MSE News: Get double points at Sainsbury's, but you'll have to act fast

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Sainsbury's Nectar card customers can exchange their points for vouchers of twice their usual value from today...

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• Redeem only at Customer Services desk at participating stores?
  Huh! The Customer so-called Service desk at our local participating SB was already poor but has been 'enhanced' to sharing the lottery/tobacconist/newspaper area with its consequent queue.
  No, thanks! This offer was already poor and limited compared with Tesco's offer. Making it difficult to redeem makes it a non-starter for us.
• It's taken me two years to get my Nectar points up to about Ј5 or so (might be less) ..... so not even got the minimum for the hoop jumping circus. Additionally, I don't buy stuff from the list of stuff you can buy with the vouchers.
• Just been to my local store and it is currently not working!!
  I.T are working on it now and are hopeful that it will be fixed by lunch time.
• Oh no, what have I done!
  After more than ten years of swiping the damned card, I blew 5,000 points on fuel in June this year, because I thought I should use it up before I died.
• I'm going to try that this week as I have about Ј11.00 odd so will get hopefully a Ј20.00 voucher .My eldest wants TU PJs for Christmas so I'll see if I can get the voucher which will help no end I have just coughed up an arm and a leg for a heating repair !!!
• You need to update the returns policy on the FAQ as you can return anything before 31st Jan.
• Finally something decent to spend the build up of points on. Got about Ј80 of points after joining the scheme when it started.
• My partner has Ј20 worth of points so he can double up to Ј40 voucher. I have the same. My question is, can we use both our vouchers together? Ie to get Ј80 off a kindle or something?
• Really disappointed - this is the first time that I have doubled up with Sainsbury's and its very confusing. You have to 'choose' a department and must spend the whole amount.
  I went for 10 in clothing to get 20 voucher, really long queue in customer services everybody in queue to double-up and only one till on which to do this. Staff not clear what is included in departments.
  Bought some clothes and childrens jewellery - some of which was in, some not - classed as toys!?! Other jewellery was classified as clothes. Got to the till to pay - and beacuse the whole amount was not all 'clothes' then the voucher would not work - I stated that Sainsburys could have the Ј3 I hadn't spent! But no - I had to pay for the lot or leave it - I left it.
  Sainsburys - shame on you - confusing and not good that you have designate departments.
• Not sure if posted elsewhere, double up (similar to clubcard boost) is on until Monday, so your nectar points will be doubled in multiples of Ј5 (e.g. if you have Ј10 of points it converts to Ј20 to spend in store). Can be spent on toys, wine, homeware, clothes and applies to things "on offer". E.g. I bought a toy reduced from Ј50 to Ј25 using the nectar double up voucher.
  Ends 25 Nov.
  Hope it helps.
• Not sure why my post has been moved here. As a grabbit user, I personally never look at this forum and the double up option is available for toys, homeware, clothes - far more than just groceries. May have helped others if posted on grabbit (that's where I discovered clubcard boost)...
• i found theres a bit of a con with this offer. I had a Ј20 voucher and wanted to buy something for Ј19.99 but this is not possible and because its electricals everythings expensive so i have to spend extra money on something i don't want to be able to spend my voucher
  not much of a reward
  is there anyway around this?
• Just tried again to buy something for 19.99 with a Ј20 coupon, it wouldn't go through, a nice girl came over and suggested she can scan a packet of batteries and then take it off again
  im gutted now though, i just received an email from ebay, if you spend you spend your nectar points there you get 50% of the points back until 23 nov
• I've never had a problem getting/spending the double up vouchers at my local sainsburys.
  I have over Ј50 of points built up and was hoping there'd be a double up before Christmas...one more thing to put on my weekend 'to do' list!