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Title: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: Cat on June 12, 2011, 04:10:11 PM
Steeple Market will be doing a Jump-on-it deal with wcax.com, vermontopia.com Wednesday June 29th. Get $20 worth of grocery items for $10
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Post by: Cat on June 26, 2011, 02:26:50 PM
Updated with details!
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: mkr on June 27, 2011, 11:25:54 AM
What a great deal!!
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: Travis on June 27, 2011, 01:08:42 PM
We shop at the local stores a lot so this will be a nice deal for us. I wish I could buy 20 of them.
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: Cat on June 28, 2011, 10:50:34 AM
This begins at midnight so dont forget to get yours. You can get 5 per person.
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: trussell on June 28, 2011, 12:15:45 PM
Cat, can you clarify something? The first post says "$20 of groceryitems". Does this include prepared meals, drinks, coffee, beer, pizza? I see that tobacco and gas are excluded but didn't notice anything else. Thanks!
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: Mollyd79 on June 28, 2011, 01:06:30 PM
The Fine PrintGood Any Day Single Use Only One Per visit Not valid with any other promotion Tax And Gratuity Not Included Not valid on tobacco, alcohol or gas Limit 5 per person Promotional value expires December 29, 2011 No refunds. All sales final.
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: Henry on June 28, 2011, 03:08:59 PM
OK, somebody has to explain this to me, how does this work?? Do you need a coupon?? Lets say I spend $20 there, what do I need to do to get the $10 back??
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: Cat on June 28, 2011, 03:54:16 PM
OK, somebody has to explain this to me, how does this work?? Do you need a coupon?? Lets say I spend $20 there, what do I need to do to get the $10 back??
You buy it, then print it out from your computer. Bring it in to Steeple Market to use it. Does not include gas, alcohol or tobacco. You can buy up to 5 of them & use one per visit.
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: trussell on June 28, 2011, 05:00:02 PM
Henry, WCAX runs a website known as "Vermontopia" which lists current events, has a classified section, etc. One of the components of that site is the "Jump On It" program (very similar to the popular "Groupon" website). Every day a different deal is present, and only for a 24 hour period. They work with businesses from all over Vermont (though historically they've been within close proximity to Burlington) to offer discount "coupons", usually a 50% off deal. You pay up front just like any other on-line purchase and receive an email link to a certificate with a unique code. In this case, you would pay $10 and get a certificate that you would print out worth $20. Quite often there is a requirement that there is no cash refund if you don't spend the full amount, so if your total only comes to $18 the merchant keeps the remainder. I've used this several times and saved money at Apollo Diner, St. Albans Drive In, Edible Arrangements, the VT Brew Tour, and many other places.
Vermontopia: http://www.vermontopia.com/
Jump On It: http://wcax.upickem.net/engine/Splash.aspx?contestid=17178 (I think this link works)
Once you place your order you will also be provided with a link that your friends can use to access the daily deal. If a specific number of people (usually 4 but it depends on the offer) use your link and order you'll get your initial purchase free!
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Post by: fletchtb on June 29, 2011, 05:05:44 AM
I just bought 5 certificates. Can't wait to use the first one this weekend to buy some supplies for a weekend camping trip. There are definitely a few pounds of steak tips with my family's name on them.
Happy shopping everyone!
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Post by: Corm on June 29, 2011, 06:41:37 AM
I just bought a couple. I've used Jump-on-it a couple of times in the past, and it is great.
Finding out about this deal on Henry's website is just one more reason to read it every day!
Corm
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: Henry on June 29, 2011, 06:55:08 AM
Well, between Trevor's explanation here and Mary Kay's last night, I see I have until October 29th to used them, so I bought 5, which the way I understand it will get me $100 for the $50 I spent - Sounds too good to be true
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Post by: fletchtb on June 29, 2011, 07:29:54 AM
Henry,
I think you have until December 29th to use the certificates, which is even better.
When I bought mine just before 6am only 18 had been purchased. I just looked and 164 have been sold and it's only 8:30.
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Post by: Henry on June 29, 2011, 09:11:13 AM
I think I read this right - Just went to the Site and it says they have sold 400.
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Post by: mkr on June 29, 2011, 10:40:53 AM
I got my 5 and at this time 494 have been sold!!
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: MikeF9 on June 29, 2011, 11:01:25 AM
I bought 3.
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: fletchtb on June 29, 2011, 11:28:38 AM
I'd be curious to understand the economic impact of this deal on the store itself. We are all paying $10 for $20 worth of goods from Steeple Market. It is my understanding that the store actually only gets half of what we pay, so in this case $5. At this point almost 550 certificates have been sold, so Steeple Market will be selling $11,000 worth of goods and only take in $2750 and it is only lunch time.
The promise of these 1-day deal sites is that you will get new (hopefully repeat) customers through the exposure on the website (wcax.com and vermontopia.com), 5-6 advertisements on Channel 3 TV, and the value of the deal itself. I think the reality of these kinds of deals may be playing out today. Local customers who already shop at Steeple Market and would spend the $20-$100 (depending on how many certificates they bought) without the deal are jumping on the offer because it is so financially advantageous to them. I am certainly one of those customers as I imagine most of the posters in this thread are.
I hope Steeple Market will generate a lot of new customers as a result of today's offer and I really hope it doesn't end up just being a costly "customer appreciation" event for their existing customers.
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Post by: Chris Santee on June 29, 2011, 11:32:18 AM
Thank you, Pierre.
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Post by: Henry on June 29, 2011, 11:52:55 AM
fletchtb - You have said exactly what I was thinking, but couldn't put it down in meaningful words. I certainly am not a new customer and look at it as a customer appreciation day. Looks to me like the customer & WCAX are the winners and Pierre is the loser in this game.
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Post by: mkr on June 29, 2011, 12:19:50 PM
Advertising costs $$ and certainly getting the word out to surrounding towns about Steeple Market will generate new customers with Pierre doing this. Those in North Fairfax may drive to Fairfax now instead of St. Albans. Those in Fletcher/Georgia/Cambridge/Westford may head to Steeple now beacause of the coupon and now become regular customers. Existing customers are apt to spend more since they have the coupon as well.
It really is a win win for the customers, new customers, and Steeple Market!
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Post by: fletchtb on June 29, 2011, 12:29:54 PM
I hope he wins in the short term with this deal. I am confident that Steeple Market will win in the long term!!!
It is a GREAT store and an incredible improvement over what was already a great store prior to the fire and rebuild. We are all going to continue to shop there in the future for years and years to come. At the same time I hope they get some new customers out of the equation.
My earlier post was just a commentary about this 1-day deal site trend and how I don't believe they are able to deliver on what they are selling to businesses.
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: Cat on June 29, 2011, 01:08:32 PM
We just bought 5 of them & it is up to 638 sold!
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Post by: Torrie Dennis on June 29, 2011, 02:45:12 PM
don't forget some of the people that buy these and don't use them or misplace them and find them after they expire. That's a win because the customer spent the money for the coupon but didn't get the free product.
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: fletchtb on June 29, 2011, 07:00:43 PM
Over 1000 certificates sold and for hours left to go!
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Post by: MikeF9 on June 29, 2011, 07:29:23 PM
You may end up using the certificates for things you might not regularly buy. Love Ben & Jerry's ice cream, but it is expensive. I used my first coupon for two Ben & Jerry's and two cases of Arizona Ice Tea on sale. Paid an extra 3 bucks.
Title: Re: Steeple Market Jump-on-it-deal Vermontopia.com June 29th Details inside
Post by: Mike Raburn on July 01, 2011, 02:04:39 AM