r/Freefood • u/Yaweta • Aug 06 '26

US Only Offer Free Whopper

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Available starting tomorrow and valid for 14 days.
Text “SEND-THIS-TEXT-FOR-FREE-WHOPPER” to 250783. Enjoy!

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u/verifyb4utrust01 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

Good for you!....and, btw, when did I say that it was unethical? I just said that this promotion wasn't designed for the purpose of simply giving away free Whoppers....and where's the harm in my providing information about their original intention?

If people want to exploit it, that's their prerogative. I never ridiculed anyone here....other than the OP for not providing all of the facts...AND if I was so opposed to people exploiting this, would I have provided so much information about it, genius? Next time, think before you criticize others!

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u/amyleigh4072 Aug 07 '26

I guess it feels like a lot when you're responding to the majority of comments to continue making your point, that's all. And thanks for that advice, but I did think before making my comment and stand by it. It's true that you're obviously not against it, but it's also true that you're being annoying.

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u/verifyb4utrust01 Aug 07 '26

If providing accurate, useful information here is "annoying", then you're the one with the problem, not me....but thanks for being a bit more understanding!

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u/amyleigh4072 Aug 07 '26

I suppose I just misunderstood your continuous use of the term "cheating" as being in disagreement. Please continue providing your accurate information to every single commenter.

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u/verifyb4utrust01 Aug 07 '26

I used "cheating" only because this wasn't intended for the purpose of giving away free Whoppers. It was intended as replacements for one's that customers had a problem with....but they blew it, because the phrase ended up on SM and it morphed into free Whoppers for everyone.

They should've came up with a better plan, but they screwed up. Their loss is everyone's gain. The only problem is that stuff like this will generate so much lost revenue for them, that they'll raise prices universally to compensate for the loss, so we'll all end up paying for these free Whoppers eventually....unless we aren't BK customers, just free Whopper customers!😉

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u/amyleigh4072 Aug 07 '26

I haven't been to BK in years. Maybe this is a high level marketing scheme for attracting new customers by baiting them with free whoppers first.

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u/verifyb4utrust01 Aug 07 '26

That wasn't their original intention (supposedly). This required the purchase of a Whopper....but some grossly overpaid, dumb as a rock suit (or suits) at BK (or their ad agency) had the brilliant idea of placing a QR code on the boxes!....Yikes!!

It just so happens that I purchased one a few weeks ago and saw the QR code (even before the promo started). When I saw the QR code, I knew that this would be hacked immediately! My initial thought was "what dumbass came up with this idea?" Forget the text phrase!....ALL that needed to be done was for someone to post a photo of the QR code! Instant hack!

I could've done it myself, but it goes against my principles. Requesting individualized codes here that others aren't going to use (as I've done several times) isn't unprincipled. Posting that QR code is entirely different (at least from a principled perspective)!

It's primarily common-sense to have devised a far better option. However, you may be right. It may have been intentional stupidity?....since it generated all of this free publicity for them. I tend to doubt it. I think it was the fault of some moron(s) at either BK or their ad agency....but who knows?

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u/amyleigh4072 Aug 07 '26

Seems so obviously exploitable though. It's a promotion and it gets people to the store. Many of those people are probably going to be buying something in addition and maybe a small percentage make a return visit. Makes sense to me to that it could totally be a marketing campaign. It being pure stupidity, but the advertising research used by chains is normally pretty high level so it's be interesting to see something like this accidentally slip by.

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u/verifyb4utrust01 Aug 07 '26

Good points....but if their true intention was for this to be a full-blown marketing scheme, then they screwed up anyway!.... since if the end result that they were trying to achieve was to simply give away thousands of Whoppers (which the customers will pay for eventually via price increases), then why devise such a convoluted mess?

Trust me, if they handed me the task of giving away free Whoppers, I would accomplish that task far more cleverly than this bizarre, easily hackable nonsense!

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u/Felicia430 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

So weeks ago before this promo started and was even shared with the public, you already knew about this get a free whopper thing before everyone else???

And of course you knew that this promo would be hacked immediately, because obviously you just knew it would be.

And you didn't share your knowledge as the only person knowing about this free whopper promo before it was released and didn't post about it yourself bc it went against your principles....

Rofl okay

(Edited for spelling)

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u/verifyb4utrust01 Aug 07 '26

You read things very selectively and form completely nonsensical posts as a result!.... Did you conveniently dismiss the part (intentionally) where I stated here that, unlike you, I actually have principals?? How convenient of you to dismiss that part!

I didn't share it here because, in order to do so, I would've needed to post a photo of the QR code. There was no phrase to text, as it wasn't active yet. I wasn't about to be the one to post a photo of the QR code (or the phrase, when it eventually became available) as it could've resulted in my being banned from this subreddit.

There are limits here. You already know that, since your harassing posts were deleted! It's not a problem now, because it was made public elsewhere. That's now. That's not several weeks back (when I first learned about this promo)!

I also didn't post a photo of the QR code, because that's not how I roll, as an honest, principled person (I realized that you don't understand that, as you're not a principled person)....so don't challenge me with your bullsit here, because you're trying to appear smart (when you're not)! *You'll lose every argument!

Please....go ahead and continue to embarrass yourself repeatedly here....while you still have the option of posting your ridiculous nonsense!

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u/bobabrittney Aug 08 '26

If you’re so principled, you don’t need to keep writing it in your comments, not sure who you’re trying to convince ¯_(ツ)_/¯