Alright guys, it’s about time for you to find out the awful truth… The truth is that damn subway scrabble game is a complete rip off.
If you are one of the lucky ones to get an instant winner (or spell something other then "zzzzzzzzz"after buying 9 tasteless sandwiches) you are not allowed to claim it at the store itself (mine was a ticket for a $15 gift card). You must go online and painstakingly type in a 12 digit alphanumeric code (where a fucking “D” will look like an “O” and a “M” will look like a friggin “H”) plus you will also need to type in some god-forsaken security code… then after finally after getting both right you are treated to a separate form you need to fill out.
Home free, right? but wait. What’s this? A skill testing question? Oh yes, these sort of contests always have one of these things… Lets just see… Carry the one… Add the 14… Ah yes. 110! Clicks Enter
WRONG
You are simply treated to this screen. That’s it. No retrys. No redos. Nothing. Just this screen. You can’t even double check your work since they don’t repeat the “skill-testing” question nor do they even give you the “correct” answer. All they do is give you this screen.
And what’s that they print on the bottom?
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:smack:
I get it. I’m being mocked. Laughed at… Made “the fool.” Whoever wrote that last line is having a good ole laugh at my expense. I mean… I went to middle school; I know what it’s like to be mocked. And good-fuckin-job. You right got me. I almost didn’t get the joke, but… that fucking ending made it clear…
…However, in case this is not a damningly good joke from a SUBWAY employee (with a wickedly sick sense of humour), in case this is truly just a lame attempt by a multi-national food chain to scam as many people out of as many prizes as possible… Then I have to say “FUCK YOU!”
What the fuck is up with this? "Don’t worry. It happens all the time. "
“It happens all the time!”
doesn’t that clue you fuckers in! Is that a good thing!? Won’t people will be pissed at your damn scamming? Is the amount you save fucking worth it?
and what the fuck is up with that fucking ending sentence? “talk about a sweet deal!” NO. That’s not a sweet deal! That’s a fucking ripoff! A SCAM! A GODDAMNED BAIT-N-ANALRAPE!
That’s right, you baited me, then you fucking raped me. In the ass. With no Vaseline.
That would be wonderful to know; but part of their fucking scam is that you can’t double check anything. They do not repeat the fucking question, nor do they give you the “correct” answer in the end. They don’t tell you that you’ve got one fucking shot at it, nor do let you complain if you get hosed.
Add this to the fact that it’s fucking impossible to beat the odds and win a goddamned gift card (1:2100 for the $15) you can’t claim the prize in the stores.
You must go online (What the fuck are they going to do? Mail them out?) register by filling out your name and address to even start the fucking head-games… If (like me) you get an “instant win” (Their words not mine) they make you fill out a cryptically printed 12 digit code along side an impossibly cryptic alphanumeric security code to begin to claim your prize. While you are filling out your name you get to the skill testing question, whip out your Microsoft Calc program run through “BEDMAS” (brackets/exponents/division/multiplication/addition/subtraction) submit and… the fucking mocking screen of death. That’s it.
No way to backtrack to see how/if you got something wrong. No way to easily report a complaint to the SUBWAY people on that damn site. Just the sick humour of a lame “fuck off” message by SUBWAY.
It’s all run through flash. When you first get on the site you must click the “Click here to claim your instant win prize” button on the bottom right, which opens up a new window that is also totally run by flash. Their is no way to backtrack or return to previous pages.
Please. They have teams of lawyers to ensure that it complies. And it’s not a “rip off” because you’re not losing anything. Read the rules; they’re covered. And even if their rules aren’t ironclad, they know full well no one’s going to hire a lawyer to fight them over $15. Because such a person would be an idiot.
Not to take away from your rightious indignation, but where are you from that you use BEDMAS? I always learned it as PEMDAS. Different ways of doing things are neat.
Odds are that they don’t allow you to claim them in the store in order to prevent fraud. Those worthless Subway gits trying to claim the prizes themselves in order to supplement their miserable pay and their steady diet of three day old lunch meat and brown lettuce.
Single person no, class action lawyer potentially yes. I hope they get reamed. If for no other reason then people who make websites completely in flash deserve to be poked in the eye with a rusty nail.
PEMDAS, Eh? I guess it could work that way. But if you tell me that you use “soda” instead of “pop” ( :dubious: ) you’re friggin crazy.* I studied grade school Math in Eastern Canada.
*****Although I can can understand why Americans call “Zed,” “Zee” (the song has got to rhyme somehow…), I’ll never drop my "U"s (it’s spelled “Humour” and “Colour” people!).
I don’t see anything that might be grounds for such a suit, though. You don’t win anything until you’ve completed all the steps. The OP didn’t. Period.
Maybe I did, Maybe SUBWAY decided to random reject 0.000001% of all entries to save $0.50? A stretch, I know, but why the fuck can’t I even double check the question? Why the fuck can’t it even give me the correct answer? Why the fuck am I not warned up front that I only get one shot at it? Why the fuck can’t I get a number to call someone to complain? Why the fuck couldn’t I just redeem it in the friggin store?
There’s a lot of questions that I have about the way SUBWAY redeems prizes. And I have no doubt that Subway has already expected that I would. But they’d rather see me complain on a public message board instead of to them.
