Sephora Rewards Bazaar Previews and Discussions

[lachaton]

A thread for updates on the Rewards Bazaar, including previews of upcoming rewards and discussion regarding the upcoming rewards and questions.

New rewards are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays - usually right around 9 am PST / 12 pm EST

There is a separate thread for feedback on reward redemption and experiences which you can find here:

 http://community.sephora.com/t5/Beauty-Insider/Sephora-Rewards-Bazaar-Redemption-Experiences/td-p/27...

And an interim thread for discussions on perks after the old one was removed during The Great BT Migration of 2017:

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Insiders/Rewards-Bazaar-Previews-and-Discussions-Thread-Missing/m-p...

For the official Sephora FAQ thread on the Rewards Bazaar: http://community.sephora.com/t5/Beauty-Insider/The-Beauty-Insider-Rewards-Bazaar-FAQs/td-p/2539566

For questions or information on smaller 100, 250, and 500 point perks:

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http://community.sephora.com/t5/Beauty-Insider/Active-Point-Perks-Rewards-9-The-Bigger-and-Better-Ed...

General information:

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• The Rewards Bazaar is supposed to have new point perks released on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9 am and 5pm PST
• There is no set time for the perks to be released - we have to wait and see when they become available between 9 and 5
• However, so far the rewards have been released almost exactly around 9 am PST
  There seem to be only a few perks added at a time (each day)
• Some perks will be listed as "coming soon" and may arrive on a later date
• The newly added perks will range from 100 points to 50,000 points
  Sephora's T&C state that the larger perks (750 points +) are only available online
• The smaller 100-500 point perks are available in store, while supplies last There are limited quantities of the perks available
• We aren't sure why the rewards seem to appear on different devices/browsers at different times There may not be any "big" point perks added.
• Some days we may only see smaller 100, 250, or 500 point perks added.
• Updated Terms & Conditions (as of August 16, 2016):

 

• Previews are above - note that these are just sneak peeks, as we do not have complete details as to which perks will be available, when, or what's included.
• Additional perks usually pop up as a surprise!

[msc75]

I got it too! 🙂 It arrived yesterday. It's tiny but I'm happy.

[suggrr]

Just came here to say this!!

[shreyam23]

me too lol!

[suggrr]

I’ve checked at all hours since I got the email about Pillow Talk. I haven’t seen it yet. Doesn’t mean it hasn’t been released and then sold out in the blink of an eye, but I don’t think that’s very likely. Had Sephora released it earlier, I would have snatched it up with about $75 worth of stuff in my cart. Now I’ve had ample time to get it down to $10.

[SportyGirly125]

@suggrr @I got it in store at Downtown Disney Sephora 2 weeks ago

[cianni]

@msc75 I’m a crazy person and had been obsessively stalking the rewards bazaar all week in the off chance that a $$ reward popped up randomly. I saw a lot of the other smaller 100pt rewards come up but not the CT! I don’t think it’s come in yet

[SportyGirly125]

@cianni @I got it in store 2 weeks ago

[msc75]

Thank you! I've also been checking obsessively for the past two weeks but I also sleep and work occasionally so I can never be sure :)) I've seen rewards come and go between 2AM-3AM Pacific time which is how I know the 9AM time is BS. 

[SportyGirly125]

@msc75 @I got it in store 2 weeks ago

[msc75]

😞

Thank you...So it was only available in stores and not online. Which city/store was it? They never came to the stores I've been checking. 

[Ellamaria]

The $100 reward is a joke. I got one last year and it was relatively easy compared to this. After I got tired of refreshing today, I opened up a competitor's website and looked at their rewards. I've finally decided Sephora has done nothing to keep my business. Between my second and third most-used beauty retailers, I can get everything I need without the frustration of Sephora's tomfoolery. 

[picklepie]

I have been complaining about this for months now!! I have actually put the $100 GC in my basket, they actually took 2500 points, then they froze me out and I couldn’t make the purchase, lost the GC...this has happened umpteen times, with the lesser value GC. I don’t even want that, the best value is $100. But I had given up because none were being released. I am going to continue to try and get my rewards. But then I’m done. And meanwhile I am shopping elsewhere!

[cianni]

For anyone interested - I refreshed the app and site 10 mins prior to 9am PST/12EST and the $50 droppped at 8:53am PST/11:53am EST and I managed to grab it. The $100 was available at 8:57 PST/11:57 EST so try refreshing before! I grabbed it using the website as opposed to the app and had better luck with quick checkout!

[blackkitty2014]

@cianni I saw $100 reward at 8:54 am PST, added to cart and quickly check out ... only to see "inventory fail".  And yes the crazy thing is i still saw the reward good couple mins after even though it was no longer there.

[melissazbro]

I thought I got the $50 reward this morning. My order went through and everything. Half hour later I get this lovely email stating they cancelled my order.

[CheerMomma]

Whatabunch of BS, like they couldn’t have created and sent a code to fulfill the order. Why are they so limited, just don’t understand how they can’t create enough codes for rouges to cash their $100 reward, and how they cancel orders for being out of stock of a code they supply is simply shocking. Such bad service. These codes save them the cost of shipping mail physical rewards and handling reward orders. I think they should at least create a wait list or pre order and each time a batch comes out fulfill to next in the list,at least that way you’d know how many you need to fulfill and they could set an expectation on how long it will take you to be in the batch yours will be fulfilled in.

[Loretta55]

Happy to see that you were able to get the $50.00 reward @cianni. I still highly recommend that anybody trying to get a reward to please read through this thread. All the various tips helped me twice get a $100.00 reward. The tips do work.

[cianni]

@Loretta55 Yeah! I probably wouldn’t have had luck without reading about everyone else’s experiences ☺️ For what it’s worth, the $25 reward seems to stay in stock for a long time.

the pattern I’ve noticed is first the $50 comes in stock about 5 mins before the official drop time, then it disappears and the $100 and $25 become available 2-3 mins before, and then the $25 seems to stay in stock for a while after 

[pdaigle]

have u gotten the error messages before when using ur phone app? maybe it's the app that's making everyone miss out.

[sonnydee]

@i got 2 $50 rewards -whenever the Pat McGrath quads dropped- no problem via the app. Tried to do the same Thurs. no such luck, kept giving me the error message even though it would still show available. (I was waiting for it so I got it as soon as it dropped) maybe I need to update my app or something....who knows🤷@pdaigle

[cianni]

@pdaigle I never had luck on the app, a lot of “your basket is out of date” etc. Smooth sailing on the site though! I used the mobile site on my phone