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MDhiker1967
02-25-2009, 21:10
:bananaREI dividends are available...
:banana
Alligator
02-25-2009, 21:24
Wait for the discount:D!
Ramble~On
02-25-2009, 21:25
:sun Always one of my favorite times of year.
Wait for the discount:D!
March 2-29
I looked online, can't find mine.
I looked online, can't find mine.
Put an item in your cart and go to checkout. It will show up in the block that asks "Do you want to use your Dividend?" Mine was available last Wednesday (I think). I got my dividend in the mail yesterday.
Thrasher
02-25-2009, 21:35
Wow! $56, what to get...?
MDhiker1967
02-25-2009, 21:36
Just put in an expensive item in cart
mine was 71 bucks
Thanks. $58.53 having the REI credit card helped. I didn't spend all that much last year on gear.
Alligator
02-25-2009, 21:45
March 2-29Will it be 20% off one item?
Wow $84.99, down from the last few years
Waiting on the sale
Will it be 20% off one item?
usually is
Will it be 20% off one item?
20% off one regularly priced item.
Also excludes hard-shell boats, non-Novara brand bikes, GPS, two-way radios, ski boots/bindings, snowboards, or PLB's. The usual low-margin items as listed on the back of the coupon.
I picked out a set of Nikon binoculars for my rebate but even w20% I could get them online cheeper, but have to wait 3 month to get cash for the rebate
Alligator
02-25-2009, 22:09
I picked out a set of Nikon binoculars for my rebate but even w20% I could get them online cheeper, but have to wait 3 month to get cash for the rebateSame deal with the GPS unit I've been eyeballing.
ChinMusic
02-25-2009, 22:30
$496.93 this year, woo hoo
$496.93 this year, woo hoo
I would think your gear closet is already overflowing
always something else it took more than an hour in the store to come upon the binoculars I was almost ready to leave without any ideas
ChinMusic
02-25-2009, 23:04
I would think your gear closet is already overflowing
Actually it is. Too bad a lot of the stuff I REALLY like REI doesn't carry.
Oh, I see what you mean. That dividend wasn't from REI purchases. It comes from using their credit card. 1% of all purchases. A buddy of mine that travels a lot for work always doubles me.
Mine's $32.xx. I'll trade with someone who's higher! :D
$496.93 this year, woo hooWow! What did you buy? Six kayaks and a dozen mountain bikes? :D
OK, saw your credit card comment. I just got and started using one in mid-Dec. Using it a lot - groceries, gas, etc. -- should have a large dividend next year too! :)
Wow! What did you buy? Six kayaks and a dozen mountain bikes? :D
OK, saw your credit card comment. I just got and started using one in mid-Dec. Using it a lot - groceries, gas, etc. -- should have a large dividend next year too! :)
Just be sure to keep it paid off every month. The interest rates are high and will kill your benefits from your dividend if not careful. But my REI Visa is from my bank, so I easily pay it off regularly. It paid off this year too with over $100 back, and I bought relatively little gear or casual clothing from REI.
I'VE got 300 something coming and will hold off for a year.Good comes in wait.
4eyedbuzzard
02-25-2009, 23:29
A whopping $8.82. What can I say, I'm cheap.
Not cheap but good..like the ladies told you.:D
sbennett
02-25-2009, 23:55
A whopping $8.82. What can I say, I'm cheap.
I have $6.52! I guess that's what I get for only buying things on sale....
From what everyone else says, it sounds like the REI Visa is the jam though.
$50. Going to wait on that coupon, though I'm not sure what I'll get. I'd like to get a down bag.
freefall
02-26-2009, 01:25
Only $9.97 here but I consider that an accomplishment considering it has been close to $100 the last couple of years running.
I have $6.52! I guess that's what I get for only buying things on sale....
From what everyone else says, it sounds like the REI Visa is the jam though.
I used my REI Visa during my thru-hike, paying by credit card whenever possible, instead of using cash or debit card. Major dividend the following year. We still use the REI Visa as our primary credit card. Compared to air miles that might evaporate before you use them or other illusory Rewards, getting dollar for dollar money at REI is our best deal. If there's no gear or clothing we want, we can always buy camping meals and fuel and socks.
Not cheap but good..like the ladies told you.:DIn your dreams! :D :p
Just be sure to keep it paid off every month. The interest rates are high and will kill your benefits from your dividend if not careful. But my REI Visa is from my bank, so I easily pay it off regularly. It paid off this year too with over $100 back, and I bought relatively little gear or casual clothing from REI.Oh yeah, I never run up credit card debt. Pay them off every month. I also have a $50 gift card for getting the REI Visa, so hmmm, what to buy with $83 free? The $99 REI Camp Dome Tent (with 20% off member discount, would cost me nothing), or Black Diamond Trekking Poles (same, no cost)? What's your impression/knowledge on the Camp Dome Tent?
bigcranky
02-26-2009, 08:22
$445.00. We use the REI credit card for everything, and pay it off every month. Heck, we were able to pay our kid's tuition, room, and board on the card this year.
whoo-hooo! $421...darn....i don't really need anything, tho.....at least that they carry.....
bigcranky
02-26-2009, 08:51
whoo-hooo! $421...darn....i don't really need anything, tho.....at least that they carry.....
Yeah, me neither, so here's what we did so we could "spend" our REI dividend elsewhere:
We bought a Montbell #0 UL SS Down Hugger from a local outfitter for my wife. Cost about the same as our entire REI dividend.
Now for the hard part: we are NOT going to spend the dividend. This summer, we will ask for the cash dividend, and put it back in our savings account, replacing the money we spent on the bag. (Like I said, this is the hard part....)
Last year we spent the entire dividend on a luxury item, a hitch-mount, swing-away bike rack for our truck. Makes it a lot easier to bring the bikes on our long car-camping trips. So that was kinda cool.
bigcranky
02-26-2009, 08:52
The scare part is how many people are running $40,000 or more through their REI VISA cards every year. I thought I was the only idiot doing that.
sherrill
02-26-2009, 09:10
Actually it is. Too bad a lot of the stuff I REALLY like REI doesn't carry.
Oh, I see what you mean. That dividend wasn't from REI purchases. It comes from using their credit card. 1% of all purchases. A buddy of mine that travels a lot for work always doubles me.
We have the REI card for our household expenses, so our dividend is usually pretty hefty.
You can request it in a check if you want, which is what we do.
trail ronin
02-26-2009, 10:29
I only got back 42.80 this year.
Been looking at a new static rope for rappelling.
$138 minus 20% is 110.40
Minus 42.80 = 67.60
YEP...
this will be my first yr without one:(
A whopping $13.78. Actually I'm surprised it's that high, I wonder if renting a canoe for the weekend counted toward my dividend?
Anyway, time for a new headlamp as soon as the sale hits!
Mrs Baggins
02-26-2009, 14:42
$72 dividend plus a $25 gift card from my birthday - - that's a lotta Java Juice packets! Or new socks? Or maybe hold out for the new Neo Air mat from Thermarest? Decisions decisions........better spend it before it's taxed out of existence though. :(
$114 this year. Didn't buy much gear this year. That came from using the CC. And lucky for me, I'm married to a C.P.A. He pays off everything right away, because he watches every single penny. He also knows me well, and gave me a $50 REI gift card last month for our 24th wedding anniversary. (Maybe he's trying to tell me to buy more gear and get out of the house more often?)
Gonna wait for the sale and see if I can get a good deal on a daypack. I've been patching the old one together with duct tape while I've waited for the dividend.
this will be my first yr without one:(
Off topic, but how ya feeling peanuts?
What's your impression/knowledge on the Camp Dome Tent?
The Camp Dome is a decent scout tent or car camping tent. For backpacking, the Half Dome is a much better option, with a better vestibule (well, a vestibule). If you're in the market for new poles, get the BD's.
karoberts
02-26-2009, 21:15
$267.77 this year! Yahoo!
$455.94.
I think I win the (biggest idiot) award.
Just spent a few hundred with Montbell for some cool lite gear that REI doesn't sell. Should do the Big Cranky thing and cash out later in the year, to pay for shopping with vendors that sell quality gear.
The scare part is how many people are running $40,000 or more through their REI VISA cards every year. I thought I was the only idiot doing that.
Baltimore Andy
02-26-2009, 23:23
when can i get 20% off?
when can i get 20% off?
Starting 3/2 It's good for your highest priced item.
bigcranky
02-27-2009, 09:20
$455.94.
I think I win the (biggest idiot) award.
Just spent a few hundred with Montbell for some cool lite gear that REI doesn't sell. Should do the Big Cranky thing and cash out later in the year, to pay for shopping with vendors that sell quality gear.
Dunno, I'm only $10 behind you. Paying a year's worth of my kid's tuition, room, and board on the card added about ten grand to my total.
You will definitely feel better waiting and cashing out this summer to retroactively pay for your Montbell purchases. At least I think that's how it's going to feel. Maybe we can form a support group.
Cabin Fever
02-27-2009, 11:14
Woohoo. $17. I could almost buy something worthwhile.
Woohoo. $17. I could almost buy something worthwhile.
Sure, can't have enough sil-nylon stuff sacks, or socks!
theinfamousj
03-01-2009, 16:04
Or Mary Jane's Farm food. That's what I'm spending my $19 dividend on.
MintakaCat
03-01-2009, 17:37
Mine came out to $130.31 and I spent it all yesterday. I was also amazed at how many people show up for the scratch and dent sale.
I have been meaning to join REI. If I joined now, would I get the 20% off coupon, or is that only after you have been there a year?
I have been meaning to join REI. If I joined now, would I get the 20% off coupon, or is that only after you have been there a year?
There are sales throughout the year where members get 20% off coupons. Seriously, considering the one-time cost of becoming a member (I think it was $20 this past Christmas, when we gave memberships to a couple of our kids), it doesn't take much spending to pay it back. One 20% off on a sleeping bag and you're way more than there.
bigcranky
03-01-2009, 20:01
You get the 20% off as soon as you join. We did that for our daughter last year -- the discount on a pack more than made up for the membership fee.
You get the 20% off as soon as you join. We did that for our daughter last year -- the discount on a pack more than made up for the membership fee.
There are sales throughout the year where members get 20% off coupons. Seriously, considering the one-time cost of becoming a member (I think it was $20 this past Christmas, when we gave memberships to a couple of our kids), it doesn't take much spending to pay it back. One 20% off on a sleeping bag and you're way more than there.
Thanks! :D
starting 3-2 20% coupon should show up on the website for new members