Free M&Ms (Coupon)
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 2:36 pmHot damn!
/me prints out 20 copies and runs to the store.
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 2:46 pmPosted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 7:39 pmIan wrote:Hot damn!
/me prints out 20 copies and runs to the store.
LOL!
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 8:18 pmRead the fine print:
Says "void if reproduced".
Says "void if reproduced".
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:23 pmYeah, this is another instance of a valid coupon being scanned and then posted to the web as a scam. As Inertia said, the coupons in the above link are invalid since they have been reproduced (and also altered).
The original coupon was a printable coupon that someone "won" in the following promotion:
http://www.startyourengine.mms.com
To participate in this promotion validly, you have to register, give them your name, address and email, and then play the game by entering UPC codes for m&m's products. If you win they will email to you a link that allows you to print one coupon, directly to your printer only, via an Active-X control. Of course, you don't win every time you enter.
If you wish to participate in the official contest, here are some UPC codes to help you along (you can enter one instance of each UPC per email address per week):
04003100
04003207
04005108
04010207
04010508
04010702
04016007
04043108
04043205
040000021315
040000021322
040000121312
040000121329
If you win, the printed coupon will have your name displayed on it. It will also have some sort of identifying/audit information in the rectangular dot-scan graph in the upper right corner. I don't know if whoever posted the scanned images altered the dot-scan graph or not.
As to whether or not you will be able to use the scanned coupons that were posted, I can't say. They are reasonable facsimiles, and even the official coupons have to printed on your home printer, but the scanned coupons aren't legally valid. I'll leave questions of moral validity to each individual. In any event, they weren't meant to be duplicated and used to obtain a windfall of free m&m's.
cfitz
The original coupon was a printable coupon that someone "won" in the following promotion:
http://www.startyourengine.mms.com
To participate in this promotion validly, you have to register, give them your name, address and email, and then play the game by entering UPC codes for m&m's products. If you win they will email to you a link that allows you to print one coupon, directly to your printer only, via an Active-X control. Of course, you don't win every time you enter.
If you wish to participate in the official contest, here are some UPC codes to help you along (you can enter one instance of each UPC per email address per week):
04003100
04003207
04005108
04010207
04010508
04010702
04016007
04043108
04043205
040000021315
040000021322
040000121312
040000121329
If you win, the printed coupon will have your name displayed on it. It will also have some sort of identifying/audit information in the rectangular dot-scan graph in the upper right corner. I don't know if whoever posted the scanned images altered the dot-scan graph or not.
As to whether or not you will be able to use the scanned coupons that were posted, I can't say. They are reasonable facsimiles, and even the official coupons have to printed on your home printer, but the scanned coupons aren't legally valid. I'll leave questions of moral validity to each individual. In any event, they weren't meant to be duplicated and used to obtain a windfall of free m&m's.
cfitz
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 1:32 amIan wrote:Hot damn!
/me prints out 20 copies and runs to the store.
Hey Ian,
Tell us if you get the free M&M's.
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 4:51 pmI tried, no luck, Rite Aid...might be cuz my printer stinks
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 8:14 pmTurkeyscore.com wrote:I tried, no luck, Rite Aid...might be cuz my printer stinks
How did it go down? Did they scan it and tell you it was invalid? Or did they just look at it and say no way?
cfitz
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2003 1:10 amCashier tried scanning it with no luck. but I did get my free soda with a cap, and then that one had a winning cap 
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2003 9:27 pmSomebody here in my small hometown won the *M&M $50,000 donation to a charity* prize.
Not really relevant, but I thought I would share anyway.
Not really relevant, but I thought I would share anyway.