irewards Membership Card

I like most in the reviews will not be purchasing a irewards card because of the increase in price. What is the reason behind this anyway? I also will be shopping elsewhere.

I read some reviews before purchasing a new Chapters/Indigo Rewards card, and I'm glad I did. I have purchased one for approx. 10 years now. I received a Kobo for Christmas and have been reading approx. 50 to over 100 or more books a year. It is very upsetting that the card has gone up $10.00, plus you only get 5% off instead of 10% per book. I signed up for a free Plum Rewards card for free (5%) off per book. I hope thus new card will work for the books I order. I personally feel Chapters/Indigo are just getting greedy. I hope people will stop purchasing the cards. Then maybe they will get the message....then again, maybe not. I thank anyone who reads this and wish them lots of wonderful reading hours :)

I read some reviews before purchasing a new Chapters/Indigo Rewards card, and I'm glad I did. I have purchased one for approx. 10 years now. I received a Kobo for Christmas and have been reading approx. 50 to over 100 or more books a year. It is very upsetting that the card has gone up $10.00, plus you only get 5% off instead of 10% per book. I signed up for a free Plum Rewards card for free (5%) off per book. I hope this new card will work for the books I order. I personally feel Chapters/Indigo are just getting greedy. I hope people will stop purchasing the cards. Then maybe they will get the message....then again, maybe not. I thank anyone who reads this and wish them lots of wonderful reading hours :)

Not sure why Indigo is uping the rates for the card and taking away the coupon book. Sadly I will be following the advice of the previous reviewers and buying what I can at Amazon. Do you think anybody at head office reads these reviews? If so, what the heck are you thinking?

Since 2004 I have purchased my irewards card every year, I spend approximately $1000 a year at chapters in books. I'm at the end of my rope with having to pay some business just to shop at their business, hence why I would never go to cosco. At $35 for a membership I think my business with chapters has come to an end. Why would I want to keep paying for the honor to shop there when I can order online from Amazon and get the books even cheaper then when I did have my irewards card. You would think that Chapters would really rewards their good customers with giving them the card for free?? Sorry chapters but you've soured me with the increase.

They raised the price on the card from $25 to $35 and the discount is even less. I remember when this card was a great deal because you earned points on it. It has really gone downhill. I compared prices of books using this card and found the same or even lower prices at Amazon without having to purchase a card. Guess who I'm buying books from in the future.

I have been wanted to update my library for a while now and i was going to get the rewards card because i had heard so many good things about it....ummm can i ask what they where thinking?? I am for sure not wanting to spend $35.00 on a card where the discounts are so crappy! kinda upset!

I don't know what they were thinking with this, but I am definitely NOT renewing my membership.

I have bought the iRewards card for years, but $35 is too expensive. I understand that the 'value' has been increased, but the value that they've added doesn't really appeal to me. I liked it better when it was just 10% off for $19.99 (I think that was the original price?). At $35 for the iRewards card, it no longer makes sense for me to purchase this once per year.

I've been getting my irewards membership off and on for ten years now, and I think I've finally reached the point where I'll stop. Features are constantly being taken away, and now at this new price, it makes getting your initial investment in the card back ridiculous. I now need to spend $350.00 in store, or $600.00 online to recoup the price? No thank you.

At $35 and with no coupon book, iRewards no longer makes economic sense. Looks like I'm buying from Amazon.ca now. ...Too bad, I prefer to support Canadian industry.

Chapters -- reconsider this business approach!

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How to make it completely unrealistic to be worth it... put a 35$ price on a card that gives you 10% off books in store and 5% off a few other things (I'm not bothering to mention the 40% on bestsellers since gee reg people walking in get 30%).
Wasn't it 10$ originally? then 15... 20... 25... I so can't see the point of this at 35$.
At blackbond books i can use a stamp card to get better value. I can get books for better than 10% at costco at times though admittedly they don't have a lot of what I tend to buy (scifi/fantasy) I can still get books at about 10% off at superstore and walmart.
With online retailer pricing I can easily get 10% or more off... all chapters is doing is encouraging myself and others whom have used this program to go elsewhere. It's a way for them to make extra money not a way for customers to save money now.
In an era where book stores are having more of a hard time getting customers into stores this is not helping them, if you want to encourage people to shop with you use a smarter method. I'll go for plum rewards and likely start only buying books in the bargain books or ones i can't get elsewhere at chapters.

I spent $30 for the card in store.

This card won't be worth it unless you buy a lot of books (it helps even more if you buy a lot of best sellers, where there 40% off in-store) and save over $30 dollars in a year. It just feels like your paying for the savings ahead of time. The card honestly just feels like a bank card. Like you're putting $30 dollars on the card, and however much you save is just taking away for the $30. So unless you save OVER $30 dollars it isn't worth it. Especially since you have to renew the card every year of the same price. The renewing fee should not be as much.

I find it is just cheaper to buy online. Most books online are 20% or more cheaper than buying it in store anyways. And you only save 5-10% in store. I don't know what books would be considered best seller (which is 40% off). I bought the Hunger Games thinking it was possible I could get $40 off, because it is getting really popular and says "best selling author" on it, but it wasn't considered a bestseller.

And with saving 5% online. That wouldn't be bad since most books are cheaper online anyways, but what you save you just end of paying for the HST. I only saved $3.84 online when I bought 5 books and the HST was $3.65 anyways. I saved a whole .19 cents.

I guess the card was a little more worth it for me, because someone else paid $25 of it for me as a present. So if you get someone to buy it for you as a gift, it would be more worth it.

I went into a Chapters store yesterday to renew my irewards card, and discovered that it had increased $10 to $35! I was shocked! I have been a long-time irewards member - paying the $20 fee (even while I was still a student) and rationalizing the $5 increase a few years back as "operational costs". But at $35, I can no longer justify the benefit of this card, especially since I mostly purchase online and the discount is only a mere 5%. Definite thumbs down to Chapters on this business decision!

You would think that with a rewards card the customer would actually feel, you know, rewarded for purchasing items with the business that is offering the program. That is not the case with the irewards program.

With irewards you get:

40% off bestsellers
This is one of the only redeemable factors of this card. Just be sure it's not during other promotional events.

10% off books in-store
A whole 10%!!! Chapters Indigo, you're so generous. For someone like me who doesn't buy bestsellers a whole lot, I'd have to spend $350.00 just to recoup the $35.00 membership fee and that's before I actually start saving anything.

5% off virtually everything else in-store
...except for the things that matter, e.g., ereaders and electronics. Looks like the irresistible allure of their furniture and many other fine products will have to stand on its own.

Up to 5% off books online
Amazon.ca must be terrified. With savings of up to 5%, the online shopper would only have to spend $700.00 before making their money back and that's the best case scenario.

...And a coupon book
I love receiving coupons that expire before my annual membership is up. This should not be a selling point for the irewards program, especially when I routinely receive coupons in the mail from McDonalds, just as an example, that are free and offer far better deals on their products to entice customers to give them their money.

A word to Chapters Indigo corporate:
If you want me to shop in-store or online please offer a reasonable incentive to do so. First, I would recommend you slash the price of the card to $10.00. Secondly, don't try and offset the recent $15.00 price increase of the irewards card by offering me some silly points system (Plum). The exchange of my personal information for $5.00 off when I spend $250.00* at your store is not worth it.

*10 Plum points per $1.00 spent. Lowest cash-in is 2500 points to receive $5 off.

With the recent price hike ($25-$35), I will not be renewing my membership when it expires and will look elsewhere for the books that I desire. Not only have you lost a customer, but I routinely donate to the Love of Reading Foundation when in-store. Sorry, but this program is neither economical nor rewarding - it's slap in the face.

I am happy to finally buy this rewards card. Walmart and Costco DON'T always have the books you want. So keep that in mind. I go to Chapters all the time to buy presents and books that I want, because I know that they will always be there, every book I search they seem to have. So I am very thankful to have the chance to buy a rewards card that will save me money! Any few dollars I can save. Thanks again!

The Irewards card is really not worth the $25. Go to walmart, Superstore, Costco, or anywhere else and you can can save 30% off without having to spend money on a 10% off discount card. Save your money!

I would prefer a points-based loyalty card. What's the point of paying $25 to get an Amazon.ca price match?