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Vale46Rossi 07-17-2011 07:55 PM

Ever tried to collect Canadian Tire Money?
 
When I get my Canadian Tire Money, I donate it.

This guy saved it all up!!!


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Edmonton’s Brian McPherson spends fortune in Canadian Tire money to buy riding lawn mower



Most of us have Canadian Tire money stashed in our junk drawers, but few of us can purchase anything of significance with it.
This week, Edmonton's Brian McPherson, 29, exchanged his stack of "Canada's unofficial second currency" for a riding lawn mower.
The cashier looked shocked at the bundles of bills he handed her. He had $1,053 in Canadian Tire cash, collected over the course of 15 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUNG0oz4PyE

The impressive purchase was an intentional one. McPherson had been planning to purchase a mower with Canadian Tire money since he was a teenager.
When McPherson bought a hockey stick from the store at the age of 14, he decided that he would take the 10 cents in Canadian Tire money he received and start saving for the most expensive thing in the store.
"I thought it'd be a good idea to save up all the money and buy what at that time was the most expensive thing in the store, which was a riding lawn mower," McPherson told the Toronto Sun.
McPherson figures he had to spend close to $20,000 to collect the Canadian Tire cash.
"It's one of those things I set out to do and that's what I told everybody I was going to do, so to get something else would be silly," McPherson told CTV. "I just wanted to follow through with what I was doing."



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Edmonton

k3mps 07-17-2011 08:00 PM

lol i think i've collected about 1.25 over my 18 years

XplicitLuder 07-17-2011 08:22 PM

and with those 20,000$ he coulda already bought 10 lawn mowers.. sometimes i wonder D:

Vale46Rossi 07-17-2011 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CBruegmann (Post 7514821)
and with those 20,000$ he coulda already bought 10 lawn mowers.. sometimes i wonder D:


I am pretty sure that because it took this long... everytime he needs to buy something thats available at canadian tire he would go there.

I am pretty sure he didn't blow 20k to get 1k in canadian tire money.

mercyboy 07-17-2011 08:25 PM

all i can say is :fuckyea::fuckyea: he one happy collecter....man same as the guy who collected pennies and has jars full of them in his garage!

XplicitLuder 07-17-2011 08:33 PM

i see your point..make sense LOl

stewie 07-17-2011 08:37 PM

my buddy goes to canadian tire to buy 9mm/.22 ammunition for when he goes to the shooting range, but because they had some giveaway deal going on, he started going double the ammount of times.

he ended up winning the 1000$ canadian tire gift card! that was a fun shopping spree he went on hahaha...most dumbest shit he bought hahahahaha

DK33 07-17-2011 08:42 PM

Canadian Tire Money

tiger_handheld 07-17-2011 08:57 PM

i had $4 saved up and used it towards a clock radio few weeks ago :)

Ronin 07-17-2011 09:00 PM

How much do you have to spend to get $20k in Canadian Tire money?

vafanculo 07-17-2011 09:10 PM

If $20k = 1k cdn tire money, then $400k would = 20k cdn tire money
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krazynuck 07-17-2011 09:50 PM

you get more if you use their credit card too....but if use another credit card you get nothing....that's why I think I have maybe $1 in CT money

slowride 07-17-2011 10:46 PM

Are there still those liquor stores on the island accepting canadian tire money? I heard of one near nanaimo?

Prolowtone 07-18-2011 12:35 AM

At one point i had about $500 in canadian tire money that i had collected as a kid, bought a new bike and a better hockey bag lol. Im up to $30 now from the last few years

asahai69 07-18-2011 12:53 AM

:fuckthatshit:

DJ Milk 07-18-2011 01:24 AM

I saved up almost $200 in paper in about 10 years and spent it all on LED Christmas lights a few years ago. Now when I shop there they won't give me anything unless I use cash or sign up for their credit card so I don't go there as much as I use to :squint:

Death2Theft 07-18-2011 01:40 AM

Canadian tire has the worst return policy I dont see how they can stay in business.

BoredAtWork 07-18-2011 05:00 AM

i had 50 bucks of that before they introduced Canadian Tire credit card with 5% cash back way back.

murd0c 07-18-2011 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by slowride (Post 7515011)
Are there still those liquor stores on the island accepting canadian tire money? I heard of one near nanaimo?

Theres a liquour store/pub in mission that takes it as well

taylor192 07-18-2011 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by krazynuck (Post 7514945)
you get more if you use their credit card too....but if use another credit card you get nothing....that's why I think I have maybe $1 in CT money

Yep. I used to have lots of Canadian Tire money cause I lived in a small town and it was one of a few places to shop. Yet now I have $0 cause they don't give it out for CC purchases.

taylor192 07-18-2011 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Death2Theft (Post 7515214)
Canadian tire has the worst return policy I dont see how they can stay in business.

How so? I've returned lots of things I shouldn't have been able to, and even gone in weeks after buying something to get them to refund me the difference between what I paid and the new sale price. Never had an issue.

I've never broken a tool though, so I am interested in how their lifetime guarantees are.

s300ae 07-18-2011 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by taylor192 (Post 7515274)
How so? I've returned lots of things I shouldn't have been able to, and even gone in weeks after buying something to get them to refund me the difference between what I paid and the new sale price. Never had an issue.

I've never broken a tool though, so I am interested in how their lifetime guarantees are.

I worked there when I was 17 (my first job) for 2 years.
Their return policies are a joke and they'll take anything back.
And their lifetime guarantees are great. You bring in your broken mastercraft tool, they'll give you replacement on the spot.
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hotjoint 07-18-2011 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death2Theft (Post 7515214)
Canadian tire has the worst return policy I dont see how they can stay in business.

Never have had an issue with their return policy.

Gridlock 07-18-2011 09:46 AM

I love their return policy! I use that place like a tool rental.

Clean it with a little WD40, back into the original packaging and off we go.

Volvo-brickster 07-18-2011 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by taylor192 (Post 7515274)

I've never broken a tool though, so I am interested in how their lifetime guarantees are.

it's decent

you have the bring the entire set back for them to replace with the same or equivalent ...

i bent a wrench once and had to bring the whole 15 piece set down for them to give me another 15 set piece

they wouldn't just pull one from a new set and give it to me


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