Thank goodness for smart shopper points

[u/Mugiwara-no-Sabo]

I am a student studying in Cape Town, and the past month has been the hardest financially ever, I finished my last packet of noodles last week and have been leaching off my friends for food, but since grade 12 I have been buying groceries at Pick ‘n Pay and I always made sure I swiped my smart shopper card (a habit I picked up from my grandmother), but since then I had absolutely no idea you could redeem the points and actually shop using them😭. I ran to my Pick ‘n Pay asked how much I had, she told me I had R135 worth of points that can be redeemed and I have never been so excited to go shopping before. I left Pick ‘n Pay with a plastic bag of food and the biggest smile on my face.

Use those smart shopper cards😭you might need that extra money one day.

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[u/tgwee]

When I was doing my postgrad I accumulated a years worth of points and managed to pay for groceries for a special Christmas dinner for my then boyfriend (now hubby lol) and I. It was pretty special!

[u/Mugiwara-no-Sabo → u/tgwee]

No way thats so cute lol. I might just steal your smart shopper Christmas idea for next year 😂

[u/ZootsnCats]

You can also redeem those points for fuel at BP!

[u/Mugiwara-no-Sabo → u/ZootsnCats]

I’m sure if I buy ten trolleys worth of groceries every day for a year straight I’d have enough to buy a half litre of fuel at these prices😂

[u/assassinza]

You know those points expire right. That was a nice total but I’m sure you saved much

[u/Mugiwara-no-Sabo → u/assassinza]

I had no idea, so I’ve been leaving money to expire all these years, thats nuts

[u/newoldschool]

I'd you have the app there's a little game you can play to get discounts and sometimes free stuff

[u/RyanGatesdj]

Thats good to hear, I also had a similiar situation a year or 2 ago, when I asked my mother for R300 just to get some basic foods for my house as my client did not pay on that day and I had to wait for 2 weeks until I get the payment from them, I was relying heavily on that client to pay which I would use to buy food as I used the last bit of food in my house the previous day. I then went to Spar, packed my trolley full of things, went to the cashier and she started ringing it up, I did not realise the amount, after ringing up everything it was R500 ish something, As I wanted to ask the cashier that I need to remove some of the items, she heavily insisted on scanning the Spar rewards card almost ripping it out of my hand, after scanning the card, I explained that I don't have enough money and need to remove items, she just looked at her screen very confused, because the amount went to R0.00 and had to call a manager. Manager came over said to me congrats packed all my things in bags and then I left without paying, later on I received a sms from spar saying I won a free trolley full with their competition.

[u/Lus_wife → u/RyanGatesdj]

Love this for you ❤️

[u/AllahuSnackbar1000]

I'm sorry. 😭 😢

[u/samesandchanges]

use the app, its great for redeeming points and for those times you don't have the card on hand for whatever reason

[u/Original_Tadpole_311]

R135 sounds like nothing until you’re staring at an empty cupboard and suddenly it’s actual food. Loyalty programmes are normally engineered to make us spend more, so using years of forgotten points to survive a broke month feels like beating the house at its own game.

[u/Saqiillies]

Same thing happened to me in my post grad!

[u/ghoodup]

Bought my sons birthday and Christmas gifts with my points from Pick n Pay, at Pick n Pay clothing. Big saving. I let the points accumalate.

[u/ttcbabydewy2]

This is why I always swipe my Total card when I put in petrol. I earn cashback on it and there have been days that the R100 points were just what I needed.

[u/stargazermp3]

the points expire 1 year after getting them, so the points you get today will expire a year from today. the pick n pay asap app also tells you how many points are expiring soon

[u/JsizzlePlate94]

If you're with FNB, then swipe that ebucks card as often as you can. Been using ebucks each month to fill up my car. Had to use it to get a few dinner ingredients too. Definitely comes in handy more than I thought it would. Capitec and dischem also have crazy deals so check it out. And my clicks card. Swipe it at every place I'm able to. Every Engen top up adds some cash back. Next toiletry haul at clicks and you may find a decent chunk can be saved

[u/EarthAngel0808]

Happy for you❤️.........It's a good story to tell when you have truly made it one day :)

[u/brightlights55]

“leeching”

[u/Night_Rider2110]

So what did you think your smart shopper card was for

[u/Mugiwara-no-Sabo → u/Night_Rider2110]

I thought it was just for the instore discounts