Klarinet Archive - Posting 000013.txt from 2009/03
From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com> Subj: Re: [kl] Rico - "Make The Switch" offer - no thanks Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:14:01 -0500
Of course the cost to ship 10 reeds wouldn't be more than $5.00
including S&H, so that must be how the other company is making it's
money. Seems kind of labor intensive with all these forms, however.
Gary
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Martin Marks wrote:
>
> 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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