noshenanigans
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:41 PM
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Help me spend my Wal-Mart gift certificate! |
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My grandmother gave me a $10 gift certificate to Wal-Mart for Christmas. Very nice of her indeed, but I haven't shopped there in a very long time, and refuse to. She's already given them money, though, so I want to find a way to use it somehow, but I don't want to feed the machine any more than I have to.
So, any suggestions from friendly DUers? I know it's a small amount, but I'd still like to do something productive with it.
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:43 PM
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1. Buy a toy for one of toy drives! That way something good |
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:45 PM
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3. Make sure it IS NOT for toy drive sponsored by walmart |
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:44 PM
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and donate them to a food drive
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:46 PM
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then smash a coconut with it.
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:46 PM
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5. The machine HAS been feed |
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Edited on Wed Dec-22-04 02:47 PM by histohoney
By your grandmother. She probable had no idea your reasons for not patronizing Wally world,(I know you have the kind a heart not to have said anything to her-good for you, it was a gift given in love.) NOW How about give it to a womens shelter, group foster home, soup kitchen, or what ever charity you like that might need supplies.
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Wed Dec-22-04 03:31 PM
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15. This is what I was thinking.(nt) |
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Wed Dec-22-04 03:33 PM
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16. I like that idea. Donate it to someone who could really use the $10. |
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:47 PM
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They can't recognize the revenue
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Thu Dec-23-04 09:57 PM
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32. Usually they recognize the revenue after a year, I believe. nt |
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:47 PM
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7. Buy two items that equal about $7-8 |
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They'll give you the remaining balance in cash. THEN (at another time) return the two items (make sure you have the reciept) and again they'll give you cash back :evilgrin: Then you can spend the $10 wherever you like.
I know that's a lotta trouble for $10, but I think it would work.
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:48 PM
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8. Give it to a Walmart clerk but, first, put it in an envelope marked... |
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"In lieu of decent wages and benefits."
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:50 PM
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Edited on Wed Dec-22-04 02:50 PM by underpants
:thumbsup:
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:49 PM
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Thu Dec-23-04 05:44 PM
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:49 PM
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10. Okay buy something with it and immediately return it |
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take the cash and go get it in nickels and quarters. Go back and buy the same thing and dump the nickels and quarters on the register. They will end up losing money due to all the time spent selling then returning and then counting the $10.
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:57 PM
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12. if you get cash back- buy the cheapest thing- a pack of gum? |
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& use the cash back elsewhere.
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Wed Dec-22-04 02:59 PM
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13. If Wal-mart has a photocopy center |
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Use the card to photocopy thousands of anti-Walmart flyers.
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Wed Dec-22-04 03:12 PM
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14. Just return it for cash |
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why spend the money there?
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Wed Dec-22-04 03:36 PM
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17. They can't be returned, unfortunately.. n/t |
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Thu Dec-23-04 05:16 PM
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18. Wait till 12/26 and buy clearanced seasonal |
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My store's employee committee gave everyone a $15 Wal-Mart gift card as a Christmas gift. I went over there, found some little snack food-type stuff that was marked down 75 percent, and bought $15 worth of it. Then I took it to my store and left it on the table in the breakroom for everyone to nibble on.
That $15 sale probably cost Wal-Mart $30.
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Thu Dec-23-04 05:17 PM
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19. Stand outside a walmart and give it to the poorest-looking person |
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you see.
Or, put it into a beggar's cup.
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Thu Dec-23-04 06:18 PM
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Thu Dec-23-04 06:20 PM
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22. Donate to an animal shelter. |
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$10 will buy some food for the animals.
Donate to a food bank.
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Thu Dec-23-04 06:40 PM
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23. Buy gas if they have a station out front. |
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You can save .03 cents a gallon with a gift card. As you drive off with your 4 gallons of gas you can be assured they lost money on you.
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Thu Dec-23-04 06:53 PM
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24. Can you use it to buy a gift card to another store? |
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Somebody else here sold theirs on Ebay
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Thu Dec-23-04 06:54 PM
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25. Buy a phone card for the troops to call home on xmas |
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Thu Dec-23-04 06:56 PM
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26. If by any chance they have Michael Moore stuff... |
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Thu Dec-23-04 07:21 PM
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27. well my WalMart has a grocery store |
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So I'd buy groceries or maybe a bottle of Woodridge plus some crackers. But I don't know if WalMarts outside Louisiana have a liquor section.
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Thu Dec-23-04 07:22 PM
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i have one for $50 from mom. the bad part is that she KNOWS that i think wallyworld is the devil!! it's the only store around, but heck, she could have just gottem me a gift certificate from somewhere online instead!!
:grr:
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Thu Dec-23-04 09:46 PM
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29. I never understood that.. |
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When I lived in Los Angeles (and will very soon again), I never lived anywhere near a Wal-Mart, but I kept getting these. Tower, Sephora, anything like that I would *love*, but I always get Wal-Mart.
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Thu Dec-23-04 09:55 PM
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31. Condoms! Lots of condoms! And lube! And go to the express aisle with |
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more goodies than what they allow for!
That's what I'd do.
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