I am getting sick and tired of Canadian Tire 'Specials'

"Robatoy" wrote

You are more creative than that.

An assistant with video camera, a date/time display in the lower right corner, and a copy of the ad.

Video the interview, post results on U-tube.

Lew

Be obsequious and have your knees removed...

thanks to Steve M. jo4hn

Damn that's a good price. Only available "in Store" I see, guess I'm screwed. The Impact Driver is available Online though.

The router bits are on sale again too:

Did you get a rain cheque?

Thanks,

David.

I sometimes get rain cheques when they're out of something on sale. It might takes awhile, but I've usually waited them out. Since rain cheques are usually only good for 30 days at a time, you have to remember to go in near the end of the 30 days and get another one. Fortunately, there's a Cantire

I have a pile of rain checks that never arrived.

Just one look at the 'Customer Service' counter line-up and that took away any and all desire to waste that kind of time. My beef is their way of thinking. As a very experienced and computerized retailer, they have some idea about how many they'll need. If they had sufficient stock, they may be left with a few which would sell in the days to follow. But that is not what they do. They'll stock the absolute minimum to satify their legal obligations. (Combines Investigation Act/Loss leaders.)

It's just plain crooked.

I don't shop there enough have a 'pile' of rainchecks. The two times a year that I do get a rain check, if that item is not in at the local store within a month, I'll call around to a few other nearby stores to see if they have one in stock.

In the last ten years, I've gotten rainchecks less than a dozen times and only once have they pulled the forever out of stock scenario on me. I might go to Cantire a couple of times a month out of a quick need for some commodity, but it's rare for me to go for the purpose of buying one of their flyer specials. I never was a big fan and am even less so now that they've turned into a department store.

On Sep 10, 10:55 am, "Upscale" wrote: [snip]

LOL... the Voortman cookie display was a dead give-away, eh?

Wonder when they will start carrying produce?

There are quite a few vegetables on the floor already!

Ever been to Princess Auto?

Yes, many, many times and I love it. Guarantee and returns forever. Not the best quality but excellent for the price. Jesse

Princess Auto ROCKS.

So, *that's* why the place had rocks all over the floor. Must have been because people throwing them at the store selling cheap products.

Seriously, maybe you guys like the place because anybody who does woodorking is usually into tools, but for the most part, they're cheap as in low quality. And to Jesse who likes the place because they have a guarantee and returns policy, you can say exactly the same thing about Crappy Tire.

Hell, I like wandering around junkyards too.

Yup, our Kanuckistani HarborFright. Perfect place for tools which are going to see limited use. I needed a polisher (basically a big angle-grinder with slower speeds), but I don't polish my countertops to that high a sheen that often. Makita wanted well over $ 300 for one, and PA had one on for $

Their stock isn't all low quality, and for the cheap s*it, sometimes that's all I want. I don't need a $200 angle grinder, or $300 sawzall. PA's $30 - $50 "crap" suit me fine for tools I may only use once or twice a year.

I'll accede to using a tool as a throw away device, but they generally don't agree very well with my abstract personality. In the past, I've bought the occasional junk tool, used it once and tossed it in a drawer. It's sat there for months and months and eventually, I'll toss it out. Within a week I need one again. That drives me right up a tree. Just to eliminate that irritation, I'm usually happy to spend the money on the better quality tool, toss it a drawer to keep forever and not have to go through the irritation ever again.

Like I said, it's a personality thing. :)

To each his own. I don't criticize your choices but I don't shop a CdnTire due to their "don't care" attitude but if it works for others then I don't mind. I also shop at Lee Valley, I buy items to suit a specific need and Princess Auto suits me for a lot of situations. Jesse