you have my address, dont you?  

pontorquer wrote:

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Now what did you buy there for Christmas this time ?

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Nothing really good, lots of decorations this year though.

 

We save ours and spend them once a year. We usually have $40-50 worth.

I was working with a guy from Burlington a couple weeks ago-he complained about $3.00 a lb turkeys ($60 for 20 pounder)-Zehrs in Welland had $1.19 a lb then 99 cents so I brought him a flyer and gave him a $3.00 coupon ($17 for 20 pounder) told him to pick one up on the way home-I could safely say he was put off about using a coupon and likely wasn't stopping for the sale ! He's an engineer and likely grosses well over $100k a year but if you don't spend wisely it ain't going to make much difference.

Scottish blood Carl?

Hmmm thats quite the stack. Now you have me wondering as a question to all on here. What is the most that you have collected in CTC money. I used to have a 8"X14" that all the money would go into. Would usually check about 6 months and go on a bit of a shopping spree. The most I had to turn in was 228.50 I ended up getting a bunch of supplies for the shop. I usually went to customer service and let them count it first then seal the envelope with the total on the front as not to hold up the line ups

Reminds me of a story my grandfather told me. when he built his cottage (during the early 60's) he bought everything at CTC because it was on the way to the cottage. when he finished building it he took all his CTC money and bought a 16 ft aluminum boat and motor from the same store.

You guys do realize don't you that they give you far less Cdn Tire money when you pay cash versus using their credit card?  When you pay cash, you get only 1/3 the amount that you would get using their card.  I got my Canadian Tire Mastercard years ago (it's free) and haven't used paper Canadian Tire money since who knows when, it's now a total rip-off in comparison.  Also, on special promotion events like Boxing Day today and tomorrow, they are giving 5X the usual rate on the card, so 15X the amount you would get if you paid cash - that's a total non-brainer.

Wake up guys, use up what paper Cdn Tire money you have left and then forget about paying cash in the future, get one of their Mastercards.  The other benefit is that you can use the card to make purchases anywhere and still accumulate points on your "money on the card balance" that you can redeem at Canadian Tire.