Spend $75: get a free MNT soccer ball Spend $150: get a free MNT shirt Spend $350: get a free MNT jersey
I bet the jerseys are actually pretty sweet.
SUPER EASY PROCESS! Enter your receipt and personal info on The Home Depot website and YOU'RE DONE! Doesn't seem to be any limit either.
Surely this can't be exploited, can it?
Well, you could chill out max and relax all cool in The Home Depot parking lot and ask everyone with a full cart if you can have their receipt. You could probably find qualifying receipts on the ground and in the trash if you look hard enough.
There should be a FatWallet prize for whoever collects the most soccer balls.
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Thanks OP! Just bought washer and dryer... but I opt for the soccer ball instead =)... didn't know what to do with the jersey as I am not much a soccer fan... Thanks again!
Mong said: db2guru said: Why don't they give away the U.S. soccer jerseys, or don't Americans shop at Home Despot anymore? (Flame retardant shield - ON) They are never the ones you see standing outside. +1
Buy American, Hire Americans. (where is the flag waving smiley???)
That should be Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!
That obnoxious explanation/exclamation alone, not even considering the fans who blitheringly state a 90 minute scoreless tie (i.e. a game in which absolutely nothing noteworthy happened) was "Brilliant!", explains why soccer will never have, nor should it ever have, any more genuine relevance in America than sports like swimming and marathon running. Curling, while not really athletic, is vastly more interesting to watch than soccer.
That should be Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!
That obnoxious explanation/exclamation alone, not even considering the fans who blitheringly state a 90 minute scoreless tie (i.e. a game in which absolutely nothing noteworthy happened) was "Brilliant!", explains why soccer will never have, nor should it ever have, any more genuine relevance in America than sports like swimming and marathon running. Curling, while not really athletic, is vastly more interesting to watch than soccer.
My boys love the game and I love watching, almost as exciting as basketball when the teens play.
That being said,
Thank you OP as DH just bought a lawn mower. Now I have to scout out the parking lot as I have 2 boys.
Voldaddy
Member
posted: Sep. 22, 2009 @ 10:19p
If I got a receipt from day laborers that stand in front of Home Depot for doing landscaping, would this work?
b0mbrman said: db2guru said: Why don't they give away the U.S. soccer jerseys, or don't Americans shop at Home Despot anymore?
(Flame retardant shield - ON)
Do we still play soccer here?
Somewhere down the line we got our games mixed up somehow. While it's futbol everywhere else in the world but soccer here, we play a game called football (not related to futbol).
That should be Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!
That obnoxious explanation/exclamation alone, not even considering the fans who blitheringly state a 90 minute scoreless tie (i.e. a game in which absolutely nothing noteworthy happened) was "Brilliant!", explains why soccer will never have, nor should it ever have, any more genuine relevance in America than sports like swimming and marathon running. Curling, while not really athletic, is vastly more interesting to watch than soccer.
There are plenty of exciting things that happen every minute or two in televised coverage of a golf tournament. When a golfer sticks the ball four feet from the pin, holes out from a bunker or makes a 40 foot put, that is a clear and quantifiable demonstration of extraordinary skill, one that anyone watching can appreciate, especially if the viewer plays the sport. While soccer players are extremely skilled and physically fit, not much of what they do demonstrates much of interest, let alone appreciable skill. In soccer, there are, in the best of matches, only a couple of scores in the entire hour and a half long match - everything else is inconsequential. American sports fans love statistics. In soccer, there are hardly any statistics because it's all back and forth, back and forth, with very little of consequence ever happening, virtually nothing quantifiable occuring during the match except a few goals (if you are lucky) and a few more saves. Yes, soccer is insanely popular in most other countries, but David Hasselhoff and Jerry Lewis are also very popular in some of those same countries.
lousygolfer said: ... that anyone watching can appreciate, especially if the viewer plays the sport. You nailed it. That is true for most sports, including soccer.
lousygolfer said: Yes, soccer is insanely popular in most other countries, but David Hasselhoff and Jerry Lewis are also very popular in some of those same countries. What is this supposed to mean? That you are better (or have better taste) than most other people? Are you being snob, or simply racist?...
Is there a limit on the number of items we can get?
cheaperisbetter
Broke Member
posted: Sep. 25, 2009 @ 11:21a
Ah,,, those lawn-mowers look interesting for a free jersey, but Fall and Winter's coming...so forget 'bout it. I want to ask the forum now. Why do you call football (American football) as "football" when you do not use your foot except for punt and field goal? Why not handball? From the language standpoint, isn't it more suitable to call "soccer" as football, as they use their "foot" to play the "ball"? (thus "Foot"ball). Please someone explain!!!!!!
Nice post! Especially since we will most likely be getting countertops through Home Depot. However, has anyone else gotten the "service unavailable" message when trying the link?
Qzuelic said: Nice post! Especially since we will most likely be getting countertops through Home Depot. However, has anyone else gotten the "service unavailable" message when trying the link?
Yeah I am getting it too, but being patient...My parents just dropped a lot of cash at Home Depot and I need me a free soccer ball. Mine was stolen at my game last week.
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psyteet
New Member
posted: Sep. 25, 2009 @ 11:44a
I love it that some still say that soccer/futbol will never make it in the USA. Of course its usually the Lower class confederate flag waving people that make the statements. And we really do not want them as soccer fans anyways so I guess thats a good thing. The last time I checked Soccer has greater tv ratings than hockey, tennis, golf and is nearing basketball and baseball tv ratings.
I too wish that you get USMNT gear instead of El Tri's gear but for free who can complain. if nothing else I can give it to a friend.
lousygolfer said: That obnoxious explanation/exclamation alone, not even considering the fans who blitheringly state a 90 minute scoreless tie (i.e. a game in which absolutely nothing noteworthy happened) was "Brilliant!", explains why soccer will never have, nor should it ever have, any more genuine relevance in America than sports like swimming and marathon running. Curling, while not really athletic, is vastly more interesting to watch than soccer.
How many American football games end 7-0, 14-6, etc? Maybe 'soccer' should count 1 goal as 6 points. 7 if it's from outside the PK box, 8 if it's from farther than a new '8 point line' that gets drawn on the field. Direct kicks would only count then for 3 points. PKs would count for 4. Unless the kicker is left footer, then it'll be 5.
Tada, no more 'low scoring games'.
The only common thing in all your failed relationships is you. or so the despair poster goes.
The only people that seem to have a problem with 'soccer' in America are American football fans. The World Cup is *the* most watched sports event on TV. SuperBowl 2009 had 98M viewers. World Cup 2006 had an estimated 375M.
Heck, if you want hard hitting 'real' sports America still hasn't picked up Rugby. There is nothing more pure of a sport by your definitions. No Timeouts, No TV breaks, No free subs, No pads. Running Clock. No "Offense" and "Defense". How ever will we fit in another beer commercial?
American football fans are content at making a '60 minute' game last 3 hours with 60 minutes of that nothing but commercials.
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Corrected "Americans" to "American football fans"
psyteet
New Member
posted: Sep. 25, 2009 @ 12:07p
Dark Scout be careful of saying Americans. That’s like saying everyone in America and that is really not true. There are millions of US born Soccer fans that are not closed minded and appreciate a good sport when we see it. Also by resorting to bashing American football does not help your case either. As a fan of both they are good in there own way.
osuuma said: 60 minute game.... 60 minutes of commercials....So what happens during the other hour?
You listen to the commentators and watch replays?
A. Football is 4-15minute quarters. That's 60 minutes of actual, clock rolling, playing time. Somehow on TV that lasts 3 hours. When my GF watches her favorite team, the last '5 minutes' of the game seem to last 30 minutes or more. Then they talk, then there are replays, then commercial break, then some more talking, maybe they'll snap the ball and do something which lasts all of 15-20 seconds. Then repeat.
Rugby has 2 - 40 minute halves with a 5-10 minute halftime. Baring any injury time the game lasts 85-90 minutes.
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