Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall

Post by zwerdlds » Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 5:14 PM UTC

sudouser wrote: post #277

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #59

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I seem to remember there was a similar case prosecuted at some point where the advertiser claimed that the car was only for illustrative purposes and even drew an analogy with having a model display some goods, saying you wouldn't expect to be buying the model along with the goods. I might have just dreamt all that up though because I can't find anything online.

there was a case of a hooters employee, she expected to win a toyota but manager supposedly said “toy yoda”

Post by rootusrootus » Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 5:16 PM UTC

munificent wrote: post #298

logfromblammo wrote: post #278

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$3000 on a mattress? WTF? How is that even possible for such a highly commoditized good?

Because it's worth spending money on any product that your spends a third of its life on and which can directly affect your health.

Post by heartbreak » Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 5:26 PM UTC

Bartweiss wrote: post #228

bane wrote: post #151

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I went to one to satisfy the same sort of morbid fascination as well. I really have to hand it to the sales people, it was one of the most incredible sales pitches I've ever seen. They shuttled us to one of their premier properties where they took us to a sales room and served us breakfast. After a few moments they had everybody gather around a large presentation screen and a salesman who spent the next hour not just…

I did one of these also, and I absolutely don't regret it. I think I learned more about (ruthless) sales tactics in two hours than I ever have from books or classes. It was a timeshare tied to a big-name hotel chain, and as far as I could tell they were selling some hotel rooms as timeshare units to finance construction and maintenance. So the deal wasn't good , but it was substantially less of a scam than the stereo…

Post by ramy_d » Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 5:27 PM UTC

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #53

drawkbox wrote: post #47

On the flipside, I worked on promotions game systems in the brand promotions space with instant win and giveaways after the user played a game. If they won we had to contact them to verify and get info to send them the prize. When someone won the prize we had to get the social security number of the person that won for gift tracking as many were over 15k, their contact info and location to send the prize, you'd be su…

As an individual authenticating callers is difficult. I recently had someone claiming to be from the ATO (Australian Taxation Office) call and ask me to identify myself. Not surprising, my tax filing is overdue. I advised them as a security policy I do not give out PII to unauthenticated callers, asked for a reference number and a return phone number. The number I was given is not listed on the ATO website so I did n…

Post by maccam94 » Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 5:37 PM UTC

cobbzilla wrote: post #259

mathattack wrote: post #229

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If I recall, there was a basketball one where the insurance company didn’t want to pay because the shooter had paid college ball. The team wound up paying to avoid the PR disaster.

YES! This was at a Chicago Bulls game in the late 90's iirc. I watched the game on TV. The shot was from the free-throw line to the basket on the opposite end of the court. The guy shot one handed, wheeling his arm around wide to throw the ball with a great arc. It took a few seconds to travel through the air, and from the moment he released the ball the crowd was silent - we could all see it was looking on-target. I…