Furniture Retailer to Refund $2 Million to Customers if 3 Feet of Snow Falls on Chicago

Carolyn Williams
Published: January 31,2015



 

Thousands of Chicago homeowners could, and more than likely will, end up with a spectacular deal this Super Bowl Sunday if it snows: free furniture!
Art Van Furniture will issue a full refund for customers who shop on Saturday at its six Chicago locations, if, one condition is met. Linus must drop at least three inches of snow on Chicagoland between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Super Bowl Sunday, ABC Chicago says.
The deal is part of a winter promotion the furniture retailer devised, which promises a full refund for customers who purchase items on specific days, granted the snowfall condition is met, WGN-TV reported.
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Art Van Furniture owner Rick Cote’s prospect of the probable refund is not at all what you would expect. Cote told WGN, “Believe it or not, we’re excited about it. We want our customers to get free furniture!”
This isn’t the first time Art Van has run the “Let It Snow” promotion.  The retailer promised the same generous deal on New Year’s Day, the Chicago Tribune reported. Customers who took advantage of the promotion Jan.1 and Jan. 17 purchased around $2 million worth of merchandise, hoping for Super Bowl Snow, and the retailer expects to pay the full amount, said Art Van Director of Corporate Communications Diane Charles.