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Look at all this convoluted mess to save a few dollars.
I have begun frequenting hot deal forums at times, it can be good stuff on PC purchases, say you want a new hard drive, just look for a super deal. But I find it asinine how involved some people get in the stuff. It's basically a hobby or worse, way of life for some of them, plus they buy shit they dont even need if it's a "good deal". It's also interesting how any group of people will come up with their own language.
>>JULY 2006. NEW! bulletproof "PLAN B" for getting PMs @ CC n00bs, hear me and you shall suceed beyond your wildest dreams. It takes a little floating capital investment, for a few days/a week, but it's definately worth the time it's in the float.
PMing anything at CC is an art not a task, you MUST finess the PM. I have pulled this off AFTER getting refused a few times, I finally found the weak stitching in CC's armoured PM coat AND THEY PUT IT THERE THEMSELVES!
Circuit City SAYS:
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"We will price match any competator's offer by 110% if you find a lower offer within 30 days. The item must be an advertised price and it must be in stock."
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They try to get out of it by SAYING:
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"Our price is lower after rebates."
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In the fine print on all rebate forms it SAYS:
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One rebate per person, per household, per address, per item purchased."
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Once you purchase an item at full price and use up the
rebate option, Circuit City can NO LONGER use the excuse:
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"Our price is lower after rebates."
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State "Fair Trade" laws make false advertising a punishable
offense, CC MUST abide by their price match guarantee if you
offer them no way out.
This is how it's done. It takes a little operating money that you can afford to float for a day or so IN ADDITION TO THE PM PRICE!
1.) Stop in at the competing store you wish to price match TO. Make sure they have sufficient numbers IN STOCK to match the number of purchases you wish to price match.
2.) Hit CC & buy a (drive, stick of memory, AGP/PCI-E card, whatever the item is), at FULL PRICE and get the rebate forms. (If you plan on getting more than 1, purchase each one seperately and get seperate receipts. - Come armed with the name, address, and telephone number of each intended rebate recipient. - Use cash, NOT a credit card or check, CC likes to put names on receipts, cash purchases do not get a name on the receipt but, if they ask you for it, do it. This is important later as you want to get CASH BACK, not a gift card or check in the mail for large purchases. - If the sales clerk asks why you are purchasing them seperately, TELL THEM! You are buying units for different people and they all want a rebate. It's one rebate per person.)
3.) After purchasing each unit you want at full price, THEN go to the CSR desk and politely ask for a price match on each item for ANOTHER UNIT! Show the receipts and explain since there is ONLY 1 rebate per person, and since each person would like two, you are entitled to a price match on the second item for each purchaser. - The CSR will look up the item on the web, then call the local store to confirm they are IN STOCK. - The CSR will give you a nasty look once they realize you have covered ALL THE BASES. (1 per person & IN STOCK on an ADVERTISED sale.) They will tell you you can't have the rebate forms on the price matched items, you tell them that's ok.
4.) Walk away with your price matched items and go home, fill out the rebate forms downloaded from the web and mail them in with the proper copies of the price matched receipt and any UPC they require.
Now for the return of your floating capital: 5.) You bought 1 more of the item(s) than you needed in order to get around CC's last ditch effort to prevent PMs. How to get that investment back? AFTER you have accomplished the PM, and AFTER you have that PM register receipt for the rebate, THEN you can return the FULL PRICED item(s) on the first receipt, (the one you used to wave in the asst. reject, er, I mean asst. manager's face to SHUT him up), in a day or two and get CASH BACK. If they squawk about different names on the receipt, you CAN take a gift card. You can just use the gift cards to purchase the NEXT DEAL'S PRICE MATCHED ITEMS, (not the full priced ones or you end up with ANOTHER gift card), and use them up pretty fast.
Now you understand WHY this requires a little floating loot to make it work, you have to buy an extra full priced item and return it after the successful PM. There is the possibility you may have to wait a couple weeks to spend a gift card, (if that's how you get the floating capital back because you used a credit card or paid by check), on the NEXT DEAL.
This PM is as bullet proof as bank glass, it HAS to work or you have a legitimate cause to file a claim with the Attorney General's office in your state for unfair trade practices. CC does NOT want to have that in their face.
ANY QUESTIONS?????
I have made this work on (7) 250GB WD hard drives, (3) Seagate 200GB hard drives, a bunch of 160GB drives, (3) sticks of 512MB PC3200 & a plethera of routers, DVDs, CD-Rs...a lot of stuff.. Each time it goes exactly as described, they are in a no-win situation if you have confirmed availability of stock and the advertised sale price beforehand. Each time I returned the full price items without a problem within 2 days.
CC tried to disqualify my rebate on the 250GB WD2500JBRTL drives & the 200GB & 160GB Seagates for "invalid price on receipt". I called up the rebate center and explained the fact they were LEGIT price matches to a local competator - the problem was fixed inside 10 minutes for ALL THREE rebate participants I used. They didn't even blink about the fact I was calling on behalf of the two other people, they just cleared the rebates and they are now approved. (nice last ditch attempt CC )
CC's NEWEST trick is to put some fine print on their cash register receipt/rebate forms that says; Quote: "
Items purchased in a price match will not be eligible for rebates or will have the amount of the price match deducted from the rebate amount.
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Tricky BASTERDS!
There are a couple things you need to do to prepare for the price match AND get the rebates. 1.) Look at the online rebate form BEFORE going after the PM deal. The online ones are not yet showing this language....probably because people would check it out and decide it wasn't worth the bother and not buy the unit at all.
CC counts on people NOT reading the fine print on the receipt, (or rebate forms issued at time of purchase), so that's where they put it
2.) Be sure to completely read the forms CC issues when you purchase the item. Assure yoursolf there is no prohibitive language on the receipt/rebate form from the cash register.
This is why I always download and use the forms from the web, it is just easier all around + I HAVE A COPY, in case it comes down to proving something
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