[quote name='mvp828']48 hours later... Glad you were able to try to make yourself sound smarter than what you have in previous posts.
As for your whole argument, it is pointless because the whole problem could have been avoided by subscribing to the mag. Of course then I am sure you would have found some way to botch that as well and surely you'd be saying how it was the mailman's fault or the real estate agent who persuaded you to live in an area where mail takes an additional day.[/QUOTE]
You don't get it, do you. And your sarcasm doesn't cement any point, mind you. I'm gullible, or naive about BB, if anything.
I did subscribe (based on the alleged ability to use coupons on sale prices, too), it's noted to take 4-6 weeks. That's irrelevant, as stores are expected to have them in stock (and it'd be nice for them to be aware of their existence, too). I have a document (receipt) that shows I purchased product X on a valid date (Aug. 29) for usage with coupon Y, I have coupon Y which shows it's valid starting on the date of the product purchase. In the 5 years I spent at Jewel during college, that would have been kosher for a refund/credit at the customer service desk, and the BB employee indicated just that. Where did I veer off course? I had a mound of logic behind my decision. On top of that (yes, the argument is that solid), this entire 18 page diatribe indicates the entire company is ignoring that fine print.
You could read said argument and then rebut it, it'd help. The ENTIRE point, per this thread (and I've read the whole thing) and a BB cashier, is it could have been 168 hours later (or within 30 days, according to store #1's cashier) and it WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN RELEVANT. 48 hours, 48 minutes, 4.8 days. I don't get the complexity you're injecting, here. This is a corporate change that was explained here, not anything otherwise, unless that's not true. If I was to believe my fellow CAG's here, and I did, this wasn't to be such a debacle, and I've read some tales of great BB customer service here. I trusted 2 entities: CAG and the BB employee, and at this point, it's still ONLY BB's corporate who I blame. Stop deconstructing the issue at hand to fit your assault. Your spin does nothing, twisting this into me deflecting fault won't work. Anyone who knows me would know I take blame when due. At no point was I lent any doubt to make me figure I was on the wrong track, until recently.
I'm not that defensively adamant on this forum about virtually anything, but this is black and white.
Edit: I'm going to do what should be done. Walk away from this trivial "debate" and barrage of condescension, I'll just give it a damn go at the original BB on my half a day of work tomorrow. If I don't get it I'll call the #, if that still doesn't work, I'll walk away with lesson learned about BB and their coupons. And hey, I still got the game half off, so I'm not b*tching. I don't mean any offense to anyone (unless they meant it at me, I guess)...Some of you have alignment with me, others don't, let's keep this about the coupons and drop my incident. It's an influence for some YMMV variables, though, so I'll report back with a concise result so future CAG's can use it. We're all gamers and here to give and take to save some cash, the rest is a waste of energy.