DENVER, Nov. 8, 2007 — The Denver division of Centex Homes has offered to give a house to Veronica Baca, one of the original finalists in a disputed home give-away contest in Denver. In addition, the Company has offered to provide furnishings for the home and payment for all reasonable legal fees that Mrs. Baca has incurred.
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UPDATE: Centex Offers New Home To Second Contest Winner
By 11.8.07
By 10.26.07
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30,000 people will get free couches, mattresses, and other furniture if the Red Sox win the world series, thanks to a furniture store promotion back in March and April. Special Bonus: One of the worst, if not the worst, abuses of Photoshop ever perpetrated by a major network. [ABCNews]
Cycle Store Screws Up Giveaway, Now There Are Ten Winners
By 9.20.07
A cycle shop in Mississippi accidentally gave away an ATV ten times in a row during a promotional contest, when all ten of the people who were randomly selected from over a thousand turned out to have working copies of the same key. The store’s owner still doesn’t know how it happened, but he held firm to the intent of the original promotion and gave away only one ATV, which has angered at least one non-winning winner.
Honda Dealer Sends Out Scratch-Off Tickets Where Everyone Is a Winner
By 7.20.07
Here’s a typo you don’t see every day. A Honda dealer contracted the services of a direct mail marketing and promotions agency. The agency was supposed to send out 50,000 scratch-off tickets, one of which was the grand prize winner—entitling the customer to a cash prize of $1,000.
Send Us Your Customer Service Calls And We'll Mock Their Flaws
By 4.26.07
Call centers of the world, we’re gunning for your asses.
Fill Out Our Survey, Get Chance To Win iPod Shuffle
By 3.2.07
UPDATE: Survey max response number reached. Poll closed. Thanks everyone!
UPDATE 2: Worst Company In America 2007: Bracket Seeds
By 2.15.07
UPDATE: Changed brackets around to accurately reflect initial voting.
Cat On A Walmart Nazi T-Shirt: A Caption Contest
By 1.30.07
Here at Consumerist we’ve worked really hard to try to motivate Walmart to follow through on their promise to pull the Nazi paraphernalia from their store shelves. So far, we’ve failed. In honor of our failure, we’d like to announce the “Cat On A Walmart Nazi T-Shirt Contest.”
Unboxed: Sony PSP Flog Lucky Golden Shit Awards
By 1.19.07
The lucky golden shit awards for the best flog of 2006 have arrived!
‘All I Want For Xmas Is A PSP’ Wins Best Flog 2006
By 1.2.07
Based on reader votes, we anoint Sony’s Alliwantforxmasisapsp as the best flog of 2006.
Announcing The Floggies
By 12.20.06
Since nobody should be allowed to move on from their mistakes, we’re holding a knife fight to see who had the “best” flog of 2006. We are pleased to announce… The Floggies.
T-Shirt Contest: Results!
By 9.6.06
Here are the results of our fabulous tshirt contest.The winner is “I’m thinking of writing a strongly worded letter,” sent in by James C. And just because we feel like it, “Mystery Shopper,” sent in by David R., wins too. Congrats, guys. Contact us at tips at consumerist dot com to collect your prizes.
T-Shirt Contest: Vote Vote Vote!
By 8.31.06
We’re the scamps on your doorstep reminding you to vote for your favorite Consumerist T-shirt. It’s for a great cause. You. Plus, if we make enough money off the shirts, Denton said he’ll stop making us sell candy on the subway.
