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Anyone have one of those? Everytime I go to buy something I always get asked if I want one, but I never am in the mood to drop an additional $25 to get one. Although it probably would end up helping me in the long run as I buy so much stuff from there.
Anyone have one of those? Everytime I go to buy something I always get asked if I want one, but I never am in the mood to drop an additional $25 to get one. Although it probably would end up helping me in the long run as I buy so much stuff from there.
I'm cheap. I have a Borders Reward card for free.
So, what's the benefit for paying the B&N membership card fee ... annually?
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So, what's the benefit for paying the B&N membership card fee ... annually?
Discounts on everything you buy. Not very big ones, but I do sometimes wish I had one when I drop a good amount of money. 10% off may not be much on an $7 purchase but it can add up on a $50+ one.
Discounts on everything you buy. Not very big ones, but I do sometimes wish I had one when I drop a good amount of money. 10% off may not be much on an $7 purchase but it can add up on a $50+ one.
They also email you special limited time discount vouchers that add to the discounts you already have. Unfortunately those vouchers tend to be on specific item categories.
Unless I'm remembering incorrectly, you don't get the discount on everything you buy. I think I was told hardback books, new releases, etc. Either way, you have to drop hundreds of dollars a year to make it worth it.
I do shop at B&N and like it. I have a borders card, but the borders nearest me is overpriced and further away than the closest B&N. Still, I do more of my book shopping on amazon, since you get discounts on most books through them anyway.
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It's 40% off hardcover bestsellers, 20% off adult hardcovers, and 10% off almost everything else, including the cafe. They do send electronic coupons, but they usually only last until for a few days. That's on top of the sale prices. Borders Rewards is useless as far as I can tell. You don't get a discount, so what's the point?
Border Rewards is free? You get one time use coupons that range from 10-30% off and you can get "borders bucks" which is essentially a $5 giftcard for every $150 you spend in a month.
I have it just because I work in a mall that has a Brentano's (a Borders store) and not a Barnes and Noble. There's a B&N down the road from us, but with the condition of my car and gas prices and traffic, I save my book shopping for when I'm on break at work or when I go to Amazon. *shrugs*
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Borders Rewards is useless as far as I can tell. You don't get a discount, so what's the point?
Except for the email coupon they send out every week or so that's good for 20% - 30% off any one item of your choice? With the occasional 40% coupon?
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Anyone have one of those? Everytime I go to buy something I always get asked if I want one, but I never am in the mood to drop an additional $25 to get one. Although it probably would end up helping me in the long run as I buy so much stuff from there.
I have one (as well as the Borders free one). Both my wife and I are readers and saved $56 on our purchases at B&N over the past year (we just renewed). 10% off a $7.00 book is $0.70; it adds up.
The discounts we get are what Steve Jung said.
The weekly coupons used to be more generic with a flat percent off one item (in addition to your existing discount) but they've become more specific lately. I do receive the generic ones every other month or so.
With Borders I get a weekly generic coupon. There are no discounts but I used to get a "shopping day" where I'd get 10% off everything you bought. They never told you until you hit the register, kind of annoying. I know they changed the reward thing a while back but I'm not sure what's involved now other than the week coupon.
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I have a membership and enjoy it. I save about $60 a year, so the membership pays for itself, but we just eat up books here. I also have their credit card which gives me gift certificates when I spend so much money. I buy pretty much everything with that card and pay it off immediately, so basically I get B&N gift cards for free. I haven't had to pay for a D&D book in a few years.
And I believe they send a generic X% off coupon once a month. They send other coupons regularly, but they're usually more specific. The coupons are generally good for a week.
If you spend a lot on books and tend to shop at B&N, it's definitely worth it.
We have a Borders that's closer, but their D&D selection sucks.
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No discounts without the coupon isn't worth it for me. I never understood how the personal shiopping day worked. And Borders are hard to find for me. My old Borders closed earlier this year, so there's only a Borders Express 12 miles away. I know of at least 3 B&Ns within my area.
No discounts without the coupon isn't worth it for me. I never understood how the personal shiopping day worked. And Borders are hard to find for me. My old Borders closed earlier this year, so there's only a Borders Express 12 miles away. I know of at least 3 B&Ns within my area.
I may be considering using Borders.com, now that I have moved away from the metropolitan and back to my childhood home, where there is absolutely ZERO bookstore.
Did anyone tried Borders.com for ordering online?
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No discounts without the coupon isn't worth it for me.
You do get discounts without the coupon. Somebody already mentioned, but you get 10% of paperbacks and even more off of hardcovers. That's a normal, everyday benefit to the card. The coupons are just extra.
If you buy more than 30 books in a year then the card will pay for itself, since you save about 80 cents per book (more if it's hardcover).
And no, I haven't tried using it at Borders.
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Having worked at Borders in the past and known people who work at B&N, I have discovered something.
Customers want a free program (like Border's) that gives an automatic discount (like B&N), but given how close of a margin even the big bookstores are running on, this would be unprofitable.
The corporate management would prefer a buy-in program (like B&N) where you have to print out a coupon and bring it in for a discount (like Border's), but this would grant very few discounts and annoys customers.
So each program is a compromise, one way or another.
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Having worked at Borders in the past and known people who work at B&N, I have discovered something.
Customers want a free program (like Border's) that gives an automatic discount (like B&N), but given how close of a margin even the big bookstores are running on, this would be unprofitable.
The corporate management would prefer a buy-in program (like B&N) where you have to print out a coupon and bring it in for a discount (like Border's), but this would grant very few discounts and annoys customers.
So each program is a compromise, one way or another.
Yeah, I'm sticking with Borders. At most, I only buy one book a week, and I'm hardly the kind of customer who follow the "mainstream" Bestseller list.
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My philosophy is "you don't need me to tell you how to play -- I'll just provide some rules and ideas to use and get out of your way." --Monte Cook
So, what's the benefit for paying the B&N membership card fee ... annually?
So do I. I don't see the need to drop $25 for a discount card where I'd have to buy a whole lotta books just to break even on it...
No clue to the benefits.
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Borders Rewards is useless as far as I can tell. You don't get a discount, so what's the point?
Once a week I get an emailed coupon for anywhere from 20-30% off one item. And certain things you get an extra 10% off on the price. So, for those things, you get around 40% off rather than the 30% that nonmembers get.
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