But there is much more to this story. Not really, but it sounds better that way.

Mars has been running their Real Chocolate Relief Act for a while now, giving out free chocolate to 250,000 people every Friday. Signing up is simple, but you have to wait 6 weeks or more to receive your chocolate. When I finally got my rebate in the mail, the fine print says that it’s good for any Mars company candy bar up to $0.85. The problem though, is the store I went to sells Snickers bars for $0.99. The store decided to give me an $0.85 discount on the bar so I didn’t even get free chocolate.

I guess the real morale of the story is to just go to Safeway or something to claim your coupon/rebate for chocolate and you won’t get ripped. The chocolate was still delicious and I recently registered for another rebate. Hopefully in 6 weeks I’ll still remember what happened and remember to go somewhere else to get my free chocolate. It is Friday, so it’s open season on rebates.