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OwlBoy · Nov 10, 2003, 07:41 PM

How I got my iPod...

- The night before it started, I found out about the Newest Round of Monopoly at McDonalds.
- - - Each Large and Super-size fry had what is Called a Best Buy buck on it. They each had a code to enter the numbers online.

- I decided then and there that I was gonna collect these. See how many I could get.

- - Then I realized I could... dig in the trash... and find some.

- I did so for the extent of the promotion, ending up stopping @ 3 or 4 Mcdonalds Mon-Thurs, and the one in my town Fri-Sun.

- I collected 297 of them, each valued @ one buck.

- I realised I also had quite a bit of change, about 98 bucks. I also had a Rebate check from Staples, and a bunch of cans to take for recycleing, and for 26 or so dollars from that.

- It took a LONG time to type in all those codes.
I now have a 20 GB iPod, real sweet.

-Owl

davesimondotcom · Nov 10, 2003, 07:50 PM

Bravo! Now that's dedication to a worthy cause. Enjoy the iPod.

Mrs_Vod[k]a · Nov 10, 2003, 07:52 PM

Sssshhh!! I do the same thing, ALL time time, BUT we mustn't let the homeless people learn of our little trick!

::maroma:: · Nov 10, 2003, 08:37 PM

Damn! Nice work!

I was actually thinking of doing a similar thing with the free iTunes songs from Pepsi. I am the furthest thing from a Pepsi drinker, so I was thinking I'd collect cans from work and by "other means".

OptimusG4 · Nov 10, 2003, 10:19 PM

Originally posted by ::maroma:::
Damn! Nice work!

I was actually thinking of doing a similar thing with the free iTunes songs from Pepsi. I am the furthest thing from a Pepsi drinker, so I was thinking I'd collect cans from work and by "other means".

I'll be doing the same thing. My whole family drinks Pepsi but hates Apple so I figure I'll be getting a lot of bottle caps from them alone.

Kilbey · Nov 10, 2003, 10:38 PM

Ditto here. I'll be digging through the bottle bags at work for pepsi caps when I get back from Family Medical Leave. Everyone at work hates Apple.

::maroma:: · Nov 10, 2003, 10:59 PM

Geez, how could anyone hate Apple? Their logo is so cute!

Face Ache · Nov 10, 2003, 11:52 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
How I got my iPod...

Then I realized I could... dig in the trash...

I now have a 20 GB iPod.

And various communicable diseases.

Brien · Nov 10, 2003, 11:55 PM

Bravo, bravo.

Kilbey · Nov 11, 2003, 12:01 AM

Originally posted by ::maroma:::
Geez, how could anyone hate Apple? Their logo is so cute!

Ignorance, plain old ignorance.

Comments I hear at work:
"They make Apple computers?"
"There's no software for Apple's"
"They are incompatible"
"They are slow"

Then I show them my 3 year old PowerBook (Pismo) and I hear:

"COOL! I didn't know you could do that with a computer. How do I do that with my Windows ME computer?"

It is quite annoying.

G4ME · Nov 11, 2003, 01:23 AM

wow i just worked for a week and a half and i paid for my first gen. money worth it.

ASIMO · Nov 11, 2003, 02:11 AM

The Air Force has a place for you, scrappy.

Aim high.

scaught · Nov 11, 2003, 03:48 AM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
How I got my iPod...

- The night before it started, I found out about the Newest Round of Monopoly at McDonalds.
- - - Each Large and Super-size fry had what is Called a Best Buy buck on it. They each had a code to enter the numbers online.

- I decided then and there that I was gonna collect these. See how many I could get.

- - Then I realized I could... dig in the trash... and find some.

- I did so for the extent of the promotion, ending up stopping @ 3 or 4 Mcdonalds Mon-Thurs, and the one in my town Fri-Sun.

- I collected 297 of them, each valued @ one buck.

- I realised I also had quite a bit of change, about 98 bucks. I also had a Rebate check from Staples, and a bunch of cans to take for recycleing, and for 26 or so dollars from that.

- It took a LONG time to type in all those codes.
I now have a 20 GB iPod, real sweet.

-Owl

excellent. **** mcdonalds AND best buy. they expect that most people will throw that stuff out, not show the dedication it would take to enter all that crap into the computer and all that.

the ends justified the means, for sure.

Sealobo · Nov 11, 2003, 04:52 PM

You are da man.

Now keep up the good work and aim for da G5.

Shaddim · Nov 11, 2003, 05:04 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
How I got my iPod...

Now THAT's dedication and desire! I commend you, well done.

xylon · Nov 11, 2003, 05:05 PM

I'm impressed. That's freaking awesome. I hadn't thought of that, but now I'm on the prowl for discarded Pepsi bottles. And McDonalds game pieces.

palmberg · Nov 11, 2003, 06:42 PM

That's awesome. Good work.

Let's see how long it takes you to scrounge up a G5.... GO!

CMYKid · Nov 12, 2003, 02:29 AM

Then I show them my 3 year old PowerBook (Pismo) and I hear:

"COOL! I didn't know you could do that with a computer. How do I do that with my Windows ME computer?"

um, do what, exactly?

just wondering.

superlarry · Nov 12, 2003, 02:11 PM

Originally posted by CMYKid:
um, do what, exactly?

just wondering.

how about changing network settings w/out restarting?

or plug 'n play.. or basic stability..

Sarc · Nov 12, 2003, 04:24 PM

congratulations ... I'm sure McDonald's didn't expect that one ...
way to go ...

Tomster · Nov 12, 2003, 06:11 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
- I collected 297 of them, each valued @ one buck.

Can you imagine what your arteries would look like if had to actually eat 297 orders of fries?

Chemmy · Nov 12, 2003, 06:19 PM

Some guy on SomethingAwful.com's forums dug through the trash at his college for Snapple caps, and he won their grand prize, a crazy guitar.

Mad props for all that work.

OwlBoy · Nov 12, 2003, 06:40 PM

Thanks!

And I was expecting a lot of people to bash me for the trash digging.

I justify it this way: the stuff was never that old, not moldy or smelly or anything. The worst was maybe hitting a bit of ketchup.

And I was only asked to stop in one of the 5 McDonalds I visited. In everyone at least one time I was asked if I had lost something, and I would reply "no" and continue digging. They would just walk away

-Owl

cacarr1 · Nov 12, 2003, 07:29 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
How I got my iPod...

- The night before it started, I found out about the Newest Round of Monopoly at McDonalds.
- - - Each Large and Super-size fry had what is Called a Best Buy buck on it. They each had a code to enter the numbers online.

- I decided then and there that I was gonna collect these. See how many I could get.

- - Then I realized I could... dig in the trash... and find some.

- I did so for the extent of the promotion, ending up stopping @ 3 or 4 Mcdonalds Mon-Thurs, and the one in my town Fri-Sun.

- I collected 297 of them, each valued @ one buck.

- I realised I also had quite a bit of change, about 98 bucks. I also had a Rebate check from Staples, and a bunch of cans to take for recycleing, and for 26 or so dollars from that.

- It took a LONG time to type in all those codes.
I now have a 20 GB iPod, real sweet.

-Owl

****ing genius!!!

I really think thats very cool!
congrats on the new iPod...I only wish I would have thought of doing that too!

Chris.