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aemeijers

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:30:16 -0400, aemeijers wrote:

LouB wrote:
LouB wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
George wrote:
I guess I am missing something. What is the point of having 13 (or 30)
crappy quality flashlights?
Because they're not "crappy." They would be worth it at TWICE the price!

Seriously, they are perfectly adequate flashlights.
* They are all metal, not the "crappy" plastic of some brand-name,
"inexpensive" flashlights.
* They have an actual switch (in the base) instead of a sliding contact.
* They have NINE LEDs instead of seven or five found in the
commercial, brand-name, $4.95+ flashlights.
* They come with a handy little noose, enabling them to dangle from a
knob on the dash.
* They come in colors to match your political persuasion: Blue
(Democrat), Red (Republican), and Black.

+1
I went to HF today - a 40 minute drive.
They were giving out the red or blue jobs.
While wandering thru the store I saw sets of two of the same units being
sold in a blister pack for $8.95.
Those are the SAME units they give away. How do I know?
I was at the register when one of the staff brought a box of the blister
packed duals up front and started to rip them open.
ISTR $3.95 on the 2-packs. 8, 3, easy to get them confused. I think the
black ones in the single packs were $2.95, which would be about right.

Of course, they buy them by the bazillion from China for maybe a quarter
apiece. This giveaway has been going on for close to a year at this
point- they wouldn't have gone this long if the loss-leader wasn't
bringing the sheep into the tent.

Huh. I've been in their tent several times (though not as often as when there
was a store across town) and never got a freebie.
Gotta have the coupon in your hand when you get to the register. Look
in your sunday newspaper magazine, or Google old HF threads on here for
links to print coupons on-line.

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