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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
Oh so you're talking about some sort of bonus points from a store. That's hard to compare since you can't be sure how much those points really cost you. But I like the game.
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Russ
You receive $.10 or $.20 cents off for every $50.00 worth of purchases at the store towards your next gas purchase at their stations. The difference depends on what county the store is located in. I live very close to the county line so I go to the store that gives the $.20. They also sell a lot of gift cards and those can be added to your total. Stores and restaurants such as Home Depot, Olive Garden, McDonald's, Star Bucks, Bone Fish, Red Lobster, Longhorn, Applebee's, Best Buy and a lot of others to choose from. Going to be getting something from Home Depot go get a gift card first and add to your discounts.
Here is another thing to add to the savings and that is if I use my one credit card I get 2% back on all grocery purchases and that includes the gift cards. Also using that credit card and paying at the pumps gets you another 4%.
There are a couple of catches and that is your gas purchases at the discounted rate are limited to 30 gallons and you have 4 months from the time of purchase to use the discounts. Now to make this all work out you have to buy the full 30 gallons at one time and for only one vehicle so you either need something with a large fuel tank or a lot of 5 gallon containers. I have a friend that just takes 3 or 4 gas containers with him when he uses his discounts to get the full benefit. If you only have an 18 gallon tank and no fuel cans you are just giving away all your savings.
You gotta know how to play the game. I think if you do all the math you will see that for every $100 spent at the store you save over 16%+ overall.