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The Metropolitan

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Now that I've overcome my initial hesitations about this partner, I will admit that most of the online mall merchants do post their points reliably.

Here are my successes and failures: Please feel free to add your own:

Success:

Alibirs

Itunes

PC Connection

Famous Footwear

Failures:

Shoebuy

Pending (Recent Purchase):

Aeropostale
 
About a year ago, I noticed that JC Penney was one of the merchants that awarded AGR points, for ordering thru their website. I admit I do order merchandise from Penney's.

So, I used the link from AGR to Penney's, and started to place my periodic orders.

A sort time after each purchase, points equal to the dollar amount of my order appeared in my AGR account. Great!

However, many months later, the points started to be taken back. Slowly, one by one, every single point addition was subtracted back out. Each about 3 or 4 months after their initial posting.

I emailed AGR asking why. I got an email back saying that AGR's merchant reps needed to look into matter, and will get back to me shortly. That was 3 months ago.

My caution is that just because you see points being added to your AGR account, doesn't mean they will "stick".
 
The Metropolitan said:
Success:Alibirs

Itunes

PC Connection

Famous Footwear
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Add to the successes Jos.A.Bank and eToys, both of which posted without any need for faxing. And Shoebuy never posted for me either, though to be fair I'm not sure I ever sent a single fax to point out the initial failure to AGR. Maybe after I've moved I'll try dealing with that one.

My iTunes points from purchases a few weeks ago haven't posted yet, but it's only been a few weeks.

I agree, a list like this is a great idea!
 
Thumbs up for iTunes store. Just got a couple of 30-pointers posted (whoop-dee-doo, 3% of the way towards a free Hiawatha ticket), plus a bunch of 0s for all the times I went to the iTunes store via the AGR link, but didn't buy anything.
 
Macy's and Target also work well. Macy's also has great sales. Combining points and sales makes me very happy.... :D
 
I purchased some iTunes songs last month and my AGR account activity lists them as zero point transactions. Anyone care to speculate why? I sent AGR a message and received an e-mail stating that they will get back to me, but after three days I am still waiting.
 
Shoebuy never posted me. I'm going to try an fax the stuff, but hopefully it's not too late (I got shoes in Jan 08)
 
After waiting three months, I was surprised to get points for:

Netflix

Famous Footwear

Cooking.com

All on the same day, though the purchases were weeks apart.
 
Ispolkom said:
After waiting three months, I was surprised to get points for:
Netflix

Famous Footwear

Cooking.com

All on the same day, though the purchases were weeks apart.
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Purchase on Sephora.com just posted for me today. It posted points for each individual item that I purchased which was bizarre.
 
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To ask an obvious question:

How do you fax receipts to AGR for credits from purchases on the online mall, when you never have physical receipts from online purchases?

I never received points from a usatoday subscription, but not sure what i should send them for proof of purchase?
 
At the time of your purchase you should have been provided with the opportunity to print out a receipt. I've never seen an online store that didn't provide such an opportunity. Some stores even email you a receipt too.

But if you don't have either of those, then you're out of luck. Sorry, :(
 
AlanB said:
At the time of your purchase you should have been provided with the opportunity to print out a receipt. I've never seen an online store that didn't provide such an opportunity. Some stores even email you a receipt too.
But if you don't have either of those, then you're out of luck. Sorry, :(
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For future edification, I have the ability to print to a PDF document. Besides faxing can one email an attached copy of the receipt using the PDF or other file type route? Faxing can be problematical for some of us! :mellow:
 
sky12065 said:
AlanB said:
At the time of your purchase you should have been provided with the opportunity to print out a receipt. I've never seen an online store that didn't provide such an opportunity. Some stores even email you a receipt too.
But if you don't have either of those, then you're out of luck. Sorry, :(
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For future edification, I have the ability to print to a PDF document. Besides faxing can one email an attached copy of the receipt using the PDF or other file type route? Faxing can be problematical for some of us! :mellow:
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I honestly don't know, never tried that route before. But it sure couldn't hurt to actually save future receipts that way so that you do have the option.
 
AlanB said:
At the time of your purchase you should have been provided with the opportunity to print out a receipt. I've never seen an online store that didn't provide such an opportunity. Some stores even email you a receipt too.
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They do, and I have those since they always email you a copy. But they never look like a traditional receipt, so I wasnt sure if it would be excepted, since its hard to know exactly what they are looking for,

Anyway, to add to the list:

1-800-Flowers

Bought a simply arrangement about a month ago, and received a hefty amount of points today!
 
I just made my first AGR partner purchase last night since Palm has 10 points per dollar right now, and I currently use a Palm Centro phone so how could I pass that up?
 
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I used Apple.com (not iTunes) to make a purchase this summer and it posted without issue. I was a little worried, as I was buying a laptop for my sister for college. The billing address was my father's, the shipping address was mine, and somehow my sister's name was in there summer (since it was purchased with an education discount). I netted 1,300 AGR points for helping the family get her a computer.
 
I have an iPhone, but instead of buying an app from iTunes directly from the phone, I bought the same app from iTunes thru Points for Shopping, then loaded the app to my iPhone from my computer. By doing this, my $5 purchase got me 15 AGR points! :p
 

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