Roy and Lee-Ann Turner like an adventure. The couple, who own Roy Turner Automotive in Dunedin, New Zealand, love nothing more than packing up their motorhome and getting out into nature and exploring. Roy loves motorbikes. They both love mountain bikes — although at 56, Roy said mountain biking is getting a bit hard on the knees.
“So, I figured e-bikes would give us a bit more range and make life a bit easier,” he said.
Roy and Lee-Ann have been Capricorn Members for more than 20 years and, after a conversation with their Area Manager about Capricorn Rewards+, decided to use the scheme to buy their new e-bikes.
“My wife and I decided they’d be quite a good addition to hang on the back of our motorhome while we’re away, so we can go for a pushbike ride and do some of these marvellous bike tracks we have around New Zealand now,” Roy said. “So, I looked to see what we could get and, typical of me, I got a bit carried away and we ended up buying these two rather decent Sinch ebikes. They’re a New Zealand spec’ and built bike, with a New Zealand tyre. They’re fully automatic. They don’t have a chain, they have a belt-type set-up, so there’s no gear changer. They’re top of the line.”
While the Capricorn Rewards program has always been generous —allowing Members to earn 1.5 points for every eligible dollar spent with Capricorn which can be used to make purchases in our Rewards shop — Capricorn Rewards+ was launched in February last year to expand the range of purchases Members can make with points. With Rewards+, Members can now use their accumulated Rewards Points to purchase almost anything they want. The only caveats are the purchase has to be a tangible product, (like Roy and Lee-Ann’s ebikes, and not services or travel), they have to be worth more than $3,000, and the full value of the item has to be covered by the points available at the time the Member submits the redemption request.
Capricorn created Rewards+ specifically to help Members get the benefit from their Rewards points — and the Turners have wasted no time doing just that.
“We took the e-bikes away with us at Christmas time,” Roy said. “We’ve got a wee dog that loves coming away with us on holidays, so we ended up with a cane basket we can clip on the back of the bike for the dog to sit in. It’s a bichon-poodle-Jack Russell mix. It’s a wee fluff ball. It’s pretty hilarious. We get some interesting looks.
“The e-bikes are just another thing we can go and do as a couple, to spend some time out in the fresh air, and spend some time away from motor cars.”
What do Roy and Lee-Ann think about the Rewards program?
“I consider it almost like getting something for nothing,” Roy said. “You’ve got to buy stuff for the business anyway, so why not have it working smarter rather than harder and utilise some of these tools that are in the toolbox?”
Using Rewards+ is as easy as getting a sales invoice for an eligible item, submitting the invoice via the Rewards shop, waiting for approval from Capricorn, and then getting your confirmation back from the supplier.
What will you get with your Rewards Points?
For more information about making a Rewards+ redemption, log in to myCAP and visit the Capricorn Rewards shop.
