Nothing has really changed other than there are no golden coins… none that I know of at least.
Navin R. Johnson: [bleakly] I’ve already given away eight pencils, two hoola dolls, and an ashtray, and I’ve only taken in fifteen dollars.
Frosty: Navin, you have taken in fifteen dollars and given away fifty cents worth of crap, which gives us a net profit of fourteen dollars and fifty cents.
Navin R. Johnson: Ah… It’s a profit deal. Takes the pressure off. Get your weight guessed right here! Only a buck! Actual live weight guessing! Take a chance and win some crap!
Really? I haven’t seen McRibs in about five years! There are McDonald’s restaurants still selling those things? Where are they, and more importantly, are they selling leftover sandwiches from five years ago?
How would you know?
What I want to know is, has anybody ever in the history of time won anything from a candy bar wrapper? Has anybody known or heard of anybody who has?
Never…
And I’ve never won anything from them either…
As for the “twist-off” drink games I think I’ve won a 2 liter Coke once!
I just can’t shake the anticipation when I turn over my fry box only to find two unpeeled Monopoly tabs. The same for the soda cups.
Color me owned.
Hey, the Monopoly game is fun at least. Stuff to do!
Look at all the stuff that Lazlo won at the end of Real Genius. It can happen!
I hit McD’s several times a week for breakfast when they run Monopoly. So far this year I have won: 2 McFlurries, 3 “Any beef sandwich,” and a couple of other food prizes I don’t remember right now. I’ve never won any cash, but I usually do pretty well on scoring more junk food.
You’ll notice, however, that he won an appreciably lower percentage of prizes than he calculated for.
Scam!
too bad you can’t use those at McDonalds…::::d+r:::::
Not a candy bar wrapper but my friend did win a trip to the world series (1996?) from a Nestea can. He won the trip for him and a few friends as well as some cash. He bought a gun. :eek:
All the “good” pieces get sent to restaurants where business is slow.
Back in the 80’s when I was working through college I worked at a Coca Cola plant in a rural type area. They used to have promotions all the time…free bikes, motorcycles, cars money etc.
It was all rigged. ALL. I don’t suspect, I know since I was brought in on some of it.
A car given away? It goes to the nephew of the owner of a grocery store in town…who then runs sales on Coca Cola…etc etc etc. It made me sick.
The only time a car was given away legit was when someone from the state showed up at a drawing and was watching the owner closely…and he was so flustered he didn’t cheat and drew a legit entry.
Since then, I am cynical and expect that all major giveaways (say more than $1000 value) are rigged.
My husband won a PlayStation Portable from the McDonald’s Monopoly game, back when the PSP first came out.
Neither of us have won anything other than hashbrowns before or since.
Or their rebuttal in court is “Oh shux, maybe all of the worthy game pieces ended up in the trash?.. I wish you all better luck next time around. How about some free McFlurries for your trouble?”
I mean, it is possible. I don’t peel the damn things, I toss them. And considering how much McDonald’s I consume in a week, you can imagine how batshit-insane this drives my co-workers who really care.
“But you could have a Boardwalk on that!!!”
Yeah, and a million bucks could suddenly fly out of my ass, too.
Actually that was the Frito-Lay sweepstakes (“no purchase necessary, enter as often as you like…so I am”), not a candy bar.
Wait a minute. Which beef is the “any” beef?