Mail-in promo car from Mattel, please help.
So I guess I'm not really getting this.
I just bought $20+ in Hot Wheels and got my cars and receipt.
So now do I send my receipt to the designated address (Plus the $14 handling and shipping), or my car's cards (Plus the $14), or do I send the cars, receipts, and of course, the $14.
This is all due 4-20-2024, today is 4-16-2024, so do I mail them before the 20th, or does it have to get to them before the 20th?
Also, if I'm missing anything, please let me know.
Discussion
During the Promotion Purchase Period from March 10, 2024 to April 20, 2024 buy any $20 (before taxes) of Hot Wheels® 1:64 basic cars from the 2020 to present assortment numbers C4982, L2593, and/or HGY16 from participating Dollar General stores. Follow these Official Rules to request one Hot Wheels® 1:64 NISSAN SILVIA (CSP311) (Promotional Vehicle) from Mattel, Inc. (Mattel), while supplies last.
For each Promotion Vehicle you request, mail: (a) your original (no photocopies) cash register receipt(s) and/or online receipt(s)* dated from March 10, 2024 to April 20, 2024; (b) blister cards from single packs of cars (the entire cardboard piece, but not the car or plastic window), or UPC codes from the multipacks matching the receipt totaling $20 (twenty dollars) before taxes; (c) a completed order form; and (d) a check or money order (unless you pay online via credit card) payable to Mattel, Inc. for US $7.00 shipping and processing for each vehicle you order to:
NISSAN SILVIA (CSP311)
P.O. Box 1229
East Aurora, NY 14052
Requests must be postmarked by April 25, 2024 and received by May 6, 2024.
- So if I wanted to just do (a), I could just do (a), or do I have to do (a) through (d)? — LottaSpeedRacing
You need to send in all those things. The receipt(s), the card backs, and the proof of payment.
When I did this in years past, I would pay the $7 online and then include that confirmation in what I sent to Mattel.
And it says postmarked...which means it needs to be in the mail by the date, not received by that date.
- Well shoot, I wanted to keep those as collectables mint condition. But I have opened some 2024 cars, so can I just use their cards so that way I can keep my mint condition mint condition? — LottaSpeedRacing
- The cars cardboard has to match the receipt, don't send in different ones. — LobotomyScam
- I'm guessing if the car is relatively recent then it'll be fine...most of my receipts just say "Hot Wheels Toy" on them anyway, nothing specific. — redlinederby
- Yeah, that's what I was thinking, seeing as how not every Hot Wheels has it's very own barcode. — LottaSpeedRacing
- They do, however, have assortment codes above the barcode. If he sends in cars from the last four years he SHOULD be good to go. — LobotomyScam
I bought 17 individual cars and one 5-pack. I've opened no 5-packs, so do you think that I'll need to get another to open and send in, or can I send in enough cards to value $20 before taxes?
If I can't, I'll just go back to the store, and buy another 5-pack, and individual cars, that I already own, so I can open them up and send them all in.
Here are the Hot Wheels Cards that I found. I know some of them are way out of the question to send in (Like the Carbonator, and the Gotta Go), but they may be worth mentioning.
NEW problem. I can for sure get one Nissan Promo car, but I went back to Dollar General to buy more cars, and I bought over 30 so I could open them, and use their cards for the first batch. But when I bought the others, I used the same receipt, so now I bought about 60, some of them in mint condition, so I can't use their cards, but they total the $40 limit for two cars.
On the second receipt, there are two 5-packs and other stuff that I bought. Thoughts?
I think you send the cards, the receipt, and the $14