To think M&S Sparks Card is a bit shit

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I signed up for this and was really pleased as I got free Percy Pigs as my first offer. But since then all the offers are money off things I have no intention of buying anyway. It seems more a way of trying to sell things to you, than a real reward scheme.

Yep, agree. Plus I mostly forget about it!

I don't even get offers...how do you get them? email?

I've found the same. The deals aren't appealing and I forget about them. A couple of quid off the bill if you spend above a certain sum, would be so much more welcome.

Yanbu the offers are on the most random things. Totally pointless.

You have to log in online to see your " specially selected offers".

YANBU

They're getting rid of their buy-9-coffees-get-1-free cards. You have to use your Sparks card when paying for your coffee and you'll get ... erm they don't know

I agree, I picked one up a couple of months age, went online to have a look before I registered it, couldn't work out what the benefits of having one were, so I binned it.

I think they are trying to emulate the John Lewis / Waitrose 'pick your offers' type thing, but have missed the fact that most of us signed up for those for the free coffee and cake...

They have got the sparks card very wrong. First discount i got was on mens clothing so dh bought a coat, but you have limited time to use the offer. Since then its been rubbish and most of the time when i look there are no discounts.

Nothing that I would buy, so no point really. M&S are pretty poor all round. Even the food is ridiculously expensive.

I like the food and buy a lot of food from there. If they gave me discounts on food, it would work. But not the stupid things I do get discounts on.

Why cant they just do the tried and tested "earn points" system?

And according to my DM (queen of the loyalty schemes) it can't be used if you don't have internet access??

I only seem to get offers on food

It's crap. The whole idea of a protracted login to see some pretty poor offers doesn't work-when I get the emails now I just delete them, they aren't worth the effort. Plus, having hundreds of cards in my purse annoys me, I only keep the decent ones, like free cake at JL as previously mentioned.

Ha ha - I had a thread pretty much with the same name a few weeks ago. Lots of people agree - it is white. I do t want 50p off eggs (allergic) or 20% off long nighties thanks.

I have a gift voucher left over from Christmas that I actually can't spend - went in there again to try and find something half decent to wear but nope, nothing.

That's right about the Internet access. My mil who spends about the gdp of a small country every year in food has been on to customer services and there's no way round it.

Given the average age of shoppers in M&S, it makes no sense to only do this through the internet.

Yes I was really impressed to begin with, think I got 20% off food, bought loads foe a meal on new years eve. Since then I've had 10% off knitwear or 20% off sushi. I like sushi, but realistically the money off is negligable

YANBU. Had a look on the info and couldn't be bothered to sign up.

They continue to completely misunderstand what resonates with their customer base. Perfect example: they're hiring Alexa Chung to revitalise the brand.

I barely know who she is and I can guarantee my mum has no idea. The thing I do know is that she is the size of half of one of my thighs.

And the Sparks offers are rubbish. I didn't ever even get free Percy pigs.