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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Online Game begins 10/2/07 at 12:00:01 a.m. ET and ends 11/13/07 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET and is open to residents of the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. Must be 13 or older and have a valid Code to play Online Game. Codes available at participating McDonald's through 10/29/07, or while distribution supplies last. Free Code allows Online Game players to collect one property toward an Online Winning Combination but will not trigger an instant win. Limit ten (10) Codes per day, per person and/or e-mail address. See Official Rules for restrictions, prize descriptions, ARVs, odds, how to play without purchase, and complete details. All prize claims are subject to verification. All monetary prizes in the Online Game will be awarded as prepaid cards, gift cards or reward cards and are subject to terms and conditions. American Express-branded prepaid cards are point based, with one point = $1 in purchasing power. The total value of all cash and prizes stated as being available is approximate, is stated as of the outset of the Online Game, and includes the value of all prizes available in restaurant (except Toys'R'Us Bucks and Foot Locker offers) and online in the Monopoly 2007 Game at McDonald's. The number of available prizes, and the corresponding value, will diminish as prizes are awarded. The number of prizes stated as still being available is approximate and is updated daily based on the average daily prize pool available in the Online Game. Prizes are predominantly food prizes and mobile or online game downloads. Restrictions and some limitations and exclusions apply to mobile and online game downloads. Standard text messaging and download charges apply to mobile downloads. The Free Parking Jackpot for today and/or the amount shown might already have been won. Void where prohibited. Guaranteed Bonus Game Pieces include Toys'R'Us Bucks, Foot Locker offers, instant win prizes or mobile downloads. Guaranteed Bonus Game Pieces are available on specially-marked Large French Fry boxes, Premium Chicken Sandwich boxes and 3-piece and 5-piece Chicken Selects boxes in the U.S. but are not available at any WalMart McDonald's restaurants.
I believe in previous years, it has always been in October. I am sure that McD's and BestBuy are monitoring the situation of people sending in hundreds (if not thousands) of SAEs to get Best Buy Bucks and will end up making more and more rules or lower the odds of getting higher value (not $1) BBB. We'll see in a few weeks or so, I'm sure.
dookee said:I heard its coming back this month. Anyone know if the B*st B*y bucks will be back? I am trying to decide if I need to start addressing envelopes.
Last Year's Thread had the first post on September 12th giving information about the contest but nobody was able to verify it and post offial rules until September 18th, so I'd give it a week or two before we know what McDonald's is going to do this year.
Last Year's Thread had the first post on September 12th giving information about the contest but nobody was able to verify it and post offial rules until September 18th, so I'd give it a week or two before we know what McDonald's is going to do this year.
Im just impatient. Trying to figure out if I want anything this year and how hard it will be to get it.
Info will be up on mcdonalds webpage around SEPT 28 (sort of late )
Contest will run OCT 2 or 9 till Mid Nov (like always)
no1 at best buy or mcdonalds for now will comment if best buy is a part of it this year. managers i talk to so far have said they have heard nothing about best buy being part of it BUT AND I SAID BUT
They never were told until a week before it started last year
One Massive rumor i heard MAJOR DOUBTFUL Best buy bucks 1 5 or 10
This is a copy of BITTERDOG's posts from (rhymes with click)deals.net directly from McDonalds about this year's promotion. Apparently I can't list the site name. It is FORBIDDEN! Not much in the way of details, unfortunately.
first reply came in ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: shannelle.armstrong@us.mcd.com To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 2007-09-05 09:56 Subject: 2007 Monopoly Rules
Ron, The rules to play Monopoly at McDonald's will be available via our website (www.mcdonalds.com) starting October 3, 2007.
Hope this helps, Shannelle Armstrong
Please note new email address: shannelle.armstrong@us.mcd.com ************************************************** **************************** Shannelle R. Armstrong U.S. Communications McDonald's USA, LLC 2111 McDonalds Drive Oak Brook, IL 60523 (630) 623-5508 office (312) 401-2834 mobile (630) 623-3994 fax
---- Original Message ----- From: lisa.mccomb@us.mcd.com Sent: September 05, 2007 11:38 AM Subject: Re: Upcomming 2007 Promotion
Hello -- Thank you for your inquiry. My department doesn't have involvement in any of the marketing promotions, but I was told that customers can get rules in restaurants or at www.mcdonalds.com when the promotion starts on Oct. 2. I hope that helps.
Thank you. Lisa McComb
Manager, Corp. Media Relations McDonald's Corp. 2915 Jorie Blvd., Dept. 335 Oak Brook, IL 60523 lisa.mccomb@us.mcd.com
jimmyzark said:This is a copy of BITTERDOG's posts from (rhymes with click)deals.net directly from McDonalds about this year's promotion. Apparently I can't list the site name. It is FORBIDDEN! Not much in the way of details, unfortunately.
first reply came in ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: shannelle.armstrong@us.mcd.com To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 2007-09-05 09:56 Subject: 2007 Monopoly Rules
Ron, The rules to play Monopoly at McDonald's will be available via our website (www.mcdonalds.com) starting October 3, 2007.
Hope this helps, Shannelle Armstrong
Please note new email address: shannelle.armstrong@us.mcd.com ************************************************** **************************** Shannelle R. Armstrong U.S. Communications McDonald's USA, LLC 2111 McDonalds Drive Oak Brook, IL 60523 (630) 623-5508 office (312) 401-2834 mobile (630) 623-3994 fax
---- Original Message ----- From: lisa.mccomb@us.mcd.com Sent: September 05, 2007 11:38 AM Subject: Re: Upcomming 2007 Promotion
Hello -- Thank you for your inquiry. My department doesn't have involvement in any of the marketing promotions, but I was told that customers can get rules in restaurants or at www.mcdonalds.com when the promotion starts on Oct. 2. I hope that helps.
Thank you. Lisa McComb
Manager, Corp. Media Relations McDonald's Corp. 2915 Jorie Blvd., Dept. 335 Oak Brook, IL 60523 lisa.mccomb@us.mcd.com
thanks for info i think last year though the rules were posted the friday before the contest started. so i probally check back around Sept 28 to see if they are up
im sort of shocked mcdonalds never changed the dates. I mean
If you have it in april people will just commmon use the best buy bucks If you have it in OCT and run it though dec (like now) people will stack up on best buy buck for free or cheap xmas presents
would be intersteing to see how major of a drop Request would be if the game was in APRIL instead of OCT.
also be interesting to see if Best buy comes back. i remember last year the rumors were best buy was done and they were shopping around for another company. i hope something other then the
1,5,10 rumor is true cause i dont know if i want to send in a lot of entries if most of them are a buck like last year..... ALSO I heard the food prizes will really dry up this year. no meals once again and no big sandwiches or odds will be higher
already got 500 boxes of envlopes. (250 each way) if the odds are very good i send in 250. if the odds are very bad i do around 100 to 150)
wooo seems one of those rumors were true. contest starts on Oct 2 ???? hopefully the rest will be sort of there
schwoozer said:For those curious as to how those RUMORED odds would play out over the long term, they are actually very similar to last year's.
Last year: 1 in 12 $5, 11/12 $1 => $1.33 average per piece
This year???: 1 in 168 (15 in 2520) $10, 1 in 15 (168 in 2520) $5, 2337 in 2520 $1 => $1.32 average per piece
If this is in fact true, my guess is more restrictions on their use will be the result. Otherwise BB probably sees just as much damage as last year.
Except that last year's denominations were $1 and $3 so the return is actually better this year. I'll be curious to see if they change how much you can apply toward the purchase of a CD - would they actually deny the $5 and $10 BBB for that?
If you're looking for a history lesson on McDonald's Monopoly since they started including Best Buy Bucks I'll post it below.
Terms: BBB = Best Buy Buck Average Value = Average Value of a Best Buy Buck assuming you got exactly the odds advertised. Average ROI = Average Return On Investment of each dollar you spent sending in a request. This assumes you do not place a value on the time it takes you to send in a request. I take Average Value divided by the cost of postage during that year plus $0.01 for an envelope. For instance with postage at $0.39 so the Average ROI = Average Value/($0.39*2+$0.01*2) = Average Value/$0.80.
Postal History: Postage for a first class letter was $0.39 in 2006 and $0.37 in 2005,2004, and 2003.
2006: $1 BBB - odds 1:1.08 $5 BBB - odds 1:12.4 Average Value: $1.32 Average ROI: $1.65
2005: $1 BBB - odds 1:1.50 $3 BBB - odds 1:2.99 Average Value: $1.67 Average ROI: $2.20
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