(Update 1/29/19) Offer is up to 7,000 points now (previously 6,500). Updated image below. We posted yesterday about a $55 Swagbucks deal which is a better deal, but a lot of people can’t get that one to show so this is a decent alternative. 7,000 points are worth around $45.
The Offer
- Make your first purchase with Gillette via MyPoints and earn 6,500Â Swabucks for your first shipment.
The cheapest subscription option is $7 for the Mach 3.
The Fine Print
- $3 Off First Order
- Use of AdBlocking programs may prevent offer from crediting
- Please allow up to 32 days for your Points to be credited to your account
- Offer may only be redeemed one time per user
Our Verdict
6,500 MyPoints are worth roughly $42 making this deal quite a profitable trial since first-time cost is just $7. No need to subscribe, you can simply make a one-time purchase and that should trigger the offer too.
We posted a similar offer for Swagbucks users. A few readers have asked why we don’t post MyPoints deals. The reason is because Swagbucks and MyPoints are owned by the same company, and it’s the same deals on MyPoints as is on Swagbucks. MyPoints has a confusing points currency which are worth around 2/3 their value so I’ve always just posted the Swagbucks offer to keep things simple.
In this case, once you do the offer once on Swagbucks, you can’t do it again. But you SHOULD still be able to do it on MyPoints. When you click through Swagbucks a second time it errors out, but MyPoints lets you through. I gave this a test run a few weeks ago with inconclusive results (order was cancelled for unrelated reasons and didn’t result in credit). My guess is that it’ll be possible to do this MyPoints deal even if you already did the Swagbucks deal. Readers have noted being able to do other deals on both platforms.
- Bear in mind that some people end up having problems either with the portal tracking, so keep the risks in mind.
If you’re new to MyPoints, you can get 750 United when signing up. If you aren’t interested in United miles, you can signup using my referral link, and I think you’ll get 1,750 points bonus (worth around $12) if you spend $20 or more. This Gillette deal won’t get you to $20, but some little purchase through their portal can get you there.
I opened a ticket with MyPoints and it’s been 8 days and they haven’t even responded. No email from them for the original purchase, no nothing.
Has anyone heard from MyPoints at all?
I did not do this offer however I can tell you from experience they usuallly do not respond. This is one of the worst companies out there that take advantage of people and I wish they would get shut down.
Finally received my 7,000 points. Swagbucks Customer Service got back to me and credited the 7,000 points yesterday. It took 2 weeks for them to get back to me.
Signed up on 1/29. Points showed up today as redeemable. Prior to today there was no email and nothing tracking the purchase in my account.
I signed up on 1/29 as well but still 0 points. No email, no tracking, no nothing still.
my account has been deactivated – both swagbucks and mypoints. unsure why since no email was sent to notify
Unfortunately, it happens frequently, and they never send you any notice. Customer Service is usually useless in these situations. If you are *absolutely sure* that you did nothing wrong, try writing a very polite snail mail letter to the headquarters of Prodege, LLC, the corporate parent of both Swagbucks and My Points. It is the only thing known to work, but only worth the trouble if you really care about trying to reclaim your account(s).
No Points yet for me. signed up yesterday using same email as SB. maybe that’s the issue. ah well. $10 worth of razors to donate at least. Will sign up using diff email later.
dead
Yep. DOC, if you agree, please put “expired”. Thanks.
I’ve done the offer through Swagbucks before. I signed up for MyPoints today and did the one time purchase rather than a subscription. Received an email with pending points showing about a minute after making the purchase.
Did you use a different mailing address? Different e-mail?
+1 I have done the swagbucks deal. Want to know if I use the same email again at Gillette whether it will count or not.
I’ll update that purchase works too. Thanks
Just signed up in chrome incognito, email received within a minute of signing up. Points pending till 3/2/19.
Had you done the Gillette deal before on Swagbucks?
How long does it take for an email to show up acknowledging the purchase on MyPoints?
I opened a new account and then did the purchase.
Unlike with Swagbucks, I did not get an immediate email. Should I cancel the purchase with Gillette and do it over again?
Same issue…wondering what to do.
For me it showed up immediately, both pending points and email from MyPoints.
DP: I have completed swagbucks offer many times but this time I’m not eligible, so I did MyPoints.
I didn’t get an immediate email from MyPoints either. I was going to contact Gillette to cancel and re-order until I checked my email to find out my order was automatically canceled. My account is still saying the order is still processing though. No explanation was given in the email, so I sent out a message to them to verify its actually canceled. Will update later.
The offer page does not say you have to subscribe, just purchase? I just did the one time $7 purchase, points are not pending yet though.
Updated the post. I’m not sure if a subscription is required, wording doesn’t seem to require it.
I use both swagbucks and mypoints regularly and rarely have trouble with transactions posting. I do many of the in store offers, and online shopping only when they have the best payout. Sometimes they are considerably higher than other portals. When I have had issues with transactions posting, they have been responsive but it does usually take a few interactions to get a resolution. I just value the points a little lower on cashbackmonitor to account for the risk