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Cool GNC Fact
« on: May 06, 2011, 08:29:28 PM »
If you guys already know this, then I apologize. So, one of my buddys told me GNC would price match whatever you find on the net for any supplement and then beat it by a dollar. I called BS, but went and tried it today. I asked the chick working and she said yep, they do that. I whipped out my Iphone and showed her different cheaper prices and got some good freaking deals. I think what supps I do buy will be from them now, no shipping and handling and no waiting on packages. Thought I would share this cool little tidbit :)

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2011, 08:38:19 PM »
Yup.  I usually shop supplement warehouse, but found out they would price match about 6 months ago.  Saves me some time...apparently they have been doing this for 2 years?

Wish I would have known about this earlier!

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2011, 12:38:27 PM »
OMG I DIDNT KNOW THIS!!! So they will even beat A1's prices?
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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2011, 07:16:44 PM »
OMG I DIDNT KNOW THIS!!! So they will even beat A1's prices?


It doesn't matter who it is. I just showed them some random site on my Iphone that had Redline a lot cheaper. She just half assed looked at it, saw the price and hooked me up.

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2011, 06:47:24 AM »
Yup.  I usually shop supplement warehouse, but found out they would price match about 6 months ago.  Saves me some time...apparently they have been doing this for 2 years?

Wish I would have known about this earlier!

Just wait until GNC starts marking stuff down for clearance. No online store can beat that.

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2011, 08:13:10 AM »
Just wait until GNC starts marking stuff down for clearance. No online store can beat that.

Well my local drug store has a GNC inside it and when i was there yesterday i saw a 180 count of thermogenic CLA softgels 1000mgs per softgel reg. price $40 it was on clearence for $20 and my card took it down to $10...that was nice.

My local GNC never seems to have anything on clearance i think the employees there grabs it as soon as it goes on sale lol.
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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2011, 01:40:54 PM »
There's no way they would do that at the GNC's in the UK. That place is a rip off - couldn't tell you the last time I bought anything from there.

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2011, 02:37:14 PM »
anybody know how to make websites? 240?  ;D

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2011, 07:09:09 AM »
anybody know how to make websites? 240?  ;D

lol!!!

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2011, 05:41:33 PM »
I am glad I read this.  That made my day.  I would think high majority of people did not know this.

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2011, 05:45:06 PM »
anybody know how to make websites? 240?  ;D

GOOD IDEA

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2011, 04:38:35 AM »
This is F'in awesome...great news......I havent shopped in GNC for yrs except for a quick proten bar but otherwise....

Hmmm...

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2011, 07:16:52 AM »
I asked about this because it didn't seem right to me.

I was told that GNC will beat online prices by a dollars, but only for online sources that have a brick and mortar counterpart.  So, in other words, we have Vitamin Shop and Performance Nutrition stores in our area, so they will beat any online price they advertise.
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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2011, 10:16:42 PM »
No fucking way. For real?

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2011, 07:59:43 PM »
No fucking way. For real?


Yep dude, for reals! I did it three times so far, all good.

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #15 on: June 28, 2011, 06:33:02 AM »
They used to do it a long time ago before the interent and then stopped. But you had to bring the printed advertisement to them and you had to allow them to keep it. Im kinda floored that they would just let you show them on your ipod. I would think they would atleast make you print it off.
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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2011, 06:35:56 AM »
I don't know how it is in the states but here a lot of the GNC managers sell their inventory on the side, or after store hours for roughly 1/4 of the price, I was told by one of these people that they have a really bad/outdated inventory system so things tend to get 'lost' all the time

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2011, 08:04:45 AM »
I don't know how it is in the states but here a lot of the GNC managers sell their inventory on the side, or after store hours for roughly 1/4 of the price, I was told by one of these people that they have a really bad/outdated inventory system so things tend to get 'lost' all the time


Like McDonald's, many GNCs are franchises, so it's not like they're stealing from the "corporation".
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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2011, 08:15:43 AM »
Like McDonald's, many GNCs are franchises, so it's not like they're stealing from the "corporation".

I think most of the people working there realize they're at the bottom of the ladder, making $10 an hour and just don't give a shit if they rip the owner off to make some side coin.

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2011, 11:48:19 AM »
Is this in Canada as well?

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Re: Cool GNC Fact
« Reply #20 on: August 14, 2011, 05:19:13 AM »
This was working for me but just a heads up idk if its just my GNC feeding me some bullshit on this tip or not but they say that this has been happening so much lately that the " Corporate Office " Is cracking down on doing this.
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