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Fitbit Users Get Free ~$5/mo @ Walgreens

Walgreens wants to incentivize customers to walk more by giving them 20 Balance Rewards Points for every mile they walk with a Fitbit.

I earn $5/mo doing this, but someone actually working out could earn even more. If you’ve already got a FitBit, it’s another straightforward way to motivate yourself to take more steps.

Or you can always rationalize buying a new Fitbit by planning to earn the cost back. You only need to walk a mere 4850 miles.

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Louie Helm is a Machine Learning Engineer

8 Responses to “Fitbit Users Get Free ~$5/mo @ Walgreens”

  1. April 12

    Vikki Cvichiee

    Damn! 10,000 bucks.

  2. April 12

    Michael Witbrock

    The link site is currently presenting a bad security certificate. I think I will leave it for later.

  3. April 12

    Louie Helm

    Walgreens or Rockstar Research Magazine?

  4. April 12

    Michael Witbrock

    The original story (presumably Walgreens). Probably due to a partial HTTPS upgrade, but who knows.

  5. April 12

    Louie Helm

    Interesting. Chrome doesn’t warn me about this. Are you using another browser or do you have your security settings turned up in some custom way?

  6. April 12

    Michael Witbrock

    It was the chrome browser inside my (Nexus 5) phone.

  7. April 12

    Artem Lamnin

    Whats the point of a fitbit anyway?

  8. April 13

    Michael Witbrock

    The point of fitbit is that it is a cognitive assist for people like me who find it a bit hard to otherwise keep tight enough upper bounds on what they eat, and tight enough lower bounds on how much they exercise. Some people may not need it (should be obvious to them); many people won’t benefit from it (most people stop using them after a few weeks); but for those it works for, it works well.