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The4BellsLondon Feb 19th 2013 5:57 pm

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroll up the Rim time
 
So ... Anyone won the car yet???

AmyDavid Feb 19th 2013 11:21 pm

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Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon (Post 10556051)
So ... Anyone won the car yet???

I did better than the car - I won a donut!

sheadboy Feb 19th 2013 11:34 pm

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I seriously never win anything on those things

Shard Feb 20th 2013 12:56 am

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I hate the whole the gimmick. Difficult and unsightly. Can't they do stickers or scratch cards like normal fast food places.

Greenhill Feb 20th 2013 1:26 am

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I've just calculated that, if the average Tim Horton's customer stopped going there 3 times daily then, in 8.56 years, with the money they'd saved, they could afford a brand new base model Rav4 at today's price.

Shard Feb 20th 2013 1:35 am

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Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 10556835)
I've just calculated that, if the average Tim Horton's customer stopped going there 3 times daily then, in 8.56 years, with the money they'd saved, they could afford a brand new base model Rav4 at today's price.

I adjust your calculation for realism from 3 times daily to 5 times per week. On that basis it would take 35.92 years to buy the RAV4.

rwin Feb 20th 2013 2:17 am

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Originally Posted by Shard (Post 10556778)
I hate the whole the gimmick. Difficult and unsightly. Can't they do stickers or scratch cards like normal fast food places.

Marketing. The point is to stand out and not do what normal fast food joints do.

Now if they really wanted to stand out, they should make good coffee.

Piff Poff Feb 20th 2013 2:44 am

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Nope still not tempting enough to go and buy their coffee. I either take it from home or meet for a 'posh' coffee.

The4BellsLondon Feb 20th 2013 3:21 am

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I may get a tea today and see ..........

Dashie Feb 20th 2013 4:27 am

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I've won the opportunity to try again pretty much every time. But then I only go there 5-6 times a year.

wolstie Feb 20th 2013 7:12 am

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A guy from work won the car, back in 2010.

Apparently, you don't win the car. You get a free lease for a year, with the option of taking the lease on when it's up. Ironically, the guy that won this privilidge was also called Rav.

The4BellsLondon Feb 20th 2013 7:41 am

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Originally Posted by wolstie (Post 10557590)
A guy from work won the car, back in 2010.

Apparently, you don't win the car. You get a free lease for a year, with the option of taking the lease on when it's up. Ironically, the guy that won this privilidge was also called Rav.

I have heard that thus lease talk is an urban myth?

The4BellsLondon Feb 20th 2013 7:43 am

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No mention of lease here:

A) Forty (40) 2013 Toyota RAV4 vehicles. Approximate retail value in Canada is estimated to be $32,000 CDN each before any applicable taxes and includes Freight & P.D.I. The approximate retail value in the U.S.A. is estimated to be $30,000 USD each before any applicable taxes and includes dealer and processing fees.


Maybe people complained ;)

Greenhill Feb 20th 2013 8:09 am

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I recall this from a while back:

"In 2006, a 10-year-old girl found a Tim Hortons cup in the garbage. She asked an older child to help her roll up the rim and found out she had won a $28,000 car.

The parents of the girls fought a bitter lawsuit about who should get the car, which was further complicated when a school custodian claimed the cup was actually his. His lawyer asked the court to do a DNA test on the cup’s rim to prove it.

In the end, the court awarded the car to the 10-year-old because she was the one who handed in the winning cup."

http://www.thewhig.com/2013/02/19/sh...th-contestants

cjones Feb 20th 2013 8:19 am

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Originally Posted by rwin (Post 10556927)
Marketing. The point is to stand out and not do what normal fast food joints do.

Inserting the word 'rim' into your marketing campaign probably isn't the best idea?...Although it does go some way towards explaining the bad taste their product leaves in your mouth. :blink:


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