Talk:Nectar loyalty card/Archive 1

Earning Points
I have attempted to place the following info in a table, please could anyone who knows the missing data fill in the table.

Also, the current and past members section could be incorperated into this table, maybe with notes and/ or different fonts for the different types of member (founding, current, past) ---DMB 3 January 2006


 * In Sainsbury's 2 points are earned for every full one pound spent, and thus a minimum of one pound must be spent in a transaction to earn any points at all. Since points are only earned for whole pounds spent, spending £1.50 still only earns 2 points.  Occasionally bonus points can be earned when purchasing certain products on special offers.

Once a collector has 500 point this can be turned in to a vouchers worth £2.50 to spend in Sainbury's or redeem against many other offers at other nectar members and beyond.

(note: Its actually 250 points to make £2.50 trust me I work there) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.203.50 (talk) 23:26, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Points can not be collected on the following items: savings stamps, car park tickets, vending machines, cash back, postage stamps, gift vouchers, baby milk, lottery tickets and phone cards.


 * In BP garages, points are earned for purchases of fuel and purchases made in the stores.

Points can not be collected on the following items: tobacco and related products, baby milk, postage stamps, lottery tickets and phone cards.


 * In U.K. Debenhams, points are earned by spending instore.

Points can not be collected on the following items: purchase of financial services, cash back, gift vouchers and gift cards, and payment of an outstanding balance on a Debenhams Account and delivery charges.


 * In Brewers Farye, points are earned for purchases of food and drink.

Points can not be collected on the following items: food ordered from the breakfast menu, tobacco products or e-entertainment products such as gaming machines or when you purchase "Leisure Vouchers".


 * At Hertz, 2 points are earned for every one pound spent.


 * At ebookers, you can earn points on flights, hotel bookings, car hire, travel insurance and cruises.

Points can not be collected on the following items: airport taxes and charges, credit card transaction fees, booking fees, ticket delivery charges, scheduled airline failure administration fees and transactions which are subsequently cancelled.

Wow.
I cannot believe there is no mention of the benefits to the RETAILERS as well. These benefits are huge. I have studied in-depth, loyalty schemes, and the basic (but huge) advantage to retail is that they can 'pigeon-hole' you and build up advanced sets of data about what you buy and what you don't.

Personally, that's why I avoid them 213.218.230.200 16:11, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Where is the criticism section?
There was a substantial stink kicked up when these cards were introduced. The issue of data tracking and data mining were brought up. I don't know very much about the details but I would expect to find them in this article. I'm adding an 'unbalanced' tag until the issue is cleared up.

Having done some googling on the issue I've found criticism of the loyalty cards from civil liberties groups and David Blunket (unlikely allies!). As it reads this article is an advertisment for the nectar card. There is also no discussion on monopoly practices and loyalty cards. Again this should be in the article. Barnaby dawson 21:27, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

False claim
In the first paragraph it states "It was launched in the autumn of 2002, and now over 50% of UK households are involved in the scheme.". I seriously doubt 50% of UK household have a Nectar card. Tesco is a much bigger supermarket than Sainsbury's and nowhere near 50% of the population have a Tesco Clubcard. Now you're telling me half of Britain's population; 30 million people, have a Nectar card? Come on, someone is telling porky pies. Nearly everyone I know shops at Tesco or Asda, only one shops at Sainsbury's. That's not 50%, is it?

Reply: There are 22 million HOUSEHOLDS in the UK, slightly more than half of which do have an ACTIVE Nectar card i.e. used in the last 3 months. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.118.72.132 (talk) 14:02, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Nectar E-Stores
Removed following paragraph as it doesn't make sense: Rojomoke (talk) 14:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


 * == Nectar E-Stores ==


 * Nectar points can be earned in the Nectar e-stores which has even more places where points can be gained by spending money in stores within the Nectar.com site.


 * Nectar E-Stores

Web link
I can just about stomach the Nectar loyalty card info box, but does it really need the Nectar website link at the bottom? Isn't this essentially just advertising? Martpol (talk) 10:36, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Page move
Would this page be better off at Nectar (loyalty card)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.159.221.199 (talk) 13:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Customer loyalty programs
FYI, the template associated with this article was repurposed, see Template talk:Customer loyalty programs. 76.66.195.196 (talk) 20:48, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Untitled
This does seem to come across as an advert benefits section seems to be selling the product —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.189.72.89 (talk) 10:14, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Vacuous, brainless shitstabbers...
Did Which? Magazine really review Nectar cards in this way? 109.94.137.1 (talk) 11:45, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Nectar in Italy and Chile
"A separate Nectar programme operates in Italy and Chile."

Is it the same programme running jointly in Italy and Chile, despite these being on opposite sides of the globe? Or perhaps this should read:

"Separate Nectar programmes operate in Italy and Chile."

There's no citation to clarify this. —sroc &#x1F4AC; 00:14, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

International Schemes
Pretty sure the Nectar setup in Italy got shut down in February (2016), can anyone find an RS to prove it? MM (WhatIDo WHATIDO?)  (Now THIS... I did.) 23:18, 9 September 2016 (UTC)