# That's a LOT of Canadian Tire money... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597 "2007-04-03T19:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/21 "2007-04-04T03:52:32Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] **Alice** , about the mouse–would you like to borrow a cat or two? [/QUOTE] Actually, since Schatzi the Crusty Old Cat[sup]TM[/sup] (who is currently poised, reading over my shoulder, making sure I protray him accurately) has moved in, I haven’t seen hide nor hair of the mouse. Not a turd to be found (which is what originally tipped me off). Now, I don’t actually think that Schatzi caught the mouse, as his former owner, who had him for 18 years has indicated that he’s just not that kind of cat, and she would know, having had him for 18 years. However, one of the vets at work figured that just the smell of cat would send the mouse packing, so I’m sort of hoping that is the case, and the mouse packed his little mouse bag, and his piece of cheese, and wedged his fat little mouse body out the way he came. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_loblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/22 "2007-04-04T04:23:27Z")
after my grandfather died, way back long ago in the 1980s, my grandmother opened his “do not open” box and discovered that it contained lots and lots of nothing but crappy tire money; almost $700 of the stuff. we assume he had been collecting it since, well, it was introduced. or damn close to that. nobody, afaik, ever came up with a credible idea of what he might have been saving for… i know it bought a new lawnmower, but i’m not sure what else. lots of various crap, i bet. anyway, i currently have {…counting…} $9.15 in ctm. ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/23 "2007-04-04T13:49:14Z")
[QUOTE=elbows] Indeed, where I live we have a bar that takes Canadian Tire money. How great is that? 😃 [/QUOTE] In London? Really? I wouldn’t have thought that was allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/24 "2007-04-04T13:52:45Z")
[QUOTE=Queuing] They did that to me as well **Nanoda**. Maybe I should write a letter too! Wait, was it like a real letter or an email? [/QUOTE] Real letter; I find I get better results with them. (Got a free trip to the local pizza place for the whole office that way after we went there and their ‘buffet’ remained pathetically empty for almost the whole lunch hour). I’d quote you some but I seem to have lost it. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/25 "2007-04-04T14:04:17Z")
Yup, I brought in my stack and bought me a router. Saved for years because I wanted to buy a power tool and watch the poor cashier count it out in Canadian tire money… “…5 cents, 5 cents, 5 cents, 5 cents, 5 cents = 25 cents… **Plus** , 5 cents and 5 cents and 5 cents…” ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/26 "2007-04-04T14:05:36Z")
[QUOTE=bob\_loblaw] we assume he had been collecting it since, well, it was introduced. or damn close to that. nobody, afaik, ever came up with a credible idea of what he might have been saving for… [/QUOTE] If the bills are in really good shape, you can sometimes sell the oldest ones to collectors. Especially the ones that have the old guy with the tartan beret on his head. ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/27 "2007-04-04T14:13:50Z")
[QUOTE=Swallowed My Cellphone] If the bills are in really good shape, you can sometimes sell the oldest ones to collectors. Especially the ones that have the old guy with the tartan beret on his head. [/QUOTE] OMG, people will collect anything. Any idea on how much collectors actually pay above face value? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/28 "2007-04-04T16:54:30Z")
[QUOTE=Queuing] OMG, people will collect anything. Any idea on how much collectors actually pay above face value? [/QUOTE] Heh - you’re assuming that they DO pay above face value. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/29 "2007-04-04T17:36:38Z")
[QUOTE=Queuing] Any idea on how much collectors actually pay above face value? [/QUOTE] No really sure. I remember seeing one “vintage” bill in a protective sleeve at a flea market going for $7. Don’t remember the denomination of the bill though. But I don’t think they make them higher than $2, do they? I have a few $1s in my stash, but most are coin denominations. Flea markets usually have them somewehre near the coin collector people. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/30 "2007-04-04T18:15:23Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Heh - I just found this story, which I kind of love: [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2004/12/01/CanadianTire-ATM.041201.html](http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2004/12/01/CanadianTire-ATM.041201.html) It goes further to support my decision to never have any dealings with CIBC again, as they are all, obviously incompetent boobs. Next they’ll be faxing personal identifying financial information about their customers to a junk-yard in the States. Oh wait… [/QUOTE] Once was that banks printed their own money, thus the term “bank note”. What goes round comes round, for in 2003 Canadian Tire started a chartered bank - the Canadian Tire Bank. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/31 "2007-04-04T18:45:26Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] What goes round comes round, for in 2003 Canadian Tire started a chartered bank - the Canadian Tire Bank. [/QUOTE] Heh. True, but I’m pretty sure they don’t actually use _Canadian Tire_ money in their day to day dealings. Right? RIGHT? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/32 "2007-04-04T18:50:01Z")
[QUOTE=Queuing] OMG, people will collect anything. Any idea on how much collectors actually pay above face value? [/QUOTE] Apparently there are about 400 of the of these folks, who while obviously alien, appear to be harmless. A pair of consecutive 25 cent bills had a reserve of $70, but it seems that most go for three or five bucks. [http://www.ctccc.ca/january2006.pdf](http://www.ctccc.ca/january2006.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/33 "2007-04-04T18:53:53Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Heh. True, but I’m pretty sure they don’t actually use _Canadian Tire_ money in their day to day dealings. Right? RIGHT? [/QUOTE] Well, they do have a Canadian Tire Money Rewards Program tied in with their Mastercard: [http://www.ctfs.com/english/ctm\_rewards.html](http://www.ctfs.com/english/ctm_rewards.html) ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/34 "2007-04-04T18:59:21Z")
[QUOTE=Queuing] OMG, people will collect anything. Any idea on how much collectors actually pay above face value? [/QUOTE] I searched e-bay.ca and found no less than 28 items for Canadian Tire Money. Some were asking over $200 for “vintage” ones. 😕 [Linkity Link Link.](http://search.ebay.ca/Canadian-Tire-Money_W0QQfcdZ2QQfclZ3QQfnuZ1QQsascsZ0) . ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/35 "2007-04-04T19:10:49Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] Apparently there are about 400 of the of these folks, who while obviously alien, appear to be harmless. A pair of consecutive 25 cent bills had a reserve of $70, but it seems that most go for three or five bucks. [http://www.ctccc.ca/january2006.pdf](http://www.ctccc.ca/january2006.pdf) [/QUOTE] OMG! That is just priceless. A 20 page newsletter? Apparently you can get denominations up to $5! Who knew? And there appears to be at least 639 members. Doug Adams Member #639 London Ontario ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/36 "2007-04-04T19:17:10Z")
[QUOTE=meek] I searched e-bay.ca and found no less than 28 items for Canadian Tire Money. Some were asking over $200 for “vintage” ones. 😕 [Linkity Link Link.](http://search.ebay.ca/Canadian-Tire-Money_W0QQfcdZ2QQfclZ3QQfnuZ1QQsascsZ0) . [/QUOTE] Hey, I think I have one of them fancy 3 cent oldies! I’m rich! I’m rich! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/37 "2007-04-04T19:32:39Z")
[QUOTE=Swallowed My Cellphone] Hey, I think I have one of them fancy 3 cent oldies! I’m rich! I’m rich! [/QUOTE] Well, 3 cents rich, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/38 "2007-04-04T19:35:55Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Actually, since Schatzi the Crusty Old Cat[sup]TM[/sup] (who is currently poised, reading over my shoulder, making sure I protray him accurately) has moved in, I haven’t seen hide nor hair of the mouse. Not a turd to be found (which is what originally tipped me off). Now, I don’t actually think that Schatzi caught the mouse, as his former owner, who had him for 18 years has indicated that he’s just not that kind of cat, and she would know, having had him for 18 years. However, one of the vets at work figured that just the smell of cat would send the mouse packing, so I’m sort of hoping that is the case, and the mouse packed his little mouse bag, and his piece of cheese, and wedged his fat little mouse body out the way he came. [/QUOTE] No problem, sounds like the problem is taken care of. I must admit though that I’m curious as to what one of ours–Fiona–would do with a mouse. She loves to play with a ball; she bats it around and pounces on it, and bats it again, and the game continues. Of course, the ball only moves when she (or us) makes it move. I’ve often wondered what she’d do with something that was capable of running away on its own. > [@elbows](#): > > Indeed, where I live we have a bar that takes Canadian Tire money. I used to frequent a place that did that. One night a week–IIRC, it was Tuesdays–they’d take Canadian Tire money. You could only use it on your food tab, owing to liquor regulations, but it did bring people in on what was usually a slow night for the place. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/39 "2007-04-04T21:01:51Z")
I think we’ve got about 40 bucks in our stack. The husband insists on saving it “to get something cool” I have no idea what that could possibly be. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597/40 "2007-04-05T02:32:18Z")
[QUOTE=the Lady] I think we’ve got about 40 bucks in our stack. The husband insists on saving it “to get something cool” I have no idea what that could possibly be. [/QUOTE] You don’t want to know. Trust me. It will probably be loud, dangerous, involve moving parts or open flame or both, and have at least six warning labels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-lot-of-canadian-tire-money/398597.md?page=3)