M_tech Skeptic
Bonaire,#2Consumer Comment
Tue, June 03, 2008
The consumer with this complaint made the mistake that many people getting "free" offers make; they rush to get the free stuff and do not read or understand the offer first. I received a similar offer from my local dealership - $300 in free gas certificates. Stated in the offer was the requirement to purchase $100 in gas each month from one brand in order to receive a $25 certificate to redeem for gas at that brand station. My offer also stated that I would be required to pay a $5 processing fee that would be refunded with the final $25 certificate. Joe in Broken Arrow seems to think that having to spend $600 in gas to get $150 back to spend for gas is somehow a ripoff. While it may not be free, it is still $150 worth of gas that he won't have to pay for. He also thinks that dealerships send out these "free" offers just for fun. It is advertising. Businesses advertise to get customers, period. I guess the bottom line is for the buyer to beware. Nothing in life is truly free, but $150 to spend on a commodity that we all buy in the first place is real close.