[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Trijicon Blue Star Program... (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 12/13/2015 3:09:04 AM EDT
Who got the email after their order was placed? What was the out come?
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After a deep breath I will expand. I don't care if the program was... botched, this was the email I got after submitting my 214
Thank you for your service to our country and for your interest in Trijicon products. The pricing for all items covered under the Blue Star promotion is simply 40% off the retail price shown on the website (i.e., retail times 0.6). Here is the process to follow: If you are a post-9/11 veteran, we have a special promotion just for you called the Veterans’ Blue Star Promotion. You can save 40% off retail on a single magnified optic, a single reflex sight, and a single set of tritium night sights for handguns. To take advantage of this promotion, simply place an order over the website at full retail. You will receive an email order confirmation. Forward this confirmation along with proof of eligibility to [email protected]. The proof of eligibility could be a copy of your DD214 or DOD ID card (with SSN and DOB blacked out) or simply the fact that the email is from your .mil email account. We will then adjust the price and email you back a revised order confirmation. (VCOG, SRS, SME, and extra mounts and accessories are excluded from the program.) AAANnd after placing an order... Dear Valued Customer, Trijicon introduced the Veterans Blue Star Promotion to thank those veterans we met at various events around the country. We passed a few discount cards out at a couple of shows over the past few months. The program has made its way into social media and we have been inundated with requests to extend the program to veterans at large. We are not prepared to use this program on that scale. So, we will honor the discounts as promised to those people that possess a numbered card presented at an event. We will not extend this program beyond those card holders. However, the overwhelming response has demonstrated the need for a structured promotion for veterans. We will get to work on a program that offers attractive rebates on products purchased through our distribution partners. We appreciate your service and we want to offer a program that honors that service. Please stay tuned to Trijicon.com and check with your local retailing dealers for further details in the months to come. Trijicon does offer a substantial discount to US military personnel on active duty, members of the reserve components and National Guard, retired military and federal employees. Your cost is the same as what the federal government pays, which is about 18-25% off the retail price. For more information please contact us at [email protected]. Thanks, Trijicon, Inc. Whatever, I don't expect a damn thing, but FYI. 
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| So Trijicon is basically saying fuck everyone that fought for freedom prior to 9/11/2001. Every battle before that doesn't merit their acknowledgement, and isn't worth the sacrifice, or loss of fellow Soldier's, Marines, Airmen, or Sailor's. That's a pretty shitty policy, period. |
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So Trijicon is basically saying fuck everyone that fought for freedom prior to 9/11/2001. Every battle before that doesn't merit their acknowledgement, and isn't worth the sacrifice, or loss of fellow Soldier's, Marines, Airmen, or Sailor's. That's a pretty shitty policy, period. Don't worry, they bailed on the entire idea. So they said fuck everyone equally 
On a more serious note, Trijicon became the huge company they are by getting military contracts for optics during the GWOT. So they were (until they bailed on it) offering discounts to vets who potentially carried their products into combat. I think it was more about that than anything. Then they said fuck it and stopped it all lol |
| I know I'm not "owed" anything. Shit like what Trijicon is/was doing is fucked up. The military wasn't the only organization that was engaged in the GWOT in the Middle East. There were a lot of .gov employee's that did their time dodging IED's, and putting their ass on the line. |
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In for entitled butt hurt. It's not so much that anyone is entitled to Trijicon products. I wouldn't have given a shit if they never offered this. It's them failing to honor it, and the very repulsive way the email in the OP comes across, which cranks the douchebaggery up to 11. |
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Guys it's not Trijicons fault at all it was supposed to be a select group of people.
The promotion made its way to social media and now everyone is trying to cash in. They never intended it to cover so many people. Do you honestly believe that they were prepared to offer a 40 percent discount on all of their items to potentially tens of thousands of people? |
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It's not so much that anyone is entitled to Trijicon products. I wouldn't have given a shit if they never offered this. It's them failing to honor it, and the very repulsive way the email in the OP comes across, which cranks the douchebaggery up to 11. Quoted:
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In for entitled butt hurt. It's not so much that anyone is entitled to Trijicon products. I wouldn't have given a shit if they never offered this. It's them failing to honor it, and the very repulsive way the email in the OP comes across, which cranks the douchebaggery up to 11. Yeah, but that will not stop the 300lbs basement dwelling Cheetos encrusted man children from getting exited about others not getting a discount. I get it, don't care, just so everybody knows. Basement dwellers rejoice! In this, you are now equal to post 9/11 Vets. 
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Guys it's not Trijicons fault at all it was supposed to be a select group of people. The promotion made its way to social media and now everyone is trying to cash in. They never intended it to cover so many people. Do you honestly believe that they were prepared to offer a 40 percent discount on all of their items to potentially tens of thousands of people? Their words not mine,... see above. With this wizardry called social media,.... they could have walked it back. Sooo... again let the Vets know. Before they buy ACOGs at MSRP. After all this EOTech cray, why has honesty and straight forwardness so easily forgotten. You fuck up, say you fuck up... sucks but I do it from time to time. Saves more pain later on. |
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Guys it's not Trijicons fault at all it was supposed to be a select group of people. The promotion made its way to social media and now everyone is trying to cash in. They never intended it to cover so many people. Do you honestly believe that they were prepared to offer a 40 percent discount on all of their items to potentially tens of thousands of people? They really fucked up by advertising it as such. Did they forget that the internet exists? Because they should've known that a promotion like this would explode on the net. |
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Is this the samething they offered to only GWOT vets last time and it pissed off all of the 90s and Cold War guys to no end? Am I the only GWOT vet that thought it was kinda funny how pissed off some of the guys were? It was entertaining. Lets see if this years thread will top last years There are already some sniveling derptastic comments that show promise. |
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Guys it's not Trijicons fault at all it was supposed to be a select group of people. The promotion made its way to social media and now everyone is trying to cash in. They never intended it to cover so many people. Do you honestly believe that they were prepared to offer a 40 percent discount on all of their items to potentially tens of thousands of people? As a LE firearms instructor I get a deal very similar to this, so a discount program isn't anything new. I think that they, and potentially you, are being naïve thinking that this program was going to stay a secret in the digital age we live in. |
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Quoted: So Trijicon is basically saying fuck everyone that fought for freedom prior to 9/11/2001. Every battle before that doesn't merit their acknowledgement, and isn't worth the sacrifice, or loss of fellow Soldier's, Marines, Airmen, or Sailor's. That's a pretty shitty policy, period. |
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So Trijicon is basically saying fuck everyone that fought for freedom prior to 9/11/2001. Every battle before that doesn't merit their acknowledgement, and isn't worth the sacrifice, or loss of fellow Soldier's, Marines, Airmen, or Sailor's. That's a pretty shitty policy, period. They have to draw the line somewhere. This is like watching people get pissy at home depot when they cashier tells them they have to have an active duty or retiree ID card to get the discount. |
Wow that is amazing. Most of my friends are vets so I posted these pics on facebook back on January 19 after I read the thread here about the program.  I don't remember reading anything here or on trijicon's site about numbered cards or trade show stuff. How many vets attend the shows? |
found the original thread rustedace in that thread |
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Isn't this shit like a year old?
I remember some butthurt. IMHO the definition of veteran is far too broad, the benefits should be restricted to members who served in an actual conflict or theater of war, not the people who got a piece of paper for showing up to work everyday for four years. Too many special snow flakes that didn't do fucking shit expecting a handout. Discounts, hiring preference, etc. In any case you think the trijicon thing is bad? Silencerco basically said fuck you to all former mil and then turned around and gave their discount to armored car drivers, commercial ambulances, judges, and district attorneys 
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So Trijicon is basically saying fuck everyone that fought for freedom prior to 9/11/2001. Every battle before that doesn't merit their acknowledgement, and isn't worth the sacrifice, or loss of fellow Soldier's, Marines, Airmen, or Sailor's. That's a pretty shitty policy, period. That's very free shit army of you. Thier Company and thier right to do promotions as they see fit. Maybe NC Star has a promo you are eligible for. |
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So Trijicon is basically saying fuck everyone that fought for freedom prior to 9/11/2001. Every battle before that doesn't merit their acknowledgement, and isn't worth the sacrifice, or loss of fellow Soldier's, Marines, Airmen, or Sailor's. That's a pretty shitty policy, period. Let's be fair. The majority of people pissing and moaning about a handout in that original thread didn't do jack fucking shit other than join the military during a time of peace. |
just rereading the thread. Looks like trijicon backed out back in february  |
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Isn't this shit like a year old? I remember some butthurt. IMHO the definition of veteran is far too broad, the benefits should be restricted to members who served in an actual conflict or theater of war, not the people who got a piece of paper for showing up to work everyday for four years. Too many special snow flakes that didn't do fucking shit expecting a handout. Discounts, hiring preference, etc. I completely agree with you. |
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just rereading the thread. Looks like trijicon backed out back in february
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1709090__ARCHIVED_THREAD____Trijicon_Veteran_Discount__40__off_until_December.html&page=9#i51953474 https://www.reddit.com/r/guns/comments/2vb0z3/trijicon_backs_out_on_providing_40_discount_for/ Backed out of the 40 % program yes, but if you read Ops post, they're still offering 25% off |
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Quoted: So Trijicon is basically saying fuck everyone that fought for freedom prior to 9/11/2001. Every battle before that doesn't merit their acknowledgement, and isn't worth the sacrifice, or loss of fellow Soldier's, Marines, Airmen, or Sailor's. That's a pretty shitty policy, period. |
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Quoted: Wow that is amazing. Most of my friends are vets so I posted these pics on facebook back on January 19 after I read the thread here about the program. http://i.imgur.com/OEWErnW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9LxvBwZ.jpg I don't remember reading anything here or on trijicon's site about numbered cards or trade show stuff. How many vets attend the shows? Just based on the writing, I'd say Trijicon engaged in false advertising. Sloppy marketing. Merits of special pricing and who is entitled to it based on the ad notwithstanding. |
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So Trijicon is basically saying fuck everyone that fought for freedom prior to 9/11/2001. Every battle before that doesn't merit their acknowledgement, and isn't worth the sacrifice, or loss of fellow Soldier's, Marines, Airmen, or Sailor's. That's a pretty shitty policy, period. 
Yes, that's exactly what they're saying.
I didn't see too much footage of ACOGs being used in the Balkans, Desert Storm, Panama, etc... That's why the hefty discount was being offered to GWOT guys for ACOGs. I think the consensus from all the GWOT vets in the earlier thread was that they'd love to see a 40% off retail for Garands from the CMP for Korea and WW2 vets and other programs specific for veterans of particular eras. |