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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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* In ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations]]'', Colias Palaeno, the Ambassador of Babahl, keeps handing out coupons in order to drum up |
* In ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations]]'', Colias Palaeno, the Ambassador of Babahl, keeps handing out coupons in order to drum up tourism—they can only be redeemed in Babahl. |
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{{quote|'''Palaeno:''' Would you like some more ink? I've got plenty! |
{{quote|'''Palaeno:''' Would you like some more ink? I've got plenty! |
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'''Edgeworth:''' Ah...thank you, I shouldn't need any more. |
'''Edgeworth:''' Ah...thank you, I shouldn't need any more. |
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* Burma-Shave once offered a mock promotion that promised a trip to Mars for anyone who collected 900 empty jars. When Arlyss French, a grocery store owner, managed to actually collect them, Burma-Shave responded, "If a trip to Mars you earn/Remember, friend, there's no return." After French collected another 900 jars for the return trip, they decided to go ahead and send him to [[wikipedia:Moers|Moers, Germany]]. |
* Burma-Shave once offered a mock promotion that promised a trip to Mars for anyone who collected 900 empty jars. When Arlyss French, a grocery store owner, managed to actually collect them, Burma-Shave responded, "If a trip to Mars you earn/Remember, friend, there's no return." After French collected another 900 jars for the return trip, they decided to go ahead and send him to [[wikipedia:Moers|Moers, Germany]]. |
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* They still have these. [http://www.labelsforeducation.com/ Labels for Education], Coke Points/Pepsi Points, Camel Cash... A variation is/was [[wikipedia:Green stamps|"Green Stamps"]], which you could earn in several different places and then redeem for stuff. |
* They still have these. [http://www.labelsforeducation.com/ Labels for Education], Coke Points/Pepsi Points, Camel Cash... A variation is/was [[wikipedia:Green stamps|"Green Stamps"]], which you could earn in several different places and then redeem for stuff. |
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* In 1999, California engineer [[wikipedia:David Phillips (entrepreneur)|David Phillips]] did the math and found that a particular promotion, in which a food company offered airline frequent flyer miles in exchange for inexpensive food purchases, was a phenomenally good value. For about $3000, he was able to buy enough pudding to redeem for over a million airline |
* In 1999, California engineer [[wikipedia:David Phillips (entrepreneur)|David Phillips]] did the math and found that a particular promotion, in which a food company offered airline frequent flyer miles in exchange for inexpensive food purchases, was a phenomenally good value. For about $3000, he was able to buy enough pudding to redeem for over a million airline miles—enough to fly just about anywhere, first class, dozens of times over. And he donated the food to charity, ''and'' he got an $800 tax break for the donation. |
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** This story was used for the movie ''[[Punch Drunk Love]]''. |
** This story was used for the movie ''[[Punch Drunk Love]]''. |
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