Comments on: Need Money? Print Your Own!

By: tsawyer

tsawyer — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:04:15 +0000

Kathy,

I'm not sure what kind of information you had to give them, but do you
know businesses profile? If you were an avid shopper with them they
probably wouldn't have offered you that deal. They run all kinds of
metrics and use their databases to determine who is a good customer
and who they need to attract.

Profiling also happens at companies we deal with on a regular. If Joe
has a Citibank card and Marsha does to, they may not get the same
customer care rep. Depending on many variables, the red carpet might
be rolled out for Marsha and Joe could get the ordinary treatment. It
happens.

By: Kathy Curry

Kathy Curry — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:38:09 +0000

The other day I called an online ladies clothing company to talk about an order I had placed. The customer service rep. offered me, for that day only (yea right) a $100.00 gift card for $75.00. Now that was a bargain! Only thing is, I rarely, and I mean rarely shop with them. And the reason I was calling them for a second time is because the little lightweight top I had ordered from them, a month prior, still hadn't arrived to me. It was only a $14.99 top. Had I been an avid shopper and spent lots and lots of money with them, I probably would have taken the deal. Times are tough!

I love this town’s plan and I love people understanding we are in the season of: By Any Means Necessary when it comes to making the economy work!

By: Kendall Blake

Kendall Blake — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:43:19 +0000

If you look at it in the sense of only spending $95 if might seem like a minimal gain, but if you were trying to go buy a high priced item it may very well be worth it. To me this is just like saying at any time you can have a %5 discount coupon to anywhere that will accept this currency.

By: tsawyer

tsawyer — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:44:42 +0000

I think it is an interesting idea, but I don't know how effective it is. The net gain is $5 and I don't see how that makes that much of a difference. If someone came to me and offered me $100 worth of "credit" for $95 I would say OK, but it wouldn't make me feel like I got a huge gain.

By: ksawyer123

ksawyer123 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:30:00 +0000

Hey Kendall,

I betcha there's more counterfeit money floating around than we realize.

By: ksawyer123

ksawyer123 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:29:13 +0000

Hi Kikolani,

If you've ever been in an area where people sell food stamps to get cash, the concept is the same. For example, some people will sell $50 worth of food stamps for $25 cash. That's what these communities are doing. Instead of selling food stamps, they are printing their own currency and selling it.

By: Kikolani

Kikolani — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:30:20 +0000

I guess if a community can make it work, and it is not illegal, there can't be any harm in it. I'm not sure I fully understand the concept, but whatever helps communities thrive in these times has to be a positive thing.

By: Kendall Blake

Kendall Blake — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:11:28 +0000

I dont think this would work, because somehow someone would find a loop hole and start making it rain. But on the illegal side, I seen some fake money not too long ago and it looked super real. People was actually giving this guy $20 real dollars for $75 fake. I would just hate waiting for my money to dry.