Over Labor Day weekend, Gonigam's World Furniture Mall in Plano offered customers free furniture -- up to $10,000 -- if the Chicago Bears shut out the Green Bay Packers in their season opener.
Four quarters, 206 customers and about $300,000 later, Gonigam is still a little shell-shocked.
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Of course the part about how he was insured for 300K on this is left out......
But the fact that it was a long shot didn't keep him from insuring the store for up to $300,000 worth of furniture with a company that specializes in insuring prize reimbursements.
Neely8 wrote:Of course the part about how he was insured for 300K on this is left out......
But the fact that it was a long shot didn't keep him from insuring the store for up to $300,000 worth of furniture with a company that specializes in insuring prize reimbursements.
So the kid who wrote the policy is catching a pink paper airplane today...
King Crimson wrote:anytime you have a smoke tunnel and it's not Judas Priest in the mid 80's....watch out.
There are a host of promotional companies that specialize in this sort of thing. Every now and then one pays off and gets all kinds of media run but, for the most part, it's a pretty safe investment for the insurance companies.
M2, Favre played a decent game, at least until the end. He executed the offense, which was shitty, and got off a pass or two before being trampled by the Bears defense.
The Packers' defense was awful and the offensive line was barely even there. The Pack looked a lot like the Raiders did against San Diego.
Brandsmart Electronics did that several years ago when the Chiefs had a defense, I think it was 99 or 2000, We shut out the Chargers I believe and the total take was around 700K in gear
