Monday, March 21, 2005

 

Scratch and Win, My Ass

Thousands of people were duped by a promotional "Scratch n' Match" game that was included in the New York Daily News. The newspaper later announced that there was a misprint, instantly turning the winners to losers. One woman thought she won $100,000 and even booked a trip to Disney World, but had her plans dashed by the announcement the following day. The former winners are planning on finding out who is responsible for the screw-up and scratching them with a quarter until they cough up the lost prize money. Source

# posted by Rob @ 12:18 PM
Comments:
If this was a legitimate error, what makes these people think they're entitled to money when the outcome was not in their favor? Let's be honest. Emotional distress? Come on - this is why we Americans need to stand up and say, "Hey, it's a bummer, but I understand people make mistakes." If this were malicious and blatantly misleading, then you might have a case. Otherwise we look like money-grubbing slackers who are always looking for the free ride to Disneyworld. Oops! Too late.
# posted by Blogger Road Warrior : 7:38 AM
 
Can you clarify:

Do we scratch your ass to win or do we scratch something alse and win your ass?

Just wondering.
# posted by Blogger Mike Davis : 10:21 AM
 
While I think that suing the company responsible would be ridiculous, I can't help but put myself into the position of someone who thought he won $100K and had it taken away from them. Basically, I would be pretty pissed off... but it wouldn't go any further than that.

ADAMANT: Very clever.
# posted by Blogger Rob : 10:26 AM
 
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