Pair Demand Bt1 Million Halls Prize

[george]

Pair demand prize

BANGKOK: -- Two women who claim to have won Bt1 million from HALLS yesterday filed a complaint with the Consumer Protection Board (CPB) and the Law Society of Thailand after the company failed to pay them the prize money.

Jintana Panrak, 25, and Waree Phromsurin, 29, said they had collected the HALLS sweet wrappers - each featuring one letter of the alphabet - needed to make the word “H-A-L-L-S” which they said entitled them to the Bt1-million prize from Cadbury Adams (Thailand) Co Ltd, as advertised.

However, when they went to claim their prize, company representatives said they could not pay the money, pending a company board meeting to verify the wrappers as authentic.

They suggested the women contact marketing firm Direct Solution Co Ltd.

At Direct Solution, officials suggested that the “H” looked suspicious.

--The Nation 2005-06-09

[Rags]

At Direct Solution, officials suggested that the “H” looked suspicious.

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I totally agree.

As letters of the alphabet go, I have always had my doubts about the letter "H"....

[penzman]

Never trust a dancing H!

[mnoorsapl]

Never trust a dancing H!

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[Rags]

Never trust a dancing H!

How true...they have got to be the worst of all...

[sriracha john]

Never trust a dancing H!

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:D :D

[thymode91]

oh jeezzz! i am colecting those letters as well

[mpdkorat]

Never trust a dancing H!

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Is that H dancing

Where did you get that gif from

[sriracha john]

Ahhhhh.... It turns out that perhaps the Halls folks aren't quite as gullible as the hopeful "winners" that scribbled an "H" on a wrapper thought they might be.

Published on June 10, 2005

A Halls executive yesterday explained its Bt1-million cash prize campaign, after two women appealed to the Consumer Protection Board on Wednesday saying that the company had failed to deliver their prize money.

Managing director Anat Julinthorn of Cadbury Adams (Thailand), the local manufacturer of the candy and cough drops, yesterday told The Nation that there were 17 distinguishing marks/signifiers – some detectable by eye, others that can only be detected by a microscope – on the winning Halls sweet wrappers.

The distinguishing marks include a unique font style for the letter “H”, the words on the “H” wrapper being printed upside down, and a tiny “H” printed on the lower left-hand corner of the big “H”. The others will be announced in September once the campaign is over.

Anat said the four winning wrappers were specially made and that he had secretly dropped each one into the machines during his regular factory visits.

He added that there were still two prizes waiting for lucky winners.

Wednesday’s claim is among some 20 made to the company, but the claimants have stepped back following the explanation of the wrapper criteria, he said, adding that the company had filed a complaint with police requesting they look into the case as its reputation is at stake.

[moebius]

Ahhhhh.... It turns out that perhaps the Halls folks aren't quite as gullible as the hopeful "winners" that scribbled an "H" on a wrapper thought they might be.

Published on June 10, 2005

A Halls executive yesterday explained its Bt1-million cash prize campaign, after two women appealed to the Consumer Protection Board on Wednesday saying that the company had failed to deliver their prize money.

Managing director Anat Julinthorn of Cadbury Adams (Thailand), the local manufacturer of the candy and cough drops, yesterday told The Nation that there were 17 distinguishing marks/signifiers – some detectable by eye, others that can only be detected by a microscope – on the winning Halls sweet wrappers.

The distinguishing marks include a unique font style for the letter “H”, the words on the “H” wrapper being printed upside down, and a tiny “H” printed on the lower left-hand corner of the big “H”. The others will be announced in September once the campaign is over.

Anat said the four winning wrappers were specially made and that he had secretly dropped each one into the machines during his regular factory visits.

He added that there were still two prizes waiting for lucky winners.

Wednesday’s claim is among some 20 made to the company, but the claimants have stepped back following the explanation of the wrapper criteria, he said, adding that the company had filed a complaint with police requesting they look into the case as its reputation is at stake.

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Okay, that's solved.

THE burning question is: Where did the dancing Gif come from?

[Heng]

Wednesday’s claim is among some 20 made to the company, but the claimants have stepped back following the explanation of the wrapper criteria, he said, adding that the company had filed a complaint with police requesting they look into the case as its reputation is at stake.

No free lunch, scammers.

[Scott]

What the H*** is going on with people anyway?