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Andy77
Valued Contributor

Shopping Cart Trick

 

How does the shopping cart trick work?  How do I see if it will work for me?

I want to try and get furnitire from Crate & Barrell

 

 

Thanks

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titanofold
Established Contributor

Re: Shopping Cart Trick

Add something, anything, to your shopping cart, proceed to checkout, fill out your billing information, proceed to the next page if nothing popped up, if on the next page there's nothing still, no shopping cart trick for you.

 

You do not need to enter your CC info at any point. The shopping cart trick will offer something before allowing you to make a payment with a CC you already have in hand.

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jologan79
Frequent Contributor

Re: Shopping Cart Trick

I've never received one single pop up. What am I doing wrong.


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CreditMagic7
Mega Contributor

Re: Shopping Cart Trick


@jologan79 wrote:

I've never received one single pop up. What am I doing wrong.


When entering your personal info like name, addy, zip code etc it MUST MATCH UP EXACTLY as it shows from your own Credit Reports.

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Creditaddict
Legendary Contributor

Re: Shopping Cart Trick

Crate and Barrell is not one of the stores that it works at if I'm not mistaken.

I had to cold apply for both pottery barn and west elm and z gallerie

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yudeology101
Senior Contributor

Re: Shopping Cart Trick


@jologan79 wrote:

I've never received one single pop up. What am I doing wrong.


make sure you're opted in for prescreen offers. 

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Anonymous
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Re: Shopping Cart Trick

Is there a way to find out whether or not your are opted in or out? I don't remember a specific time that I may have opted out, but I'd like to double check.

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Anonymous
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