Roll Up The Rim Prize Stolen After Woman Shares Win On Facebook
By
Sughra Hafeez in
Life Style
On 27th February 2016
There's nothing that quite matches the thrill of winning something. Hell, I get stoked whenever I see my uncle hit jackpots on The Wheel of Fortune slot machine at the Borgata in Atlantic City. Seriously, he's the luckiest man alive. I can only imagine how happy I'd be if I was the one that was a lucky winner.
So when you do experience the thrill of a lucky victory, you want to share it with the world, right? The problem is, you need to be really careful what you post on social media.
And this woman learned that the hard way.
#1 Margaret Butler Coward says a friend — or mutual friend — snagged her winning Roll Up the Rim code before she could redeem the prize. (CBC)
Margaret Coward of Newfoundland, Canada was the proud winner of a Tim Horton's $100 gift card. Note the operative word, was.
#2 She made the mistake of posting the winning Tim Horton's cup online. The problem was, the redeemable code was clearly visible.
#3 The only thing stopping people from typing it in themselves and claiming the card was common decency. So of course, someone else claimed it.
Within 45 minutes, someone nabbed the code, which the high school secretary discovered after she confusedly called Tim Horton's customer service when she was told the code was already claimed.
#4 The donut and coffee chain's Communications Director, Jodi Bond, said that if you post their winning codes online, you're going to have a bad time:
"As these are unique PIN codes, we do not encourage our guests to post images of their tabs on social media until they have redeemed their prize."
#5 The real kicker is that she noticed her friend count dropped from 903 to 902 after sharing the photo. So she knows who probably stole it.
"Beware of what you post. Not all friends are real friends. I'm a friend short."​ - Margaret posted on Facebook.
At the end of the day, Tim Horton's did contact Margaret and honor her win, as she is the original owner of the cup. Damn, even Canadian corporations are nice.
