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yes, but you would be wasting your time - unless you all enjoy it.
That's why you attend the ones that serve free drinks.
And bring some empty water bottles to fillup.
Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall
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Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall
#272Same goes for the fishbowl of business cards at restaurants.
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I'm all for capitalism, but I feel like this should be illegal. Yes, I know, "the consumers shouldn't be so dumb". But there is always the group of a society that will bite. The seller may make a good buck, but these tactics have many downstream effects that just get compounded for the people buying this garbage. There should be some kind of protection for the consumers in this case. I know it would be hard to define…
How would you even regulated that? This is the sort of detailed complex gray-zone law that is hard to define and harder to enforce. A more general increase in the power of contract and what the need to include to make them valid.
Require the sort of sheet you get with credit cards. Total annual fee, breakdown, interest rate calculated in a standard way.
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> They came back quite drunk > They walked away with the car. Hopefully they did walk.
I believe the contest rules require you to floor it straight out of the mall (the "Left4Dead 2 clause").
Any joke that revolves around driving cars inside of a mall needs a mandatory reference to the Blues Brothers mall chase scene.
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The car is surrounded by posters that read "Enter to win" above a picture of a white vehicle otherwise similar to the blue car physically present. There is absolutely no doubt that ideogram promises a chance to win the car in exchange for the registration.
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”
Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall
#278About 30 years ago in Australia There was a competition at the local shopping centre. Spend $20 at any shop in the centre, show your receipt and you get a chance to win the displayed car. The chance involved folding a paper plane, and then trying to get it into the car through the sunroof. Which was only open a small crack. A friend of the family tried about 5 times over the day and never got close. They came back qu…
There's a furniture salesman here in Houston who makes heavy use of that sort of promotion. His latest if you spend $3,000 on a mattress and the Astros win the "2018 baseball final championship series" you'll be refunded the purchase price. Not sure why it's worded so formally; must be a legal thing.
$3000 on a mattress? WTF? How is that even possible for such a highly commoditized good?
Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall
#279I remember a few years back walking on the beach with my dad and some similar time share scam people asked us if we wanted to enter a competition. We were handed two scratch cards with various prizes; cash, a holiday or the grand prize of a car. Obviously all the scratch cards were winners for the holiday. My dad scratched his card and said "Oh great, I won the car!" The scam guys eyes opened wide and he had a confus…
I would have taken the magic box.
Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall
#280It really bothers me that people completely lack any sort of moral fortitude they think overtly lying and deceiving people is "ok". The fact is, everyone from the dealership to the call center employee knows whats going on and is a willing participant in this scam.