Well, I guess it actually DOES pay to write about silly things like theme parks, feature length cartoons and talking mice.
To explain: Earlier this week, I was lucky enough to bump into a loyal JimHillMedia.com reader who works for one of the Disney Catalog Outlet stores. (Please don’t ask me to tell you which store exactly. Revealing too many Ws [who, what, where, when] at this time could result in this extremely kind person losing their job.)
Anyway … this very generous person — in an attempt to thank me for all “the wonderful articles that I’ve read at JimHillMedia” — pressed a large number of $10 off coupons for the Disney Catalog Outlet stores into my hand. How many coupons exactly? Let’s just say: more than two, but less than a million. That vague enough for you?
This kindly Disney Catalog Outlet employee — let’s call them Mickey, okay? — told me that they were giving me all of these $10 off coupons because … well, they liked my articles. But — more importantly — Mickey knew that I’d be able to get these coupons to the very people who’d most love to get their hands on them. Hardcore Disneyana fans like you.
Now let me say right from the top, folks, that this is NOT a gimmick. This is NOT a scam. These are perfectly legal $10 off coupons that can legitimately be used at any of the seven Disney Catalog Outlet stores around the country. Which I’ll be handing over — for free — to any JHM reader who asks me for one.
Correction: It will actually cost you a little to get your hands on one of these $10 off beauties. By that I mean, you’ll to have to send a self addressed stamped envelope to the following address:
Jim Hill Media P.O. Box 261 New Boston, NH 03070
But — as soon as I get your envelope — I’ll immediately put one of these cool Disney Catalog Store coupons in the mail for you. Which will be valid for $10 off of any $35 purchase at the stores in the chain from January 1 – 31, 2003.
The seven Disney Catalog Outlet stores that will be accepting these $10 off coupons are located at the following shopping centers:
Riveria Centre Factory Foley, Alabama
Rehoboth Beach Outlet Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Tanger Factory Outlet Center Branson, Missouri
Jonesville Facility Outlet Jonesville, South Carolina
Tanger Factory Outlet Center Sevierville, Tennessee
Tanger Factory Outlet Center San Marcos, Texas
Potamac Mills Woodbridge, Virginia
Please note that there are some conditions that apply toward the use of these $10 off coupons. For example: coupon use is limited to one coupon per day per household. And — in order to qualify for this $10 off discount at your local Disney Catalog Outlet store — your total purchase must be at least $35 before taxes are applied.
On the upside: Everyone who qualifies for use of one of these coupons also gets a free gift. According to Mickey, shoppers have a choice between:
A Buzz Lightyear mini snowglobe One of three different Disney Catalog pin collector lanyards. A Disney Villain collector’s pin
And — for those of you who may be wondering — JimHillMedia.com will get absolutely no promotional consideration from the Disney Catalog Outlet chain for distributing these coupons. Nor will our website and/or any of JHM’s staffers receive any financial benefits from passing these coupons along to you.
So why are we doing this then? Well, it’s cheaper than sending you all a Christmas Card to thank you for your support of JimHillMedia.com these past couple of months. More importantly, I’m doing it because Mickey (the Disney Store Outlet employee, not the mouse) asked me to. And I always try to do what my readers ask me to do. (Yes, Darkbeer. Even as we speak, I AM working on the expanded version of my “Remembering Light Magic” series. Which I still hope to roll out on the site sometime next month.)
So if you live in Alabama, Delaware, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas or Virginia; or are planning to travel to any of these states during the month of January; or if you just have family members in one of these states that you think might enjoy having one of these coupons to use … throw a self addressed stamped envelope at my New Boston P.O. Box address and I’ll put a $10 off Disney Catalog Outlet store coupon in the mail to you ASAP.
Please keep in mind that this is a limited time offer. By that I mean, these Disney Catalog Outlet store coupons are only good through January 31, 2003. So — if you want to get $10 off of your next purchase from this discount chain — you need to get a self addressed stamped envelope to me in the mail as soon as possible. Why for? Because I’m only going to be mailing out these beauties out ’til the 25th of next month.
As for you JHM readers who live in the other 43 states (as well as the rest of the globe) … I’m working on it, okay? Let me see what I can scare up for a special holiday treat for December 2003, alright?
Beyond that … here’s hoping that you all had a very happy holiday (and that I eventually survive this trip down to Georgia).
Talk to you next week, okay?
jrh