Oprah KFC Deal Leads to Snafus, Delays, Riot

By Roy Edroso Wed., May 6 2009 at 2:48 PM

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That coupon Oprah was offering for free chicken at KFC was never a good idea. For one thing, it ain't too enlightened a choice: as PETA Europe says, "KFC is the world's largest killer of chickens... nearly 800 million chickens are killed every year in the cruellest ways imaginable." The guy in this video is so wrought up by Oprah's insensitivity that even though he's "dehydrated from hot yoga class," he has to yell at her for 10 minutes about it. Why couldn't she buy her fans a nice Gardenburger instead?

For another, there were bound to be snafus. "We were just at the KFC downtown Chicago and they said they would not be honoring Oprah's coupon for 2 WEEKS!!" says an Oprah board user. Other KFCs are doing likewise. And if it's like that elsewhere, you can imagine what it's like here -- trying to redeem coupons in New York City practically requires the presence of a lawyer. Now Gawker tells us non-redemption at a midtown KFC has caused a little riot.

Somewhere in heaven, some beakless chickens are laughing their drumsticks off.

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Most of these cell phone spying sites do have a fee that is charged either per annum or for a lifetime to let the users make use of this tool throughout their lives.
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WTF did princess say? Seriously, go to school!
WTF did princess say? Seriously, go to school!
Princess go to school and learn how to write.
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No KFC accepted the Oprah coupon in Miami. That was the biggest part of the scam. Lure people into KFC with a free coupon then when you ordered your meal, tell them you don't accept the Oprah coupon, leaving you forced to pay for your meal. Nice scam and marketing ploy. Thanks KFC and Oprah for nothing.
No KFC accepted the Oprah coupon in Miami. That was the biggest part of the scam. Lure people into KFC with a free coupon then when you ordered your meal, tell them you don't accept the Oprah coupon, leaving you forced to pay for your meal. Nice scam and marketing ploy. Thanks KFC and Oprah for nothing.
No KFC accepted the Oprah coupon in Miami. That was the biggest part of the scam. Lure people into KFC with a free coupon then when you ordered your meal, tell them you don't accept the Oprah coupon, leaving you forced to pay for your meal. Nice scam and marketing ploy. Thanks KFC and Oprah for nothing.
No KFC accepted the Oprah coupon in Miami. That was the biggest part of the scam. Lure people into KFC with a free coupon then when you ordered your meal, tell them you don't accept the Oprah coupon, leaving you forced to pay for your meal. Nice scam and marketing ploy. Thanks KFC and Oprah for nothing.
No KFC accepted the Oprah coupon in Miami. That was the biggest part of the scam. Lure people into KFC with a free coupon then when you ordered your meal, tell them you don't accept the Oprah coupon, leaving you forced to pay for your meal. Nice scam and marketing ploy. That is KFC and Oprah for nothing.
When I visited the site in the morning using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer, the coupon was just a PDF - no software install necessary. By afternoon, that had changed and printing the coupon from Firefox required installing the spyware "Coupon Printer" application. I think the part that really got me were the comments from people who couldn't get the coupon for one reason or another and were claiming this would keep them from feeding their children. I had to wonder how they planned to handle this issue BEFORE they discovered Oprah was giving away free chicken. Kept having this visions of some poor parent joyfully shouting, "We're gonna eat tonight, kids - Oprah's giving away free chicken!"
Tony, relax. The easy way to avoid adware is to have a friend download it onto THEIR computer. That's what I did. And then when his four coupons spit out, albeit with a few minutes between each one, he gave me one coupon. I personally don't plan on using it - I will keep it as a memento of Oprah. After her impending death I will show my children and grandchildren the coupon and tell them how the mighty Oprah caused nationwide riots and the cruel death of 800 million chickens with a mere wave of her hand.
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