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If you like a good deal, check this one out…

To celebrate 50 years in business, The Pride Stores has put together one heck of a promotion through their new Pride Points loyalty program.

Simply sign up, and you’ll automatically receive 50¢ off per gallon on your next four fill-ups. You’ll also receive a free drink during each of those visits, and one lucky participant who joins the program this month will win free gas for a year.

If your average fill-up is 10–15 gallons, this promotion could easily save you $20–$30 for just a couple of minutes spent creating an online profile. That’s a pretty solid return on investment.

With gas prices significantly higher than they were earlier this year, maybe this offer can help take some of the sting out of your next few trips to the pump.

Speaking of gas prices…

You can also still enter our latest Carma Services Gas Challenge when you meet with me at a local gas station. This month’s challenge includes $1,000 in free gas and up to $250 in lottery scratch-off tickets for participants who correctly predict AAA’s published national average gas price.

Can’t meet with me in person? You can still enter online for your chance to win the lottery scratch-off prizes.

Links to these offers can be found in the comments

When is summer over?

For my kids, it’s in a few weeks when school is back in session. A meteorologist might say September 1st. Others still might believe it’s Labor Day, or when the pools are closed for the season.

This gas contest is looking for our entrants to tell us not only the price of gas, but also when they think we officially put the summer behind us and start looking forward to pumpkin spice and the crisp cool days ahead.

For entrants who own a vehicle that fits our selling model, also known as a Carma Car, you can win up to $500 in free gas when you match AAA’s published gas price with this new twist on our popular gas challenge. You will need to meet with me publicly to enter, but with $1000 in total gas up for grabs, it may be well worth your time! More details in the comments to see if your ride qualifies and how to find me during this contest’s entry period.

For those of you who do not have a qualifying vehicle or can’t meet with me, you can still remotely participate in this contest for your chance at 1 of five $50 lotto tickets that will be available when you “like” this post, comment telling us when summer is officially over for you and match AAA’s gas price. The first gas price we are looking for is Monday, August 10th and then we will keep guessing each day until all of the lotto tickets have been claimed or we have given away $1000 in gas to our most devoted followers.

Just because our Fourth of July contest winner never came forward to collect their cash, that doesn’t mean we can’t give honorable mention to our past winner, Sandy B., who came exactly ONE HALF OF A CENT from winning her third gas challenge and second $500 grand prize!

Upon realizing this, it reminded me of another time Sandy came close to “winning” with Carma Services that actually pertains to the business we specialize in: selling Carma Cars. It’s a story that has been in the hopper for a couple of summers now, so here is the long and the short of it.

After contacting me, Sandy took her sporty 2012 Kia Optima SX to CarMax, where she was offered $5,000. She then asked me to list the Kia for sale on her behalf to see how much better Carma could do as a private party sale.

Well, within a matter of days we had our first appointment and test drive, followed by an offer to buy it from her, right there in her very own driveway, for $8,000!

Unfortunately, Sandy was not scheduled to pick up her new car for a few more days, so she declined this offer a few hundred below our asking price of $8700. She did appreciate that this was a solid offer and said that she would gladly accept it after she brought home the new vehicle, but by the time she was ready to sell, the prospective buyer had already purchased another vehicle and this generous offer was off the table.

In retrospect, I should have offered to be her personal Uber for a few days (or cover the expense of finding temporary transportation out of my commission) because $8K was a terrific offer that would have been our best selling story to date. That’s okay, because since then we have captured more, and even better, selling stories still to tell and other deals now in the works that could provide more content and donations in the near future.

Oh, and we are just hours away from launching a new contest with even more ways to win with Carma Services. Be sure to check back soon so you can join us!

Let’s celebrate 250 with $500!

America turns 250 this year, and the next Carma Services Gas Challenge gives you a chance to win up to $500 by predicting the national average gas price on July 4th.

Here’s how the payout works:

• Enter between June 7–21 to play for up to $500
• Enter between June 22–28 to play for up to $300
• Enter between June 29-July 2 to play for up to $100
• First-time players ONLY may enter on July 3 to play for $100

To enter:

• Like this post
• Comment with your gas price prediction
• Include a few words about what Independence Day means to you

Whether it’s fireworks, family gatherings, summer traditions, patriotism, or simply a day off, we’d love to hear your thoughts.
The first eligible entry with the correct July 4 AAA national average (https://gasprices.aaa.com) gas price wins.

Complete rules are included below. If you have questions, feel free to send a message.
Let’s celebrate 250 years with up to $500 from Carma Services!

Our referral bonus is now worth $500!

To qualify, your referral must mention this offer and your name during their initial consultation.

This offer is limited to the next referred deal that closes with our “full-service” selling option.

After this offer is taken, our standard $100 referral bonus applies.

Yesterday wasn’t just Memorial Day, it was also Harrison’s day!

His successful gas price prediction helped us break our two day streak of nobody matching AAA’s published price in the Memorial Day Weekend Gas Challenge. Luckily for Harrison that allowed the jackpot to grow to a respectable $300!

Although Harrison’s schedule won’t permit him to meet with me today for another shot at a cash prize, maybe you can! Today will be the last day to enter this contest, and even though this next prize, at $200, is a bit smaller than Harrison’s winnings, it still might be worth saying “hello” if you see me hanging out at a gas station later this afternoon.

If you missed the chance to enter today, stick around because in June we will be opening our Fourth of July Gas Challenge where someone can win up to $500 with a successful gas price prediction!

⛽💵 THE CARMA GAS CHALLENGE IS BACK! 💵⛽

This Memorial Day weekend, Carma Services will once again be giving you the chance to win up to $500 CASH!

Here’s how to play:

• Visit me at a local gas station

• Comment below with your gas price prediction

• If you want to visit me in person, you can message me and I’ll let you know at which gas station you can find me

Can’t make it out in person? You can still participate from home by commenting with:

• your gas price prediction

• and a local nonprofit you’d like to support (If a stay-at-home entry matches the winning gas price, the nonprofit tagged in the comment will receive the following day’s jackpot prize.)

💰 Day 1 starts with a $100 jackpot. If nobody guesses correctly, the prize rolls over and increases by another $100 each day:

• Day 2 = $200
• Day 3 = $300
• Day 4 = $400
• Day 5 = $500

Drop your prediction below! ⬇️

Remember Claudia, who needed some help getting her car started on one of our coldest December days? Well, she did a thing!

First, she made the decision that the cost of insuring and maintaining her Chevy Spark was no longer worth it, and then she decided to contact Carma Services for a no-pressure consultation.

Long story short, within 24 hours of listing her vehicle on Craigslist, she pocketed DOUBLE the offer she received at the dealer the day before! I guess we could think of it as a “sell one, get one free” deal, 🤣 Not only that, but Claudia’s sale also allowed us to make another donation to the West Chicago VFW!

Stories like this are what keep Carma Services out there looking for more local car sellers who have come to the realization that sometimes owning a car is not in their best financial interest.

So if you know someone who could benefit from turning their car into cash, like Claudia just did, send them our way! Your friend could get thousands more than the dealer’s 7-day offer and you could walk with some cash too with our generous referral program!

Hard to believe that it has been 5 years since we began Detailing for Donations, and it is that time of year once again!

During the month of May, you can schedule a time for me to come clean your ride and donate 100% of the proceeds to your favorite local non-profit. This offer has already raised thousands, but we can do better. So if your car needs some TLC, Carma Services is here to help.

As usual, space will be limited, so click this link to learn more or sign for your cleaning session today: https://carma-services.com/detailing