# car key promotion---how it works **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 30, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-key-promotion-how-it-works/501508 "2009-06-30T19:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-key-promotion-how-it-works/501508/8 "2009-06-30T20:11:24Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > What I don’t get about these promotions is, how does the winner not know immediately they’ve won? Anybody in a position to get one of these mailers knows what a real car key looks like and would be able to tell it at a glance from the fake toy keys they send out in those mailers. All the key has to do is open the door. You can make any key body do that. Only the ignition keys need to be special (if the car has special anti-theft features). My Honda came with a wallet key that looked like it would be a prize in a cereal box, but it worked just fine. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-key-promotion-how-it-works/501508)._