Klarinet Archive - Posting 000012.txt from 2009/03

From: Martin Marks <martymarks@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rico - "Make The Switch" offer - no thanks
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:05:22 -0500


On Thursday, March 05, 2009, at 08:33AM, "Glenn Kantor" <klarinet@-----.net> wrote:
>Has anyone taken Rico up on the "Make The Switch" promo offer which they are
>currently running?
>
>http://www.maktheswitch.com/
>
>The offer, in a nutshell, is to send them 10 reeds (new or used) of a
>competitor, and they will send you 10 Rico brand reeds of your choice.
>
>Thus, it seems like a relatively straight forward deal. However it is not as
>simple (and free) as one would suspect.
>
>Initially, after filling out and submitting an online form, a few days later
>you are emailed a confirmation.
>
>You are then expected to print the confirmation form and mail the form and
>the 10 reeds to Rico, to receive a unique code for the free reeds.
>
>After about 2 weeks you then receive an email with the promo code for the
>"free" reeds. You are then supposed to order the reeds from their website.
>
>When you go to the Rico website, again you must fill out another form and
>then finally enter your "promo" code for the reeds.
>
>Lo and behold... they then want a credit card # because the "free" reeds
>come with a $8.90 shipping charge.
."
It's true, the shipping charge was not mentioned up front but they already had my address and billing information from
another offer. It took a few minutes to fill out and they had only said that the reeds were free they didn't say the shipping
was free. I wanted to try the Rico Reserves for clarinet and saxophone anyway and $9.00 for 10 reeds is still a bargain.
MM

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