Pudge wrote:
How much do you have to spend to have a shot at the "free" stuff? That isn't free
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Maybe i'm looking at this too black and white... I see this as a program to offer incentivizing, at no additional cost to the purchaser. They clearly cannot just give stuff away to people who do not spend money... 100% of companies that just give stuff away fail...
are you upset with the levels at which they've set? or the fact you won't reach them?? Or you think no one will reach them? I am more than sure that MB has run the numbers on this so that they do not hemorrhage money giving away free items. So is the question: why run a rewards program that offers the average buyer no benefit? Why not just cut prices?
a month ago if you bought $100 worth of product, that is exactly what you got. Now, if you buy $100 worth of product, you would get like 125 points, plus $100 worth of product. Now, if you give a rip about points, or buy more crap within two years, you can maybe get enough to get a peanut dish... woohoo... post on FB, refer a friend, etc, get that peanut dish in 18 months!
Incentivizing programs are built to get people to buy more, not to lower revenue or offer discounts/lower prices. If you want to complain about the flat out cost of product, or the quality or taste of the product, those are all far more reasonable complaints... but why complain when they add value (even only a tiny amount) to the product at no additional charge?
Try this trick, and spin it.