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Pizza Hut 'Slashes' Price Of Supreme By Adding $2

By Phil Villarreal on September 2, 2010 3:15 PM 50 Comments

Chuck enjoyed Pizza Hut's supreme pizza, especially via its $10-a-pie promotion. But a new advertising campaign, in which the mega-chain claims to be slashing prices on all its pizzas, has made his supreme cost $12 instead of $10 because it surpasses the new three-topping threshold. More »

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Coca Cola Tells $10,000 Winner He Did Not Win; Gives Him $500 Instead

By Lucy Bayly on May 25, 2009 12:59 PM 63 Comments

—>A Connecticut limo driver with six kids was thrilled to discover he had won $10,000 in scholarship funds in a new Coca Cola sweepstakes. He even got a message from Coke congratulating him on his win. Turns out it wasn't The Real Thing after all: the message was an error, triggered by a promo test. He hadn't won a cent, because the "Twist and Text" contest didn't actually start for another three weeks. More »