100k cash drop in AKL - but fake or real money!

Forums › Off topic › 100k cash drop in AKL - but fake or real money!

Batman

Mad Scientist
30013 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 6217

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#280276 5-Dec-2020 17:07

Did they actually throw out 100k cash as advertised?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/absolutely-disgusted-auckland-crowd-outraged-after-safety-warehouse-100k-cash-drop/GJKR4UKI4WYGM5IUWVPDX27JNU/

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ... | 10

2939 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1860

#2616728 5-Dec-2020 17:13

According to the article they did give away real money, plus promotional 'money'. Nothing misleading about that, but even if it was and they lied about everything, I hope we see some prosecutions from the disgusting behaviour displayed by some at the event.

neb

11294 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 10018

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2616733 5-Dec-2020 17:40

From the story it was a bit of a screwup in all areas. People apparently drove long distances to get there, but then would you take seriously a promo that offered to give away free cash?

freitasm

BDFL - Memuneh
80652 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 41044

Administrator

ID Verified

Trusted

Geekzone

Lifetime subscriber

#2616740 5-Dec-2020 18:06

People are stupid.

Referral links: Quic Broadband (free setup code: R587125ERQ6VE) | Samsung | AliExpress | Wise | Sharesies

Support Geekzone by subscribing (browse ads-free), or making a one-off or recurring donation through PressPatron.

panther2

385 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 143

#2616741 5-Dec-2020 18:06

What did people expect....

richms

29098 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 10209

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2616742 5-Dec-2020 18:09

This is sad that people turn up to things like this to be marketing mules for a company who will just want to brag about the size of the crowd. Like queueing for a new food place or other dumb things that the masses do.

Richard rich.ms

sbiddle

30853 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 9996

Retired Mod

Trusted

Biddle Corp

Lifetime subscriber

#2616743 5-Dec-2020 18:17

The problem is events like this are like gambling. People throw all logic out the door. I mean did he not think the couple of million people who live closer might know as well?

"Wayne Lynch drove up from Palmerston North with his partner, hoping the $120 he spent on petrol would be more than compensated by the cash giveaway"

The actual website for the company looks incredibly dodgy, it's not even the sort of place I'd even give my credit card number to because it looks so much like a scam.

HP

Shop now for HP laptops and other devices (affiliate link).

neb

11294 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 10018

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2616746 5-Dec-2020 18:24

panther2: What did people expect....

So you mean something like this:

isn't legit? I thought everything you see online, particularly on Facebook, is 100% straight up. Like all that election fraud in the US.

Geektastic

18009 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 8465

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2616749 5-Dec-2020 18:39

My wife just muttered “$&@&$ idiots!”

tehgerbil

1110 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 884

ID Verified

Subscriber

#2616751 5-Dec-2020 18:50

"If something seems too good to be true. It regularly is." I mean for crying out loud - spending your last $120 in petrol to go ANYWHERE without a means to go home is immensely stupid enough.
Tack on "spending your last $120 in petrol to go for a free cash grab where money rains from the sky" and you need your head checked. I'm sorry, my empathy has limits.

mattwnz

20515 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 4795

#2616753 5-Dec-2020 19:08

This also showed the desperation there is out there for money, and the inequity occurring in NZ. IMO it was a bad type of promotion to run. I remember lolly scrambles as a kids, and they were pretty horrible experiences of greedy kids snatching. Would be 100 times worse with adults and money.

IMO, if the business is doing so well, and if they have 100k to giveway in a lolly scamble, give it to a charity like a hospice. But maybe they don' get as much publicity from doing that.

Geektastic

18009 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 8465

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2616772 5-Dec-2020 20:19

There certainly appears to be an inequitable distribution of common sense.

Mighty Ape

Shop now at Mighty Ape (affiliate link).

Linux

12182 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 8475

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2616778 5-Dec-2020 21:03

Looking at the website they do not even have a contact number

snnet

1413 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 556

#2616818 5-Dec-2020 22:55

"Thorn said some of his staff were bruised when the crowd turned angry, and one man who was in the back seat of the car was taken to hospital after an object thrown through the back window scattered glass into his eyes. He did not yet know whether the injury to the man's eyes was serious."

You mean they weren't kitted out in their own safety gear?!!?

gzt

18682 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 7823

Lifetime subscriber

#2616830 6-Dec-2020 00:07

sbiddle: I mean did he not think the couple of million people who live closer might know as well?

The company provided tickets to the event presumably a limited number.

Scott3

4176 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2990

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2616832 6-Dec-2020 00:41

There is a real mix of information.

Advertising promoted "We are the peoples company & proud of it, so we're dropping 100,000K in value from the sky in Aotea Square, at 12pm on Saturday the 5th. Yes, ACTUAL MONEY will be flying from the sky."

https://thesafetywarehouse.org/collections/event/products/the-drop-auckland?variant=33039980232784

Note the term value. $10k in cash, and $90k in vouchers would technically comply, but would be highly deceptive.

There are some people in the video / quoted by media who got actual money. One kid that found $5 + one guy that got a roll of 5's (total $50 worth), then spend $20 of it with Wilson parking.

There is a quote on the herald (but not stuff), where they say they threw out $100k of real money, + 40k in fake money.

Behavior of the crowed doesn't align with the above, If $100k was thrown in $5's, there would have been quite a few happy people.

Regardless, what a stupid promotion, especially from a company with safety in its name. Somebody must have seen video's of rappers "Making it rain" at clubs in the USA. Quite a different situation where it is a complete surprise, and the crowd is fairly wealthy.

In this case free tickets to the event were issues, and people (mostly desperate) traveled from all over with expectations of getting their hands on real money.

Even with fake money, a few people got injured. Comparisons with kids lolly scrambles was a good one. Very easy to get out of hand, with bigger, stronger kids pushing over smaller ones to catch lollies. Grabbing out of other peoples hands in the commotion is very tempting etc.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ... | 10