Hot Deal at Radio Shack--$20 from MSN. I actually made $4!

[destinyschild]

I bought a few things at my local Radio Shack and signed up for the MSN thing (which of course, I'm going to cancel tomorrow). The total was $16 so with the $20 cash back from MSN, they paid me $4 in cash!

 

[dbLA]

Did you have to give them your credit card number and sign a contract? Please post a link, if available.

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

I believe you do have to give a CC and sign a contract, but the contract says you have to sign up, I don't think it's for any amount of time. So you can sign up and then cancel.

 

[callgirl]

I'm going to Radio Shack tomorrow to get some rechargeable batteries, so obviously I'm interested in this...what is "the MSN thing?"

 

[dbLA]

callgirl, MSN is Microsoft Network, the $20 (I think) per month ISP from Microsoft. They will give you a $400 rebate on a computer purchase if you sell your soul to the tune of a 2-year (I think) contract (exorbitant early termination fees apply).

If this Radio Shack deal allows cancellation without a penalty, then it sounds like a hot deal (unless you are stuck paying for the first month at $20, in which case it is a non-deal).

 

[Jmman]

I think MSN has a deal where they give you $20 to try the service with no cancellation penalties. It is a seperate deal from the $400 3 year deal in that you can cancel at any time.........

 

[VisionsUCI]

dbla, i'm sure there's another deal that its referring to. the msn thing was exploited quite a long time ago.

 

[callgirl]

OK, thanks guys. I knew about the $400 rebate deal, bot not a $20 deal...so I just sign up for a month, no contract, get $20 back and cancel?

 

[unclebud]

a warning to make sure that when you guys go, make sure the stupid clerks don't let any passerbys get your vital info. i was in rs tonight and the clerk is sitting there with some girl's driver license, etc. sitting right on the keybrd...made me so mad i left and ddn't get what i walked in for
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[Spyboy]

At my local (PA) RatShack, the manager said that you get $20 of RatShack store credit for signing up not cash. You have to sign up for MSN at the Shack and cancel quick before they start charging you $20 or $22 a month for dial up access.
Probably a good thing to start trying to cancel the next day because as we all know, they make it easy to start and much longer to stop.

 

[roamerr]

I've got MSN ($59 for a year through accessmicro). I have had an issue with MSN billing (corrected now). I would not sign up for $20. Too much hassle if MSN bills you after you cancel.

 

[itsmeeh]

can you just cancel the MSN on the same day or a couple of days after you signed up for it?

 

[Techie333]

BUMP....

Can you cancel same day?
This would be good for some conductive ink I need to oc my athlon.

 

[Techie333]

^

 

[Fritzo]

BTW-- Microsoft cancelled it's $400 rebate scheme. Said they were losing too much money. It'll be nice to see the real price of PCs again

 

[phamtastik]

Does staples have this as well? =)

 

[destinyschild]

Hi, it's me again. Just wanted to tell you that it went pretty smoothly. I cancelled the MSN today and there weren't any problems with it. I did have to give my credit card when I signed up but they assured me that nothing would be charged if I discontinued it within a month. Didn't want to take any chances so I cancelled it the very next day (today).

 

[RossMAN]

Woah this slipped by a whole month, I wonder what's good at RS for $20?

 

[callgirl]

Well, tonight on 'Off-The-Hook' (hacker radio show - http://www.2600.com ), I heard that Radio Shack is getting OUT of the parts business, so there may be some parts deals. Also, their 33-number Tone Dialer has been dropped to $5 (normally $24.95 I believe). They have some Atomic clocks fairly cheap (around $29 I think), and the aforementioned rechargeable batteries. Not much else I would personally buy there; most of their stuff is re-branded and overpriced.

 

[mjh0o]

is this MSN deal still valid?

 

[fr]

If RS is getting out of the parts business, where are we going to go for parts? What else can they sell?

 

[echozero]

hrm... so basically the msn 20 off deal is ok for this? cool... this is like a small version of the 400 bb deal a year back. =)

 

[callgirl]

>>>If RS is getting out of the parts business, where are we going to go for parts?<<<

When I used to put together Red Boxes (years ago), Digi-Key and Mouser were the best places that I found for parts, then Debco and Alltronics.

 

[tigereye]

Darn, I spent $25 there this weekend on stuff..... Wonder if I still have the receipt..

 

[RossMAN]

Thanks to this thread I think I am going to get 8 AA rechargable batteries with two chargers for free!