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Re: The mystery of Coles Myer shareholders cards revealed???
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Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:53:28 GMT
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Their discount schedule seems to indicate you don't get a discount for
storewide xx% sales. See the low-down at
http://corporate.colesmyer.com.au/ms/pg318/DiscountCardInfo.html

The exceptions are towards the bottom.

ROSCO

In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes:
> Whenever I use mine at Grace Bros sales (ie their 20% off toys/lego), It
> always gets added on to make it 30%. Haven't tried K-mart yet as their range
> isnt usually as good (not around my area anyhow).
> 
> The discount card also works at World 4 Kids if theres one near you. They
> were expanding rapidly anout 5 years ago,  but now I think there's only a
> handful around.
> 
> 
> Santosh
> 
> In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
> > One of life's little mysteries is whether or not a Coles Myer shareholder
> > will get their discount at sales. Lots of people seem to have different
> > experiences. However, my friend (a scientist by trade) claims to have done
> > the analysis and she concludes that:
> > 
> > * if the sale is "X% off store-wide", then you don't get the additional
> > Coles Myer discount
> > * if the sale is "X% off <some type/brand>", e.g. women's clothes or Lego,
> > then you do get the CM discount
> > * if the sale is on miscellaneous items, then you do get the CM discount
> > 
> > Certainly the only time I was refused the discount was recently at the 15%
> > storewide sale at KMart, so the theory works for me.
> > 
> > Kerry
> > 
> > --
> > ============
> > Kerry Raymond, Code BUG
> > kerry@dstc.edu.au
> > Proud to be LUGNET Member 599
> > www.lugnet.com/people/members/?m=599



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(...) Well, what it says about exceptions is: "Discount is not available: .... on certain promotional events (for example,ì% Offî store wide or category sales) as determined business by business" So, from that we can deduce that some of Coles Myers (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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Whenever I use mine at Grace Bros sales (ie their 20% off toys/lego), It always gets added on to make it 30%. Haven't tried K-mart yet as their range isnt usually as good (not around my area anyhow). The discount card also works at World 4 Kids if (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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