McDonald's Monopoly 2006 Game w/ Best Buy Bucks

[zikronix]

forget all that.

 

[FDF12389]

Im gonna pass, most of the stuff best buy sells I can order @ work for at least 20% less than BB retail.

 

[BKLounger]

But let me get this straight though. You can use up $200 worth of pieces together. So technically i could use this buy straight out an external hard drive. You can use these like cash almost.

If you really wanted you could outsource the enveloping out to someone on craigslist for dirt dirt cheap money and do it even more. Instead of 200 you could do 1000 and not even lift a finger.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
FYI, this is a lot of work. Aside from writing, stuffing and stamping the envelopes, you need to open them and peel off the game pieces. Then to redeem them you need to either transcribe down the 24 character alphanumeric codes and use them online or go to Best Buy and prepare to have a half hour all out brawl with the store manager when you try to use more than $10 worth. I'm sure you can make more actually WORKING at Best Buy for the same amount of time you spend doing this. Additionally, anything you can buy at Best Buy you can buy elsewhere for cheaper, so it's not really 40% you're saving because you're overpaying by at least 20% in the first place.

That said, I'll probably do 100 anyway, just cause it's kinda of a kick up to that point. beyond that, it's becoming a job.

yea that's what I'm worried about. DUking it out with the Managers to use the whole lot at once.

How many can you use onliine ?

Well, I used them for Christmas presents, so I was spenting $25-30 a shot and it would take that many. Probably up to the $200 it says in the restrictions.

I gotta tell you, it was a chore trying to find stuff......1) for friends and family.......2) at Best Buy.........3) where their price was competitive with what I could pay elsewhere.

Oh, as I understand it, if they cancel your order, the BBB are gone for good. So if you want to use $200 worth you're taking quite a chance buying online......and walking into the store with that many will be a nightmare. First of all, in my experiece using them in store, they actually scan every fricking single one of them. Some people try to make this easier for the CSRs, by taping them to a sheet of paper.....even more upfront work. Odds are, however, with that many a manager will be summoned and I read dozens of horrendous stories from last year involving everything from being shot down to having security escort you to the back office.

 

[MrsBugi]

Originally posted by: LDegrelle
One extra question - rules say that return address and SASE mailing address must be same address. So that means I have to fill out my address on both the SASE AND the external envelope.

Would they forefeit the request if I used an adhesive 'return address' label on the external envelope (not the SASE one)?

Ditto, I am wondering the same. I never handwrite my return address on envelopes, as I have sticky return address labels that I stick to every letter that I mail as well.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Could one send out 100 envelopes at once, or do you have to wait for each to be returned first?

 

[Ramma2]

Tempting, should I do this? I could knock out alot of xmas presents at BB...

Edit: Is there a limit to how much BB bucks you can use per item? Last year wasn't it 49% max?

 

[MX2]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Could one send out 100 envelopes at once, or do you have to wait for each to be returned first?

Think man....think

 

[HexiumVII]

Don't really see a limit for most stuff except only $3 for DVDs and $40 limit online.

 

[dquan97]

I wonder if BBY fixed the system against double-dipping. If not, :thumbsup:

 

[GoPackGo]

by saying that they can't be mechanically produced violates the ADA, I bet.

Imagine if you can't write for whatever medical reason..then you are out.

 

[GoPackGo]

Without Purchase. To request a Game Piece without making a purchase at McDonald's, persons in the United States, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa may mail a Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope (SASE) with sufficient postage and their return address (name, street address, city, state, country, and zip code) legibly printed thereon to: MONOPOLY® 2006 Game at McDonald's, Game Piece Request, P.O. Box 49434, Strongsville, OH 44149. Vermont residents with a return address located in Vermont may omit return postage. DO NOT SEND POTENTIAL WINNING GAME STAMPS, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO THIS ADDRESS. Each request must be mailed in a separate outer envelope. Requests that are sent in business reply envelopes, that are photocopied, mechanically reproduced or not mailed in separate outer envelopes will NOT be honored. The return address and SASE mailing address must be the same address or the request will NOT be honored. One (1) Game Piece and one (1) Chance Piece will be mailed in response to each request, while supplies last. Mail-in requests must be postmarked no later than October 30, 2006, and received no later than November 6, 2006. If the Game runs long in restaurants, these dates are subject to a corresponding extension.

Printing address labels and affixing them by hand...

or do they want you to grow tree, chop down the wood, and make the envelopes by hand as well...

 

[MikeyLSU]

Can you do this more than once? It says you can only do that many per day, can you do it more than once?

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Additionally, anything you can buy at Best Buy you can buy elsewhere for cheaper, so it's not really 40% you're saving because you're overpaying by at least 20% in the first place.

QFT.

This seems like a pathetic waste of time.

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: Pabster

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Additionally, anything you can buy at Best Buy you can buy elsewhere for cheaper, so it's not really 40% you're saving because you're overpaying by at least 20% in the first place.

QFT.

This seems like a pathetic waste of time.

I dunno... I'm going to watch the thread just for the stories. It's all good for that!

 

[VTHodge]

If memory serves me correctly, you can usually buy/sell these in FS/FT forum. I believe the going rate was about $0.70 per dollar.

 

[Diademed]

Originally posted by: VTHodge
If memory serves me correctly, you can usually buy/sell these in FS/FT forum. I believe the going rate was about $0.70 per dollar.

Which basically utterly negates the 40% you're saving in the first place. .70 on the dollar will pay for postage & supplies...

 

[cessna152]

Would make a good story if you got some big item doing this.

 

[RapidSnail]

Marked.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Diademed

Originally posted by: VTHodge
If memory serves me correctly, you can usually buy/sell these in FS/FT forum. I believe the going rate was about $0.70 per dollar.

Which basically utterly negates the 40% you're saving in the first place. .70 on the dollar will pay for postage & supplies...

I'd you're getting the coupons then what do you need postage and supplies for? I mean, these coupons can be mailed in a standard envelope.

 

[marvdmartian]

Originally posted by: Devil2U
Get your wrists ready!

That line made me :laugh:!!

 

[Guido06]

Can the outer envelope have a printed label so long as the inner envelope is hand written?

"Requests that are sent in business reply envelopes, that are photocopied, mechanically reproduced or not mailed in separate outer envelopes will NOT be honored. The return address and SASE mailing address must be the same address or the request will NOT be honored."

It mentions "requests" which seem to refer only to the interior SASE, not the exterior envelope.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Two words . . . child labor.

Seems like a great fundraiser for kids . . . except for the McDonald's part.

 

[fatdragondzc]

I was wondering, BBB stack right? So if i get a $1 and $5, i spend it as 6$ right? I didn't spend them last year and just threw them away or gave it to my friends.

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: fatdragondzc
I was wondering, BBB stack right? So if i get a $1 and $5, i spend it as 6$ right? I didn't spend them last year and just threw them away or gave it to my friends.

ya, it stacks.