OMG the employee discount is spreading

[KitchenWitch]

All of the US car mfg. are doing it and now I see a commercial for Menards (a home improvement store) offering their employee discount.

Do you think they want us to buy more stuff?

[Clintmax]

1. I think the "Employee Discount" has been a huge success...

and so everyone is jumping on the "bandwagon". Retail sales have been soft recently so all companies are trying everything can to bring people into the stores.

[Borgnine]

2. Do the employees get a seconddiscount on top of the employee discount?

[KitchenWitch]

3. That is a good question

I do know that in the case of the car makers, they were not giving the true employee discount, but it was still a significant enough discount to be attractive.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. I know Chrysler and GM's were exactly the same as the employee

discount. My father gets the GM discount and it was the same as they were offering. (We checked) and my brother in law works for Chrysler, and the rate for the Pacifica that we just got with his discount was the same. :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

6. I guess I was misinformed

one of my friend's brother works for a car maker, and she told me that their discount was slightly higher than the one offered to the public.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. I know some of the auto makers give out two discounts and lable

them A and X. X is for white collar types while A is for hourly. (not sure on the letters). Perhaps she gets the different discount than the hourly workers? We get the hourly worker discount through my bil. :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

10. That could be

:D

Had no idea there were tiers in the employee discount programs (that seems very regressive to me!)

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. Me too.

Ford is especially sucky about it. :hi: From what I have heard.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Pretty soon we'll be getting 25 percent off fries at McD's

:bounce: :woohoo: Love this economy. :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

8. but no discount on foods that are healthy

:hi: :bounce:

[Warren Stupidity]

7. over-capacity crisis => deflation

except of course for energy which is going through the roof eating profits in all transportation related enterprises.

[In_The_Wind]

12. how about just doing a price rollback

and cut the 'employee discount' crap!

[KitchenWitch]

13. Sounds logical to me

You and I should jockey to become supreme logical leaders of the world!

[In_The_Wind]

14. OK

but it doesn't win me a lot of friends ... being so logical ... whatever

KitchenWitch ... I'm glad someone agrees with me!

[KitchenWitch]

15. LOL

We could solve all the worlds problems before lunch, then go play!

[In_The_Wind]

16. YEP! That's the way to do it!

I try to finish my work before noon ... so that I CAN go out & play.


AND I could solve the worlds problems ... if people would learn to listen to me ... before it's time that I could say 'see I told you' (which I rarely ever say ... but I think it a lot!)

[KitchenWitch]

17. You must have the same tooth marks on your tongue

as I do on mine...

Not only are you smart, and logical, but you are also tactful!

[In_The_Wind]

18. it ain't easy being me

it takes one to know one (as the old saying goes) or GMTA :pals:

[KitchenWitch]

20. Exactly

:loveya:

A woman after my own heart!

[Deja Q]

19. It suggests the economy ain't doin' so well...

[nookiemonster]

21. I agree.

It's pretty bad when a company like Daimler-Chrysler has to drag out Iacocca. I don't know why, but those commercials bug the living crap out of me.

And Ford, with their "America's car company" bullshit.