E: 04/05 McDonalds Monopoly

grmc

The current Monopoly competition includes an "Instant Win" option with entry of the codes on the stickers.

I had about 10 of these to enter today, and was going through them all with the predictable "We're sorry, you have not won this time..." error message.

Then, noticeably, one code took a loooong time to process and instead I was presented with a message that said something similar to "There has been an error whilst processing your claim" and to call an 0844 number. I tried to enter the code again and was shown the message "Sorry, this code has already been used in this promotion".

I called this number and explained what had happened, but the operator seemed to be quite confused about what to do. She took all the information from me including my name and address and the code number on the ticket then went away for a few minutes and returned to advise me that there was "a glitch in the system that they're trying to fix" and to "just keep on entering the code".

I explained that the system was telling me that the code was no longer valid, but she insisted that was what I had to do.

According to the terms & conditions regarding how this "competition" is governed, the winning ticket codes are NOT pre-determined, and success is based on submitting a valid code at precisely the right time, which is selected by some random algorithm by the McDonald's system. Therefore, people can be unknowingly banging in codes in the hour AFTER the moment has passed with no possibility of them winning. Is this fair?

Furthermore, if the entry of my code prompted a pause and then a "special" error message, does this not suggest that it met different criteria than the others and was, in fact, a winning ticket? Of course, now the "special moment" has passed and McDonald's have failed to process the claim properly how can it ever be a "winning ticket"?

Anyone else had similar experiences?

davethorp

Stickers already made it onto ebay. I especially like THIS ONE which is selling a set of stickers with just one sticker required to win each prize.

What the seller neglects to mention is they have all the common stickers and its the rare ones needed to win

I have about 4 or 5 park lanes, perhaps I could stick them on ebay pointing out that if someone could find 4 or 5 mayfairs they will win £2 - £2.5million. I'll just neglect to mention there's only one mayfair in circulation

kuba

I have even better: find item number 320507322826 (sorry, I cannot post links).:rotfl:

finatra26

Posted it for you kuba

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320507322826&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D320507322826%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

dementedhousewife

finatra26 wrote: »

Posted it for you kuba

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320507322826&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D320507322826%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

I have park lane... is it really worth selling for £99 on ebay?

I thought park lane was printed by the thousands and the other is like sold once?

x__Indigo_x

i just tried 3 codes and didnt win. did win a sugar dougnut shame i dont like them haha

am i the only sad one who if i see a maccies pack on the floor outside with the monolopy case i will kick it to check the stickers have been taken

always_comping

x__Indigo_x wrote: »

i just tried 3 codes and didnt win. did win a sugar dougnut shame i dont like them haha

am i the only sad one who if i see a maccies pack on the floor outside with the monolopy case i will kick it to check the stickers have been taken

yeah, i'd never do that :D

standingupformyself

My daughter and I were sat next to an older couple this afternoon, (In MacDonalds) who did not seem at all inclined to tear the coupons off. They were sooo slow eaters, but we sat patiently, wondering whether they were going to throw their litter away or not... We had to go though, the lady took her false teeth out to pick the sesame seeds out of them. I could wait no longer!

beffffff

[STRIKE]Has anyone else had problems entering codes? [/STRIKE]

I was just entering 12 and on the 11th one it said there had been an error with my entry and to call a number. Just called it and it's the claims line, but it's closed. When I tried submitting the same code again I got a message saying that code had already been entered. My 12th code submitted fine. Seems a bit odd??

Edit just seem grmcs message above so I'm not the only one with this problem. Wonder if anyone has won an instant £1k yet? Think I'll ask them when I call back tomorrow...

Edit2: called them, they say a few other people have had the error, they are looking into it. Has anyone else had it happen since me?

pompeyrob

i won an ice-cream sundae today...was lovely mmm:j