Fliers pasted around Ohio State's campus offered students a "free burrito" for showing their Ohio State ID at the restaurant. The fliers made no mention that filling out a credit card application was required. Ohio is arguing that this violates the definition of "free" in Ohio's consumer protection laws because the terms of the offer were not disclosed on the fliers.
Similar fliers were posted luring students to Potbelly Sandwich Works. Delicious, but deceptive.
State Of Ohio vs. Campus Dimensions, INC. (PDF) [State of Ohio]
Editorial: Citibank's credit card come-on proves there's no such thing as a free lunch [The Plain Dealer]
/Yes I'm anal
]]>The AG's name is Marc Dann, not Mark Dunn.
]]>It wasn't long before a credit card arrived in the mail, Santos L. Helper was on the credit card. Funny, because my dog was named Santa's Little Helper.
I spent plenty! Smoked Salmon, cookware that had a radio in it. I even bought my sister some pills to stay awake when she studied.
All went well until I found out that I had to pay for these items. The credit card company even sent repo-men to take everything back!
Even my sister, who had been edgy and suspicious ever since I gave her the pep pills pointed out how I couldn't afford any of the stuff I bought!
Ay Caruba!
]]>@ElizabethD:
@Buran:
Or Miami University of Ohio.
]]>i go to ohio state, and i remember this last year. i think someone told me you had to fill out some kind of survey so i didnt go, but i didnt know it was a credit card lol. what kind of idiot gets a credit card for a burrito lol. i want like 100 free burritos!
]]>I have seen similar events like this in Indiana while I'm at Purdue University. I wonder if I can file for some kind of argument. Recently two incidents I have actually encountered but denied filling out the forms, one at a chinese restaurant for a free buffet and the other time at a Papa John's Pizza
]]>Mmmmmm....La Bamba's! Like White Castle, not sure if I've ever eaten one sober.
]]>Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with OSU or even proximate geographicaly.
]]>What a sleazy way of getting college students to sign up for credit cards. Sorry but I don't need a pizza that bad.
]]>@yetiwisdom: Yep. "Rusty Shackleford" always eats for free and has quite the portfolio of credit cards.
]]>If I weren't too lazy, I'd fill out the forms with fake info and eat free for a week.
]]>What bothers me is that this is, by far, not the first time this has happened. They used to do this all the time outside of Quizno's on High St. Cell phone companies do this a lot on high street as well, "sign up for our service, we'll give you a free phone and a free sandwich" etc.
-Steve
]]>But it's free. Free burrito. And a Potbelly sammich. Mmmm... sammiches. Only costs you 5 FICO points...
]]>I want a free burrito...
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