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Shooter
- Nov 19, 2008
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If you ever want to feel like a criminal, drive your vehicle back in their lumber yard. One of these days, I'm going to go in there and buy 100 bags of something and stack them as messily as I can. Then I'll laugh at the guy at the gate who feels he needs to put his hands on every single bag.
You spend $.42 cents on a stamp, send in 10+ rebates all at the same time and get well over $100 in rebate money back. Doesn't seem too expensive to me. You use a stamp to pay your bills right?It's not really free! You spend for a stamp (.42 i think) plus you are getting back a MENARD "credit" so you can only spend that "credit" at Menards.
You spend $.42 cents on a stamp, send in 10+ rebates all at the same time and get well over $100 in rebate money back. Doesn't seem too expensive to me. You use a stamp to pay your bills right?
Correct IF you shop at Menards for other stuff. Me I tend to stay away from the "home improvement" stores if I can. I typically "sell" my pre-rebates to my family since I would rather have the cash then be locked in with a "credit to a store".And regarding the Menards credit, it's not a problem if you shop at Menards regularly. You use the rebates on your next purchase. You essentially continue getting stuff for the same money you initially spent.
If you're too lazy to send in the rebates that is exactly what they're counting on, and that is your problem, not their problem. Don't blame Menards for your laziness.
I don't have an issue with rebates in general but do not like the rebates that give you a "credit" to the store you buy the item at. (ie. The menard's type). I perfer the rebates that give you CASH back. Those are indeed a "true savings" from the point of view that you only really did pay xyz for the item as oppose to abc for it.
And just how many people report earning from garage sales, or any type of personal property sale to the IRS? If you sell a gun do you report those earnings to the IRS as well?Now granted you can do what your wife does and make extra income in which case you have to report it to the IRS. Or do what I do as sell the rebate POST or PRE to others so they can claim the rebate or use the rebate if I mail it myself. These options require and extra step so I don't see them as a true rebate (ie. cost savings).
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...n/81265-indiana_gun_shop_info_-_combined.html
And just how many people report earning from garage sales, or any type of personal property sale to the IRS? If you sell a gun do you report those earnings to the IRS as well?
+1 for Lowes. They give a 10% discount for veterans or active military on top of anything already discounted.
Mennards does not.
Eh... I'm not too worried about it, and I don't think the IRS is either. If the IRS is worried about reported earnings on garage sales you'd see them out all over the countryside taking note of everybody that is having a garage sale. Then come audit time you'd see a whole bunch of people targeted for audits just to see if they reported their garage-sale earnings.Not many even though you are suppose to. Any and all income be it legal or illegal you must report.
If you ever get audit for that year and the IRS agent wants to be a "butt" they may get you for those unreported earnings. Especially ones that are easier to track (ie. gun selling via post on INGO, ebay listings, posting on public forums that you sells "rebate free" items at your garage sales, etc.