The promotion is called "Steal a base, steal a taco," though Reuters assures us: "Despite the promotion's name, stealing the taco will not be required."
Thanks, Reuters. We'll stop polishing our six-guns.
Taco Bell's World Series bet: free tacos for all [Reuters] (Thanks, Tricia!)
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]]>@harryhoody: Caramel color? Autolyzed Yeast Extract? Cocoa Powder processed with Alkali?? Sheesh. With all that crap, no wonder beef is only .0000025% of the taco.
]]>@Tush: Sub beans is free, good try.
The better question is, why can't we get a soft taco instead? :(
]]>@adamthepugh: Care to cite a source? I live in Tucson as well and have access to back issues of the Arizona Daily Wildcat, which I'm assuming you're referencing.
Unless, of course, you're just blindly making stuff up and it magically happens that this incident that produced "fun stories for quite some time" doesn't turn up even once in a Google search.
]]>@specialed5000: I'd be weary of free substitutes with the almighty free taco offer...
]]>"Someone touched Sasha... WHO TOUCHED MY GUN?!?"
]]>Plus Taco Bell has the 'long line effect' on their hands. Even if everyone *did* go to Taco Bell during the appointed time, the lines would be so long, most people would abandon their quest for a 77 cent taco. I predict they throw away more tacos in a week than they will give away in this promotion.
]]>Mir fell far short of the estimated impact location in the end because it turned out the station had far more drag than anticipated.
]]>Hell, I would be willing to roll down to Taco Bell for my freebie.. Plus a few extra..
]]>From my understanding, they bought an insurance policy to cover the deal and it's cost them some percentage of their total sales for the promotion. I'm sure the percentage was made up for in volume.
]]>@BigNutty: I don't think insurance for this one is an issue. The last World Series without a stolen base was in 1989. That doesn't exactly create insurable, hole-in-one type probability.
Can we have a show of hands: How many out there can get off of work to physically show up at a Taco Bell between 2-5 p.m. on a weekday to get your freebie?
Now, those of you with your hands still up: How much gas (at $3/gallon) do you have to burn to collect your 79ยข prize?
Frankly, if they give away a half-million of these things at that hour, I'd be surprised. $400K in lost revenue for the sake of promotion is what comes out of Taco Bell's pants pockets when you run them through the dryer.
]]>Whatever you might think about Taco Bell, They are experts at PR and know how to take advantage of world wide news events.
Just like those car giveaways for "hole-in-one" golf tournaments, Taco Bell buys insurance from firms that specialize in these type of promotions in case they lose.
]]>The interesting thing about the promotion is the Attorney General is looking into it as a violation of state law. Viewed as some kind of gambling, I suppose.
]]>1 free "Beef Crunchy Taco"
Remember when Taco Bell's menu was so short that these oddities were simply called "tacos"?
I, for one, miss the simplicity of tacos, beans, and "crispas".
]]>So, all their stolen base are belong to us?
]]>@adamthepugh:
That is such BS.
Maybe it doesn't count since he doesn't appear to leave with the bases but he does yank two of them out of the ground.
]]>@Pupator: Have you seen the Taco Bell Chihuahua recently?
]]>Back when they put that barge out in the middle of the ocean and said everyone would get a free taco if Mir hit it when it re-entered the atmosphere, they had an insurance policy that would pay them back if it actually happened. And for the record, yes the barge was within the area Mir was expected to hit.
]]>I live equidistant from like... 32 T-Bells.
All your free meat substitutes are belong to me!!
]]>genius. who is just going to get "one" taco. people will end up ordering something else.
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