Rewards Bazaar

[justabrowngirl]

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Is it just me or does anyone else think the Rewards Bazaar is a huge joke. I've been banking points for like 6 years now so I can get one of the larger rewards items, but every time I look it's all sold out? Like I even check the moment they are supposed to post new rewards and they are still sold out?? Kinda a huge disappointment if you ask me    

[Miranda01]

I agree. I have also noticed a lot less “offers” to use at checkout lately. When I viewed them this evening, it seemed like most of them were “free sample” w/offer for an an exclusive item brand purchase rather than with typical “spend $35 or more & choose a free sample” type of offers. It is very frustrating seems how they have also offered this level of service to their customers yet as more time goes by, it seems like their sample/offers/etc get more slim in options they are providing. 

[CorgiMommy]

When you think about it why would a company give Sephora lots of stuff for the rewards bazaar? If you are a beauty company you would want to direct people to use your site directly.  It is more profitable for them to give a few samples and swag to Sephora, you try the product and go the their website.  

I don't think Sephora is trying to rip people off.  I saw when Fenty had a hat and some samples in the rewards bazaar, the Fenty website was selling the hats directly.  

[Ecat79]

@CorgiMommy  Though u make a good point - they should still restock or have other options available for those higher rewards. Maybe they even use their own brand? I think the point is - why have a reward system if the rewards are never available? 
@justabrowngirl - I hear yah!!!! It’s frustrating! 

[Mellmars1185]

@justabrowngirl Every Tuesday and Thursdays new rewards are added around 12:00 p.m., where I am (Easter Standard Time). Certain items are limited. It could be helpful to check in around the time the new rewards are added so you can get a bigger reward.

[askmarissa]

I agree I have not seen a reward over 500 points not sold out. It is super annoying. I will start looking to do business elsewhere. 

[missjeanie]

@justabrowngirl I see the 100$ rouge reward available in the US side right now.  I've been noticing them more often of late at different times as well as the usual Tuesday and Thrusday at noon. 

[WinglessOne]

@missjeanie @justabrowngirl  I wonder if Sephora increased the number of available Rouge Rewards this year, so there are more available for a longer than usual time. I got one last Saturday at 4:13 AM CT. 😂 Normally I wouldn't have bothered checking the reward bazaar for them on a Friday night/Saturday morning because I'm used to seeing them "sell out" quickly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. But since I got my 2nd to last rouge reward around 11 PM CT on a weekday (that wasn't a Tuesday or Thursday, IIRC) this year, I've started checking the bazaar outside the normal drop days/times whenever I bank 2500 points. 

As for the other big rewards that aren't $100 rouge rewards: yeah, those still seem to be extremely limited in number and disappear very quickly. Not sure if folks get a slight edge by using the Sephora app (vs. sephora.com) to snag those rewards; seems that sometimes happens with Beautylish's Launch app vs. their site. I don't use Sephora's app and never bank more than 2500-3000 points at a time, so I haven't tested that theory. 

[missjeanie]

@WinglessOne I was wondering if they were dishing out more these days as well, or if some of us who'd been hoarding points had finally worked through some of our point stash?  I'm like you and pretty much use my points for the 100$ cards these days.  I look at the other items, but they're not make or break for me.