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DSW VIP Members: Donate New or Gently Worn Shoes, Get Expired

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(Valid Weekly Through August 31)
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DSW offers its VIP Rewards Members: 200 Rewards Points ($10 Reward) each week when you donate new or gently used women’s, men’s or kids’ shoes between August 1–31, 2021

Thanks to community member jiggyblau for finding this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Log into or create a DSW VIP Rewards Account (free to join)
  2. To participate in this offer, your Rewards Balance must be greater than 0
    • Choose 1 of the following:
      • Add your birthday to your profile +10 Points
        • Points will display in your account in 3-5 business days
      • Download and log in to the DSW app as a DSW VIP member +30 Points
        • Points will display in 24-48 hours
  3. Bring your new or gently-worn shoes to any DSW location
  4. Let a store associate know you’d like to donate, and add your shoes to the donation box
  5. The store associate will apply 200 points to your DSW VIP account
  6. You may donate weekly through August 31 and accumulate multiple $10 Rewards

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  • About this deal:
    • There is the potential to earn up to $50 in Rewards through this offer
  • About this store:
    • Restrictions may apply. See store or dsw.com for exclusions and details. Subject to full terms of use at dsw.com/en/us/legal/web-terms. 
    • Terms subject to change without prior notice
    • Customers can only earn points for donating once per week. Points are only given to DSW VIP members, but anyone can donate.

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Edited August 23, 2021 at 11:20 AM by
Thanks to forum member Charlando, I found out about this deal back in April. DSW gave 200 points a week for donating shoes. Since that promo ended, they dropped it to 50 points a week. But when August started, they reinstated the bonus. I realized it when I received 200 points this week while expecting 50.

So the deal is back through August 31. You can see the details HERE [dsw.com]. All you have to do is be a VIP Rewards member with more than 0 points in your balance. It's very easy to do, assuming you've already signed up for VIP Rewards. Just walk in, go to the register, give the cashier your phone number, and they will issue you the points. Then drop your shoes in the box. (At least that's how it works at my local store.)

You should be able to get up to around $50 in rewards, and yes they will stack for a purchase. You can also choose in your account whether to wait until you get $20 worth (or $5 worth, which is not applicable for this deal) to convert to rewards. Once you earn enough points for a reward, though, it's cashed in automatically and there's an expiration date of a couple months later.

You may not have extra shoes you want to give away, but I have a bunch I was going to donate anyway, so this deal has been great for me. I hope others can take advantage of it if interested.

Fine Print:
*Get 200 points for each week you donate women's, men's or kids' shoes between August 1–31, 2021. Customers can only earn points for donating once per week. Points are only given to DSW VIP members, but anyone can donate! Not valid toward alcohol gift cards, past purchases, select services, shipping, delivery, or tax. No cash back. Not valid at DSW Canada or www.dsw.ca [dsw.ca]. Other restrictions may apply. See store or dsw.com for exclusions and details. Subject to full terms of use at dsw.com/en/us/legal/web-terms. Terms subject to change without prior notice. Contact shoephoria! Center: 1.866.DSW.SHOES or [email protected] for help.
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kshah251984
08-06-2021 at 09:24 AM.
08-06-2021 at 09:24 AM.
is there a way to get some points after signing up for VIP rewards?

edit: you can get 10 points for adding your birthday
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abi.ra
08-06-2021 at 09:45 AM.
08-06-2021 at 09:45 AM.
How great a condition the shoes need to be in? I guess I do have my babies' shoes which they barely wore for few times and outgrew in size soon.
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ReZZeX
08-06-2021 at 10:31 AM.
08-06-2021 at 10:31 AM.
Do these awarded points expire?
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Evils
08-06-2021 at 10:55 AM.
08-06-2021 at 10:55 AM.
How is this Frontpage worthy? $10 buys nothing at DSW
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theloo
08-06-2021 at 11:02 AM.
08-06-2021 at 11:02 AM.
Thanks. Last time I donated 3 times and got $30. Might be able to do it 4 times this month.
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jiggyblau
08-06-2021 at 11:17 AM.
08-06-2021 at 11:17 AM.
Quote from ReZZeX :
Do these awarded points expire?
As I noted in the original post, the points don't expire, but as soon as they are transferred into rewards (which will be immediately, since you'll trigger one by earning 200), you have around 2.5 months to use them. I currently have five of them sitting in my account with expiration dates that range from next week to mid October.

The one thing you can do is to go into your rewards account and change your preferences to redeem at $20 increments. In that case, you'd get an extra week and have a $20 reward after donating two pairs of shoes. But there's no way (that I know) to bank the points until you want or need to use them, sort of like Best Buy does with Elite status members.
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08-06-2021 at 11:22 AM.
08-06-2021 at 11:22 AM.
Quote from Evils :
How is this Frontpage worthy? $10 buys nothing at DSW
You can redeem up to $50 in rewards
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abi.ra
08-06-2021 at 11:30 AM.
08-06-2021 at 11:30 AM.
Do the shoes need to be packed in a shoe box or just bring in any bag? Are they going to inspect each pair of shoes? I don't think I have any shoe boxes that my babies' shoes came in originally.
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08-06-2021 at 11:31 AM.
08-06-2021 at 11:31 AM.
I'm guessing flipflops are a no-no, lol 😆
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08-06-2021 at 11:49 AM.
08-06-2021 at 11:49 AM.
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I'm guessing flipflops are a no-no, lol 😆

Actually I donated flip flops once and they didn't care. I got the full amount of points. They were nicer flip flops though. Not the cheap stuff from the dollar store Stick Out Tongue
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08-06-2021 at 11:52 AM.
08-06-2021 at 11:52 AM.
Quote from abi.ra :
Do the shoes need to be packed in a shoe box or just bring in any bag? Are they going to inspect each pair of shoes? I don't think I have any shoe boxes that my babies' shoes came in originally.

Bring in any bag. My DSW never inspected whenever I went, but I'm assuming with this promotion they may actually inspect.
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atxlonghorn
08-06-2021 at 11:56 AM.
08-06-2021 at 11:56 AM.
Quote from abi.ra :
I'm guessing flipflops are a no-no, lol 😆
They took my flip flops. No box. No bag. No inspection. Just gave my phone/account number to the cashier and dropped the shoes in the donation box.
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08-06-2021 at 12:03 PM.
08-06-2021 at 12:03 PM.
Quote from abi.ra :
Do the shoes need to be packed in a shoe box or just bring in any bag? Are they going to inspect each pair of shoes? I don't think I have any shoe boxes that my babies' shoes came in originally.
As others have said, you definitely don't need a bag or box. You don't need anything but the shoes, and in my experience, they don't inspect them at all.
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