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Are the points worthless for them to have such a flippant view of security?

• Popeyes 3y ago
  No, you can cash them in to get money off products. You can also get cheaper prices. But some people spend months saving up. You can bet your bottom dollar that if you found a way to add points, they would lose their minds.
• tialaramex 3y ago
  In one sense, certainly not, for example I have 2931 points, in theory that's £14.65 value. As this story explains, if you knew the 11 digit account code for those 2931 points you can just rock up to a Sainsburys store with the appropriate code on like a piece of paper, scan it with the reader, and it'll conclude you're me (that's my code after all, that's what I do when I shop with them although my code is printed on a little plastic card they gave me) and therefore you can "spend" my points, typically in lump sums of £5, so you could buy £12 of booze, take 2x £5 = £10 off the price and spend £2 on booze that costs £12. You can't turn it directly into cash, but obviously goods like booze, electronics, jewellery which are all potentially available are very easy to turn back into cash at a discount.
  • youngtaff 3y ago
    You can turn them into eBay vouchers too
• rwmj 3y ago
  Each point is next to worthless, but if you shop at Sainsburys regularly you can build up quite a balance which can be used for very real money off. There was a court case some years ago about an IT insider at Nectar assigning themselves points fraudulently and then spending them. He received a pretty hefty prison sentence: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12189919 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12189919
  • NikkiA 3y ago
    Not just sainsburys, ebay and amazon give nectar points as a reward, and at least ebay offers vouchers in return for points.
    • mikelovenotwar 3y ago
      >amazon give nectar points as a reward They do not, and are not listed as a partner on nectar