$20,000 Pizza Giveaway!

[VikHoops]

I'm starting to enjoy the spin put on the promotions by the marketing department.

If Kobayashi eats 2 pizzas, they will "give away $20,000 dollars worth of pizza!" This turns out to be a coupon for $5 off of an online order over $15.

"Giving away a new car for every viking touchdown!" turned out to be a two year lease.

Not sure these promotions actually caused anyone to show up and pay $29+ who weren't already coming to the games. But if anyone did, I'm guessing they weren't happy.

Makes me a little concerned about what the "Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders" will turn out to be.

 

[bigskyconf]

I'm starting to enjoy the spin put on the promotions by the marketing department.

If Kobayashi eats 2 pizzas, they will "give away $20,000 dollars worth of pizza!" This turns out to be a coupon for $5 off of an online order over $15.

"Giving away a new car for every viking touchdown!" turned out to be a two year lease.

Not sure these promotions actually caused anyone to show up and pay $29+ who weren't already coming to the games. But if anyone did, I'm guessing they weren't happy.

Makes me a little concerned about what the "Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders" will turn out to be.

Dallas HS cheerleaders (and band) wearing cowgirl outfits. :thumb:

 

[BroadwayVik]

Two things on this kind of marketing. Lies lead to the distrust of those being lied to, and marketers playing their target market as saps is scum-of-the-earth behavior. It needs to stop and prizes need to be advertised for what they really are.



A two-years lease with accountability for any damage is a decent enough prize. A $5 off coupon probably is not. Remember this song by the Knickerbockers? The amazing thing is they sound just like the Beatles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03a7cLf0M

 

[bigskyconf]

A two-years lease with accountability for any damage is a decent enough prize. A $5 off coupon probably is not.

Saying you're "giving away" a new car is different than leasing it for two years. I lease my apartment, I don't own it. A chance at winning a new car sounds a lot like I would own it, and not have to figure out how to pay for it two years down the road. The off chance that I would have "won" the car, I was planning on selling it (or donate it to Goodwill), but being locked in to a lease would have prevented that. If it was truly mine, I could do whatever with it, right?

Regarding the pizza promotion, where have I heard $20,000 before? Hmmmm... :-?

 

[VikHoops]

I came across the flyer that I still had from the Cal Davis game listing all of the year's promotions, and after the first few promotions being so misleading, I thought at least they can't mislead you with "Get a Coupon for a Free Turkey". Well, I showed up today and wasn't given a coupon, and the guy handing out a discounted round of golf had no idea what I was talking about.

Here are the last 5 promotions that Hersh's group has advertised:

- A legends game that was canceled for "logistical reasons" and rescheduled for the day of the Cal Davis game which never happened.
- A misleading car lease giveaway.
- A misleading pizza coupon giveaway.
- A turkey giveaway that never happened.

In a desperate financial situation, they have a 5 year deal with this clown!