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http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14 ... etail.html

We tried to take advantage of this, but didn't find anything we liked at the time. Shame. Great promotion, though, and they had some timely commercials set up for during and after each series.

gsabc wrote:http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14 ... etail.html

We tried to take advantage of this, but didn't find anything we liked at the time. Shame. Great promotion, though, and they had some timely commercials set up for during and after each series.

Fortunately the company bought an insurance policy to cover them in the event this happened (I heard it on NPR this morning).

There used to be similar promotions around these parts.

Nebraska Furniture Mart would do a promotion on big-screen televisions and maybe furniture, with no payments if the Huskers won the National Title.

People hit the jackpot in 1994 and 1995, but then they stopped the promotion (likely because who would insure such a near sure thing? )

Thus, there was no added benefit to the 1997 crown.

They continued it again after Solich took over, and they dodged a bullet in 2001.

Now, nobody in their right mind would think, "Hey, we could get a free television!"

Appa23 wrote:There used to be similar promotions around these parts.

Nebraska Furniture Mart would do a promotion on big-screen televisions and maybe furniture, with no payments if the Huskers won the National Title.

People hit the jackpot in 1994 and 1995, but then they stopped the promotion (likely because who would insure such a near sure thing? )

Thus, there was no added benefit to the 1997 crown.

They continued it again after Solich took over, and they dodged a bullet in 2001.

Now, nobody in their right mind would think, "Hey, we could get a free television!"

Around here the only promotion of this type involves snow on Christmas Day.

The lucky furniture buyers will be surprised when they receive their 1099's in January

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:The lucky furniture buyers will be surprised when they receive their 1099's in January

Probably. It was stated in the rules that the nature of this "rebate" was such that it was a taxable event. I'd bet that very few of the buyers actually read the rules. Still, getting brand new furniture for a third the price, or whatever your total tax bracket is, isn't too shabby.

World Championship?

Played for by clubs teams from two countries? I don't see any teams from any of the other baseball leagues around the world involved. That is not a world championship.

Why isn't World Series champion enough? I can live with "World Series" purely for historical reasons but why do they have to falsely claim "World Champions"?

I was worried there for a second. When I saw aj posted in this thread, I was afraid he was going to tell us The Hermitage was furnished via a bet about the outcome of the Battle of New Orleans.

Steal a Base, Steal a Taco!

Remember, a base was stolen during the World Series, therefore, all Taco Bells across the nation will be giving out free tacos on Tuesday, Oct 30, 2007 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm!

One free crunchy seasoned beef taco/customer.

fuzzy

andrewjackson wrote:World Championship?

Played for by clubs teams from two countries? I don't see any teams from any of the other baseball leagues around the world involved. That is not a world championship.

Why isn't World Series champion enough? I can live with "World Series" purely for historical reasons but why do they have to falsely claim "World Champions"?

Some men get cuter when they get picky.

aj is one of those men.

fuzzywuzzy wrote:Steal a Base, Steal a Taco!

Remember, a base was stolen during the World Series, therefore, all Taco Bells across the nation will be giving out free tacos on Tuesday, Oct 30, 2007 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm!

One free crunchy seasoned beef taco/customer.

fuzzy

Thanks for sharing, I love free food!