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Profit From Your Coffee Jones
Dunkin' Donuts will reward caffeinated raconteurs with free coffee for life, if they successfully describe the great lengths they've gone to, to acquire a delicious cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee. According to the brand's web site, they held this contest in New England in November and customers liked it so much they decided to run it again - this time for the whole country. …
Free Flights For Trash Miners
Christian Science Monitor: For a new generation of opportunists, other people's fast-food trash is their treasure. Danielle is no stranger to diving into dumpsters. "You'd be amazed what they throw away at Trader Joe's, it's like whole meals over there," says the young nanny from the Philadelphia area. But when she heard that the garbage outside Wendy's restaurants had free airline travel in it, "it just seemed too …
Pastors Encouraged To Send Parishioners To The Box Office
Philadelphia Inquirer: Attention, pastors: You have just four weeks remaining to work a lion, a witch or a wardrobe into your next sermon. Walt Disney Pictures is so eager for churches to turn out audiences for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which opens Friday, that it's offering a free trip to London - and $1,000 cash - to the winner of its big promotional sermon contest. The only …
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67 Sliders
IFOCE: Japan's Takeru Kobayashi consumed 67 Krystal hamburgers in eight minutes to win the 2005 Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship in Chattanooga, TN. To the amazement of the more than 2,000 fans gathered in Chattanooga for the event, San Jose's Joey Chestnut was in front of Kobayashi for the bulk of the contest. At one point Chestnut led by as many as 6 Krystals but finished 5 behind Kobayashi, …
IRCs Soar In Value On Printer’s Error
Chicago Sun Times: Harrah's Joliet Casino and Hotel started making good on thousands of misprinted cash coupons Saturday after the Illinois Gaming Board ordered the company to honor its botched promotion. The casino said a mailing error by a third-party vendor resulted in approximately 11,000 coupons being sent out earlier this week. The coupons were good for $525 in cash, a sum much higher than intended. If all the …
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Cheap Swedish Furniture Drives People To Extraordinary Lengths
Most people loathe standing in line, or "on line," as the case may be. Which makes this promotional stunt from Ikea all the more painful to learn about. According to a report in the Boston Herald, more than 2,000 people lined up by for the opening of the Swedish home furnishings chain’s first Massachusetts store. The first five people in line were rewarded gift certificates ranging in value from $500 to …
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Clemson Fan’s Pass Is On The Money
ABC News: Before Saturday, Chris Bostic was a $10-an-hour landscaper whose favorite football memories were running for touchdowns in Pee Wee football. But after his perfect 25-yard spiral made it though the tiny hole in a promotional contest, the Army veteran has a new favorite memory and is South Carolina's newest millionaire. Bostic's pass at the end of the first quarter of the Florida State-Clemson game won him …
