mcdonalds monopoly promo 2007 ---- sad to say its very bad

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FIRST OFF MAJOR THANKS TO cburk at Fatwallet for finding this info so early


















FOR THOSE WHO WANT IT



To participate without making a purchase, mail a legibly handwritten, self-addressed, stamped envelope ("SASE") with sufficient postage and a return address (first and last name, street address, city, state, and zip or postal code) to: MONOPOLY 2007 Game at McDonald's, Game Piece Request, P.O. Box 49308, Strongsville, OH 44149-0308. DO NOT SEND POTENTIAL WINNING GAME STAMPS, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO THIS ADDRESS. One (1) Guaranteed Bonus Game Piece (or one [1] Game Piece for those markets where the Guaranteed Bonus Game Piece is not available) will be mailed in response to each request that complies with the requirements of these Official Rules, while supplies last. Mail-in requests must be postmarked no sooner than October 2, 2007 and no later than October 29, 2007, and must be received by Sponsor no later than November 5, 2007. If the In-Store Game runs long, these dates are subject to a corresponding extension. Requests from Vermont ("VT") residents that are postmarked in VT may omit return postage. Requests from VT residents that are postmarked outside of VT and omit return postage may be required to provide proof of VT residency to Sponsor's reasonable satisfaction before requests are fulfilled. Each request must be sent in a separate outer mailing envelope with the requestor's first and last name, street address, city, state and zip or postal code (name and address must match the return name and address on SASE) legibly handwritten in the upper left hand corner of the outer envelope. Requests that are sent in business reply envelopes, that utilize address labels or stickers, that are photocopied, hand-stamped, computer-generated or otherwise mechanically produced or reproduced, that are not mailed in separate outer mailing envelopes, or that otherwise fail to comply with these Official Rules will NOT be honored, acknowledged or returned, and the persons submitting such requests will forfeit any corresponding postage and unused envelopes.


first off it looks like Best buy dropped out of the promo and TRU has gone into it. Now before getting too happy about some are saying there is a limit

LIMIT 5 TRU Bucks per item

seems the guaranteed items suck this year as well. There are now no longer any single win online prizes. just collect and win online



Guaranteed Bonus Game Pieces include Toys'R'Us Bucks, Foot Locker offers, instant win prizes or mobile downloads. Guaranteed Bonus Game Pieces are available on specially-marked Large French Fry boxes, Premium Chicken Sandwich boxes and 3-piece and 5-piece Chicken Selects boxes in the U.S.


Got to wait and see what those Instant win prizes will be (probally food???)

not worth risking 82 cent per entry this year. unless some major news is dropped in the next couple weeks

only way i risk the cash if there was major food prizes (1 in 2 wins something BIG)





http://monopoly.promotions.com/monopoly07/rules.do?page=rules.html


\NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Online Game begins 10/2/07 at 12:00:01 a.m. ET and ends 11/13/07 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET and is open to residents of the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. Must be 13 or older and have a valid Code to play Online Game. Codes available at participating McDonald's through 10/29/07, or while distribution supplies last. Free Code allows Online Game players to collect one property toward an Online Winning Combination but will not trigger an instant win. Limit ten (10) Codes per day, per person and/or e-mail address. See Official Rules for restrictions, prize descriptions, ARVs, odds, how to play without purchase, and complete details. All prize claims are subject to verification. All monetary prizes in the Online Game will be awarded as prepaid cards, gift cards or reward cards and are subject to terms and conditions. American Express-branded prepaid cards are point based, with one point = $1 in purchasing power. The total value of all cash and prizes stated as being available is approximate, is stated as of the outset of the Online Game, and includes the value of all prizes available in restaurant (except Toys'R'Us Bucks and Foot Locker offers) and online in the Monopoly 2007 Game at McDonald's. The number of available prizes, and the corresponding value, will diminish as prizes are awarded. The number of prizes stated as still being available is approximate and is updated daily based on the average daily prize pool available in the Online Game. Prizes are predominantly food prizes and mobile or online game downloads. Restrictions and some limitations and exclusions apply to mobile and online game downloads. Standard text messaging and download charges apply to mobile downloads. The Free Parking Jackpot for today and/or the amount shown might already have been won. Void where prohibited. Guaranteed Bonus Game Pieces include Toys'R'Us Bucks, Foot Locker offers, instant win prizes or mobile downloads. Guaranteed Bonus Game Pieces are available on specially-marked Large French Fry boxes, Premium Chicken Sandwich boxes and 3-piece and 5-piece Chicken Selects boxes in the U.S. but are not available at any WalMart McDonald's restaurants.

MONOPOLY ™, ® & © 2007 Hasbro. American Express Incentive Services, L.L.C. © Foot Locker Retail, Inc. © 2007 Geoffrey, Inc. © 2007 McDonald's. The Golden Arches logo and i'm lovin' it are trademarks of McDonald's Corporation and affiliates


ODDS ----- thanks to yoshifan1 for posting these

Taken from SD:
Here is what you can get from the Guaranteed win portion:
Guaranteed Bonus Prizes.
MONOPOLY Mobile Game. 1 in 86.
$250 Foot Locker Gift Card. 1 in 1,436,253.
$500 Toys"R"Us Gift Card. 1 in 1,436,253.
Guaranteed Bonus Deals.
$1 Toys"R"Us Buck. 1 in 2.
$3 Toys"R"Us Buck. 1 in 29.
$5 Toys"R"Us Buck.1 in 43.
Foot Locker 10% Discount.1 in 5.
Foot Locker 20% Discount. 1 in 5.
 
I kinda liked the Best Buy bucks from last year...... There's not a TRU within 50 miles of me so those don't really do me much good.
 
SO IF IM DOING THE ODDS RIGHT??

Here is what you can get from the Guaranteed win portion:
Guaranteed Bonus Prizes.
MONOPOLY Mobile Game. 1 in 86.
$250 Foot Locker Gift Card. 1 in 1,436,253.
$500 Toys"R"Us Gift Card. 1 in 1,436,253.
Guaranteed Bonus Deals.
$1 Toys"R"Us Buck. 1 in 2.
$3 Toys"R"Us Buck. 1 in 29.
$5 Toys"R"Us Buck.1 in 43.
Foot Locker 10% Discount.1 in 5.
Foot Locker 20% Discount. 1 in 5.

Say you send in 30 entries

Needs 60 stamps at 42 each $25.20
say 2 boxes of envlopes $2.00
total risked 27.20

you get 30 pieces back

1 will be 3 TRU gift thing
6 would be Food locker
23 would be 1 TRU gift



SO your sending in 27.20 for 26.00 or worse in TRU cash


at least i save 400 bucks on stamps this year


even the online prizes suck

Two million two hundred fifty thousand (2,250,000) prizes are available. Each winner will receive a computer game download (ARV: $20.). The choice of computer game download is based on the week the winner redeems the prize rather than when the prize is won. Winners can select one (1) game from among the available game selections as follows: October 2 - October 8 - MONOPOLY Here and Now; October 9 - October 15 - MONOPOLY Here and Now or Yahtzee; October 16 - October 22 - MONOPOLY Here and Now, Yahtzee or MONOPOLY. October 23 - November 13 - MONOPOLY Here and Now, Yahtzee, MONOPOLY or Little Shop of Treasures. See www.realnetworks.com for full service requirements, terms and conditions.


LOL they think these games are worth 20 each more like 20 cents each

and expect mconalds to get sued

off fatwallet

Well, the rules are finally here, and the party's over. If you want to send off for game pieces, here is where to send it:
MONOPOLY 2007 Game at McDonald's
Game Piece Request
P.O. Box 49308
Strongsville, OH 44149-0308
Last year, it didn't say "handwritten" - this year it does.

There's no way around it this year - handwriting is the way to go:
Requests that are sent in business reply envelopes, that utilize address labels or stickers, that are photocopied, hand-stamped, computer-generated or otherwise mechanically produced or reproduced, that are not mailed in separate outer mailing envelopes, or that otherwise fail to comply with these Official Rules will NOT be honored, acknowledged or returned, and the persons submitting such requests will forfeit any corresponding postage and unused envelopes


so if you have hand problems and cant write you cant enter this contest Expect a major lawsuit there
 
man this game hasnt been exciting to play since the 80's whats worse they never say who the fuck won the major prizes and most fo the time you get saddled with lame small fry or small drink pieces and on a rare occasion a free apple pie that of course you can only go in and use one at a time. who the hell really eats at mcdonalds nowdays anyway ? the last good thing they had was the mcrib and that thing is shit now.
 
I have been hearing the past two years that Best Buy wanted out of this promo and a lot of people (myself included) suspected last year to be the last year BB was involved.

Check out the past couple years of the Contest board, where many people (again, myself included) have had problems redeeming BB Bucks.

I've done pretty well the past few years, between friends giving me BBBs they never planned on using and McD's employees who didn't care and would just hand out free BBBs, that I generally got a few games every year.

I'm not really a TRU person, so between that and the crappy(-er) prizes this year, this has fallen to a "meh" rating for me.

EDIT: It was probably the people double-dipping the BBBs online and in the store that killed it...
 
They could have easily taken care of the double dipping by making them either online or instore only, not both.

Best Buy did a poor job of informing management and employees about the rules which also didn't help. Almost everytime I tried to use the BBB to buy a game, I was told the limit was $3 on a game. Even last year where it clearly stated the limit did not apply to games, I still had to take the rules with me and show that part of the rules to a manager and they were always so surprised the rules "changed this year" even though there was never a limit of games.

Had there not been a limit of $5 at TRU, I still would have sent in 100+ requests
 
[quote name='PlumeNoir']I have been hearing the past two years that Best Buy wanted out of this promo and a lot of people (myself included) suspected last year to be the last year BB was involved.

Check out the past couple years of the Contest board, where many people (again, myself included) have had problems redeeming BB Bucks.

I've done pretty well the past few years, between friends giving me BBBs they never planned on using and McD's employees who didn't care and would just hand out free BBBs, that I generally got a few games every year.

I'm not really a TRU person, so between that and the crappy(-er) prizes this year, this has fallen to a "meh" rating for me.

EDIT: It was probably the people double-dipping the BBBs online and in the store that killed it...[/QUOTE]

if you can find the post on fatwallet last year , i was telling people last year was the last year for Best buy but couldnt prove it. Manager told me they wanted out in 2005 but had one year left on a contract with mcondalds

That is why only 1 and 5 buck last year

would kicked ass if they teamed with amazon but then amazon dont need the hype.

it wasnt the double dipping that killed the promo. It was the hassle and i guess some people were coming in around thanksgivng and buying up alot of stuff with coupons instead of making real cash.

the promo really never worked out for best buy. best buy didnt get the turn around they thought they would get

person walks in with some best buy bucks and spends then and extra cash they though

instead people were just walking in with best buy bucks and walking out with free items

i know some people who have either major hand problems or cant write longer then 5 -10 mins without major hand pains. Look at all the people who have lost a hand or have major nerve damage done to their hands. Or a birth problem that effected their hands. Mcdonalds has said they are not allowed to play so expect a major problems

hell mcdonalds got sued last year from people who lived in vermont but didnt get their stamps back (by the way mcdonalds settled all the suits without going to court cause they knew they was wrong)

i might do some just to see if i can win a free dowload game
 
[quote name='slidecage']if you can find the post on fatwallet last year , i was telling people last year was the last year for Best buy but couldnt prove it. Manager told me they wanted out in 2005 but had one year left on a contract with mcondalds

That is why only 1 and 5 buck last year

would kicked ass if they teamed with amazon but then amazon dont need the hype.

it wasnt the double dipping that killed the promo. It was the hassle and i guess some people were coming in around thanksgivng and buying up alot of stuff with coupons instead of making real cash.

the promo really never worked out for best buy. best buy didnt get the turn around they thought they would get

person walks in with some best buy bucks and spends then and extra cash they though

instead people were just walking in with best buy bucks and walking out with free items

i know some people who have either major hand problems or cant write longer then 5 -10 mins without major hand pains. Look at all the people who have lost a hand or have major nerve damage done to their hands. Or a birth problem that effected their hands. Mcdonalds has said they are not allowed to play so expect a major problems

hell mcdonalds got sued last year from people who lived in vermont but didnt get their stamps back (by the way mcdonalds settled all the suits without going to court cause they knew they was wrong)

i might do some just to see if i can win a free dowload game[/quote]

Actually, Slide, it might have been you I heard from in 05. (Too lazy to check...)

I was mostly kidding about the double dipping. And I know I walked out with a ton of free games, especially since they had that big clearance in '05 right around the same time.

And last year was the worst last year - I had more fights with the managers (even had to BB Corporate while at the check-out) last year, even though the rules were not vague like previous years.

I'm curious about the hand writing thing, myself. I find it hard to believe some a "loop hole" made it past the lawyers...
 
[quote name='UncleBob']"What about comatose people who can't write or electronically reproduce entries?!?"

Any such lawsuit will go nowhere.[/QUOTE]


im sure if there was a lawsuit it go like this


lawyers get 50 million dollars everyone in the classaction suit gets a free big sandwich LOL
 
If you watch their ads with any eye for subtext, it's pretty clear that McDonalds is only targeting complete fucking morons and dipshits*, as even moderately educated people bailed on them years ago.

I think the fact that they really didn't want people to know that they owned (or still own?) Chipotle says how self-aware they are of their position in the 21st century.

*--I could also say stoneriffic college students and the 'low-rent' crowd, but that would invariably make at least a half-dozen people get all knee-jerk indignant.
 
i have always liked mcdonald's blockbuster, but this one sucks.. thx god.. I won't be wasting money on this year.
 
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