OK here goes, gonna be a whino cause normally C-Bid, the Mothership and associated businesses have been great to me, and tried to help this morning but shifted the ground under me.
If you have your Mothership June II catalog, the cover offer is a "Fiddy" dollar gift card with any purchase over $50, with the rules and how to get it on page 2. NOWHERE does it mention an expiration date or "limited time, subject to end without notice/warning" etc. The only date I can find in the copy is that the CI Bucks will expire on 12/31/2017.
So I get online this morning, shop for various boxes/samplers/seconds to get 50-60 cigars for my upcoming motorcycle poker ride fundraiser (we've got a really cool humidor being made, plus I give away a cigar/cutter/matches for donations).
Problem one-most are backordered or out of stock
Problem two-my older CI Gift Card won't work online
So I call Debbie at Customer Service. As we walk through what's going on, update my address, and start applying the free shipping code, my gift card and the promo code, she says "Sorry, that code expired Friday." She's courteous but no explanation on why they didn't publicize this.
WHAT DA? no notice, no expiration date on the catalog?
Put order on hold, as it wasn't my choice of cigar. A little miffed they didn't publish an expiration date or some caveat. Understand it wouldn't be good forever, but this is my latest catalog.
Time to grab a mild morning cigar, weed before it gets too hot and calm down a bit.