{"id":18,"date":"2009-06-29T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints"},"modified":"2009-07-02T14:19:02","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T19:19:02","slug":"free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints","title":{"rendered":"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heath Combs — Furniture Today, June 29, 2009<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Consumers are complaining about a free gas and grocery voucher incentive program – tied to purchases of furniture and other products – that is not delivering as promised, according to news reports.<\/p>\n

The vouchers are offered as promotions by retailers including furniture stores, electronics chains and car dealers, among others.<\/p>\n

According to reports, the vouchers are sold to retailers via brokers by BBZ Resource Management of Mesa, Ariz. Consumers send BBZ receipts from gas and grocery purchases, and BBZ is supposed to issue gift card rebates adding up to the total offer of the promotion.<\/p>\n

Stories in the St. Petersburg Times and the St. Louis Dispatch say that hundreds of consumers have complained that they haven’t received the rebates as promised. Some Ashley Furniture HomeStores and Chicago electronics chain Grant’s Appliances were listed as among stores that use the vouchers.<\/p>\n

BBZ claimed to have issued 160,000 certificates in March, the St. Petersburg story said. Furniture\/Today was unable to reach BBZ.<\/p>\n

Customers said inquiries to BBZ went unanswered or rebates went undelivered.<\/p>\n

The St. Louis story reported that an owner of several Missouri Ashley stores was “deluged” by complains from customers whose vouchers have not been redeemed. It said Ashley has filed a complaint about BBZ with law enforcement authorities in Arizona.<\/p>\n

A Better Business Bureau office reported more than 225 complaints from customers who did not receive gift cards, the St. Louis story said.<\/p>\n

A story in the Phoenix Business Journal reported that the company has recently changed its name to Incentive International.<\/p>\n

[Ed: We looked into this incentive program over a year ago and determined then it was a little misleading]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heath Combs — Furniture Today, June 29, 2009<\/p>\n

Consumers are complaining about a free gas and grocery voucher incentive program – tied to purchases of furniture and other products – that is not delivering as promised, according to news reports.<\/p>\n

The vouchers are offered as promotions by retailers including furniture stores, electronics chains and car . . . → Read More: Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casual-furniture","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nFree Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pipefine Patio Furniture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-06-29T18:00:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2009-07-02T19:19:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cindy cross\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cindy cross\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cindy cross\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ced4586726e57959f6dae7be216ae120\"},\"headline\":\"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-29T18:00:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-07-02T19:19:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints\"},\"wordCount\":284,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Casual Furniture\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints\",\"name\":\"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-29T18:00:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-07-02T19:19:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ced4586726e57959f6dae7be216ae120\"},\"description\":\"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Pipefine Patio Furniture\",\"description\":\"The Most Durable Outdoor Furniture Around\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ced4586726e57959f6dae7be216ae120\",\"name\":\"cindy cross\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f488ad4c65269203d98cb84687a4f25a65b0b398519dc00da30ebe6a4f13dd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f488ad4c65269203d98cb84687a4f25a65b0b398519dc00da30ebe6a4f13dd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f488ad4c65269203d98cb84687a4f25a65b0b398519dc00da30ebe6a4f13dd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cindy cross\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/author\/cindy\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints","description":"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints","og_description":"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints","og_url":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints","og_site_name":"Pipefine Patio Furniture","article_published_time":"2009-06-29T18:00:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2009-07-02T19:19:02+00:00","author":"cindy cross","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cindy cross","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints"},"author":{"name":"cindy cross","@id":"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ced4586726e57959f6dae7be216ae120"},"headline":"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints","datePublished":"2009-06-29T18:00:15+00:00","dateModified":"2009-07-02T19:19:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints"},"wordCount":284,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Casual Furniture"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints","url":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints","name":"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-06-29T18:00:15+00:00","dateModified":"2009-07-02T19:19:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ced4586726e57959f6dae7be216ae120"},"description":"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/casual-furniture\/free-gas-grocery-incentives-draw-consumer-complaints#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Free Gas, Grocery Incentives Draw Consumer Complaints"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/#website","url":"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/","name":"Pipefine Patio Furniture","description":"The Most Durable Outdoor Furniture Around","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ced4586726e57959f6dae7be216ae120","name":"cindy cross","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f488ad4c65269203d98cb84687a4f25a65b0b398519dc00da30ebe6a4f13dd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f488ad4c65269203d98cb84687a4f25a65b0b398519dc00da30ebe6a4f13dd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f488ad4c65269203d98cb84687a4f25a65b0b398519dc00da30ebe6a4f13dd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cindy cross"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com"],"url":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/author\/cindy"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pipefinepatiofurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}