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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:36 AM
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There Are Two Things I Can't Get With My Employee Discount At Wal-Mart
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 12:57 AM by Magic Rat
1. Food (because food is tax-free and thus, would exceed the 10% off that I get as an employee).

2. Cigarettes (which is fine by me, since I don't smoke now anyways).

Oddly enough, one thing I can purchase with my employee discount are gift cards. I can literally buy a $100 gift card for $90, a $50 gift card for $45, a $200 gift card for $180.

I get money off of money. So if I ever need to do my shopping at Wal-Mart, I can literally scam the company out of as much money as I need.

On top of that, I get a discount on whatever else (minus the food and smokes) that I buy with the gift card.

I really need to stop thinking of ways to rip off the places I work for.

:evilgrin:
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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:38 AM
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1. It's Wal-Mart
Rip away!
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Lone Pawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:38 AM
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2. Can you buy gift cards with gift cards and your discount?
That is to say, could you parlay $5 into $5000?
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bhobbhobbins Donating Member (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:39 AM
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3. is walmart one of those places where...
as long as you buy something you can get cash back on your gift certificates...i had a bunch of toys r us gift certs, and if you had one for 100 bucks, and bought something for 50 cents, they'd give you 99.50 back in cash. if so, you could make a nice profit.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:42 AM
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5. no
they have gift CARDS. Its not a slip of paper anymore. They just put the remaining balance right back onto the card.

If you come into the store without a receipt and want your money back, they give you a gift card, even if you're returning something worth $3. You get a $3 gift card.
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bhobbhobbins Donating Member (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:43 AM
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6. thats weak, fuck walmart
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Lone Pawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:43 AM
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7. Can you buy cards with cards?
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:45 AM
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8. sure
you can buy anything with the cards. You can refill them too, like a debit card.
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Lone Pawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:53 AM
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15. So pay $180 to get a $200 card,
then use that to get a $220 card, and continue until you have a $2500 card.
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:55 AM
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18. I thought I saw George Soros at Walmart today asking for an application.
I guess this explains it.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:56 AM
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19. hell that's brilliant
I might own the company by the time i finish this little scheme. :evilgrin:
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shawcomm Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:40 AM
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4. If they set up the rules, and you aren't breaking them
it's not really a ripoff. Just clever shopping skills.

I love looking for deals. :bounce:
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:45 AM
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9. Do you get a discount on firearms?
That'd be sweet!
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:46 AM
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11. if we sold them, yes
10%

But my store doesn't carry anything in the way of actual firearms. The most we have is pellet guns and paintball guns.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:50 AM
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14. Well, shucks...
I thought Wal*Mart sold guns...

I remember that old Jello Biafra statement that Wal*Mart wouldn't sell you records about committing suicide, but they'd sell you guns to do it.

Don't tell me Jello was stretching the truth!
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:54 AM
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16. well, i am in New York
and not upstate NY either, so maybe the handgun laws are more strict here.

But we're also not a Super Wal-Mart, which means we don't have a meat department or a auto shop or whatever else they put in those things. Maybe they have gun sections there?
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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:55 AM
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17. Some Wal-Marts do
It depends on the area. The one by my house doesn't, but the one by my mom's does....30 minutes away.
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:45 AM
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10. could you cash me out
about $35,000? i'll provide the seedd moneh
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:48 AM
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12. do it while you can
i had a couple friends who used to do that at k-mart all the time until they realized what was going on
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:49 AM
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13. dupe - delete
Edited on Fri Feb-25-05 12:55 AM by mark414
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 12:58 AM
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20. While you're there
please try to start a union. Although, you'll want to have a back-up job for when they fire you for starting a union.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-05 01:00 AM
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21. i would, but honestly
I don't believe half the people who work in my store could spell 'union', let alone help to start one.
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