McDonald's Monopoly 2006 Game w/ Best Buy Bucks

[nwn4772]

Originally posted by: dboy
Last year you couldn't return stuff you bought w/ BBB. If you bought a $100 item using $75 in bucks, they'd ring it as a $75 discount - meaning that if you returned it, you'd only get $25 back.

The only way to do the return is to "lose" your receipt and return w/o receipt, so you just get store credit, probably at whatever price the item has been on sale for recently. Probably have to also tell them it was a gift since they'll usually try to look up the receipt for you.

I know that the people above posting that they're planning to do returns probably already know this - but I'm sure there's people reading this thread who WOULDN'T understand this and have issues...

BestBuy has new(?) policy where you can't return anything without a receipt that is over $50. I had a bluetooth headset valued at $90 and BB wouldn't take it back w/out a receipt... Just a warning for those planing on buying big ticket items to return to buy that Xbox360...

 

[Bowhuntr11]

Hmm...Fine I guess I will buy 10 $40 items and return those without a receipt

I will always find away around it!! MWHAHAHHA

 

[lsman]

Originally posted by: Basilisk
And I never thought I could use up that box of 500 envelopes I picked up at staples five years ago! THANKS!

I got 3 boxes

 

[ddss]

nice deal thank you very much!!

 

[lsman]

Originally posted by: Guido06
Can the outer envelope have a printed label so long as the inner envelope is hand written?

"Requests that are sent in business reply envelopes, that are photocopied, mechanically reproduced or not mailed in separate outer envelopes will NOT be honored. The return address and SASE mailing address must be the same address or the request will NOT be honored."

It mentions "requests" which seem to refer only to the interior SASE, not the exterior envelope.

You will put a "return address" on a SASE that has the same (yours) "mailing address"? That doesn't make sense to me.
The "return address" seems to refer to the outer envelope.

 

[frankqfrank]

Can anyone comment as to how much free food to expect from 100 SASE? I remember getting a free burger/fries/etc almost every time I actually got pieces at McDonalds.

 

[Bowhuntr11]

You don't have to put a return address on the SASE right? Just the outer envelope...?

 

[nyker96]

OP, you seem to be way smarter than be able to make 25 bucks an hour with all that tough calculations. You'd probably should get a job at Lawrance Livermore and make 25 mill a year. :]

 

[AMD K9]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Odds are, however, with that many a manager will be summoned and I read dozens of horrendous stories from last year involving everything from being shot down to having security escort you to the back office.

Let them try. Lawyers would love to take a case like this and I could use a "McDonalds spilt coffee" kind of settlement.

 

[steelio]

Originally posted by: Pabster

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Additionally, anything you can buy at Best Buy you can buy elsewhere for cheaper, so it's not really 40% you're saving because you're overpaying by at least 20% in the first place.

QFT.

This seems like a pathetic waste of time.

What was your reply? Wonderful and insightfull for all to read?

 

[EKKC]

wow im cheap as hell but this aint worth my time.

thanks to OP for the informative thread though.

 

[Bowhuntr11]

Some people have extra time like I do...sitting here at work at a computer for 8 hours just browsing the internet...

So yes I plan to do this because I have time and I like the CHANCE(not saying its going to happen) of being able to get $150-$550 worth of best buy bucks for like only $100....I guess thats just me though.


So for you people that keep posting..."This is a waste of time" and thats it...Then your wasting your time and my time by posting that.

 

[lsman]

Originally posted by: Bowhuntr11
Some people have extra time like I do...sitting here at work at a computer for 8 hours just browsing the internet...

So yes I plan to do this because I have time and I like the CHANCE(not saying its going to happen) of being able to get $150-$550 worth of best buy bucks for like only $100....I guess thats just me though.


So for you people that keep posting..."This is a waste of time" and thats it...Then your wasting your time and my time by posting that.

Don't plan, do it now. The available BBB is like 37 million... less than half compare to last year's 78mil

 

[Bowhuntr11]

lol dont worry I already sent in 10...and am sending in around 40 tomorrow. Then hopefully another 50 the next day =)

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: Bowhuntr11
You don't have to put a return address on the SASE right? Just the outer envelope...?

I want to know also.

Do I put my return address and the McDonalds address in the outer envelop and only my return address on the SASE?

I got a pack of 20 stamps today going to send in for 10, cheaper than going to Mcdonalds several times.

Also on the return address do you have to put United States or USA, the instructions say after state, should it be after zip code.

Example
John doe
55 fake st.
new york, NY 10000
USA

or
John Doe
55 fake st
new york, NY USA
10000

 

[TekDemon]

Originally posted by: kranky
If I lived in VT, I'd charge 15 cents per envelope to forward the game pieces to a non-VTer.

Some non-VTer works out a deal and sends in a bunch of envelopes using a willing VTer's address. The VTer would say "Put down 'A' as my middle initial". When the game pieces come back to the VTer, all the envelopes with a middle initial of A get opened and the game pieces forwarded in one envelope to the actual non-VT recipient for a 15 cent charge per envelope. The next person who contracts with the VTer gets a middle initial of 'B', etc.

The non-VTer still saves 24 cents per request in postage because requests going to Vermont addresses don't have to include return postage on the SASE. The VTer doesn't have to address/mail anything except one envelope to forward the game pieces.

From reading the rules, I don't see that this would be a violation.

Eh, don't bother opening them-not only would that add unneccessary time (it sounds easy but if you're doing this as a service to others it'd take you forever to open a few thousand) but it doesn't really save that much on shipping costs.

Just dump all the envelopes you got for a person into a big old cardboard box and ship it to them via UPS. Even if they got like 10 pounds worth of envelopes back it wouldn't be that much money-and 10 pounds of envelopes is a hell of a lot of envelopes.

 

[TekDemon]

Originally posted by: Bowhuntr11
Hmm...Fine I guess I will buy 10 $40 items and return those without a receipt

I will always find away around it!! MWHAHAHHA

Then you'd need at least a few fake ID or friends willing to do returns for you, because major retailers keep track of who's been returning stuff (that's why they ask for ID). It's all run through a database shared with other retailers to weed out people who always do returns without receipts.

 

[TekDemon]

Originally posted by: lsman

Originally posted by: Guido06
Can the outer envelope have a printed label so long as the inner envelope is hand written?

"Requests that are sent in business reply envelopes, that are photocopied, mechanically reproduced or not mailed in separate outer envelopes will NOT be honored. The return address and SASE mailing address must be the same address or the request will NOT be honored."

It mentions "requests" which seem to refer only to the interior SASE, not the exterior envelope.

You will put a "return address" on a SASE that has the same (yours) "mailing address"? That doesn't make sense to me.
The "return address" seems to refer to the outer envelope.

For all the years this thing has been running, they have never cared whether or not you handwrote everything or printed it or whatever. Seriously, the people who are mailing you the game pieces probably don't care lol.

BTW half the fun of this is actually peeling all those darn game pieces =P
And all that free mickey D's...mmmm

Of course I always end up with way too many of the crappy MickeyD food prizes, like small fries and such. Plus it's unhealthy as hell.

BTW if you use something like Stamps.com you can print stamps right onto the envelopes. However, I ended up killing my printer one year trying to feed it envelopes to print on (a long time ago-not even for this contest) so I dunno. Also, when I was doing it for the contest the printer would often misfeed the envelopes, or print it badly, or whatever. Especially if you own an inkjet printer and you use cheap envelopes, they don't always hold ink well at all.

 

[BrownScorpion]

The easiest way of getting game pieces is just order a large water next time your there at MCd?s it?s only .25 here where I?m at and you get two game pieces. (Most of the time they might not even charge you for water)
It?s a lot cheaper than paying for stamps and saves your hand from all that writing.

 

[Bowhuntr11]

Originally posted by: TekDemon
Then you'd need at least a few fake ID or friends willing to do returns for you, because major retailers keep track of who's been returning stuff (that's why they ask for ID). It's all run through a database shared with other retailers to weed out people who always do returns without receipts.

Family and Friends can join in on my fun then

 

[Bowhuntr11]

Originally posted by: BrownScorpion
The easiest way of getting game pieces is just order a large water next time your there at MCd?s it?s only .25 here where I?m at and you get two game pieces. (Most of the time they might not even charge you for water)
It?s a lot cheaper than paying for stamps and saves your hand from all that writing.

Do you get a CHANCE piece everytime with that? (The one's with best buy bucks?)

 

[handoverfist]

Thanks for the info OP.

BTW, for X-mas returns Best Buy doesn't require receipts. Just tell them it was a gift. They will either issue you store credit or ask you to find something in the store. Sure most of you already know that.

 

[Bowhuntr11]

Originally posted by: BrownScorpion
The easiest way of getting game pieces is just order a large water next time your there at MCd?s it?s only .25 here where I?m at and you get two game pieces. (Most of the time they might not even charge you for water)
It?s a lot cheaper than paying for stamps and saves your hand from all that writing.

You don't get the Best Buy bucks with a Large drink...Only chicken selects or chicken sandwhiches get best buy bucks...(Just went there 30 minutes ago) But I did buy chicken selects and my g/f bought a chicken sandwhich and we got $5 and a $1

Originally posted by: handoverfist
Thanks for the info OP.

BTW, for X-mas returns Best Buy doesn't require receipts. Just tell them it was a gift. They will either issue you store credit or ask you to find something in the store. Sure most of you already know that.

Well you have to buy something before 12/2...how long do you have to return items? 30 days?

 

[dogmir]

last year bestbuy wouldnt let me stack the bestbuy bucks one game piece per purchase....and they were very adament about this....

 

[unome]

I got the real deal. I'm going dumpster diving tonight and sell off my BBB!!