Stimulus Bonus from Sears, Kmart, and Fry's

Posted April 29th, 2008 by jesshod

finances & money

Sears, Kmart, and Fry's announced that they will be giving an extra 10% when you exchange your stimulus check for store gift cards.

(Article can be seen at http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/17/20080417biz-stimulusbo... )

Will you be taking advantage of their offer?

jesshod is an arizonamoms.com discussion leader living in Surprise.

I was actually going to post

On April 29th, 2008 azmommyof4 says:

I was actually going to post a similar link, http://www.bargainist.com/deals/2008/04/get-more-with-your-economic-stim....
I thought this was pretty unique. From my understanding more than half of the stimulus money will be in the form of direct deposit. I expect mine to be direct deposited but even if I was going to recieve a paper check I would not cash it in for a gift card, not even for 10%. I rather have the money in my bank account.

Jennifer is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com and mommy to four beautiful girls who range from 9 to 4 years of age.

10% barely covers the tax.

On April 29th, 2008 just2nomore says:

10% barely covers the tax. So I think we will stick with paying off the Sears card and some other ones.

I can't see myself shopping

On April 29th, 2008 ArizonaMoms says:

I can't see myself shopping Sears, even with the percentage off. I've had terrible luck buying a dryer and two lawnmowers there. My dryer lasted 4 years, died after the extended warranty expired (I will tell you it was less than a month after, and I'm quite annoyed) and similarly two lawnmowers did the same within two years of buying, so I'm spending my money elsewhere.

I'm sad that I have to buy a dryer. I'd rather spend my check on a short vacation and put the rest in savings.

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I heard about this too. 10%

On April 30th, 2008 lattemom says:

I heard about this too. 10% is such a small discount - it's hard to believe they're going to get a lot of business from this. We plan to put our check into savings.

Lattemom is the mother of three energetic kids ages 6, 8 & 11 and a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com.

That's interesting. I think

On April 30th, 2008 LaraPiu says:

That's interesting. I think it's better to put that cash into savings. We are a nation of debt. I would perhaps do the Fry's one if I felt I would not purchase things I would have otherwise needed and if I could take the same amount and put it into a savings account.