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Samsung Tab A $249 + 20x (30%) back in points

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Dec 19th, 2019 10:15 am

neo_male [OP]: Jr. Member; Nov 13, 2018; 153 posts; 183 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 10:15 am

[Shoppers Drug Mart] Samsung Tab A $249 + 20x (30%) back in points

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Price:: $174
Expiry:: December 22, 2019
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Samsung Tab A 10.1 is $249 on Saturday and Sunday. Plus 30% back in points with 20x on Friday to Sunday.

So the effective price of Tab comes out to $249 *0.7= $174. lowest for the Galaxy Samsung Tab A 10.1

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Dec 19th, 2019 10:26 am

cartfan123: Deal Guru; Sep 8, 2007; 10503 posts; 13540 upvotes; Way Out of GTA

Dec 19th, 2019 10:26 am

Good price for for a moderately spec’d Android tablet.

+1

Dec 19th, 2019 10:47 am

jacky190424: Deal Addict; Jul 13, 2013; 2236 posts; 1099 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Dec 19th, 2019 10:47 am

o if it's 128GB will be awesome because 128GB has 3GB RAM

Dec 19th, 2019 10:52 am

Scote64: Deal Fanatic; Jan 21, 2018; 9289 posts; 10453 upvotes; Vancouver

Dec 19th, 2019 10:52 am

Good deals on the Tab A lately. This one is especially good if you collect and spend Optimum points, but always keep in mind the SDM policy of no returns on defective electronics items if they have been opened. You would have to deal with Samsung, not noted for their great warranty support.

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Dec 19th, 2019 10:53 am

MyUsernameDoesntMatter: Member; Jul 5, 2018; 351 posts; 1479 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 10:53 am

It seems they limited the points back on purchase since the day coincided with seniors day.

If there was a combined 20% off and 20x points it would look like this:
$100 spend would be 20% off or $80
Then you'd get $80*30=$24 in points back.
$80-24=$56
So the item starts at $100 then essentially goes down to $56 (you pay tax on $80 though) if you treat the points at cash value. Points can often have a 40-50+% bonus redemption which would potentially make the $24 value even $36+ when optimized.

So if you're spending $75 or so you can get a good deal if you go with someone who is eligible for the senior discount. But on bigger ticket items the value isn't quite as high. In prior years the bigger ticket items often had a gift certificate or points back on them instead of 20x the points. This year it seems they've basically assumed everyone will be getting that 20% off and as such are offering less.

So I will personally be passing on this.

Dec 19th, 2019 11:03 am

Tcalp: Deal Addict; Dec 6, 2004; 1812 posts; 1722 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 11:03 am

MyUsernameDoesntMatter wrote: ↑ It seems they limited the points back on purchase since the day coincided with seniors day.

If there was a combined 20% off and 20x points it would look like this:
$100 spend would be 20% off or $80
Then you'd get $80*30=$24 in points back.
$80-24=$56
So the item starts at $100 then essentially goes down to $56 (you pay tax on $80 though) if you treat the points at cash value. Points can often have a 40-50+% bonus redemption which would potentially make the $24 value even $36+ when optimized.

So if you're spending $75 or so you can get a good deal if you go with someone who is eligible for the senior discount. But on bigger ticket items the value isn't quite as high. In prior years the bigger ticket items often had a gift certificate or points back on them instead of 20x the points. This year it seems they've basically assumed everyone will be getting that 20% off and as such are offering less.

So I will personally be passing on this.

Isn't Senior's day on Thursdays ?

Dec 19th, 2019 11:07 am

Tcalp: Deal Addict; Dec 6, 2004; 1812 posts; 1722 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 11:07 am

Scote64 wrote: ↑ Good deals on the Tab A lately. This one is especially good if you collect and spend Optimum points, but always keep in mind the SDM policy of no returns on defective electronics items if they have been opened. You would have to deal with Samsung, not noted for their great warranty support.

Ummm ... high quality, reliable brand. The world's largest cell phone producer, and 2nd highest tablet producer ? The what now ?

Dec 19th, 2019 11:15 am

Scote64: Deal Fanatic; Jan 21, 2018; 9289 posts; 10453 upvotes; Vancouver

Dec 19th, 2019 11:15 am

Tcalp wrote: ↑ Ummm ... high quality, reliable brand. The world's largest cell phone producer, and 2nd highest tablet producer ? The what now ?

Product quality != warranty support

and nothing to do with store policy.

Sure, I would probably take a chance on the very good odds of a new Samsung tablet being fine in return for a significant discount. But I would be annoyed to open it and find something missing/broken/not functioning right out of the box, and having to deal with Samsung warranty support instead of exchanging it at the store. Reviews of Samsung warranty support here on RFD have not been kind.

Dec 19th, 2019 11:26 am

shwab: Deal Addict; Feb 6, 2008; 1330 posts; 1060 upvotes; Hamilton

Dec 19th, 2019 11:26 am

jacky190424 wrote: ↑ o if it's 128GB will be awesome because 128GB has 3GB RAM

It's the 32GB version.

Dec 19th, 2019 11:33 am

cheapdimsum: Member; Jul 31, 2008; 244 posts; 78 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 11:33 am

MyUsernameDoesntMatter wrote: ↑ It seems they limited the points back on purchase since the day coincided with seniors day.

If there was a combined 20% off and 20x points it would look like this:
$100 spend would be 20% off or $80
Then you'd get $80*30=$24 in points back.
$80-24=$56
So the item starts at $100 then essentially goes down to $56 (you pay tax on $80 though) if you treat the points at cash value. Points can often have a 40-50+% bonus redemption which would potentially make the $24 value even $36+ when optimized.

So if you're spending $75 or so you can get a good deal if you go with someone who is eligible for the senior discount. But on bigger ticket items the value isn't quite as high. In prior years the bigger ticket items often had a gift certificate or points back on them instead of 20x the points. This year it seems they've basically assumed everyone will be getting that 20% off and as such are offering less.

So I will personally be passing on this.

There's is an SDM offer this year for Dec 26 - spend over 75 get 25K points
Using your example, spend 100 ... down to 80 after 20% discount can be applied here
Anything over 100 might be not worth it since the 25K points are a fix amount
Remember senior's discount applicable on regular priced items only (how expensive that can be)

Dec 19th, 2019 2:45 pm

Gtaphotog: Deal Fanatic; Nov 6, 2018; 7929 posts; 11192 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 2:45 pm

jacky190424 wrote: ↑o if it's 128GB will be awesome because 128GB has 3GB RAM

The 2GB RAM takes some patience and getting used to especially when I have 12GB on my phone.

What's interesting is how software optimization can be more beneficial then more RAM, I have 48GB on my PC and 8GB on my SP6 and I can run Adobe photo editing apps on the SP6 with less issues then the PC.

Dec 19th, 2019 3:38 pm

Niklasky: Deal Addict; Jul 14, 2014; 3208 posts; 2371 upvotes; Toronto, ON

Dec 19th, 2019 3:38 pm

I have a Samsung Tab A from a couple of years ago. I hate the thing.

Dec 19th, 2019 3:41 pm

Gtaphotog: Deal Fanatic; Nov 6, 2018; 7929 posts; 11192 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 3:41 pm

Niklasky wrote: ↑I have a Samsung Tab A from a couple of years ago. I hate the thing.

That's a different Tablet.

This is the 2019 model, not the "a couple years ago" model.

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Dec 19th, 2019 5:06 pm

laurawow: Sr. Member; Sep 16, 2016; 949 posts; 1295 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 5:06 pm

NINTENDO SWITCH LITE $260.79 plus 20x pts
is this a good deal? wanna to pick up one for the kids

Dec 20th, 2019 8:46 am

ReDiva: Member; Dec 23, 2016; 275 posts; 319 upvotes; Ottawa

Dec 20th, 2019 8:46 am

If it only had LTE ....

Dec 20th, 2019 8:54 am

Esg876: Sr. Member; Aug 14, 2014; 909 posts; 858 upvotes

Dec 20th, 2019 8:54 am

If I get the 300 ps4, would seniors 20% work and would I get 25k pts, or 75k?

Dec 20th, 2019 12:44 pm

cpfan: Deal Addict; Nov 10, 2011; 1005 posts; 994 upvotes; St. Catharines

Dec 20th, 2019 12:44 pm

Esg876 wrote: ↑ If I get the 300 ps4, would seniors 20% work and would I get 25k pts, or 75k?

Is the $300 ps4 regular or sale price? Not sure from looking at the flyer. I'm betting it's a sale price cause it's in the flyer.

Seniors discount is on regular price items only.

Again from reading the flyer, it's 25K points for a purchase over $75. So you get 25K points if you buy the $300 ps4.

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Dec 20th, 2019 12:47 pm

Gtaphotog: Deal Fanatic; Nov 6, 2018; 7929 posts; 11192 upvotes

Dec 20th, 2019 12:47 pm

ReDiva wrote: ↑If it only had LTE ....

Technically speaking you can purchase the Sim card / SD card tray and potentially turn it into an LTE tablet since it has the necessary pins and slot for a Sim card, I just don't know if it's also blocked in the software though.

Dec 20th, 2019 2:53 pm

ReDiva: Member; Dec 23, 2016; 275 posts; 319 upvotes; Ottawa

Dec 20th, 2019 2:53 pm

Gtaphotog wrote: ↑ Technically speaking you can purchase the Sim card / SD card tray and potentially turn it into an LTE tablet since it has the necessary pins and slot for a Sim card, I just don't know if it's also blocked in the software though.

Really!? I didn't know that. The sim ready can not be more than a few bucks on eBay.

Dec 20th, 2019 2:56 pm

Gtaphotog: Deal Fanatic; Nov 6, 2018; 7929 posts; 11192 upvotes

Dec 20th, 2019 2:56 pm

ReDiva wrote: ↑ Really!? I didn't know that. The sim ready can not be more than a few bucks on eBay.

I checked around and found a website that seems to have it in stock, I haven't ordered it yet because I'm trying to confirm if the current software will work with it.

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