- Oct 9, 1999
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You don't have to have a credit card, or a computer, or the Internet, to get a hot deal sometimes. Just be patient and make your own.
I started buying checks through the mail a few years ago, using those discount offers that you find in the newspaper. I hate ordering checks, so I buy 2 boxes at a time. That lasts me about three years. A couple weeks ago it was time to reorder, so I grabbed one of the order forms that came with my first order of checks. The current price for checks (for existing customers) was $9.95/box + 1.75 shipping. On my old order form, they wanted $5.95/box + $1 shipping. I have run out of places to switch to in order to get "new customer" pricing, so I can't get special deal.
I used the old order form, and enclosed a check, and mailed it off. If I had called, or ordered over the net, there was no way to use the old prices. If I used a credit card they might have adjusted the total to account for the new prices. But I sent a check, so all they could have done is return it. I gambled that they wouldn't, and today I received my new checks. Net savings = over 40%.
And when I need checks again, I still have a pile of old order forms with old pricing.
I started buying checks through the mail a few years ago, using those discount offers that you find in the newspaper. I hate ordering checks, so I buy 2 boxes at a time. That lasts me about three years. A couple weeks ago it was time to reorder, so I grabbed one of the order forms that came with my first order of checks. The current price for checks (for existing customers) was $9.95/box + 1.75 shipping. On my old order form, they wanted $5.95/box + $1 shipping. I have run out of places to switch to in order to get "new customer" pricing, so I can't get special deal.
I used the old order form, and enclosed a check, and mailed it off. If I had called, or ordered over the net, there was no way to use the old prices. If I used a credit card they might have adjusted the total to account for the new prices. But I sent a check, so all they could have done is return it. I gambled that they wouldn't, and today I received my new checks. Net savings = over 40%.
And when I need checks again, I still have a pile of old order forms with old pricing.