Tim Hortons the harsh reality

[Mir]

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[CanadaBoy]

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[Piccolo]

Its interesting.. a lot of people have been commenting that this time around the winnings are very slim.

My co-worker buys a coffee everyday and she says she usually gets a free coffee or muffin every 4th cup. She hasn't won anything yet.

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[coriolis]

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[dj_b_00]

I remember the first year they had it i think I won a couple small things (ie. free coffee, donut), since I haven't won a single thing.

[CanadaBoy]

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[awestruck]

You do win. Remember awhile back two kids found a Tim Hortons cup in the garbage can and rolled it up and it said they won a car. Then they had a dispute regarding about who would own the car. Or was that something else and not Tim Hortons related? I forget.

[Impossibles]

The scale of Timmy's is amazing.

They advertise over 30,000,000 prizes to be won.

Odds are (according to them) about 1:9.

That means they are selling 270,000,000 hot beverages. That's 10+ per canadian citizen.

[CanadaBoy]

The scale of Timmy's is amazing.

They advertise over 30,000,000 prizes to be won.

Odds are (according to them) about 1:9.

That means they are selling 270,000,000 hot beverages. That's 10+ per canadian citizen.

Don't for get to minus:
-children
-babies
-teens
-people who are smart enough to not participate
-people who hate coffee
...etc...

[bautista.undefined]

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[Gunz16]

2/6
Won a donut & cofee.

[Anessa]

It's like the lottery- you only play it for the chance you MAY win but you know the odds are so slim.

[Screwball]

I purchased my first coffee in weeks last week, and I won a free coffee on it.

[infinite.chaoz]

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0/5 here ..

[rf134a]

2/7 here. 1 coffee, 1 donut.

[jayisthebest88]

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[Allen84]

Probably not as worse as McDonalds Monopoly.

[beerbaron105]

My dad won the 1994 Mustang GT Convert. back in the day, fire engine red, what a sweet machine....he traded it for the cash tho, family man and we needed the money more then a sports toy that couldn't even fit all of us.

the XL's have the good prizes.... i just won a coffee the other day with my medium lol

[kcorscadden]

I don't drink a lot TH, but I have bought one HC since this game started and I am 1/1 w/ a donut.

[AzN_RiverdaleCI]

for me so far its 0/3

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[V A N Q U I S H]

At UTSC campus, going to head out and grab a Cafe Mocha XL, wish me luck!

[Geese_Howard]

last contest my dad won a bike, pretty damn good bike except for all the tim hortins logo on it.

[aforgetit]

last contest my dad won a bike, pretty damn good bike except for all the tim hortins logo on it.

That just adds to the cool factor:lol:

[UrbanPoet]

remembers me of when i was a kid.
I would bug my mom to buy the cereal with 'a chance to win a trip to disney land'...

[deal_lurker]

I wonder if the car prizes also have the Timmies logo on them? I too have also noticed that (at least for me) this year... I am winning fewer prizes... (none so far :-( ).

last contest my dad won a bike, pretty damn good bike except for all the tim hortins logo on it.

[kasianman]

That just adds to the cool factor:lol:

As cool as ice
Vanilla Ice that is :-0

[ratface]

Never have so many spent so much in an attempt to win so little.

I can't believe how many people go nuts for this 'contest'. It's hard to drive around this city in the morning because the lineup from Tims stretches onto the street and blocks traffic.

[theavonlady]

I think my stats are:

5 wins (+1 more given to me)
21 Losses

Thats pretty horrible...

Plus i have a really really bad habit of throwing away the cup when im done. Especially if i have it double cupped with the regular cup on the outside i'll just forget and toss it away. :(

[V A N Q U I S H]

0/1

XL

Screw this, I'm going to starbucks.

[skyblue12]

0/2 medium, 0/1 large :|

[ERIKAAMORRIS]

37 XL - 2 coffees won
4 Lg - 0
4 med - 0

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[elemenopee]

I'm 2 for 17, both wins were coffee.

[ahyue2]

1/2

1 M and 1 L

Won a Coffee...

btw 0/0 not equal to 100%, it is undefined :lol:

[mushrooms]

i work for TDL....they operate tim hortons....
i was talking to the guy that supervised the manufacturing of roll up cups..and he told me it's totally random as to what size the prizes are in. You have the same chance of winning a car whether you buy a med. or XL. ..i know the chances are slim, but so far I am 2/3..both coffees tho....
I saw a guy win an IPOD when I was in a store in Calgary, so it's for real...

[gordholio]

It's like the lottery- you only play it for the chance you MAY win but you know the odds are so slim.

Yes, but if you're buying a coffee anyways, it's different than a lottery.
I get coffees from Hortons regularly, so it's not like I've changed anything or buy more of them.

[djcake]

0/12 here....:evil:

[Evil Baby]

Its interesting.. a lot of people have been commenting that this time around the winnings are very slim.

My co-worker buys a coffee everyday and she says she usually gets a free coffee or muffin every 4th cup. She hasn't won anything yet.


They've probably sent all of thier winners to statigs spots througout Canada again like they did last year. They have a stranglehold on Ontario so they concentrait on other parts of Canada.

[almostfreeman]

What p***** me off about Tim's is seeing their cups littered everywhere I look.
Can't even go fishing without finding these all over. Maybe they should make a contest for people who actually dispose of their cups in the garbage. Oh, I guess they wouldn't do that as the extra garbage disposal cost for cleaning up after themselves would cut in to their profits.

[ratface]

What p***** me off about Tim's is seeing their cups littered everywhere I look.
Can't even go fishing without finding these all over. Maybe they should make a contest for people who actually dispose of their cups in the garbage. Oh, I guess they wouldn't do that as the extra garbage disposal cost for cleaning up after themselves would cut in to their profits.

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How's this for the next 'classic canadiana' Tim's commercial:

Scene: 20 years in the future. A father and son are fishing on a quiet wilderness lake. Their hover-canoe glides gently above the surface of the water. Father takes a sip of his Time Hortons coffee. Son drops his fishing line into the water. The electronic worm swims off in search of a fish to lure.

Suddenly the lcd screen on the fishing rod indicates a strike and the boy selects the 'reel in' option. The lure emerges from the water, attached to it is a discarded "roll up the rim to win" cup circa 2007.

Father: I guess some things never change, eh!

Son throws the old cup back. Father tosses his futuristic coffe cup into the lake. Camera pans out. In the distance a loon calls.

[ethansmith]

Every cup should be a winner. What Timmies can't afford a base prize of 1 Timbit?

If the above was the case, maybe I'd try. I'm currently 0/0.

But why bother doing that when Canadians keep coming back to this contest each year in droves!

--Ethan

[Lone_Prodigy]

I bet most of the winning cups are in their factory waiting to be shipped out.

Think about it. If all the cups with big prizes were in circulation, there's a chance all the Camry's could be won in the first couple weeks of the contest. That would seriously discourage a lot of customers.

[majesus]

What p***** me off about Tim's is seeing their cups littered everywhere I look.
Can't even go fishing without finding these all over. Maybe they should make a contest for people who actually dispose of their cups in the garbage. Oh, I guess they wouldn't do that as the extra garbage disposal cost for cleaning up after themselves would cut in to their profits.

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Tim Horton's itself isn't the ones litering. It is the idiots drinking their coffee who are too lazy to trash it afterwards.

[mahjongmaniac]

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LOLLL!!... perhaps a lil too pessimistic there? :lol:

[rilhouse]

someone said something about there being less winners in toronto. i'm starting to believe it. i'm about 1/10 in toronto. when living in smaller towns, i won more.

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[ShadowVlican]

0/13

get all of mine at Bloor/Bedford

bad luck? or no luck? :lol:

[nemoone]

My buddy has a site up that tracks all your loses wins and how much you track. Its free

www.rolluptherimandlose.com


Set it up so we can keep track.

[kuqdew]

my friend won an actual ipod!!

i am 0/14 right now

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[xwar]

i'm 2/22 :mad:

[bubble.tea]

Well we're about ZERO for FIFTY...so there!!!

[jory29]

Don't for get to minus:
-children
-babies
-teens
-people who are smart enough to not participate
-people who hate coffee
...etc...

Minus those who never stop to wait in a line-up 20 + cars deep. You want an iced cap? buy frappuchino mix from Costco - throw into a blender : 2 scoops of the mix, a little cold water or milk [1/4 cup - 2/3rds of a cup], several ice cubes [6 or 7] and blend well. Makes enough for 2, or for one needing a coffee fix. Very yummy, and I can make a ton of those for around $8 or $9 for the can.

[CanadaBoy]

Minus those who never stop to wait in a line-up 20 + cars deep. You want an iced cap? buy frappuchino mix from Costco - throw into a blender : 2 scoops of the mix, a little cold water or milk [1/4 cup - 2/3rds of a cup], several ice cubes [6 or 7] and blend well. Makes enough for 2, or for one needing a coffee fix. Very yummy, and I can make a ton of those for around $8 or $9 for the can.

Yes I always do that in the summer except I use Nescafe Ice Java instead of frappuchino mix.

[CanadaBoy]

lol., you post-whores.:D

post-whores are usually the ones that call other people post-whores.

[bubble.tea]

post-whores are usually the ones that call other people post-whores.

takes one to know one.

WHY're you stating the obvious?

[evanx]

Haven't won anything yet. Darn.

[zoomzoom]

I'm 0 for 1.... booo.... I wanna win! LOL

[go leafs]

2/12... I'm beating the odds ;) (won a coffee and donut)

[djcake]

woohoo finally won a coffee

1/17 lol

[CanadaBoy]

takes one to know one.

WHY're you stating the obvious?

Because the obvious has yet to be stated.

[impostor]

My buddy has a site up that tracks all your loses wins and how much you track. Its free

www.rolluptherimandlose.com


Set it up so we can keep track.This site is useless without some actual stats. ;) :idea:

[akky]

i'm 1/37