Tattoo yourself for a much lower value prize!
9Leave it to a way higher value corporation to turn Meh’s stunt into a far shittier version with all the fun sucked out. The more details I read, the lamer this became. And I would bet that there are more conditions. In the fine print (there must be fine print on this deal) I bet Subway for life really means one 6", wheat bread only, maximum three vegetables and two condiments, per calendar week, with a non-disparagement clause for diarrhea.
I am way prouder to represent Meh with ink than this organized publicity stunt. But I bet there are some people who would flock to this. I wonder if they do background checks before giving someone an album-sized tattoo of their brand on their chest. Surely they learned something from Jared Fogle?
But in case you are interested in helping us get to the place where Terry Crews is a sleeveless president and shilling for inferior sandwiches with “celebrity” ink, get ready to go to Vegas: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/love-the-new-subway-series-prove-it-with-a-tattoo-and-you-could-get-subway-for-life-301590995.html
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Interesting
Although as far as fast food deli sandwiches are concerned; having conducted compliance audits for Quiznos franchises, they are way worse.
@ironcheftoni do Quiznos still exist? They’re all gone from here. I actually liked them back in the day.
I worked at a Subway very briefly in college, and there wasn’t anything bad about it except their scheduling and management. I still ate there after I quit. I think Subway and Chick Fil A provided 80% of my system through college. But here lately my Subway experiences have let me down enough that it would be easier to spend $200 worth of $5 Meh coupons by year end than $200 worth of Subway gift cards.
@djslack Still alive and well in DFW
@djslack @ironcheftoni Apparently there’s 176 Quiznos left in the US – a huge drop from the 4,700+ locations in 2007.
(Still not as large as a fall as Kmart; they’re down to 3, from a high of around 2,400 in the mid-1990s.)
@djslack @ironcheftoni @narfcake What’s the point of having just three Kmarts?
@Bretterson @djslack @ironcheftoni @narfcake I thought I remembered reading an article a while back when Kmarts were closing like blockbusters about the most profitable Kmart in the country, and likely the last one to be standing was in the Hamptons? (I swear something like that.) It was the last and only “convenience” store for miles and miles and therefore had a monopoly on business. Who knows if it is still there, but I imagine the locations left are in monopoly markets where there is no other competition. Otherwise… money laundering? Drug fronts?
@Bretterson Just to piss off Sam Walton.
@Bretterson @djslack @ironcheftoni @KNmeh7
Bridgehampton, NY. It’s indeed one of the last three in the US. Some recent pics in a subreddit post – because of course there’s a subreddit for that:
As for what’s the point, I have no idea. Nostalgia only goes so far in business; with practically every part of their own supply chain dismantled and/or ruined by their own (mis)management, they (along with Sears) are way beyond the point of no return.
I saw that last night and read the fine print. 12" x 12" tat on your sternum or back to get $50,000 Subway gift cards annually…
Only 1 taker on that prize and it is first come first serve. They have a few smaller prizes, 3x3 tat on certain body parts gets you a one-time $4k+ gift card, and a 2x2 on certain parts gets you a couple hundred bucks gift card. Subway dictates the logo pattern and you have to be in Vegas at their event and their tattoo artist does it.
@cbilyak $50,000 is a LOT of Subway! I bet that’s taxable, too. Ugh
@cbilyak Looks like it’s a one time award of $50,000 in gift cards, not annually. Still way more Subway than I’d ever care to consume in one lifetime.
@ciabelle
this shows $50k per year and it said the same in another article too. Who knows…not like I am booking my ticket to Vegas anyway.
@cbilyak The article linked the official terms here:
https://order.subway.com/en-us/subwayseriesforlife
"Offer: If an eligible participant receives a Subway® Series Tattoo (size and body location described below) while at Bad Apple Tattoo in Las Vegas, NV between 11:00 AM Pacific Time (“PT”) and 5:00 PM PT on 7/27/22, he/she will receive, while supplies last, the corresponding item (“Offer”):
12”x12” Subway Series tattoo imprinted on sternum or back: Subway footlong sandwiches for life awarded as $50,000 worth of gift cards which may be redeemed at participating Subway® restaurants."
So woe to the person who becomes a permanent Subway billboard who expects to receive the same every year. At least expect some litigation between the tattooed, Subway, and/or the NYP over the inconsistencies.
I just wonder if anyone, once feeling the shame of trading a square foot of their torso for free Subway, would further subject themselves to public ridicule by seeking damages in court after not getting more than $50,000 total worth of Subway gift cards?
I won’t be going to Vegas on Wednesday either BTW.
@cbilyak @ciabelle my guess is it’s a total of $50,000 issued out annually in smaller increments ($1,000/year for 50 years).
@Ignorant if $4382 is the value of a free subway for a year gift card, they obviously don’t have that much faith that you will live long eating their food since they aren’t even giving 12x that as a lifetime supply.
Once I had a $200 gift card to a sandwich chain that has better subs (did some work for the franchise owner and agreed to accept a portion of my fee in trade because I liked to eat there anyway). The cashiers would get surprised when telling me my balance after I used it, pretty much every time until it got down to about $50. Apparently three figures of sandwich gift card balance is pretty uncommon.
Imagine going to Subway with a $50k balance.
Imagine losing your wallet with a five figure value gift card in it.
Imagine the thought of consuming $50,000 worth of pretty much anything. It would be hard to not be sick of it.
I saw this too. My first thought was, oh they must have heard about the Meh birthday tattoos. Second thought after reading the article was, those cheap bastards! And, I wonder if the franchise will honor the tattoo as well as they honor coupons
@tinamarie1974 seems like they are ensuring that by issuing gift cards. I’m reminded of Mitch Hedberg’s bit about participating McDonald’s.
/youtube Mitch Hedberg participating McDonalds
@djslack I must have missed the GC part
@tinamarie1974 I learned about it right above you from @cbilyak
@djslack @tinamarie1974
The Subway near me never accepts coupons or any other advertised special, they always say they’re not participating.
@djslack @Lynnerizer same
There are several companies that have done this sort of thing in the past.
https://www.dealnews.com/features/Permanent-Discounts-Getting-a-Tattoo-to-Save-Some-Money/722409.html
So to get subs for life, not only do you have to get a “footlong” tattoo of the logo of this specific promotion, you have to be the first person in line at that place on that day. Way to take all the fun out of something that should be laughable!
Subway is salad on bread. The measley few slices of that “other stuff” isn’t really meat either. The best “chain store” subs back in the day were Blimpie, started up in nearby Hoboken, but their quality has gone down over the years. There is a new Jimmy John’s very close by, but a little pricey for what you get. I’ll sick with my local guy. Boars Head on fresh bread from Anthony and Sons. Well worth the extra buck or two. Oh…we’re talking Jersey BTW. Home of one of the last 3 Kmarts.
@detailer if you are ever in the Lou (STL) try this place. My family has been frequenting this place as long as I can remember. I believe @Mike808 has nice things to say as well
https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/2017-americas-classic-gioias-deli
@detailer @tinamarie1974
@mike808 @tinamarie1974 Sign me up for any deli that goes 100 + years. There was a family owned corned beef joint that closed after @ 70 yrs. that I really miss. Some other Italian bakery/deli/pork stores that are just a bit too far now that I’m no longer on the road for work. Milk from the fresh “mutz” dripping off my elbows, while steering with my knees…how I miss Hoboken.
@mike808
/giphy stare
Ugh. No.
I’m regretting not going to the back alley (probably fine) tattooist while I had the chance for my Meh tattoo… but it was a stressful weekend and I was out of bandwidth.
But this? I might get a tattoo to avoid weekly Subway.
Here’s apparently the “winning” tattoo. I’m no expert by any means (having no tattoos) but don’t tattoos of this size take several trips?
https://www.businessinsider.com/colorado-man-wins-free-subway-sandwiches-for-life-back-tattoo-2022-7
@jst1ofknd Ugly! “Colorado man.” Maybe he got jealous of all those “Florida men.”
@jst1ofknd came here to post this.
Also, 8 other people are smarter than this guy. That 3x3 work is going to be way easier to conceal and $4380 in Subway is still pretty close to a lifetime supply until inflation really takes off. It may be a lifetime supply if the lifetime is that of Subway.
Way more people have Meh tattoos than Subway tattoos. Those people are also far cooler and more attractive.