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Magnus

Member

• Jul 3, 2014

• #1

I feel like a chump for using a lame cash back rewards card this whole time. May as well get a sweet reward considering how much I use it.

I'm not looking for travel rewards or points towards a car. A lot of my disposable income goes toward gaming so I'm wondering if there are neat options out there for gaming/electronics-based rewards cards that you guys have experience with.

In Canada, btw.

 

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Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State

• Jul 3, 2014

• #2

I have the Amazon card and it's great. I order most my games from there anyways.

 

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GrizzNKev

Banned

• Jul 3, 2014

• #3

There is the Playstation card. I got a PS4 controller and am about to get a $50 PSN code. To get rewards fast you have to buy stuff on the PS store.

 

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RotBot

Member

• Jul 3, 2014

• #4

What's wrong with cash back? Money can be exchanged for goods and services.

 

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SocksAndShoes

Banned

• Jul 3, 2014

• #5

Deadly Cyclone said:

I have the Amazon card and it's great. I order most my games from there anyways.

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This. Last couple of retail games I've purchased from them have been free because of my accumulated points. Buy something big, pay it off ASAP and profit.

 

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Cowie

Member

• Jul 3, 2014

• #6

I was going to recommend the Amazon Card, but at a glance the Canadian variant of it isn't as good(just 2% on Amazon and 1% everywhere else.) That said, be careful around rewards cards, especially ones targeted towards "gamers" -- the APR is usually a bitch and a half. As long as you pay everything off quickly it's fine, but if you need to make some sort of large/emergency purchase that you won't be able to pay off immediately, that's not the card you want to use.

 

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biezel

Member

• Jul 3, 2014

• #7

I use an Amazon card for almost everything, and a Playstation card for PSN purchases. Lots of reward points, can't go wrong!

 

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Magnus

Member

• Jul 3, 2014

• #8

Yeah, the Amazon one doesn't look so hot in Canada, as one of you noted. $20 instant amazon credit and then essentially 2000 points ($2000) = $20 cash back. So it's basically a 1% cash back card? I guess that's better than what I have now... (0.25 - 1% cash back, depending on how much you spend throughout the year).

Is the PS card available in Canada?

 

batman2million

Member

• Jul 3, 2014

• #9

SocksAndShoes said:

This. Last couple of retail games I've purchased from them have been free because of my accumulated points. Buy something big, pay it off ASAP and profit.

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Question. Haven't ever had a credit card but can you pay it off immediately after making the purchase or do we have to wait for the monthly statement, or what now?

 

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GrizzNKev

Banned

• Jul 3, 2014

• #10

Magnus said:

Yeah, the Amazon one doesn't look so hot in Canada, as one of you noted. $20 instant amazon credit and then essentially 2000 points ($2000) = $20 cash back. So it's basically a 1% cash back card? I guess that's better than what I have now... (0.25 - 1% cash back, depending on how much you spend throughout the year).

Is the PS card available in Canada?

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I'm not sure. It's a Capital One card.

 

Redshirt

Banned

• Jul 3, 2014

• #11

batman2million said:

Question. Haven't ever had a credit card but can you pay it off immediately after making the purchase or do we have to wait for the monthly statement, or what now?

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You can pay a credit card off as soon as the charge posts. You don't have to wait for the statement.

 

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Magnus

Member

• Sep 30, 2014

• #12

Hope it's ok that I'm bumping this. Thanks for the suggestions so far. Looking for more!