ROSWELL, N.M. -- An advertising promotion for a Roswell car dealership has backfired. A direct mailing of 50,000 scratch-off games touted a grand prize of $1,000.
The small type said the odds of winning were 1 in 50,000. But it turns out all 50,000 scratch-off ads were $1,000 winners. The dealership's general manager, Jeff Kohn, blamed Atlanta-based Force Events Direct Marketing for printing the ads with a typographical error.
The dealership is offering $5 Wal-Mart gift cards to all participants. The marketing company, Force Events, sent representatives to Roswell Thursday. Force Events said they would give anyone who came to collect that day a chance to win $5,000 in a drawing.
The company would also hold another series of drawings where 20 people will win $1,000 a piece. MagazineLane.com
The small type said the odds of winning were 1 in 50,000. But it turns out all 50,000 scratch-off ads were $1,000 winners. The dealership's general manager, Jeff Kohn, blamed Atlanta-based Force Events Direct Marketing for printing the ads with a typographical error.
The dealership is offering $5 Wal-Mart gift cards to all participants. The marketing company, Force Events, sent representatives to Roswell Thursday. Force Events said they would give anyone who came to collect that day a chance to win $5,000 in a drawing.
The company would also hold another series of drawings where 20 people will win $1,000 a piece. MagazineLane.com
