Penny, a discounter here in Germany, celebrates its 35th birthday. Yesterday, we had a prospectus in our postbox telling us we could win some interesting stuff:
- Who needs 500 g of coffee a week?
- Who needs 35 liters of beer a month?
- Who needs 35 kg of chocolate?
- And who needs a live long supply of Aachener Pflümli?
Pennys Geburtstagsprospekt
They also advertise that you can win
Autos!
Autos!
Autos!
Autos!**
Strangely, all other prizes are listed with an exact number, but nowhere in the prospectus does it say how may cars can be won. The two stars (**) don’t have an explanation anywhere. The only two stars are on the left, but I don’t think the cars cost “max. 0,50 €/SMS”.
The fun doesn’t stop here. They obviously can’t spell “Freundlichkeit”. <joke>So, is it unknown to them?</joke>
But the best thing about the prospectus is that they reserve their right to pay off the prizes in money. The customer doesn’t have the right to choose. Thus “35 kg of chocolate” is just a fancy way of saying “you can win less than 200 €”.
Update (2008-09-28): Yesterday, we received version a new version of the prospectus described above. The advertised products have changed, but the things you can win have stayed the same. The only improvement I found was a change from “**” to “1” at the “Autos, Autos, Autos, Autos”.
Thus, they also want to pay off the cars, cars, cars, cars in money rather than as real cars.
