So, it's been a month...

I agree as well that it was a little disappointing to see the raise in points needed to meet the discounts. I felt like I scrapped my butt off last month and only hit 30% where it seemed like I got to the 30 points needed for 40% much faster before. I even had the 5 NR bonus points and still barely made it to 31 points. I'm going to keep trying though. I love challenges as they inspire me to scrap things I ordinarily wouldn't get around to scrapping. The rewards are sure nice too though. :)
 
Thanks for mentioning the point concerns ladies.

The reason we bumped the points this year is because we raised the value of all of the challenges to 2 points each for this year whereas the portfolio was primarily comprised of 1 point challenges in the past. If you ONLY did the 2 point challenges in the past then yes, you would have gotten to the lower point levels quicker, but this way you can do any of the challenges you'd like and rack up points fairly quickly by not being limited to what we think is worth 1 or 2 points. Add in New Release points, hybrid points and the 10 point hybrid challenge we think it's a pretty fair system to potentially earn the biggest discount we offer on our newest products.

That said, we dont want reaching the discount tiers to be impossible, so I will be keeping a close eye on things to see what's working and isn't each month.

We really value your feedback <3

Robin
 
Huh... I guess I'm one of the few who didn't mind. I know that more than likely I'm never going to hit the huge percent offs, so maybe that's why. Last month though I got more points than I have in like a year or two because of the challenges all being worth 2 points. Which means I got a higher percentage.

I dunno. I mean I got why the points/percents went up. It just seemed to go hand-in-hand with the actual challenge points going up.
 
Robin Carlton said:
Thanks for mentioning the point concerns ladies.

The reason we bumped the points this year is because we raised the value of all of the challenges to 2 points each for this year whereas the portfolio was primarily comprised of 1 point challenges in the past. If you ONLY did the 2 point challenges in the past then yes, you would have gotten to the lower point levels quicker, but this way you can do any of the challenges you'd like and rack up points fairly quickly by not being limited to what we think is worth 1 or 2 points. Add in New Release points, hybrid points and the 10 point hybrid challenge we think it's a pretty fair system to potentially earn the biggest discount we offer on our newest products.

That said, we dont want reaching the discount tiers to be impossible, so I will be keeping a close eye on things to see what's working and isn't each month.

We really value your feedback <3

Robin
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I totally understand why the change was made. It's just going to be tougher for me, that's all. I'm not saying the changes are necessarily a bad thing from a big-picture perspective, but it is discouraging from my own personal perspective. I tended to do about 5 of the 2-point challenges each month that I got 30 points. Take November, for example. I did 5 of the 2-point challenges and 5 of the 1 point challenges and had 5 NR points, plus did the hybrid project - getting me to just 30 points. Under the new system, those same layouts and hybrid project would have me at 35 points and needing to complete 3 more layouts to get to the same discount level.

Is 13 layouts plus a hybrid project a reasonable amount of scrapping to earn a 40% off discount coupon? Yes, it probably is. Am I likely to try to do that many of the portfolio challenges in a month? Probably not. That's just me and the choices I make, though. The new point structure may work well for other people.
 
I was a little surprised by the Total points to earn for January. I had determined that I was going to have a scrap budget for January and I was going to earn the discount. It did seem that I had to work harder to get the top points that I had in the past. I enjoy doing hybrid because I love to make things so I definitely focused on those points as well as new release points. I like that most layouts are 2pts. I think the only thing I missed were challenges that were worth 5 pts. Overall I'm thankful for the work that you put into the challenges to make them fun, inspirational, and worth the discount for more new goodies! I'm looking forward to Sweet Rewards Shopping!
 
LOL I never noticed there was a change in the point count! Means I have 30% instead 40% for January. Go me. :-)))
 
I was disappointed in the point change. I worked my butt off for the 30% discount in January. I used to be able to meet the 20% every few months but now I don't know if I will be able to even do that much.

I like the PDF booklet, it was nice to see examples.
 
Robin, perhaps when you all are looking at things to see what is and isn't working, you could give some thought as making a challenge or two, besides the hybrid one, worth a few more points? I am betting that the scrappers who are able to get 40 points each month complete the hybrid challenge for the 10 point boost. While I have nothing against hybrid, I have a crappy printer and readily acknowledge that some people like myself should never be allowed to play with scissors, so I am never going to do it. Really, my lack of finesse with scissors is why I am a digital scrapper. :) Thanks for your consideration, I appreciate how hard you all work to come up with the challenges month after month.
 
Hey Lorie,

That's actually something I'm considering. I do think it's interesting that people have pointed out the 5 point tasks being gone is something they miss. Personally, I thought those were hard because they were usually 3 layouts required for 5 points and now 3 layouts would be worth 6 points. We've also been trying to put in several '2 pts per layout up to 10 points" challenges into the mix each month which I thought were better and easier than some of the 5 pointers we've had in the past. I've got my thinking cap on, I promise :)

R
 
Thanks for listening to our concerns Robin. We wouldn't be hanging out here if we didn't love the site and the store.
 
As for the new points: I'm hopeless at math, so unless I try to do 40 points, I won't be able to tell whether it's more difficult or no.

I noticed one thing though - the number 40 works as a sort of psychological barrier to me. For 3 years we've been doing 30 points and now suddenly the number is higher, so it seems to me, subjectively, that it's more difficult to achieve. Before, when I was at 20 points, I was already half-way through, now I'm just at the beginning. That's where the subconscious (or something like it) sets in and tells me "it's difficult", regardless of the reality. I don't know if I'm making sense. ;-)

It works the other way round as well, though. Since all challenges are worth 2 points, I feel like they're easier to make - even though I used to mainly do 2-pointers before, so there's not a huge change for me. :-)
 
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