has anyone heard anything about mcdonalds monoploy promo
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GaijinTenshi
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I'll look around the warehouse at work. I work for a local newspaper here in TN and I can get a bit of advance on a couple of things. Though, they may have these locked up in the cage because of the chance of winning stuff.
But, I'll try to hop by the warehouse today.
But, I'll try to hop by the warehouse today.
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hiccupleftovers
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Hurray!! More BB buck to get that most likely BB won't even honor. I'm ecstatic!
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Didn't the monopoly game get into legal trouble or something :|?
[quote name='SilverPaw750']Didn't the monopoly game get into legal trouble or something :|?[/QUOTE]
years ago, then again i know people who ripped off best buy last year by claming their bucks online and then taking them to the store and using them again.
years ago, then again i know people who ripped off best buy last year by claming their bucks online and then taking them to the store and using them again.
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We should really network east coast w/ west coast matching pieces and split the prizes.
i wonder who the sponcers are this year.... Gamefly has already said they are not giving anything to the contest this year ..... pogo said they had no clue
im hoping they have "get a free month of either netflix if you land on chance" and it can be stacked like gamefly was last year
im hoping they have "get a free month of either netflix if you land on chance" and it can be stacked like gamefly was last year
[quote name='Rihan']Chances are the Monopoly game won't be back for awhile. Burger King sued Mc D's last month over rigging the game and taking buisness away from BK....there is a press release on the internet somewhere ......[/QUOTE]
heres one link but that was for a contest way back in the 90s
http://www.just-food.com/news_detail.asp?art=61748
also if they are planning on having the monoploy promo say in oct the advertisers have already jumped on board months ago so im sure if it was planned for 3-4 months they wouldnt cancell it.. and burger king are cry babies anyways : )
remember the stupid WHERES HERB promo
heres one link but that was for a contest way back in the 90s
http://www.just-food.com/news_detail.asp?art=61748
also if they are planning on having the monoploy promo say in oct the advertisers have already jumped on board months ago so im sure if it was planned for 3-4 months they wouldnt cancell it.. and burger king are cry babies anyways : )
remember the stupid WHERES HERB promo
i got off my fat butt and did some calling. 2 stores had no clue. 1 said yes no clue on date... the last store i called
(this is locally- but probally nationwide
She goes yes it starts she belives the First week or second week of oct. She was thinking Oct 1 but it could be oct 12??
cause it was lunch hour here i didnt ask if she knew of any of the prizes and they probally had no clue yet
come on Free months of some online games and movies. and more POGO (lol i got free pogo till Sept 2007)
(this is locally- but probally nationwide
She goes yes it starts she belives the First week or second week of oct. She was thinking Oct 1 but it could be oct 12??
cause it was lunch hour here i didnt ask if she knew of any of the prizes and they probally had no clue yet
come on Free months of some online games and movies. and more POGO (lol i got free pogo till Sept 2007)
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[quote name='Rihan']Chances are the Monopoly game won't be back for awhile. Burger King sued Mc D's last month over rigging the game and taking buisness away from BK....there is a press release on the internet somewhere ......[/QUOTE]
Where'd you hear this? Any place for a link? I'd love to read up on this.
Where'd you hear this? Any place for a link? I'd love to read up on this.
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[quote name='hiccupleftovers']Where'd you hear this? Any place for a link? I'd love to read up on this.[/QUOTE]
Well, I used to work for BK and a couple weeks before I left we got a memo about it including a full press release....let me look on the Net, I might be able to find it....
The just of it though is that people associated with Mc D's were stealing the rare game pieces, thereby rigging the game, and causing BK millions in lost profits.
*edit* found the release....
An association representing Burger King franchisees last week filed a lawsuit against rival McDonald's Corp. seeking damages upwards of $500 million for unfair competition from McDonald's Monopoly games and other promotions.
The lawsuit, filed Aug. 18 in U.S. District Court in Atlanta by The National Franchisee Association (NFA) and one Burger King franchisee, alleges that McDonald's continued to run its popular promotional games even after learning that the games had been rigged in a scandal that ended in 2001 with McDonald's offering make-good games and agreeing to a $16 million settlement with Simon Marketing, Inc., which administered the Monopoly game. The association serves some 1,250 Burger King franchisees representing more than 6,000 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada.
Court documents said that McDonald's "diverted business away from Burger King franchisees and also obtained windfall profits that it would not otherwise have obtained."
According to the lawsuit, Oak Brook, IL-based McDonald's used "false, deceptive and/or misleading representations" concerning promotional games it used to attract customers and build its loyalty base from 1995 to August 2001; it further alleges that during that time an embezzlement ring stole $20 million worth of high-level game pieces. Those promotional games included "The Deluxe Monopoly Game at McDonald's," "Disney's Masterpiece Collection Trivia Challenge at McDonald's," "Monopoly Game at McDonald's, "Hatch, Match and Win," "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Game" and "Pick Your Prize Monopoly at McDonald's," court documents state.
Even after the QSR learned its games had been compromised before August 2001, "McDonald's knowingly and deliberately continued to advertise...its promotional games as though the games were fair," the lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit alleges that the "settlements, however, pale in comparison to the huge profits McDonald's reaped for years from luring customers away from its competitors with offers of hollow chances to win fortunes."
Since the scandal broke, McDonald's "has never seen fit to compensate any of its competitors for the losses they suffered as a result of McDonald's unfair competition," the lawsuit states.
"In our industry, promotions are a serious business with serious consequences because they are intended to increase customer traffic for the game sponsor to the detriment of the competition," an NFA spokesperson said in a statement. "When McDonald's finally confessed to the public that its games had defrauded customers for years, even McDonald's had to acknowledge 'the duration of the alleged conspiracy, the lack of any meaningful oversight and the magnitude of the losses.'
"It is precisely for these reasons that the NFA has a duty to its members to pursue this case and remedy this wrong under the law," the spokesperson added.
Miami-based Burger King Corp. is not party to the lawsuit. Company officials said Friday the QSR had learned of the lawsuit and could not comment on pending litigation.
The lawsuit does not specify damages, but the NFA is seeking more than $500 million, according to news reports.
McDonald's on Friday refused to comment on the lawsuit because it hadn't seen it. The chain, however, released a statement saying soon after the Monopoly plot came to light, "We immediately made it right with our customers by offering a second-chance opportunity to win millions of dollars of prizes, ultimately totaling $25 million. McDonald's has since successfully returned Monopoly to our customers—they've moved on and so have we."
In August 2001, the FBI arrested eight people involved in fixing McDonald's promotional games and stealing more than $20 million worth of game pieces. Jerome Jacobson, the scam's ringleader who worked as the security director for Simon Marketing, Inc.—the agency in charge of running the Monopoly promotion—pleaded guilty in 2002 and was sentenced to more than three years in prison. More than 50 people were charged in the case.
The lawsuit was filed under the Lanham Act, which prohibits the use of false or misleading descriptions in commercial advertising or promotions. The association's goal is to improve, preserve and ensure the economic well-being of its members through advocacy, education, networking and member-focused benefits.
Well, I used to work for BK and a couple weeks before I left we got a memo about it including a full press release....let me look on the Net, I might be able to find it....
The just of it though is that people associated with Mc D's were stealing the rare game pieces, thereby rigging the game, and causing BK millions in lost profits.
*edit* found the release....
An association representing Burger King franchisees last week filed a lawsuit against rival McDonald's Corp. seeking damages upwards of $500 million for unfair competition from McDonald's Monopoly games and other promotions.
The lawsuit, filed Aug. 18 in U.S. District Court in Atlanta by The National Franchisee Association (NFA) and one Burger King franchisee, alleges that McDonald's continued to run its popular promotional games even after learning that the games had been rigged in a scandal that ended in 2001 with McDonald's offering make-good games and agreeing to a $16 million settlement with Simon Marketing, Inc., which administered the Monopoly game. The association serves some 1,250 Burger King franchisees representing more than 6,000 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada.
Court documents said that McDonald's "diverted business away from Burger King franchisees and also obtained windfall profits that it would not otherwise have obtained."
According to the lawsuit, Oak Brook, IL-based McDonald's used "false, deceptive and/or misleading representations" concerning promotional games it used to attract customers and build its loyalty base from 1995 to August 2001; it further alleges that during that time an embezzlement ring stole $20 million worth of high-level game pieces. Those promotional games included "The Deluxe Monopoly Game at McDonald's," "Disney's Masterpiece Collection Trivia Challenge at McDonald's," "Monopoly Game at McDonald's, "Hatch, Match and Win," "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Game" and "Pick Your Prize Monopoly at McDonald's," court documents state.
Even after the QSR learned its games had been compromised before August 2001, "McDonald's knowingly and deliberately continued to advertise...its promotional games as though the games were fair," the lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit alleges that the "settlements, however, pale in comparison to the huge profits McDonald's reaped for years from luring customers away from its competitors with offers of hollow chances to win fortunes."
Since the scandal broke, McDonald's "has never seen fit to compensate any of its competitors for the losses they suffered as a result of McDonald's unfair competition," the lawsuit states.
"In our industry, promotions are a serious business with serious consequences because they are intended to increase customer traffic for the game sponsor to the detriment of the competition," an NFA spokesperson said in a statement. "When McDonald's finally confessed to the public that its games had defrauded customers for years, even McDonald's had to acknowledge 'the duration of the alleged conspiracy, the lack of any meaningful oversight and the magnitude of the losses.'
"It is precisely for these reasons that the NFA has a duty to its members to pursue this case and remedy this wrong under the law," the spokesperson added.
Miami-based Burger King Corp. is not party to the lawsuit. Company officials said Friday the QSR had learned of the lawsuit and could not comment on pending litigation.
The lawsuit does not specify damages, but the NFA is seeking more than $500 million, according to news reports.
McDonald's on Friday refused to comment on the lawsuit because it hadn't seen it. The chain, however, released a statement saying soon after the Monopoly plot came to light, "We immediately made it right with our customers by offering a second-chance opportunity to win millions of dollars of prizes, ultimately totaling $25 million. McDonald's has since successfully returned Monopoly to our customers—they've moved on and so have we."
In August 2001, the FBI arrested eight people involved in fixing McDonald's promotional games and stealing more than $20 million worth of game pieces. Jerome Jacobson, the scam's ringleader who worked as the security director for Simon Marketing, Inc.—the agency in charge of running the Monopoly promotion—pleaded guilty in 2002 and was sentenced to more than three years in prison. More than 50 people were charged in the case.
The lawsuit was filed under the Lanham Act, which prohibits the use of false or misleading descriptions in commercial advertising or promotions. The association's goal is to improve, preserve and ensure the economic well-being of its members through advocacy, education, networking and member-focused benefits.
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Oh, snap! I'm not at all surprised that people at MCDs did that, I know I never won a damned thing.
Oh, McDonald's isnt food anyway.
Oh, McDonald's isnt food anyway.
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[quote name='Logain8955']McDonald's isnt food anyway.[/QUOTE]
Limed for truth. Seriously. Everytime you eat at McDonalds, put a dollar in a jar, so when you get Cancer, you'll be off to a good start.
Also, I have not heard about the promo. I didnt realize it was necessarily a yearly thing.
Limed for truth. Seriously. Everytime you eat at McDonalds, put a dollar in a jar, so when you get Cancer, you'll be off to a good start.
Also, I have not heard about the promo. I didnt realize it was necessarily a yearly thing.
Here you go slidecage - The game goes live on 10/4/5.
It looks like they ditched the million dollar prize, and went for a tech-heavy prize list. The online setup looks like it mirrors Pepsi's Xbox giveaway. If I read it correctly, there will be one winner every hour for PSPs, Ipods, Motorola RAZRs, and Canon Digital Cameras, with the prizes changing every week till the contest ends.
Anyway, here is the link
http://monopoly.promotions.com/prepromote/splash.do
Good luck!
It looks like they ditched the million dollar prize, and went for a tech-heavy prize list. The online setup looks like it mirrors Pepsi's Xbox giveaway. If I read it correctly, there will be one winner every hour for PSPs, Ipods, Motorola RAZRs, and Canon Digital Cameras, with the prizes changing every week till the contest ends.
Anyway, here is the link
http://monopoly.promotions.com/prepromote/splash.do
Good luck!
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Ya My Mcdonalds already started having Monopoly bags even though the game didnt start yet. I guess they got the bags early.
in thing.
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