ACE just gave InterNACHI $187,500 worth of $25 gift cards for members' clients.

[ksitzes (Kenneth E. Sitzes)]

Ben

yes,yes,yes

how do we get them

[swaskewicz (Steven C. Waskewicz, CMI)]

Its a great idea, especially in the current “coupon” crazy atmosphere for everything now a days…

[rernst1 (Robert Ernst)]

We have a couple of ACE stores here still. They get beat up by the big box stores so maybe the $25 would get the stores some business.

[cmettel (Christian Mettel, CMI)]

I could offer the Ace gift card if I lived in Aurora,Illinois or Aurora,Colorado, but not Aurora,Ontario. A Home Depot or Lowe’s card, on the other hand, would be useful. I hope that they could be made available soon, so that Canadian InterNachi inspectors could benefit.

[jhagarty (Joseph Hagarty, CMI)]

There are 3 - 5 ACE Hardwares within a 25 mile radius of me

[jhagarty (Joseph Hagarty, CMI)]

True Value and Do It Best are the next…
Followed by those big box
Home Depot and Lowes…

[dduffy (Dale Duffy)]

If I need something I go to ACE, I would rather spend a little more and be treated like they appreciate your business.

Not many family owned businesses left, even being a franchise, they seem to be helpful people with more knowledge about what they sell compared to Home Depot or Lowes.

[wwarner (William Warner)]

@dduffy

If I need something I go to ACE, I would rather spend a little more and be treated like they appreciate your business.

Not many family owned businesses left, even being a franchise, they seem to be helpful people with more knowledge about what they sell compared to Home Depot or Lowes.

Exactly! I do the same.

[jjonas (Jeffrey Jonas)]

Here in Rural America… every small town has a hardware store. That hardware store is either an Ace or an Ace affiliated store. Obviously, all the larger towns have them as well. True Value’s are scarce. Lowes and Home Depot are about 50 miles apart. I haven’t seen an 84 Lumber that was still in business in 30 years. Regional stores like Menards and Mills Fleet Farm are major competitors for Ace.

[jjonas (Jeffrey Jonas)]

@dduffy

If I need something I go to ACE, I would rather spend a little more and be treated like they appreciate your business.

Not many family owned businesses left, even being a franchise, they seem to be helpful people with more knowledge about what they sell compared to Home Depot or Lowes.

Remember the old comercials… *“Ace is the place with the helpful hardware man”? *

- YouTube

[smcrae (Steve McRae)]

@bgromicko

Few “Yes/No” questions:

Is there an ACE Hardware store within the area where you perform inspections?

If you gave a $25 ACE Gift Card with every inspection, would you be able to market that value to potential clients?

Would it help you sell your services?

No
No
No

[jbraun (James E. Braun, CMI)]

Steve if there is not an ACE in your area then move.

[smcrae (Steve McRae)]

@jbraun

Steve if there is not an ACE in your area then move.

lol, I live in “Rural Ontario”, not even a Home Depot closer than 90 min drive. Lots of Canadian Tire, Home Harware and Rona though…

[mmeeker (Michael Meeker, CMI)]

So how do we get them?

[cmettel (Christian Mettel, CMI)]

@smcrae

lol, I live in “Rural Ontario”, not even a Home Depot closer than 90 min drive. Lots of Canadian Tire, Home Harware and Rona though…

Unfortunately Steve, I don’t think that there are any Crappy Tires, Home Hardwares, or Ronas in the States, so getting gift cards from those companies is probably not likely to happen.

[sgoddard (Steve W. Goddard)]

This is great. What better way to drum up work.

[phouck (Phil D. Houck, MIES, CPI)]

Great News, Nick
While InterNACHI is out there getting things done and helping the inspection industry, the other two organizations (I belong to all) sit around thumping thier chests bragging how impotent, whoops I mean important, they are.

[jacaron (John M. Acaron)]

@gromicko

This is a phase of a pilot we’ve been running in conjunction with ACE which could potentially lead to InterNACHI members getting millions of dollars of gift cards to give out to their inspection clients.

More details about how to participate in the program will be released in the coming weeks.

InterNACHI is also working with over a dozen other large companies to provide consumers who hire InterNACHI members with hundreds of dollars of cash gift cards.

It is our goal to eventually provide clients of InterNACHI inspectors with more cash gift cards than the cost of the inspection, thus making inspections free (or even better than free) in North America. We hope that one day soon, consumers who have no need for inspection services will order inspections from InterNACHI members anyway.

Time and time again I have always said: “The best decision I made in my business is joining NACHI” There is not a single association out there for any business that cares about his members business and future than InterNACHI. Why Nick does that? It is beyond me:roll:. Maybe his passion for the home inspection business. Is he making a killing ($$) so what! He deserves every penny. His staff cannot be better. Second to none! Kudos for Nick and his staff.

THANK YOU NICK!

[rgreen2 (Ronald G. Green)]

That’s great Nick. How do we get some of these?
Ron Green
Bless This House Inspections
Macomb, IL

[smay (Scott May, CMI CCHI)]

Yes for me too, One local Ace that covers a broad area.