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CTrain

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Originally posted by: LoKe
So by simply sending an empty enveloppe with your address on it, they put in a game piece and mail it back to you?
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It cost you 2 stamps so .74 for each game piece.
The average value you will get per game piece is $2.33(you get a $3 piece 1/3 chances)
 
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imported_LoKe

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Wow, so if you intend on buying, say, a $1000 television from Bestbuy, I could send out, roughly, 400 enveloppes all at once, and eventually receive nearly $1000 in best buy bucks? How are people not abusing this incredibly?
 
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shoRunner

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Originally posted by: CTrain
God damm, you're really an %&^%&^^.
How many times did you mentioned the word FREE ??
For the last time, he did not get anything for FREE.

FREE would imply that he got those $109 BB bucks FREE which he didn't.
He either had to eat at McDs or did the SASE mailing.
So NO, it was not FREE.

And still, you don't get the point.
There is specific rules and regulation for the BB Bucks.
They did state a $300 limit for a reason.
If my math is correct, $109 is a whole lot less than $300.
He is well within his rights, so why did the manager call the cops on him ???

If BestBuy don't want people to abuse the coupons, they should limit the maximum usuage to $50 or something.
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LOL...
he got if for FREE as far as that store is concerned. ie they are recieving NO revenue for that product. they would be free if he had just gotten them from eating at mcdonalds because mcdonalds did not mark up the price of their food to compensate for the $1-$3 BBB. because he did the whole SASE thing i guess technically thats not FREE, but then neither would printing off a coupon to get a FREE product because the paper and ink costs for u to print that coupon amount to something, so if you want to be an anal jack*ss nothing in the world is FREE. but the amount of money spent vs the value of the product he got was very small.

and if you'll notice in the official rules that ID is REQUIRED when you use more than $75. and i don't know why the manager called the cops, maybe you should find out what store it was and call up and ask?

(i tried to put FREE in there as much as possible for you, because i care! ;):laugh: )
 
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shoRunner

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Originally posted by: LoKe
Wow, so if you intend on buying, say, a $1000 television from Bestbuy, I could send out, roughly, 400 enveloppes all at once, and eventually receive nearly $1000 in best buy bucks? How are people not abusing this incredibly?
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max $300 per purchase per day...because not many people know about it.
 
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CTrain

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Originally posted by: shoRunner
Originally posted by: CTrain
God damm, you're really an %&^%&^^.
How many times did you mentioned the word FREE ??
For the last time, he did not get anything for FREE.

FREE would imply that he got those $109 BB bucks FREE which he didn't.
He either had to eat at McDs or did the SASE mailing.
So NO, it was not FREE.

And still, you don't get the point.
There is specific rules and regulation for the BB Bucks.
They did state a $300 limit for a reason.
If my math is correct, $109 is a whole lot less than $300.
He is well within his rights, so why did the manager call the cops on him ???

If BestBuy don't want people to abuse the coupons, they should limit the maximum usuage to $50 or something.
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LOL...
he got if for FREE as far as that store is concerned. ie they are recieving NO revenue for that product. they would be free if he had just gotten them from eating at mcdonalds because mcdonalds did not mark up the price of their food to compensate for the $1-$3 BBB. because he did the whole SASE thing i guess technically thats not FREE, but then neither would printing off a coupon to get a FREE product because the paper and ink costs for u to print that coupon amount to something, so if you want to be an anal jack*ss nothing in the world is FREE. but the amount of money spent vs the value of the product he got was very very small.

and if you'll notice in the official rules that ID is REQUIRED when you use more than $75. and i don't know why the manager called the cops, maybe you should find out what store it was and call up and ask?

(i tried to put FREE in there as much as possible for you, because i care! ;):laugh: )
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There you go again not understanding the grasp of doing business.
Best Buy is getting compensated in one way or another(what exactly it is, we don't know).
If they weren't getting a return in doing these BBbucks, they wouldn't be doing it....This is like the 3th+ year they've been doing this.

And once again, they have done this promotion before, so if they think people are abusing it, they should put some more rules in place.
Rules are there for a reason, and he was following them.

And no one is outrage about the manager asking for the ID, its within the rules.
Its calling the cops that is absurd.
 
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shoRunner

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Originally posted by: LoKe
Alright, so roughly 100 enveloppes. It's still an amazing savings. Wow, I should get in on this sometime soon.
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have to do it fast think the promo ends pretty soon.
 
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ahurtt

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Originally posted by: shoRunner
Originally posted by: LoKe
Wow, so if you intend on buying, say, a $1000 television from Bestbuy, I could send out, roughly, 400 enveloppes all at once, and eventually receive nearly $1000 in best buy bucks? How are people not abusing this incredibly?
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max $300 per purchase per day...because not many people know about it.
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Actually, almost every promotion that McDonalds and just about any other place always says "No purchase necessary to enter" or something along those lines. Then if you read the contest rules, there's always an address to send a SASE in and get a free game piece. I think it's required by law.
 
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shoRunner

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Nov 8, 2004
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Originally posted by: CTrain

There you go again not understanding the grasp of doing business.
Best Buy is getting compensated in one way or another(what exactly it is, we don't know).
If they weren't getting a return in doing these BBbucks, they wouldn't be doing it....This is like the 3th+ year they've been doing this.

And once again, they have done this promotion before, so if they think people are abusing it, they should put some more rules in place.
Rules are there for a reason, and he was following them.

And no one is outrage about the manager asking for the ID, its within the rules.
Its calling the cops that is absurd.
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no they aren't getting compensated for it. its advertisement and the hope/exepectation that customers will come in with there $1 or $3 and put that towards say a cd case which has a much higher margin than a dollar or two and therefore profit. and this is what generally happens so therefore bestbuy continues because the outliers don't significantly affect the overall bottom line. McD's doesn't pay best buy to do this.

and he called the cops to verify the ID WTF does that matter, he didn't have them arrest him or kick him out of the store, or string him up for public ridicule.

anyways my only point is who complains about getting something almost free, and the answer is ATOT. i never said that the manager should have called the cops or that he should get bad customer service.
 
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mwtgg

Lifer
Dec 6, 2001
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Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
F^CK BBY! Drove all the way out there the other night to get the battlefield 2 expansion to see it not on the shelf. Of course no one is near to offer any help. You should definitely go to the BBB for this.
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What does the Y in BBY stand for?
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Are you the King of Retarded Questions?
 
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imported_LoKe

Lifer
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Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
F^CK BBY! Drove all the way out there the other night to get the battlefield 2 expansion to see it not on the shelf. Of course no one is near to offer any help. You should definitely go to the BBB for this.
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What does the Y in BBY stand for?
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Are you the King of Retarded Questions?
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So because I'm uninformed, I'm retarded? Am I for some reason not allowed to ask a question?
 
Chaotic42

Chaotic42

Lifer
Jun 15, 2001
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Maybe you'd get somewhere with McDonald's. Tell them that Best Buy is giving you crap when you try to redeem their tickets.
 
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Rudee

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The only time I had the cops come looking for me was back in 1983 when I was in high school. I caught a guy in the act of trying to steal the stereo out of my Jeep in the highschool parking lot. Let's just say I went overboard and put a hurting on him he will never forget. Anyway, he tried to press assault charges on me and wanted to sue me for the dental work he had to get. Ended up getting nothing and I got off without an assault charge.
 
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Vette73

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Maybe you'd get somewhere with McDonald's. Tell them that Best Buy is giving you crap when you try to redeem their tickets.
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:thumbsup:

 
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oslama

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yep, this year made only one BF purchase of COD2.

I just go in there to play the latest video games.
 
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NeonFlak

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Where I live BB has better customer service and is friendlier then CC. The only time I've ever seen anyone having issues at either place was when they were being dicks to begin with.
 
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Trikat

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Originally posted by: Rudee
The only time I had the cops come looking for me was back in 1983 when I was in high school. I caught a guy in the act of trying to steal the stereo out of my Jeep in the highschool parking lot. Let's just say I went overboard and put a hurting on him he will never forget. Anyway, he tried to press assault charges on me and wanted to sue me for the dental work he had to get. Ended up getting nothing and I got off without an assault charge.
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Haha, nice.
 
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