I added another two Sunday Tribs to the six I’m currently receiving; you’d be nuts to pass up this current promotion. The great catalina promotions at Jewel and Dominicks seem to be on the way out (although Dominicks does have those lovely booklets), so I’ll be doing stock-ups on individual items when they’re a MM, free or almost so (like Fuze or Splenda). For this you need more than one newspaper, even if you have lots of friends and family. The promotion team will be at the Lise Jewel through tomorrow and no, I’m not getting paid to shill for them.
Update: The Trib guy will be at the Lisle Jewel all week. Either stop in and get your gift cards on the spot, or give him a call. They are saying it’s limited to new subscribers, but frankly the Trib doesn’t care if you’re buying gift subscriptions for your DH, DD, DS or the family dog.
The Lisle Jewel has a display and guy offering a choice of papers: 13 weeks for Sunday for a quarteror W/Thurs/fri/sun for the same. You also get two $5 jewel gift cards. His name is Mark G and his number is 630/479-8277.
wonderin’ if it is worth the gas cost to get Jewel gift cards??
I’d drive over and pick up a bazillion subscriptions: 2 DH; 2 DD; 2 DS; 2 family dogs…you get the point. If the deal goes through without limits, or limits higher than 2, you’re really coming out ahead. For each subscription you get $10 in Jewel gift cards. Let’s face it, unless you’re driving a Sherman tank, it’s a win-win. and while you’re there, check out the wts, ’cause I sure didn’t (curses..)
And eventually there’s gonna be something to buy at Jewel, right?
I was in there today – at about 2:00 till 3:00 – did not see him – wish I had known he was supposed to be there – maybe he was on a break? Oh well – maybe one of the Wags down here will have a rep this week too – I’ll call to find out.
I was there about 12 or so. I suggest calling him and telling him you want the subscription(s). Ask him what day and time he’ll be there for certain.
Yep – I will do that! Not that I NEED a reason to drive up that way – I have 3 BEAUTIFUL Grandbabies in Naperville that could always use a visit from their Nona – nice to combine trips tho!
How do you like that! I was in there on Sat. The place was a madhouse-I forgot to check for WT’s, too. I figured you had already snapped them up, anyway…
Sandy, you know the best gift you can give a child is the gift of learning and reading: get them all a couple of Trib subscriptions and have them save all inserts for you. Go over every couple of weeks (more frequently if there’s a hot coupon) and there you go – win/win!
Sounds like a plan – a VERY GOOD PLAN !
So its a subscription for a quarter…what what?
I was charged $12.87/12 weeks for each new Sunday subscription and immediately handed two $5 Jewel gift cards for each subscription, so my OOP was actually $2.87, or .24 for each week. After the initial period, if/when they try to yank my chain, I’ll do the little terminate me at once dance with the customer service branch located in the Philippines and the rate will remain the same. You can tell we’ve been dancing together for some time…
And…what are wts?
Sigh, newbies…only kidding, they’re wine tags aka hang tags, called IRCs by those in the trade (I think it means instant rebate coupon) and you’ve seen them as tearpads by beer and wine and spirits, saying things like “buy 2 cases of Duff beer and get a carton of doughnuts.” Well, in Illinois, it is illegal to require alcohol as a purchase condition so we’re talking free food. Yes. No strings attached. Seafood, chips, salty snacks and mixers are the usual items, but almost anything could be on those things.
O.M.G. I’m going to go crazy now. Weeee!
I wander into a random Jewel (NOT Lisle) and lo and behold, there’s a person selling scrips for the Trib. So I ask her what the deals are. Then she asked me what papers I currently get, and I tell her. Her reply:
“Oh, I cannot sell you another subscription since you already get the paper”
ummm, ok…wtf??????
next time, um, lie!
Reminds me of Ghostbusters:
Gozer: [after Ray orders her to re-locate] Are you a God?
[Ray looks at Peter, who nods]
Dr Ray Stantz: No.
Gozer: Then… DIE!
[Lightning flies from her fingers, driving the Ghostbusters to the edge of the roof and almost off; people below scream]
Winston Zeddemore: Ray, when someone asks you if you’re a god, you say “YES”!
So obviously this person is not selling too many papers if she’s that picky! Give that guy a call from my post (Mark?). His cell number was listed. Tell him you really want to buy 6 subscriptions (or whatever amount you want). Use someone else’s name (dh, dog) if you think it’s gonna matter. It certainly didn’t matter with me (his supervisor was there and she checked), since I now get 8 delivered every Sunday. It sucks because Sunday has four inserts…