Who wants a free tea latte from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf?
According to a friend's friend, all you have to do is print and present this coupon and you get a regular-sized tea latte free! And he insist that this is not a joke.
Now, while I'm not one to shy away from freebies, I think this one sounds suspicious. It looks like some Catch Me If You Can wannabe's work. Of course, sillier things have turned out to be true, so I've decided to put up a dare to any enterprising spirits out there.
The terms are simple. All you have to do is print the coupon out and present it at any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf branch.
Possible outcome #1: You actually get a free tea latte. Congratulations! You get a free tea latte. That's your prize.
Possible outcome #2: It's a hoax, and you end up making an ass of yourself. Congratulations! You get a free tea latte. I'll actually buy you one. How to claim your prize? Just email a photo of your attempt to philos [at] chickenmafia [dot] com on or before July 31, 2008. Include the barista in the picture and also tell us the branch so we can confirm that it really did happen.
UPDATE! It's true!
oooh.. this is interesting
i hope somebody does it. =)
I hope
lots of people do it so that Philos will have to spend a fortune on tea lattes >:)
Hey JC
You forgot to include the small print!
Huh?
What fine print?
*waits for the fine print*
*waits for the fine print*
Don't wait
Just go do it :-D I'll make sure Philos holds up his end of the bargain.
Hehe...
I was just messing around... promos like these usually have fine prints, this one doesn't because its true! *crosses fingers* :p
I'm actually tempted to do it myself
Will anyone buy me a tea latte if I do? :p
Go do it
If you fail and turn it into a funny blog entry, I'll buy you a tea latte.
pretty good
i think this is a good one. can't wait for 7-31! why don't you try it joyfulchicken? lol
Err..
Why can't you wait for July 31?
Tis true, folks
just availed it with some of my officemates 10mins ago *.*
i recommend the double vanilla or Moroccan mint for the tea latte newbies
Interesting!
So what's preventing us from abusing this? What if we print out dozens of coupons? :-/
RRY? SRSLY?
RRY? SRSLY?
Go go go
Give it a try!
See there you go
It's true ladies and gentlemen! Hmmm, I ought to get one myself...
amazing
Yeah man your right, abusing it... that's what I did I almost print a dozen and gave it away to my friends. This is really true, I think they having this promo for us to try their TEA's.
Hmmm
Can you take it out though?
really for free?
Noticed the wrong spelling? "valid unti Huly 31, 2008" Tihee! Anyway, is this really for real? ^_^ Does it have to be colored (print out)? :)
i mean..
valid unti July 31, 2008 O_o
Like I said
Amateurish... An Abignale wannabe
Heh
Nice catch :-D Can't believe I didn't notice it.
Philos, have you tried it
Philos, have you tried it already?
Nope
I would have too if JC actually had a printer
have you tried it?
hahaha nice scam! hope it won't bring back bad karma... lol
Is it a scam? Who knows
You wouldn't know for sure until you try :-P
Hey philos! I can probably
Hey philos! I can probably make an ass out of myself by presenting this coupon in a CBTL here in Singapore! Will you fly all the way here to buy me a cuppa? =P
If you pay
for the plane tickets, I'm sure he will.
Well said
'nuff said.
My first thought was
this is fake. It looks fake. So photoshop. But it's true!? Hmm...
Yeah, it does look fake
The typo doesn't help its credibility.
I am quite sure that typo and photoshop look are intentional.
They had to do a special offer because the marketing department guys kept pushing them, so they figured if they made this promotion look totally fake, no one would "fall for that stupid shit" and they wouldn't lose much money on free latte, and they'd get a tick in the marketing department for doing a promotion.
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My dead blog is dead since I hate blogging and I lead the most boring life ever.
I think you're
giving them too much credit. My money is on plain old incompetence :-D
Yea I kinda agree with JC
Plain old incompetence. And I just only noticed the typo. Real incompetence.
I hope
they come up with more incompetent marketing gimmicks soon.
I hope
It reaches us on time next time.
I wouldn't go so far as to get them off the hook for the typo
But I guess you're right, who the heck would do something like that right?
Yeah, looked so fake
I had to blog about it :p
This is real
A marketing prof emailed the pic to her students.
And we really got a free latte :)
Let the Foodistas Guide YOU.
Yeah
Too bad I didn't get any :-(
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