"jmcquown" wrote in message
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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.

How would they know you were spending it there?


You have to buy a gift card that is only good at that store.

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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Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

"ChattyCathy" wrote

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.

OK. Another question. How do you spend 'part' of your stimulus check at a
particular store?

I can't speak for all stores, but the ones whose policies I read say
you have to bring in your check (or, in my case, proof of direct deposit),
and you can buy the gift card. You can spend part or all of your check
that way.

How they know you aren't then getting a gift card from another store
with the same documentation, I don't know.

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.)

I should find a local business who could use a shot in the arm.

nancy

PeterLucas wrote in
.25:

But the above deal sounds good. You get the free money, and
they top it up for you as well!!

free money? are you serious? we're trillions in debt (mostly
to China) & the gub'mint can't keep up with a failing
infrastructure... but they are tossing a paltry sop to the
masses & hoping no one notices the looming disasters on the
horizon.

lee
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Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

On Thu, 08 May 2008 07:14:11 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:


"ChattyCathy" wrote

OK. Another question. How do you spend 'part' of your stimulus check at
a particular store?

I can't speak for all stores, but the ones whose policies I read say you
have to bring in your check (or, in my case, proof of direct deposit),
and you can buy the gift card. You can spend part or all of your check
that way.

How they know you aren't then getting a gift card from another store
with the same documentation, I don't know.

Ah, thanks. Rather 'trusting' of them, I'd say. Unless they put some sort
of 'rubber stamp' on the back of the check (or deposit slip) maybe, to
indicate that you have 'spent' XXX of it there. Otherwise, you're gonna
have some folks rushing from store to store to try and get their 10% over
and over, sigh.


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.)

I should find a local business who could use a shot in the arm.

You could indeed. However, if I could use part of it, I would spend some
of it at stores I like to shop at - but I won't take new business to a
store/supermarket I don't usually like to shop at just to get an extra 10%
(which is why I suspect some of the stores are jumping on this bandwagon).
JMHO, of course.

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Cheers
Chatty (Cynical) Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

"jmcquown" wrote in
:

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.

How would they know you were spending it there?

The entire point of "stimulus checks" is to get you to
spend. DON'T. Invest the money and let the economy
stabilize. Don't run out and buy a car, fer cryin out
loud!

with $600? heh

lee
--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

"ChattyCathy" wrote

On Thu, 08 May 2008 07:14:11 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

I can't speak for all stores, but the ones whose policies I read say you
have to bring in your check (or, in my case, proof of direct deposit),
and you can buy the gift card. You can spend part or all of your check
that way.

How they know you aren't then getting a gift card from another store
with the same documentation, I don't know.

Ah, thanks. Rather 'trusting' of them, I'd say. Unless they put some sort
of 'rubber stamp' on the back of the check (or deposit slip) maybe, to
indicate that you have 'spent' XXX of it there. Otherwise, you're gonna
have some folks rushing from store to store to try and get their 10% over
and over, sigh.

There must be some safeguard. For one thing, you do have to come up
with the money to buy the gift card, how many people are going to be able
to invest $1200 over and over just to get the 10% bonus. I don't see a
problem getting cards from different stores if they don't add up to more
than your bonus. Say, $300 at this store, $300 at another.

You could indeed. However, if I could use part of it, I would spend some
of it at stores I like to shop at - but I won't take new business to a
store/supermarket I don't usually like to shop at just to get an extra 10%
(which is why I suspect some of the stores are jumping on this bandwagon).
JMHO, of course.

No, I wouldn't either, but it seems like all the stores are offering this
where
I am. I wouldn't have to go to some strange store. The businesses are just
trying to get their piece of the pie.

At any rate, I was just wondering, with all the talk of higher grocery
prices,
if people would take this opportunity for 10 percent off their bill.

nancy

On Thu, 8 May 2008 11:34:51 +0000 (UTC), enigma
wrote:

free money? are you serious? we're trillions in debt (mostly
to China) & the gub'mint can't keep up with a failing
infrastructure... but they are tossing a paltry sop to the
masses & hoping no one notices the looming disasters on the
horizon.

We can thank our omnipotent Congress for another blunder.

Can you imagine working for a company that has a few more than 500
employees and has the following statistics:

29 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad checks
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Can you guess which organization this is? Give up yet?

It's the 535 members of the United States Congress.
The same group of idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each
year designed to keep the rest of us in line.

On Thu, 08 May 2008 07:45:13 -0400, Billy wrote:


We can thank our omnipotent Congress for another blunder.

Can you imagine working for a company that has a few more than 500
employees and has the following statistics:

29 have been accused of spousal abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have directly or
indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses 3 have done time for
assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit 14 have been arrested on
drug-related charges 8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits 84 have been arrested for drunk
driving in the last year

Can you guess which organization this is? Give up yet?

It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of
idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep
the rest of us in line.

Good grief! Don't they get forced to resign, or something?

OBFood: Cooler weather here - gonna roast a chicken tonight, probably some
baby spuds, and I have butternut. Not sure whether I'm going to roast it
or do it on the stove top yet. Broccoli with cheese sauce sounds good too...
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy - who knows very little about the USA political system

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

On Thu, 08 May 2008 07:43:30 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:


No, I wouldn't either, but it seems like all the stores are offering
this where
I am. I wouldn't have to go to some strange store. The businesses are
just trying to get their piece of the pie.

To be expected, I s'pose.

At any rate, I was just wondering, with all the talk of higher grocery
prices,
if people would take this opportunity for 10 percent off their bill.

We'll see.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

ChattyCathy wrote in
:



It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of
idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep
the rest of us in line.

Good grief! Don't they get forced to resign, or something?


That little spile has been around for donkeys years.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

You will travel through the valley of rejection;
you will reside in the land of morning mists...and you will find your home,
though it will not be where you left it.

On Thu, 08 May 2008 12:49:37 +0000, PeterLucas wrote:

ChattyCathy wrote in
:



It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of
idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep
the rest of us in line.

Good grief! Don't they get forced to resign, or something?


That little spile has been around for donkeys years.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp

Ah. Said I didn't know much about US politics lol

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

ChattyCathy wrote in news:bQCUj.15906
:

On Thu, 08 May 2008 12:49:37 +0000, PeterLucas wrote:

ChattyCathy wrote in
:



It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group
of
idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to
keep
the rest of us in line.

Good grief! Don't they get forced to resign, or something?


That little spile has been around for donkeys years.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp

Ah. Said I didn't know much about US politics lol



I know they use cigars for funny purposes, and save their dresses,
unwashed, for a couple of years :-)



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

You will travel through the valley of rejection;
you will reside in the land of morning mists...and you will find your
home,
though it will not be where you left it.

On Wed, 7 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


i hadn't heard of this. i was gonna spend mine on crack, which i
figure would be plenty stimulating.

your pal,
blake

"blake murphy" wrote

On Wed, 7 May 2008 23:42:39 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

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

i hadn't heard of this. i was gonna spend mine on crack, which i
figure would be plenty stimulating.

I'm sure any dealer would be happy to give you 10 percent more
for your dollar if Home Depot is! Heh.

nancy