After I posted about Dior’s free mini pouch and 3 make-up set I went to pick it up from Dior at The Bay (Kingston, Ontario) yesterday. I printed out the coupon which clearly stated “Bring in your coupon and receive a Mini Pouch with 3 make-up brushes” and it even had a photo of the set.

I went to Dior’s counter but there was no cosmetics representative there so I asked the Clarins rep. She said Dior’s rep is on vacation and that she (Clarins rep) is handling Dior until the Dior rep comes back in a few days. I inquired about Dior Fahrenheit and if they had any promos etc. and she was very friendly.

I then gave her the coupon and when she saw it she says “you have to enter the contest and then you might win the pouch and 3 makeup brushes” <– she is clearly lying

I reply very politely “I believe the contest is on a Dior Couture set which is worth $250 but the mini pouch is a gift as it clearly states on the coupon”

She then takes the coupon and reads it out:  “Bring in your coupon and receive a Mini Pouch with 3 make-up brushes” and then she suddenly changes her argument (which shows that she was lying in the first place); she says “Another customer brought in this coupon a couple of days ago before the Dior rep left and we discussed it and found out it is redeemable at large stores only.”

I reply “well it says Dior counters at The Bay which is where we are right now” (and this is the only The Bay in Kingston)

She replies very rudely “yes, but only in large cities like Toronto”

The argument was going no where and it was obvious that she wasn’t going to honour the coupon so I just left.

I feel very disappointed with the way this rep spoke and reacted. She was by all means rude and her words were deceitful and dishonest. I’m a huge fan of Dior products; I buy Dior Fahrenheit very frequently and always tryout any of their new fragrances. I’ve always had respect for their style and their line of products. What I don’t understand is why they launch a marketing campaign or why they offer a free set and then disappoint their customers! If Dior can’t honour the coupon why offer it in the first place? If this coupon hadn’t existed I wouldn’t have been pleased nor disappointed; but now  🙁

For your info this happened at The Bay, Cataraqui Town Centre, Kingston, Ontario yesterday (Wednesday, June 21st, 2006)  at about 6:00pm.

If you’re going to visit any attractions in Ontario you can get loads of coupons from the Attractions Ontario magazine. This magazine is available at most Pizza Pizza branches. You can also access the magazine online and print out the coupons.

Attractions Ontario magazine has loads of coupons for Ontario attrations like the 1000 Islands Cruises, Casa Loma, Skylon Tower, Ontario Science Centre, Hockey Hall of Fame, Discovery Harbour, The Haunted Walk of Ottawa, etc.

Either get your Attractions Ontario magazine from Pizza Pizza or online here.

Just in case you forgot, IKEA’s moonlight sale is tomorrow at some IKEA stores. More details in my post here

FeatherSpring is sending out a free foot imprint kit. Hopefully they’ll send to Canada too.

Get your free foot imprint kit here.

It’s about time you clean your dirty, dusty computer screen! Get a free wipe (looks like high quality wipes) and do us all a favour 😉

Get your free wipes here.

I love Christian Dior’s products and therefore this freebie is very interesting. Receive a mini pouch with 3 makeup brushes when you fill out and redeem a coupon at The Bay.

You’ll need to fill out this Dior form and then click on submit. You’ll get a new page with a “Coupon” button at the top left. Click on this button and the coupon with your name and more info will appear. Print it out and redeem at the Bay 🙂

I’ll let you know when I redeem my coupon. Keep us updated too.

This is not a pure freebie since you have to mail in the form along with 2 postage stamps.

To receive your free 3 gram sample packet of Intimé Personal Lubricant complete the form here and mail it back to them along with two postage stamps.

I don’t think it’s worth the hassle but I thought that I’d post it anyway just incase someone’s desperate to try out the lubricant.

Update: this only applies to members who registered before September 10th, 2006

If you registered after September 10th, 2006 Candies will only be for fun

I’m very excited to announce that SmartCanucks.ca forum is back with some interesting additions. I’m also giving away the iPod Nano I got from TD bank 🙂

I’ve been working on this idea for a couple of days and hopefully you’ll like it. Remember when I mentioned last month that I would share my ad revenue with my visitors? I’ve been thinking of a way of rewarding visitors who post more and help out and therefore I came up with an idea…

Whenever you post a new topic on SmartCanucks.ca’s forum you get 2 candies (not real candies, just points). When you reply to any topic you get quarter of a candy. When you have specific number of candies you can redeem them for actual gifts from me. Here is what you can redeem your Candies for:

500 candies: a small surprise gift chosen by me (Boo Radley) or one of my friends
900 candies: skincare cream (Vichy, RoC, etc.) or $15 gift card
1800 candies: an elegant bag or purse or $35 gift card
50000 candies: the iPod Nano I won from TD (first person only)

I’ll also have candy events every now and then where many candies can be won. You can see the amount of candies you have under your name in the forum:

Note that this is not a means of paying you for helping out… this is just a way of having fun on SmartCanucks.ca and making use of the little revenue I make. Hopefully I’ll get more sponsors soon and add more items to the above candy list 😉

What is your opinion of this idea? Do you have any ideas or suggestions?
This will not affect my blog posts which I will continue as usual.
oh, one more thing…

I’d like to thank all of you who have been helping out, suggesting deals and providing feedback. Special thanks go to:

Thilipan and nolookingca for their contributions.
David Peralty for his constant support and advice.
Intelmic for constantly and frequently providing feedback and commenting on the deals I post. Thank you Intelmic… & btw do you play UT?
vangirl, Joel, Mithel, Bobo, dawn maher, Tammy, ceci and Christina for their regular feedback
Kelly, John and Sara for mentioning my blog on their blog. There might be other blogs that I don’t know of that mentioned my blog. If you did please let me know.
Canadian Mark and special k at work for their encouragement.

… and all of my visitors who pop in every now and then 🙂

This free sample and contest are from HBC… get a free sample of Napoleon Perdis Auto Pilot Skin Perfecting Primer and also enter the contest for a chance to win a Napoleon Perdis makeover in Sydney Australia.

I wouldn’t put too much hope in winning that contest but hopefully the free Napoleon sample arrives.

Get your free sample of Napoleon Perdis Auto Pilot Skin here.

NHL2K6 for the XBOX 360 is on sale for $29.97 (regular price $39.99) at Toys R Us.

More details about this NHL 2K6 deal here.

The Window and Door Replacement Guide is a free DVD featuring Lou Manfredini, also known as “Mr. Fix It”—the home improvement editor of NBC’s morning show, Today. On the DVD, Mr. Fix It offers seasoned advice on how to add real value to your home.

Get your free Window and Door Replacement DVD here.

Get a 3 for $30 Anniversary Admission Offer from the CN Tower on June 26th 2006 only. This is a very good admission price. This offer is valid for the Look Out and Glass Floor package only.

I might visit Toronto this or next week so this could be the right coupon at the right time. A more flexible date range would have been way better though.

Get and print CN Tower’s $30 Anniversary Admission coupon here.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) are mailing out free DVDs to help prevent obesity in children. This is a very useful and informative freebie which can be of great use if you have children or if you’re a teacher.

To order Max’s Magical Delivery DVD click here.
To order Childhood Obesity: Combating the Epidemic DVD click here.
Leave the “State” field empty and enter your province with the city in the “City” field.

Please do not order the DVDs if they are of no use to you.

Thanks Madwhack for this lovely deal 🙂

Buy an Apple computer directly from Apple.ca and get a free 2G iPod Nano (after a $250 mail-in rebate). Or you can use your mail-in rebate for any other iPod of higher value and pay the difference in price.

This Apple offer is applicable when purchasing a:
– MacBook
– MacBook Pro
– iMac or
– Power Mac G5

You will also get Apple’s student education discount.

If you were planning on buying an Apple laptop this is one sizzling hot deal. However, I wouldn’t personally buy a MacBook right now and would rather wait for Apple to release its Merom chip MacBooks this fall.

More details about Apple’s Back to School Promo here.

For Windows users…. believe it or not you can now run Microsoft Windows on Macs using Boot Camp. Crazy I know! Here is more info about running Windows on Macs.

 

Buy one Ontario Place “Play All Day Pass” ticket and get one free!

This coupon is valid from July 1 to August 17, 2006. All you have to do is print out this coupon and use it at Ontario Place.