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Mega devaluation
“MEGA” as a prefix seems to be suffering devaluation. James Kennedy saw a sign at a BP outlet offering “50 million megapoints” on the Nectar scheme. We find the same incentive on a website called hotukdeals.com – though not on the official Nectar site.
James points out that because these “points” are redeemable in a major supermarket chain for £0.005, the alleged offer is worth £250 billion. That’s enough to run the UK National Health Service for two-and-a-half years, so “perhaps government ministers should all pop out…
