On Wed, 07 May 2008 23:42:39 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

I see that the supermarket chains around here are offering a 10% bonus
if you spend part of your stimulus check there. Give them $300, get a
$330 gift card. $1200, get $1320.

Is anyone planning to reduce their grocery bill that way? I know many
other types of stores are offering the same deal.

nancy: nosy

Poking my nose in here... interesting.

Heh I had to look up stimulus check... Looks like it's a tax rebate that
was brought about as a way to deal with effects of the housing price
crisis and 'boost' the economy in the USA? (sort of?)

OK. Another question. How do you spend 'part' of your stimulus check at a
particular store? i.e. Say I get a sent check for $600 (or whatever) and I
only want to use $300 of it at a particular store, what then? Surely they
are 'cashing' the check for you, and once it's cashed, it's cashed? Surely
they (the stores) can't issue you with another 'stimulus check' for the
balance? Sounds to me like you'd be forced to spend the entire amount on
your check at that particular chain in order to get the extra 10%. If I'm
right, I'd rather put the money in the bank and use it as and when I
needed it... (Excuse my ignorance, but I don't know exactly how it works.)

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