I received the email from Plink a few minutes ago and several readers forwarded the email to me as well. If you have no idea what I am talking about, our beloved Plink shut down this afternoon and sent this email to members:
I wrote a few posts about Plink (see the subheader above). Come with me as we remember Plink’s life in a series of photos… Continue reading
Please spend 30 seconds and complete my 2 poll questions. Don’t worry about hurting my feelings, I can handle the truth! Here are the results of the polls, thank you for voting!
I’m not gunna lie, I really do like Plink. I’ve been a member for a long time and have amassed over 21,000 Plink Points over the months. Whether you have been a (Plinkster? Plinker? PlinkPanther?) for a long time or just recently, you probably see the potential Plink has to be great.
But the problem with Plink is, they are only as good as the merchants they partner with and the Plink Points the merchants offer for purchases. We have had periods of really exciting merchants (mainly Staples for a long time, followed by a shorter stint with Office Depot), but right now, there really is nothing to get too excited about. Granted I love my fast food, going to the movies, buying shoes and flowers, but there is more to life than those things. Trust me on this.
So what is next for Plink? I really have no idea. I tweet them occasionally asking if any new merchants are on the way, but all I get is a vague reply with nothing more than a promise.
@travelwithgrant As old offers expire, new ones will be added. There are several we’ll be announcing in the next few months.
— Plink (@plinkdotcom) April 7, 2014
So as it stands today, we must wait… hopefully not too long, otherwise Plink will lose momentum. Continue reading
UPDATE 3/23/2014 at 11AM PST: Shopkick lowered the amount that you will earn for shopping at Office Depot, so I had to recalculate my numbers. Thank you Rajiv for the heads up.
Office Depot + Plink + Shopkick = 1 Big Happy Family
Create a Shopkick account here.
Plink Points not enough? Well, you are in luck then. A new company called Shopkick will reward you with Shopkick “Kicks” aka points for certain purchases. The great thing is you can double dip with Plink Points and Shopkick Kicks on all Office Depot purchases. You can link up to 6 Visa and MasterCard credit cards to Shopkick (hopefully one is an Ink Bold/Plus card). The payout structure is shown below. You earn 1 Kick per dollar plus bonus Kicks if you spend more than $25, $50, or $75.
Let’s say you wanted to buy a $200 Visa gift card at Office Depot with your Chase Ink Bold card, your total would come to $206.95. Here is what you would get back:
So what exactly is a Kick worth? Continue reading
$99 Amazon Prime starting March 20, $30 Office Depot Plink Cap, and a Small VRC Change
According to the Wall Street Journal (article), Amazon will raise the price of their Prime Membership from $79 to $99 starting March 20. If your subscription renews after that date, you will be charged the new subscription price. Luckily, Dan’s Deal has all the details here. Dan shows you how you can “gift yourself” a year of Amazon Prime. You can gift yourself another year of Amazon Prime here.
If you are new to Amazon Prime, you can try a 30 day free trial here.
I almost forgot to mention, you can take advantage of this trick to give Amazon Prime to family members for free here.
I don’t want to say that I warned you, but I warned you… Here is what the Office Depot Plink offer looked like on Day 1:
And here is what it looks like today (Day 3):
