Inaccurate Gather Email ~~~ NEvermind

(edit) Never mind, I misread/misunderstood the thing. I feel stupid now.

I got my points statement a while ago in my email and at first didn't think anything of if. I've not been on Gather in a while, no big deal. I opened it anyway since I didn't remember if I had ANY points before I stopped coming.

It said I had 300 and change points.

Then I read farther. It said I only needed 300 for a $10 redemption. I thought that was odd because I remembered it being more. And it IS more. I logged in and checked to find the points needed for a $10 redemption is 625.

Anyone else find this odd?

Here's the exact text from my statement:

Your Gather Points Statement.

Hi DL "Duchess of Nonsense",

Here is your Gather points statement for Oct 02, 2009.

Points earned in the last 30 days: 9
Points total: 325
Points needed for a $10 redemption: 300
Points needed for a $25 redemption: 1,240
Points needed for a $50 redemption: 2,800

Your last points redemption date: 06/17/2008.

Remember that you can redeem your points for gift cards from Gather Points™ partners like Amazon.com, Starbucks, Target, The Gap, and Home Depot. You can even redeem your points for cash through PayPal to buy the stuff you want most.

Learn how to increase your earnings on Gather by joining the Earn More Points group.

Comments: 5

charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts Oct 8, 2009, 10:50pm EDT

You have 325 points according to this. You need 300 more to get to 625. That seems accurate to me.

DL "Duchess of Nonsense" Dzioba Oct 8, 2009, 10:52pm EDT

Ohmygod, is it seriously that I just misread the dang thing? I feel so stupid now.

charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts Oct 8, 2009, 11:00pm EDT

I'm a technical writer, by trade, and it took me a bit to be sure I understood what they meant. If the numbers hadn't been so easy to add up, I wouldn't have been so quick. This is a poorly phrased communication. I'd be ashamed if it was something I wrote.

DL "Duchess of Nonsense" Dzioba Oct 8, 2009, 11:03pm EDT

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't think to add up the numbers.

charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts Oct 8, 2009, 11:10pm EDT

Shucks ma'am, tweren't nothin. (The midnight writer, writes off into the sunset. Well, not exactly midnight. More like 11:10, but that doesn't have quite the same elan.)

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