So, I’m a smoker, as many of you know by now. yes, I know it’s disgusting, and yes, I do want to quit. But it seems that’ll have to wait till march or so…
So I get a knock at the door yesterday. It’s the mail lady. (hot blonde, BTW. one of the reasons I want my MX203.) She says she needs my signature. I’m all like wtf? I’m not expecting anything at home that would need my signature… So I sign for it. It’s from Marlboro. They send me coupons and free crap in the mail all the time, but never anything I have to sign for. So I open it, and it looks like one of their mailing advertisements for the Marlboro ranch I got a while back. Inside, there’s a CD-ROM disk, and a promo number, along with a confirmation code. So, as always, I call the 1800 number, and enter the code. (usually, they just have an automated system that takes care of everything I call them for.) It says “transferring to a service rep.” So this nice lady gets on the phone, asks for the confirmation number. I give it to her, and she verifies all the usual info… name, address, etc… And then says Congrats, you’ve just won a 4 day, 3 night trip to the Marlboro ranch in Montana for you and a guest, all expenses paid. We’re not even allowed to tip, apparently. Oddly enough, the FIRST thought that came to mind, and kept repeating itself, was that this would be the perfect smoker’s testing ground… Seeing as how everyone that won the trip is required to be a smoker. I can’t wait. It’ll be sometime in Feb, judging by the info I got. I’ll post results, of course.
Everything about the marlboro ranch greatness is true, but i heard they deal in volumes of women, you know, having cowboys around or ranch hands you get the idea… If your lucky it will be co-ed
There’s a lot of controversy over how (and if) pheromones work in humans. They may bypass the scent receptors in the nose, and thus wouldn’t be affected by smoke at all. If it’s true, then that’s why they can be covered by cologne and still work.
Lots of info in the Theory section, or repeat the mantra “Google is your friend…”
Those things are a pain in the ass. Every freaking smoker on my damn route got one. Ok calming down now LOL.
Anyways congrats on the win snook. Just keep this in mind while you are there. Unless you entered to win this contest this is a standard marketing ploy for something. They gonna try to sell you something and it wont be a pack of cig’s. By all means take the trip, but DO NOT give them and finacial information about yourself. DO NOT rush into buying anything they try to push. Just take it in and tell them you need time to think about it and enjoy the free trip. Believe me I have been through this before.
Bought a car 5 years ago and won a trip because of it. They tried to sell us land in (guess where?) Montana. These companies team up now to pull in more customers and are willing to spend a little to pull in the big bucks.
Now dont let this scare you about going. Knowing it ahead of time gives you a bit of a advantage.
Anybody remember those pens you used to get in the mail with the scratch off numbers? If your numbers matched the telegram you won a prize like a free pen or some crap.
I won 5 acres of beach front land on the Sea of Cortes in Baja Mexico outside San Felipe. Thought it was a scam and held onto the deed for 10 years until a big resort called me up to purchase it. Apparently they were building a huge hotel and my property was beach front and they wanted it.
Turns out I only owned the deed and was entitled to sell it but Mexican Government wanted it so they made a deal with another 5 acres about a mile down the beach and 20 grand. Plus I can go to the hotel where they built and stay a week free every year for the rest of my life.
Who would have ever thought those little pens would be so freaking valuable?
Ok calming down now LOL.