Selling discount certs?

[FjallJager]

When did this become a thing?

Why is it a thing?

Does it have anything to do with companies getting tired of giving items to PRS matches and then having them end up on here or ebay a week later?

Has anyone ever been burned by the codes not working?

 

[acudaowner]

think we still have a 12 pack or two of these from 1980 for sale if you want them Id be only too happy to sell them to you lol though I would not suggest eating them . I know not the certs you were thinking of or taking about it was just too easy to pass up .

 

[FjallJager]

I am talking about the discount certificates for stocks, optics, actions and whatever else people are selling in the Hide Exchange (PX for Army types).

 

[chevy_man]

When did this become a thing?

Why is it a thing?

Does it have anything to do with companies getting tired of giving items to PRS matches and then having them end up on here or ebay a week later?

Has anyone ever been burned by the codes not working?

Ever win something you had zero use for?

Say a guy is sponsored by Bartlien and wins a proof research barrel cert. He's not going to use it, sells it for a partial value. Company gets a new customer, winner gets to go buy something he actually needed.



We gave away proof certs. They simply had a code on them for redemption. Scopes and such were generally new in box on the table. I saw 3 out of 6 scopes sold in the parking lot in the next 20 minutes.

Once you've won it it's yours to do as you see fit.

 

[supercorndogs]

Are these certs still available? I have a bug deflector for a 1985 Ford pick-up for trade. Local pickup only.

 

[FjallJager]

Interesting. I didn't realize so much of this was coming from prize tables.

 

[DisplacedTexan]

Interesting. I didn't realize so much of this was coming from prize tables.

Buy more stuff (that you probably don't need) or sell said cert and buy bullets, brass, powder, entry fee, etc.

You do you, boo boo. (directed at the people that hate cert sellers)

 

[bonifacio]

It's pretty common practice. I've seen this in almost every competitive related hobby. Paintball was a big one. If I won a $750 marker, what am I going to do with it? I like my $2000 one better. Get some cash or have a fancy paperweight that takes up more space than necessary.

 

[jcmullis2]

How do you use them and what are the drawbacks? It reminds me of when my children were in school and use to sell coupons to raise money for whatever bs the football team or cheerleaders we’re raising money for. I think every parent alive gets taken on a regular basis with the coupon hustle. Just saying

 

[tony413]

I don’t see anything wrong with, the only thing that needs to happen is a verification process to help ensure the buyer is not getting scammed. Maybe the manufacture can verify for proof?

 

[Baron23]

I don't see an issue as as someone mentioned above, it occurs in other sports. Ran a top national skeet shoot for a good while and we had a ton of sponsored prizes and they were traded like baseball cards (yeah, I'm old and remember baseball card gum! haha).

Sponsors never seemed to mind as they and their product and was prominently visible at the shoot and in the program and someone became a new owner and word of mouth advocate.

 

[hlee]

How do you use them and what are the drawbacks? It reminds me of when my children were in school and use to sell coupons to raise money for whatever bs the football team or cheerleaders we’re raising money for. I think every parent alive gets taken on a regular basis with the coupon hustle. Just saying

The discount certificate has a code that you use for your discount. I ordered on line and entered the code at checkout with JP. I had to call the leupold custom shop for their cert. The certificate will tell you how to use it. The major downside is that the code is generally direct from manufacturer, so the %off is off the msrp. Buy a 25% off certificate and you may be paying more than by buying from a vendor. Also, im unaware of a way to check the validity of the code. An unscrupulous seller could sell you a certificate s/he has already used. Discount codes have expiration dates, which may or may not be important to those issuing the certificates. I got a leupold cert with an expiration date, but leupold said it didn’t expire. It was well out of date when I used it. Some companies may be sticklers for those expiration dates. Those are the potential downsides that I can think of. These certificates are usually prizes on match prize tables, so you aren’t out any money by picking one up. But, there is something to be said for not taking a prize that requires you to spend money to use. Buying a certificate from someone that picked it up for free is somewhat more like the fundraiser coupon book you mentioned.

 

[ClamHammer747]

What kind of back woods, window licking, sister fucking, buck tooth having, helmet wearing Democrat thread is this?

 

[Steel head]

What kind of back woods, window licking, sister fucking, buck tooth having, helmet wearing Democrat thread is this?

 

[FjallJager]

Being retired military, and currently working for Defense. I have yet to find a certificate that is vastly cheaper than what I get on the prodeals that are offered to the military.

If I had not served, maybe I can see this as a viable solution.

 

[DisplacedTexan]

Being retired military, and currently working for Defense. I have yet to find a certificate that is vastly cheaper than what I get on the prodeals that are offered to the military.

If I had not served, maybe I can see this as a viable solution.

Thunderbeast, XLR (not a percentage, straight dollar amount) plenty of others I'm sure. Not everyone gives a mil discount and some of these items are a straight up free item.

 

[FjallJager]

I laugh when I see a cert for sale for 30-50% off for $300, but there are some certs for sale for over $1000.

If a company doesn't offer a military discount I find someone who does. 90% of the things I buy are available on a prodeal.

 

[Tchitcherine]

If the manufacturers don't want them transferred, they can make that an explicit condition of the certificate. I bought a cert for Manners in the PX, and they had no problem with it.

 

[ClamHammer747]

I laugh when I see a cert for sale for 30-50% off for $300, but there are some certs for sale for over $1000.

If a company doesn't offer a military discount I find someone who does. 90% of the things I buy are available on a prodeal.

 

[NoLegs24]

Must suck having to wait for the “good” certs to pop up instead of winning them yourself...

 

[FjallJager]

You have to shoot in matches to win matches. Last time I shot F-class or PRS the award was a plaque, a percentage share of the cash and a little embroidered patch.

It was a lot more interesting when I could shoot a match 20 miles away. These days matches are 5-8 hours away. Just not that interesting anymore.

Kill a lot of rocks on the ranch though.

 

[hlee]

I laugh when I see a cert for sale for 30-50% off for $300, but there are some certs for sale for over $1000.

If a company doesn't offer a military discount I find someone who does. 90% of the things I buy are available on a prodeal.

50% off a leupold mark v is a decent chunk of change. Better than paying street price, though not as good as 50% off street price. Mil discount + street pricing might get below that, but I don’t know. Not mil...

Im not sure I’d buy a cert, but picking one up off a prize table, for something I’ve been looking for anyway, takes the sting out of a middle of the pack finish.

 

[tony413]

I laugh when I see a cert for sale for 30-50% off for $300, but there are some certs for sale for over $1000.

If a company doesn't offer a military discount I find someone who does. 90% of the things I buy are available on a prodeal.

Not all Military discount are that great and sometimes there's exclusions for certain items too.