Reselling my Sears 2016 1st quarter VIP benefit

Introduction

Another quarter, another SEARS PLATINUM VIP benefit.  There was really only 1 candidate this quarter – it’s this bad boy.  Notice how Sears even told me I made an excellent choice?

Sears receipt:

As you can see, Sears’ math is funny.  75% of $300 should be $225, but they’re giving me back $253 in points.  The reason for that is because the security system is actually giving me $30 back in points by itself, so $225 + $30 = $255 give or take.  Notice I bought the $299 model instead of the $279 model since the $299 one comes with the door/window sensor.

Math

I plan on eBaying this bad boy by the way.  The rough math:

• Piper -$328 (stupid tax)
• + $253  in SYYR points (let’s assume I squeeze out the full 100% on SYYR)
• + $200 on eBay (probably $250 gross then minus fees/shipping)
• 6X Alaska portal yesterday (if I were you, wait for a portal hike; the prices on these won’t fall that fast…hopefully)

Net – make about $125 but really $150 since those Sears GCs were bought with a 10% discount.  PLUS 1,800 AS miles as cherry on top

Conclusion

I should have VIP Platinum for rest of year, but not sure if I’ll quality for 2017 since I haven’t browsed Sears in a long time.