M&S Sparks card

Sparks cards!!

So much I dislike about this card, it's such a palaver and why don't they keep their offers on for at least a fortnight I don't go into town every week.

Yesterday I was in M&S hoping to take advantage of their offer on fish that I don't usually buy, it was a long list including lobster, dover sole, monkfish, turbot, sea bass, salmon, scallops etc. so I went into M&S instead of my usual supermarket. However not one fish on offer was in the store, so what is the use of a sparks card and can't M&S have a list of stores where their offers are not available.

Gimmicky attempt by M&S to keep its customers in my opinion.
I have yet to gain anything from owning one, so far as I can tell
Even the lady on the Customer Enquiries desk couldn't elaborate on the point of having them, which speaks volumes!

I'm subscribing to their emails today because they're irritating me so much ?

Now M&S credit card is cutting it's points because of the EU! At least that's what the letter said.
I still have not found a relevant Sparks offer. I bought pyjamas but the discount was only on nighties. This week it's Valentines frivolities?

Also had that letter this morning Pittcitty I haven't used any of the offers either. This week it is cream cakes, 25% off 6bottles of wine and half price chutney if you spend £5 on cheese!! Not much to tempt me there.

I am so glad that you all feel the same about the Sparks card! I thought I was going mad. I have given up and M & S is my nearest shop so I go there fairly regularly for milk etc

I have an M&S account and because my husband was doing the shopping I got a spare card for him. I got the sparks card set up and gave it to him. Every time he tried to use it it said it wasn't activated. It was .i kept showing him that it was. I can't see the point of issuing two account cards and but not two sparks cards. They are not thinking through.

There were signs in the M&S cafe in my town this week saying that in future the 'loyalty' coffee cards they give out will be stopped and that you'll get Sparks points instead.

We found a load of full cards when tidying recently so I hope they're still valid!

This card infuriates me for all the reasons others have said. Can't see how it can replace the loyalty coffee card, at least with that there was a definite bonus at the end, with Sparks points it is so unlikely I will benefit it makes the whole process futile and will encourage coffee elsewhere.

My local m & s have stopped taking the coffee loyalty card. I went in there with a friend the other day and we decided to take advantage of the second with jam and cream and a pot of tea sparks offer. After a long queue at the till we were told that the store had run out of clotted cream so we saved the grand sum of 5p on a buttered scone and tea. The assistant just shrugged when we pointed out that by the time we returned the offer would be finished.

Last year they stopped the loyalty card for greetings cards where you got a free card for buying six.
I think it was taken advantage of though as it was ok to buy 6cards at £1 each and then use the fully stamped card for a fancy hand crafted one costing £2/3.

I couldn't work out how to sign up for the Sparks card and I thought I was reasonably computer savvy.

Anyway I can't be ar* to try again so let's all dowse out our Sparks Cards and vote with our feet.

Probably my most useless piece of plastic.

Especially this year, when there's been no frost to scrape off the windscreen.

Trust M & S to get it sooooo wrong again!!!!!

Gosh I'm glad I resisted their blandishments to get one. They sound useless. I refused to get one as I don't want to 'sell' my contact details and shopping preferences to them which is what its all about.

Twice last week I was emailed by M&S to log into my Sparks account as I had 'great new offers'! Tried each time to log in,only for it to fail and I get a message saying "Oops, something went wrong" or some such rubbish. It may help if their website actually worked.

I hate seafood and all I ever seem to get is 20% of either seafood or sushi! Yet a woman behind me in the queue gushed that she has saved a fortune. On what? The clothes are rubbish AND too youngish and expensive for me. I cannot use their make-up. About the only things I do buy are underwear and food, neither of which I ever get offers on.

TBH I will keep using it but only because I am in the shop, the staff at our one do ask for it.

It is the most useless card ever

Glad I'm not the only one to be bewildered by the Sparks card.

I yet again refused a Sparks Card when I was doing my shopping yesterday and explained to the assistant how many of us on Gransnet had made negative comments about this Sparks system. She suggested I did one of their surveys online and tell M and S to look at this thread. I have, whether it does any good I have my doubts.

I only got one on Saturday, wish I hadn't bothered now, does seem literally pointless.

Unsubscribed and hopefully I won't hear anything more from M&S ?

I usually use the 20 percent voucher when it arrives but I notice today that m&s will not be sending them out in paper form after the latest ones. I suppose we will have to check the Sparks account to retrieve them. Why do we have to do the work for them? The Sparks card is so irritating. The offers are nonsense.

Annoyed that I can't have a coffee loyalty card any more and that there won't be any more 20% off vouchers, but I refuse to be coerced into getting a Sparks card just because they want me to.

Me neither! I have a Sparks card but the offers aren't on items I would usually buy and they are only valid for a few days. I do use their café quite often and would prefer a return to their free coffee card.

They keep e-mailing me with offers of 20% of knickers and stuff online which I never buy. I've only recently started shopping in M&S a bit more and always use the card but have no idea what it does either! I have just applied for a bank account with them as the saver rate is pretty good. I'm sure I'll be inundated with more offers I won't use!