Maybe you guys already knew this but I did not and only recently found this out. Many business's give a discount for former service. I took my DD214 to Lowes and they credited our credit card about 85 bucks on what I had bought in the last 30 days. We had them install new carpet a few days before the reunion and I went back with the receipt for that and walked out with $377.25 in cash. They would only give cash on that for some reason. I was a pretty happy camper. I called several other bussines's around town and most were willing to give varying types of $$$ off.
Just thought you might like to know if you didn't already.
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