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Two competing stores have reward programs where customers earn credits for every dollar spent. The stores want customers to keep coming back and believe they are saving money. However, the speaker warns against assuming that a discount auto parts store will always have the best prices. They advise checking prices, as they have found cheaper options at other stores. The speaker personally prefers buying from Amazon for the best prices and free shipping. It's just, if one doesn't, the other's going to do it, because they're competing against each other. And they both have reward programs where for every dollar you spend, you get a certain percentage credit on a little card, and it builds up and you can spend it. So there's really no difference between the two of them there. They call it a rewards program. Basically, they want you to keep coming back to that store, thinking, oh, I'm saving money, so I'll keep going to that store and build it up. But here's what I'm going to warn you about any discount auto parts store. Just because it's a discount auto parts store, don't assume you're going to get the best price there of something you're buying. Boy, they're brands, they're in boxes. Wherever you buy it, it doesn't matter. The same brand, the same body, you get the same offer. So, always check prices, because I've seen a discount auto parts store, and for a quart of oil, they might want $6.40. I'd get the same thing for $3.10 at the Walmart down the street. I don't buy a lot of stuff online. I got Amazon Prime, shipping costs me nothing, and I find the best prices that I can and buy it there. And even there, every time I'm...