I just reviewed my SOC profile and found that I have 30,899 points!!!!!
I'd like to redeem them for a 904 like George Perry's, please.
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Where / how to I access my points?
Alan Merklin posted:Where / how to I access my points?
Go to your profile page. It's near the top under your screen name. You have 46,000 points.
Just click on your name in any post you have made.
You have 46,393, Alan!
They are like gold!!!!
ALB has us both beat with 50,000 plus, it's the exchange rate that drives his up.
I probably have enough points for one Carlisle Egg Sammich !
Maybe able to squeeze in a coffee too.
34,000! But I don't have any real use for them since I went to electronic ignition.
That sounds pointless.....
How are the points given? I always wondered. I see I have some but wasn't sure of the why or how.
Points are added or subtracted depending upon your vehicles installation of engine tins. Brownie points may be given if the seal is good.
What's the point of points?
Them's that don't have 'em don't know how to get 'em.
Them's that have 'em don't know what to do with 'em.
Do we get more points for drilling more holes in our cars? Maybe that's how ALB got over 50K!
Gordon Nichols posted:Them's that don't have 'em don't know how to get 'em.
Them's that have 'em don't know what to do with 'em.
Do we get more points for drilling more holes in our cars? Maybe that's how ALB got over 50K!
I'm not telling...
And Gordon- you're right up there- I don't think that's how you did it- what's your secret?
The point of this is rather dull don't you think ? However, dull points are easier to make than to make a sharp one. Then that means that dull points truly are pointless and therefore as I said....dull.........If you didn't get my point then maybe you are dull person. A sharp person probably would not catch on to a dull point but probably would if you made a sharp point. It's probably pointless to make that point since dullness just isn't a good point to point out to a sharp or a dull person. Thinking along those lines...would a sharp person have a pointy head and a dull one have a rounded one ? What would be the point to point that out except to make a point ?..........
I just realized that every time I post 6 points are given to me by the point master. I am going to lock myself into a room and non-stop post useless ideas, thoughts and comments until I am the king of points. Wahahaha!! I may need to cancel my trip to Carlisle, this is much more important. I cant be stopped now...Wahahaha!!!!
I am not crazy,, I am not crazy, I am crazy ,,,
Just remember that ALB can drill holes faster than you can post.....
You guys are old enough to remember Harry Neilson (sp?) "The Point."
Gordon Nichols posted:Just remember that ALB can drill holes faster than you can post.....
Ok, that's good Gordon!
Nice to see we're all still in fine form- this post has degenerated to the point of no return and it's not even 10 AM Wet Coast time...
My father used to say to me, "You've got a point there, but if you combed your hair differently it wouldn't show so much."
That's funny and 6 more points for me....Wahahaha!!!
Ha! This isn't the first time points have been discussed here. Back in 2012, there used to also be a controversial ranking displayed along with the points. I'm pretty sure that is long gone, at least I don't see it anywhere. Here's a link to the thread.
I need a decoder ring to decode the points system. It appears I have been recently getting 6 points per post but that must not have been the case the entire time. If you take my current number of points and divide by 6 you get 556.333, not an even number. So my theory of 6 point /post is a flawed one.
The last post only gave me 4 points. Maybe the point master assigns the number of points based on the merit of the post. Using that theory I may have had points deducted many times. I give up. It is as many have said pointless. LoL..
In the words of our beloved administrator, Theron, points "accrue but mean nothing".
There goes my 904......
The point system is more complicated than you might think.
If your post links to an item that's for sale on Amazon, you get five points per paragraph.
If you link to an item from a restaurant, drug store, or gas station, you get two points per paragraph.
All other posts earn 1.5 points per paragraph.
You've got to put up a minimum number of posts per month, or there's a penalty of 35 points, unless you live in a state where local law limits penalties to 20 points per month.
This is all explained in a long online document that no one bothers to read when they sign up here, and no one knows where to look it up, anyhow.
Hmmmm, every time I check out at Dicks sporting goods, Walgreens, CVS, my local grocery stores, Home Depot, and on and on, they ask if I have their points card.... I ask each time, “if I had one, what it would do for me?” The answer is always, “you accumulate points.” So I ask, to the annoyance of the people behind me in line, “what do the points do for me?”
Tha answer is always the same, “——————————- ummmmmmm, ——————-,auhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm————-.”
Lol, carried too many cards for too long, then cleaned out my wallet!! Lol!
Well, at least at CVS if you use your "Points Card" you end up with a register receipt that's 4 or 5 feet long........ With a bunch of coupons that you'll never use.
Sacto Mitch posted:
The point system is more complicated than you might think.
If your post links to an item that's for sale on Amazon, you get five points per paragraph.
If you link to an item from a restaurant, drug store, or gas station, you get two points per paragraph.
All other posts earn 1.5 points per paragraph.
You've got to put up a minimum number of posts per month, or there's a penalty of 35 points, unless you live in a state where local law limits penalties to 20 points per month.
This is all explained in a long online document that no one bothers to read when they sign up here, and no one knows where to look it up, anyhow.
What if your left handed or near sighted?
Hahaha, most coupons are like points! Here in NY, the state of many laws, gift cards cannot have an expiration date. So noe, stores will offer you a, are you ready? A, “ BONUS CARD!” They come complete with expiration dates in fine, very fine, print!
Do the SOC points expire? Lol :-)
Points at Ace Hardware, every time I checkout at the register it's the same circus ....I have to give them my phone number to log the points. The good thing I'm always getting $5 coupons and discount options in the mail so the points thing works for me. Kroger Grocery stores has a points program for discounted gas.
Now yer talking. Gas points!