Slick Vik Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Some ladies were advertising nuride.com at the building I work at today. Seems pretty cool, you get points for taking transit, walking, biking, biking, or telecommuting, pretty much anything but driving solo. The points have typical value though, 1 cent per point, but you get 1000 for signing up. So hey $10 for nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 "There's no such thing as a free lunch" as the old saying goes, and despite any "rewards" you may rack up for "healthier" commuting, it looks like another data mining service. Take caution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 I'm getting $2 a day. But I see your point. It is being run by HGAC so they are probably looking to see how people commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Signed up at their website. Sounds a lot like Recyclebank in that you get coupons and bogo offers, but without any way to verify. I recorded a daily round trip from Houston to Vancouver via public transit. Apparently, that'll earn me 200 points a day. From their help menu... Points are awarded for the first two trips that you record in your NuRide account each day. One-way trips earn 100 points and round trips earn 200 points. Telecommutes and compressed work weeks count as a "round trip" and earn 200 points each. 200 x 365 = 73,000 points a year from my "commute". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I'm getting $2 a day. But I see your point. It is being run by HGAC so they are probably looking to see how people commute. By "getting $2 a day" I assume you mean that you are getting one of the following: Juicy in the Sky - $2 off Smoothie, Juice Combo, or ShakeThe John C. Freeman Weather Museum - $2 off Adult Adm or Free Child Adm w/Adult AdmSalata - Free Cup of Soup with Salad or Wrap PurchaseOr if you really save up your points you can get these top-of-the-line rewards at 6000 points Wake Nation Houston - $60 off Birthday Party PackageMemorial Athletic Club - Waived Membership Initiation FeeMemorial Athletic Club - Free Week of Training for WarriorsAIM Limo - Free Hour of Luxury SUV Rental When You Buy 3 HrsOmaha Steaks - $96 off The Great Value AssortmentI particularly like how you can get an hour of luxury SUV limo rental when you use public transit. Is that kinda like 1 step forward, 2 steps back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Signed up at their website. Sounds a lot like Recyclebank in that you get coupons and bogo offers, but without any way to verify. I recorded a daily round trip from Houston to Vancouver via public transit. Apparently, that'll earn me 200 points a day. From their help menu...200 x 365 = 73,000 points a year from my "commute".In all seriousness you get points for telecommuting also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 my wife signed up through MD Anderson when she took the bus to work. She hasn't been recording rides (switched jobs, she doesn't take public transit now), but we still have plenty of points which I just use for Ruggles Greens coupons every once and a while. Even if they are data mining, they have no information on us that's really worth any concern. They haven't sold her email address off to anyone that has caused any problems so far (been 5 years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerloop Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Even if they are data mining, they have no information on us that's really worth any concern. If the ridership information that you input has related time information then I would be cautious. That information in the wrong hands says when neither of you are at home or worse, when she is home and you're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I walk to work and have logged my trip for a couple of years. I have hundreds of thousands of points that almost never get used. The rewards are coupons that you can find almost anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 If the ridership information that you input has related time information then I would be cautious. That information in the wrong hands says when neither of you are at home or worse, when she is home and you're not.Good point but people figure most aren't at home anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placoors Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 By "getting $2 a day" I assume you mean that you are getting one of the following: Juicy in the Sky - $2 off Smoothie, Juice Combo, or ShakeThe John C. Freeman Weather Museum - $2 off Adult Adm or Free Child Adm w/Adult AdmSalata - Free Cup of Soup with Salad or Wrap PurchaseOr if you really save up your points you can get these top-of-the-line rewards at 6000 points Wake Nation Houston - $60 off Birthday Party PackageMemorial Athletic Club - Waived Membership Initiation FeeMemorial Athletic Club - Free Week of Training for WarriorsAIM Limo - Free Hour of Luxury SUV Rental When You Buy 3 HrsOmaha Steaks - $96 off The Great Value AssortmentI particularly like how you can get an hour of luxury SUV limo rental when you use public transit. Is that kinda like 1 step forward, 2 steps back? I signed up for this when I lived in Houston last year but lost interest quickly as the rewards did not seem worth the small amount of effort needed to track when I would ride Metro and my telework days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Maybe it's latent dyslexia creeping in, but I keep reading the title as "nuderide." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Maybe it's latent dyslexia creeping in, but I keep reading the title as "nuderide." Same here. it really caught my attention at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Maybe it's latent dyslexia creeping in, but I keep reading the title as "nuderide." Same here. it really caught my attention at first. Sounds like a plan to significantly expand the appeal of Critical Mass rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Sounds like a plan to significantly expand the appeal of Critical Mass rides. Rumor has it nuderide is the latest competitor for uber and lyft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerloop Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Maybe it's latent dyslexia creeping in, but I keep reading the title as "nuderide." Not Dyslexia. I think the word you're looking for is "Freudian". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I signed up for this when I lived in Houston last year but lost interest quickly as the rewards did not seem worth the small amount of effort needed to track when I would ride Metro and my telework days. Considering there are at least 260 workdays in a year, I'd rather pocket a $520 check every year, if you were getting $2 worth of points a day. Instead, it reminds me of the scams that used to be pulled on elementary schools, where if kids sold enough overpriced crap door to door in the name of school fundraising, they got some piece of overpriced junk. [i certainly went to school in that era] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Considering there are at least 260 workdays in a year, I'd rather pocket a $520 check every year, if you were getting $2 worth of points a day. Instead, it reminds me of the scams that used to be pulled on elementary schools, where if kids sold enough overpriced crap door to door in the name of school fundraising, they got some piece of overpriced junk. [i certainly went to school in that era] That era started a long, long time ago and is still going on today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Instead, it reminds me of the scams that used to be pulled on elementary schools, where if kids sold enough overpriced crap door to door in the name of school fundraising, they got some piece of overpriced junk. [i certainly went to school in that era] If I like the organization, say Scouts or the school band for exampld, I just write a check directly to the troop or booster club. I spend less money, the organization gets more money, and no one gets stuck with overpriced junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If I like the organization, say Scouts or the school band for exampld, I just write a check directly to the troop or booster club. I spend less money, the organization gets more money, and no one gets stuck with overpriced junk. Yup. Which goes back to my original point, if I was getting $2/day for my commute choices, I'd rather get $10 checks in the mail every week than any of the junky coupons they offer. Wouldn't anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Yup. Which goes back to my original point, if I was getting $2/day for my commute choices, I'd rather get $10 checks in the mail every week than any of the junky coupons they offer. Wouldn't anybody? I wasn't disagreeing. You are entirely correct. To paraphrase the old saying, "Cash talks all else walks." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 I wasn't disagreeing. You are entirely correct. To paraphrase the old saying, "Cash talks all else walks."I don't know sometimes frequent flier points save you thousands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I don't know sometimes frequent flier points save you thousands. Well, these days frequent flier points tend to expire, and they just don't give out frequent flyer miles like they used to. There used to be a cereal that Post sold...name escapes me...shaped like big "zeroes", dense cereal, dark brown, kinda sweet, haven't seen it in a few years...they used to have frequent flier miles just for buying and eating cereal. Nuride doesn't have anything like frequent flier miles (much less cash), just junky coupons, and it's not even "Free cheeseburger at McDonald's", it's "X dollars off when you buy Y". Say, how does this website know you're not BSing your commute (or at least fudging it) entirely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I don't know sometimes frequent flier points save you thousands. That's true; frequent flyer miles are great. I was thinking more along the lines of the silly coupons that are printed out with a store receipt. Exaggerated example: I buy a 20 ounce bottle of shampoo at the drug store. The scanner "sees" this and prints out a coupon for shampoo along with the receipt. OK, except I must buy two 64 ounce bottles of shampoo to get a $1 discount! Like I have that much space in my bathroom cabinet and want to tie up money in something I will not use for weeks. BTW, I keep my hair cut short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Say, how does this website know you're not BSing your commute (or at least fudging it) entirely? They don't. I logged a daily, recurring trip on public transit from here to Vancouver 10 days ago. Just signed back in and I've got 2,000 points already for my pretend commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 They don't. I logged a daily, recurring trip on public transit from here to Vancouver 10 days ago. Just signed back in and I've got 2,000 points already for my pretend commute. It's people like you why they have junky coupons instead of cash. Seriously though, it's people deliberately gaming the system to rack up rewards ruin these types of things. Remember the stamps that Subway used to give out? I think Little Caesars did something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Well, these days frequent flier points tend to expire, and they just don't give out frequent flyer miles like they used to. There used to be a cereal that Post sold...name escapes me...shaped like big "zeroes", dense cereal, dark brown, kinda sweet, haven't seen it in a few years...they used to have frequent flier miles just for buying and eating cereal.Nuride doesn't have anything like frequent flier miles (much less cash), just junky coupons, and it's not even "Free cheeseburger at McDonald's", it's "X dollars off when you buy Y".Say, how does this website know you're not BSing your commute (or at least fudging it) entirely?Not sure I agree. I've flown for free to india, LA, San Francisco 3 times, Las Vegas twice, chicago, New York three times, Vancouver three times, Istanbul, charleston, Salt Lake City, Denver, and cancun for free on miles in the last three years. And Calgary this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 It's people like you why they have junky coupons instead of cash. Seriously though, it's people deliberately gaming the system to rack up rewards ruin these types of things. Remember the stamps that Subway used to give out? I think Little Caesars did something similar. No doubt. It was a spur-of-the-moment experiment on my part to see if they had any controls. Without some controls this sort of thing is pointless unless it's been set up to rake in money from grants or from the stores providing the coupons. Could be that it's just a web version of the ValuPak coupon packets that I get in the snail mail every month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Not sure I agree. I've flown for free to india, LA, San Francisco 3 times, Las Vegas twice, chicago, New York three times, Vancouver three times, Istanbul, charleston, Salt Lake City, Denver, and cancun for free on miles in the last three years. And Calgary this weekend.Well, either way, it's something that you actually use and have a use for (people that actually use frequent flier miles to great advantage usually have places to go all over the world for their job), and the coupons are generally irrelevant and don't fit everyone's lifestyles. An analogous example, for instance, would be by logging your mass transit miles, you get free METRO tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Well, either way, it's something that you actually use and have a use for (people that actually use frequent flier miles to great advantage usually have places to go all over the world for their job), and the coupons are generally irrelevant and don't fit everyone's lifestyles. An analogous example, for instance, would be by logging your mass transit miles, you get free METRO tickets.I agree these coupons aren't that great. However sometimes there are some good things a friend of mine got a free ticket to renaissance festival on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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