Bonus Redemption at SDM

 SDM - Shopper's Drug Mart

I had a few points saved up, 130,000 to be precise, so I knew I could do 2 bonus points redemption.  My level was redeem 50,000 points for $75 worth of free product.  It would normally be only $50 worth of free product.

Now the key to doing these redemptions is to get as close to $75 before tax as possible.  This is what I got with my first 50,000 points.  Just bits and bobs we needed in the house, other than the wine gums.  I was just under $75 before tax, so picked these up for $3 to get me over.

So I ended up paying $5.47 out of pocket.  If I wasn't getting these things for free I wouldn't have gone out of my way to buy some of these things, as they were a little more expensive than I would generally pay; especially the yogurt.

This is what I got for my second 50,000 point redemption.  I had to bite the bullet and get hubby some razor blades, as they are so hard to find at a good price.  These were around 20 cents more expensive per blade than the ones on sale, which of course they didn't have in stock.  I swear they take them off the shelf when it's bonus redemption time.

I ended up paying $12.41 out of pocket, but only because I had to pay $10.06 in taxes.

Regardless I am super pleased as I got $167.88 worth of product for only $17.88.  I only have the 30,000 points left, so will build them up until I can cash them in again.

Did any of the Canadian's reader's cash in their points? 

How do our prices compare here in Canada to yours, in your part of the world?