Well, just to muddy the waters further :

I sent an email yesterday to Goldpoints, roughly half an hour after the promotion was pulled from their website, saying that I was disappointed that they had ended it early, hoped they would reconsider, etc, etc. I got a reply from them today via email. It's the same others have received; I'm trying to figure out how this could not be considered written notification that the promotion does in fact still run until 12/31/01. Anyway, here's the text :

Thank you for contacting Gold Points Rewards. The triple points
promotion for ValuMags.com does go until 12/31/01. If you do place an
order with Valuemags.com, please fax in your receipts to us at
1-763-212-5747 with your name and account number on the fax. Please
also note on your fax that you may have only received 150 points per
dollar spent and not the 450 points per dollar.

Once we receive your fax, we will research your order.

Thank you for your patience.