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07-17-2011, 07:55 PM
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| Ever tried to collect Canadian Tire Money?
When I get my Canadian Tire Money, I donate it.
This guy saved it all up!!! Quote:
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 $20,000 to collect the Canadian Tire cash.
"It's one of those things I set out to do and that's what I told everybody I was going to do, so to get something else would be silly," McPherson told CTV. "I just wanted to follow through with what I was doing."
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07-17-2011, 08:00 PM
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lol i think i've collected about 1.25 over my 18 years
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07-17-2011, 08:22 PM
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and with those 20,000$ he coulda already bought 10 lawn mowers.. sometimes i wonder D:
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07-17-2011, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by CBruegmann  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.
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07-17-2011, 08:25 PM
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#5 | | I don't get it
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all i can say is  he one happy collecter....man same as the guy who collected pennies and has jars full of them in his garage!
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07-17-2011, 08:33 PM
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i see your point..make sense LOl
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07-17-2011, 08:37 PM
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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
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07-17-2011, 08:42 PM
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#8 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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07-17-2011, 08:57 PM
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i had $4 saved up and used it towards a clock radio few weeks ago 
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07-17-2011, 09:00 PM
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How much do you have to spend to get $20k in Canadian Tire money?
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07-17-2011, 09:10 PM
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If $20k = 1k cdn tire money, then $400k would = 20k cdn tire money Posted via RS Mobile | |
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07-17-2011, 09:50 PM
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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
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07-17-2011, 10:46 PM
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Are there still those liquor stores on the island accepting canadian tire money? I heard of one near nanaimo?
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07-18-2011, 12:35 AM
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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
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07-18-2011, 12:53 AM
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07-18-2011, 01:24 AM
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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 
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07-18-2011, 01:40 AM
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#17 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Canadian tire has the worst return policy I dont see how they can stay in business.
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07-18-2011, 05:00 AM
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i had 50 bucks of that before they introduced Canadian Tire credit card with 5% cash back way back.
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07-18-2011, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by slowride 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
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07-18-2011, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by krazynuck 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.
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07-18-2011, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Death2Theft 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.
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07-18-2011, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by taylor192 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. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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07-18-2011, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Death2Theft 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.
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07-18-2011, 09:46 AM
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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.
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07-18-2011, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by taylor192
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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