Build A Bear, you are SHUNNED!
Posted by Erin (and sometimes The Todd) on Sep 28, 2009 in Unfiled Stuff |
So, got an email from girlie Julie, who printed off the $5.00 Build A Bear coupon and tried to redeem it for a birthday gift for her daughter. The Build A Bear at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, Utah refused to redeem it, claiming that it was “from an illegal site.”
Since the link was sent to me directly from the Build A Bear website, that seems unlikely. I spoke to a couple of veteran bargain bloggers, who told me that sometimes local owners try to weasel out of national promotions by claiming that exact excuse. I’ll be calling the Gateway’s Build A Bear management tomorrow to get an explanation. Until then–SHUNNED. Shame on them.
If anyone else has had problems, will you let me know?
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I used mine at the University mall in Orem without any problems. I even printed 2 so each of my girls could get one and the people working there were really nice!
Katy, thanks. It’s good to know that SOME of the Build A Bear owners are behaving like retailers who actually want business!
This isn’t about Build-a-Bear, but some stores (Reams in particular) don’t accept Internet coupons at all. Some cashiers at Target can be a bit challenging when it comes to Internet coupons as well.
Maceys in West Jordan no longer takes internet coupons either, they claim that they are not able to tell the difference between a real (printed off) coupon or a copy of a printed off coupon.