Posted on 10/23/2007 5:50:12 PM PDT by GraniteStateConservative
Don’t know about that but that was indeed the deal:
Sox win it all and you don’t pay (if bought within
time frame)
>> By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
ABC NEWS Business Unit
Oct. 28, 2007
Thousands of Red Sox fans are hoping that their team will win the World Series, not just because they are loyal fans, but because they stand to get free furniture.
Free furniture?
That’s right. Thanks to a promotion at a regional furniture chain, nearly 30,000 people might get free couches, dining room tables, beds and mattresses.
Way back in March and April, Jordan’s Furniture ran a promotion: buy any sofa, dining room table, bed or mattress, and if the Red Sox win the World Series yeah, go ahead and make your favorite joke about the once-cursed team then the price of the furniture will be refunded.
Now, that championship could very likely be a reality, and millions of dollars’ worth of furniture could be given away.
“I’ve always been a Red Sox fan, lived in Boston my whole life,” said Eliot Tatelman, president and CEO of Jordan’s. “I said, ‘what a great way to support the team, what a great way to tie ourselves in with the Red Sox and what a great way to get everybody rooting for the Red Sox and sell a lot of furniture.’”
So, with all that money on the line, you would think that Tatelman is rooting for the Colorado Rockies, right?
No way.
Jordan’s like most companies that run such promotions has taken out prize indemnification insurance, which covers the payouts if the team wins the World Series.
“We’re rooting for the Red Sox, too,” Tatelman said.
Listen to WEEI and hear all the Tito haters call. Some Red Sox fans are permanently miserable.
Kielty is a cutie..
I thought you were a dude...your comment caught me off guard!
My name is feminine and so am I...:)
(sorry can't help myself *s*)
Red Sox the dominant team of this century
(which begins with 2001 not 2000)
2 championships
1 each for Ariz., Ana., Fla., ChiSox, St Louis
Oh dear-who was it this time? Deval? Kerry? Ted K? :)
I can't wait for Kerry to congratulate "Josh Papelbon", "Jacoby Pedroia", and manager "Terry Franconia" (as in NH) :)
Only 121 more days until catchers and pitchers report to spring training.
That is no dude...she is a lady.
Lol!
As is wasn’t an election year, I really wonder if those sox ‘ fans ‘ were even watching.
On WRKO: Larry lucchino talking to Geffner. They’re working out parade (rolling rally? duckboats a definite) details
with Da Mayah’s office.
Paps might be heading out to the field I think I heard...
maybe it’ll be on one of the channels. Only fans left
in Coors of course now are Sox fans. Rockie fans beat it
quickly.
Well, now I know of course! Sometimes I have no idea if someone I am conversing with on FR is male or female but then a comment is made and their gender is known which catches me off guard.
For sure...:)
An estimated 10K Sox fans were at game and they’re still there celebrating. Chanting “Re-sign Lowell”
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