to scan. Essentially, you could buy two Legends, then have the cashier scan one of those coupons and get $5 back basically. The only problem with that is that it seems totally random which customers get that coupon.

They also have one of those 5x points coupons in the weekly ad often, especially when a holiday is coming up. I must have racked up at least $100 worth of points in my year working there and I was able to get pretty much all of the exclusives that came out last year and this year for like $3 a piece. Silver Surfer only costs me $8 after shipping. One of the managers managed to get at least $300 worth of points before she spent them all.