**Note: The following content isn’t a pyramid scheme nor is it e-begging. Instead, it contains money-saving advice for fellow Barnes-N-Noble members
I was going to blog about how else to expedite the point total to 5,000 in Fetch Rewards, but there’s something that I had learned not too long after I had finished writing “Fetching Deals And Stamping Them!”. And as to what that was, well I noticed in late-April that I was two “Stamps” confirmations away from my third $5 Barnes-N-Noble reward since joining that program nearly two years ago, and it took me less than half a year to get there. So, with that being said, how the hell did I get in that position?
Well, as it turns out, the subtotals of both my November 2024 Barnes-N-Noble online order and my January 2025 Barnes-N-Noble online order averaged $10 per item, therefore how I got my eight confirmations before my in-store purchase of “Cannonball Run” on DVD nearly three months ago. But of course, both that shot in the dark in-store purchase of that movie, and my somewhat impromptu online purchase of the Jessica Lange movie “Sweet Dreams” on DVD not too long after that weren’t how I eventually got my third $5 reward, as neither had a qualifying subtotal of at least $10. But hey, I now know what not to do whenever I’m so close to amassing a $5 reward, which I eventually did with the late-June purchases for the DVD/Blur-ray combo of “Priscilla” and the DVD of “Moonrise Kingdom”.
Yes, another specific baseline of the Barnes-N-Noble Stamps program, provided by this Barnes-N-Noble member, but one that is also broad, in the sense of identifying any item with a subtotal of under $10, and that is applicable to anyone that is either looking to join the program or any program member that is still trying to get the hang of it. Oh yes, and if you’re wondering how the hell you amassed a substantial amount of “Stamps” confirmations in such a short amount of time, well just take a look at your Barnes-N-Noble online purchase history, look at your subtotal of a particular online order and guesstimate the average cost of each item like I did for the November 2024 order that I alluded to in “Fetching Deals And Stamping Them!”, and the January 2025 (The Faculty, This Is 40, Hope Springs, The Insider) order. And once you follow that step, then you’ll know exactly what to do the next time that you notice such a mysterious increase in “Stamps” confirmations.
Tune in next week to a specific example on how five “Stamps” confirmations have already been accrued via my most recent Barnes-N-Noble online order, as one of those items in that order had/has an online price of $6.99, pre-Tar Heel State sales tax. And purchase of that particulate item online also comes with sales tax in other states unless it’s either The Last Frontier, The First State, The Treasure State, The Granite State or The Beaver State. And before I wrap this up, I don’t mean to leave out any reader that resides outside of the United States of America, as I don’t know how sales tax works in your continents/countries/provinces/islands, so you’ll have to completely educate me on that stuff sometime, especially since such education can help me help you get the hang of the “Stamps” program.
Pay it forward, don’t hold it back.