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#315985 5-Sep-2024 07:19

Grabbed a drink for Maccers this morning, checked the Monopoly ticket and it had "Instant Win - $100 retail gaming voucher" - I thought "wow" I can go buy a new game.

Nope. When scanned its a $100 voucher towards a gaming PC from "Allied Gaming".

1) Never heard of them

2) Thats two different things in my mind.... a gaming voucher vs a $$ off a PC.....

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#3279137 5-Sep-2024 08:09

The only prizes worth using are the free food/drinks/etc ones. But yeah that is a bit deceptive.

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#3279141 5-Sep-2024 08:32

KiwiSurfer:

The only prizes worth using are the free food/drinks/etc ones. But yeah that is a bit deceptive.

1st prize - a Big Mac combo.

2nd prize - two Big Mac combos!

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#3279176 5-Sep-2024 08:53

xpd:

Grabbed a drink for Maccers this morning, checked the Monopoly ticket and it had "Instant Win - $100 retail gaming voucher" - I thought "wow" I can go buy a new game.

Nope. When scanned its a $100 voucher towards a gaming PC from "Allied Gaming".

1) Never heard of them

2) Thats two different things in my mind.... a gaming voucher vs a $$ off a PC.....

Make a complaint to the Commerce Commission. They've likely got plenty of time to investigate as they don't seem to do much else.

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#3279177 5-Sep-2024 08:53

Way I view it, is a voucher allows you to get something "free", and a coupon gives you a discount.

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#3279180 5-Sep-2024 08:58

Full list of prizes

TERMS_AND_CONDITIONS_MCDONALDS_MONOPOLY_24.pdf

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#3279183 5-Sep-2024 09:23

Crikey. A lot of feedback on your Reddit post.

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#3279184 5-Sep-2024 09:40

Yeah been a bit of traction :D

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#3279194 5-Sep-2024 10:17

Wakrak:

Full list of prizes

TERMS_AND_CONDITIONS_MCDONALDS_MONOPOLY_24.pdf

According to that, they have 500,000 of those $100 vouchers in the prize draw...

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#3279195 5-Sep-2024 10:29

xpd:

Nope. When scanned its a $100 voucher towards a gaming PC from "Allied Gaming".

1) Never heard of them

Looks like they are an Australian Crowd,

They appear to have done a trans-tasman deal as Maccas OZ have also just started a Monopoly promotion as well, including $100 gaming vouchers.from Allied..

https://mcdonalds.com.au/sites/mcdonalds.com.au/files/TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS-MCDONALDS-MONOPOLY-24.pdf

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#3279197 5-Sep-2024 10:32

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Wakrak:

Full list of prizes

TERMS_AND_CONDITIONS_MCDONALDS_MONOPOLY_24.pdf

According to that, they have 500,000 of those $100 vouchers in the prize draw...

and I bet very few of them will ever be redeemed

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#3279207 5-Sep-2024 10:49

It's weird that they are offering this on what appears to be a highly niche product that very few people would be interested in. It would have far more value if it were a discount off something like a TV or iPhone.

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#3279252 5-Sep-2024 11:55

alasta:

It's weird that they are offering this on what appears to be a highly niche product that very few people would be interested in. It would have far more value if it were a discount off something like a TV or iPhone.

You're confusing marketing with common sense.

Did Eric Clapton really think she looked wonderful...or was it after the 15th outfit she tried on and he just wanted to get to the party and get a drink?

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#3279253 5-Sep-2024 12:00

There is a free chance card under the deals section of the app to get started, although when I tried to claim it nothing actually seemed to happen.

My wife got a 3 month subscription to Readly (online version of magazines) last time as an instant prize but we get McD's so infrequently we'd never build up enough properties etc.

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#3279270 5-Sep-2024 13:12

If it's like last year, check out the terms of play in regards to signing all your contact info over to their partners and affiliates. Via any medium they see fit to be used as promotional contact etc.

That was enough to make me target free food ones only and not scan much.

Sure enough. Clause 135

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#3279624 7-Sep-2024 07:38

Yall talking like it’s your first rodeo with marketing promos?

if you don’t want to participate, the choice is yours….

you can always give away the vouchers or coupons or prizes to someone else or just ignore it.

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