Was anyone else at the foxboro bass pro shop preferred members special tonight? What a mess and i am not sure what to do about it other than to write to the corporate headquarters and to Remington who donated the shotgun.
Let me explain. this will be long
Tonight Bass Pro was holding a preferred member special where they were giving out knives to the first 120 people, had food and drinks and was holding raffles. There were to be names drawn every 1/2 hour between 7pm and 10pm with the last one at 9:30. All but the last drawing was for 25 gift cards, the last one was for a Remington 870 express shotgun.
On the promotion card sent to the preferred members telling them the details of the night it CLEARLY says you need to be present to win the shotgun. Common sense says you would need a Ma fid to win and when we started out, with everyone eating, it was stated by a bass pro employee, that you need a Ma fid to win the shotgun.
OK, so they pull a name for the shotgun at 9:30. They announced it over the speaker and a couple minutes later this young man, around 20 i would guess, comes down stairs and announces hes the winner. At this same time they are announcing the last $25 gift card which was from someone who was not there. So when the young man announces himself as the shotgun winner they ask him if he has an fid. He said "No not yet"!! the person in control tells him to wait at the side (he stood right next to me), and continued to pull names for the last gift card till he had a winner.
During this time i told this young man and the person next to me that he could not win the gun without an fid. The young man says "I'll have my brother pick it up". A few of us who heard all of this stuck around to see what was going to happen. The person in charge and a couple other employees took the young man into the side room (the conservation room) where we all ate. We saw the winner show them is DL and took down his info. They are allowing him to pass the shotgun along to his brother who will pick the gun up.
I had a talk to the person in charge after the young man left (without the gun) about what was going on. I was told they were not going to give this guy the gun but that they had a rule where the winner could pass it on to a family member. It would only be allowed to leave the store with an fid holder. Also if the brother did not pick it up, (which judging by what was said he will) within a week they had picked an alternate winner and that would be emailed/called.
My problems with this are 1) this guy did not have an fid 2) you were supposed to have been there to win 3) its for preferred customers. and 4) there was nothing in print saying it could be passed along.
What should have happened, in all fairness to the preferred customers there, is that the young man should have been told sorry you cant win without an fid (that is what was stated earlier) and they should have picked another winner. His brother was not there, that was clearly stipulated as a rule and he is not a preferred customer - this was a preferred customer raffle. So since it was not printed about being able to pass the gun along to family member and given the above about the brother, in my mind and that of others there, the brother should not have been allowed to win, which in essence is what happened.
They should have picked another winner. I am not mad about not winning, heck i had a great time, i am mad that the gun went to someone not there and not a preferred customer, most importantly i am afraid the brother is just collecting the gun for the winner who does not have an fid. That's all we need in this state - bass pro should have known better!
Let me explain. this will be long
Tonight Bass Pro was holding a preferred member special where they were giving out knives to the first 120 people, had food and drinks and was holding raffles. There were to be names drawn every 1/2 hour between 7pm and 10pm with the last one at 9:30. All but the last drawing was for 25 gift cards, the last one was for a Remington 870 express shotgun.
On the promotion card sent to the preferred members telling them the details of the night it CLEARLY says you need to be present to win the shotgun. Common sense says you would need a Ma fid to win and when we started out, with everyone eating, it was stated by a bass pro employee, that you need a Ma fid to win the shotgun.
OK, so they pull a name for the shotgun at 9:30. They announced it over the speaker and a couple minutes later this young man, around 20 i would guess, comes down stairs and announces hes the winner. At this same time they are announcing the last $25 gift card which was from someone who was not there. So when the young man announces himself as the shotgun winner they ask him if he has an fid. He said "No not yet"!! the person in control tells him to wait at the side (he stood right next to me), and continued to pull names for the last gift card till he had a winner.
During this time i told this young man and the person next to me that he could not win the gun without an fid. The young man says "I'll have my brother pick it up". A few of us who heard all of this stuck around to see what was going to happen. The person in charge and a couple other employees took the young man into the side room (the conservation room) where we all ate. We saw the winner show them is DL and took down his info. They are allowing him to pass the shotgun along to his brother who will pick the gun up.
I had a talk to the person in charge after the young man left (without the gun) about what was going on. I was told they were not going to give this guy the gun but that they had a rule where the winner could pass it on to a family member. It would only be allowed to leave the store with an fid holder. Also if the brother did not pick it up, (which judging by what was said he will) within a week they had picked an alternate winner and that would be emailed/called.
My problems with this are 1) this guy did not have an fid 2) you were supposed to have been there to win 3) its for preferred customers. and 4) there was nothing in print saying it could be passed along.
What should have happened, in all fairness to the preferred customers there, is that the young man should have been told sorry you cant win without an fid (that is what was stated earlier) and they should have picked another winner. His brother was not there, that was clearly stipulated as a rule and he is not a preferred customer - this was a preferred customer raffle. So since it was not printed about being able to pass the gun along to family member and given the above about the brother, in my mind and that of others there, the brother should not have been allowed to win, which in essence is what happened.
They should have picked another winner. I am not mad about not winning, heck i had a great time, i am mad that the gun went to someone not there and not a preferred customer, most importantly i am afraid the brother is just collecting the gun for the winner who does not have an fid. That's all we need in this state - bass pro should have known better!