Nectar "Spin to Win"

Rosa_Damascena

Nectar is running a daily Spin to Win competition this week - prizes range from nothing to varying amounts of Nectar points. I'd be interested to see if anyone is awarded a prize, and also what their usage of Nectar is (either accruing points or spending them).

I have about £50 in Nectar points that I have built up over decades but never spent. I very rarely shop in Sainsburys or its partner stores these days. Unsurprisingly, I got nothing today!

JGB1955

No 'Spin to Win' on my app…… I shop in Sainsbury's most week and have saved (allegedly) £167 with Nectar Prices since 1 January. I tend to use my points in Argos.

flaneurs_lobster

Like most 'loyalty' award schemes, I try to spend these as soon as they are awarded (unless there is a very specific advantage to not doing so).

I know it's pretty unlikely that Sainsburys/Argos/Habitat are going bust any time soon (but BHS? Debenhams? Homebase?), but possibly more likely is a fraud or IT failure that wipes your point balance.

Nectar have been notorious for the poor security of their scheme, until recently all that was needed was a barcode to spend points at a till, it's now a little more secure.

Get it spent.

PS - won nothing on the Spin to Win.

clyndu

Won 25 points. I shop in Sainsbury 2 or 3 times a month.

Brie

I'm not a fan of Nectar. I dislike the fact that they won't link cards for coupons so while my OH and I can spend and use our separate cards and it accumulates points in one spot any coupons he gets I can't use with my card. Unlike with Tesco.

Not a fan of having yet another app on my phone either. Half the time I can't get store apps to work when I'm instore (M&S is dreadful for this) or my phone dies half way through a shop so I can't see what coupons might be available.

Given a choice I wouldn't shop at Sainsburys but the one in town gives you a refund on one hour's parking if you spend £5 so that rather forces us through their doors.

maman

Interesting what you said @Brie .My DH and I have a linked Nectar account. We have cards with different numbers but one balance IYSWIM. For some reason, they always send the offers to DH with his name and number. However, I am able to use the coupons in store, using my card, with no problems. 🤔

flaneurs_lobster

I'm not a fan of Nectar. I dislike the fact that they won't link cards for coupons so while my OH and I can spend and use our separate cards and it accumulates points in one spot any coupons he gets I can't use with my card. Unlike with Tesco.

Nectar (much like Boots) is not fussy if more than one person/device is accessing the same account. No real need for an account each in a shared household.

Got to agree about the M&S Sparks app, useless. I thought I was just unfortunate that all my local stores had poor mobile/wi-fi coverage but now realise it's just rubbish.

Slinky

Not seeing any Spin game in my app. Where is it please?

flaneurs_lobster

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81986808#Comment_81986808

I got mine today in an email (or rather a prompt to log into my nectar account online).

HampshireH

Will keep an eye out. Nothing in mine yet

shirley999

no spin to win for anyone in my household, never won anything anyway.