Hi Hon
I am in Mississauga Ontario and I went to three stores (LCBO) before I could find a bottle of the wine,,last one on the shelf.
I politely mentioned to the cashier that you would think with this product being listed in the new Mega Miles flyer (Coupon book) that they would atleast have some stock.
Hopefully they start shipping the wine out soon.
Hugs Mel
I feel for you. One would think all those Mega Miles booklets would be in all the sponsor stores. Maybe just even in the back. Let alone the product on the shelf. Who buys for these giant companies ?!?
It's a funny thing, this Air Miles collector brain that we all have here on DisBoards. In reality, the majority of people, including the staff at the sponsor stores, have no clue on how lucrative Air Miles offers can be. Further, the store managers are not any more knowledgable than their staff. And in reality, we as collectors want to keep it that way.
I wonder about the people who come up with the Air Miles super promotions that we see. I have to guess that they don't really understand the value of an Air Mile.
The Bicks Pickles offer is the perfect example....
Did Foodland really intend to sell the jars at almost a double loss? I know about 'loss leaders' but that is kind of incredible. Did Bicks big company really agree to sell the jars at cost to Foodland distributors so that they could sell them at a further loss? Or did the Foodland person/department who came up with the offer not really know the value of that amount of Air Miles? Or do they collect Air Miles, and were like 'whoah man', I'm going to buy lots of these?'
Even the Shop the Block promtion! I did that for little out of pocket cost.
Or this Mega Miles event. I now have five coupons for sponsors I likely would have shopped at anyway (or like Shell, paid a bit more for fuel). Oh, and my $19.70 bottle of wine that I otherwise would not have tried. (It's really good, by the way - though I'm a cheap wine connoisseur).
My opinion: the more confused merchants are, the better. I really don't know how Rexall stays in business given all the value I get out of them. The only conclusion is - a very very small subset of the population (well presented here) actually particpate in these offers actively. Otherwise, it's almost just an invitation to go bankrupt.