Here is what I found in the flyer. All items are Free but comes back to you in a Menards Rebate.
- $3.24 Vinyl Mini Blind
- $.84 Nail Apron Cotton
- $6.99 Hat or T-Shirt
- $4.49 Metal Adjustable Nozzle
- $8.99 All-Purpose Paint Brush
- $14.47 Rust-Oleum NeverWet Liquid Repelling Treatment Kit
- $4.98 Aluminum Gutter
$44.00 Total of free stuff
Personal Finance
Getting money back in the form of a rebate is not necessarily my favorite way to manage my finances. It’s money that I have to pull out of my pocket and as you know I don’t like doing this. I’d rather get the free item right away.
However, I’m willing to work with the rebates for several reasons. First, as I mentioned I do have more home improvement projects coming up. One of these happens to be remodeling my home office and second bedroom. This remodel will include painting the ceiling and walls.
One of the free items with a rebate is for paint brushes which I’ll need for this project. So having to wait for a rebate is fine with me.
Another reason I dislike the rebate form of free stuff is having to search for and fill out all those rebate forms. It’s not time well spent, but for now I’ll deal with it.
In addition since you are required to fill out the rebate forms you also need to mail it it. So for all this free stuff, I’ll actually end up spending the $.45 for a stamp to mail in the forms and have to use my own envelope.
So for all those penny pinchers, the items are free, but you will spend time, and a few pennies for postage and envelope.
Hum!!, should I subtract that from the total I listed above? That’s sort of misleading. Oh well you get the picture. I wonder if Menards will ever make this process electronic? That would be ideal.
As I mentioned during the Menards Crazy Days Sale, I’m in the middle of an office remodel and bedroom remodel. So the paint brushes were the biggest draw for me.
However, by the time I made it to the store on Friday the Carpentersville store was already out of the paint brushes.
Of course I could use an extra T-Shirt, the hat not so much, but I figured it would make a great photo opportunity to wear my Menards Free T-shrit and hat.
Here is what I ended up with.
- $.84 Nail Apron
- $6.99 Menards Hat
- $6.99 T-shirt
- $4.49 Metal Adjustable Nozzle
$21.04 total
Did your store run out of the paint brushes? What free items did you score for this weeks ad?
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