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Hungry Jack's Now Accepting "Free Tickets" from "Competing Quick-Service Restaurant"
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EmployeePMcScotty @ Hungry Jack's on 17/09/2014 - 15:17 flametheirmcopoly.com.au (10438 clicks)
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Real flame-grilled taste, like air, is vital to life. No one should be denied it – our friends, our family and all Australians.

So redeem your FREE tickets* at Hungry Jack’s instead,
because everyone deserves a better flame-grilled burger.

*IN NO WAY AUTHORISED OR ENDORSED BY YOU KNOW WHO.
TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY. SEE IN-STORE PLACARD OR CLICK HERE TO VIEW.

Store Rep's note:
The stand-out deals here are the Brekky Wrap, Small Hot Beverage (free coffee refills at HJ's) and Sausage Muffin. Don't bother with making up your own "free tickets" to play on the vagueness of who the competitor is. I've already tried that, haha.

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  • ade123 on 17/09/2014 - 16:03

    Marketing team/idea is great!
    But HJ food is crap…

    • cornucopia on 17/09/2014 - 18:20
      +3

      Mate, it's all crap, every last finger lickin' special sauce embalmed salt and sugar laden shabby mouthfull. What you're dealing with is degrees of crapiness which is all entirely subjective :-) !!

  • Pigey on 17/09/2014 - 16:04
    +3

    The way I see it the people with the Macca's vouchers aren't going to use them at HJ's anyway.
    They probably prefer to eat there to begin with and won't probably want to deal with the embarrassment of redeeming it at another store.

    If anything it's just free publicity for Maccas that they're running this promotion which will only increase their sales.

    • EmployeeMcScotty @ Hungry Jack's on 17/09/2014 - 16:50
      +2

      I suspect the same, but I'll keep a tally of how many we actually get and report back!

      • imcold on 17/09/2014 - 20:36
        +1

        Be sure to say something like.. Yesterday we receive redemption from various competitors. I cant give you a breakdown from each competitor, but the total coupons received was….

        • EmployeeMcScotty @ Hungry Jack's on 19/09/2014 - 16:52
          +2

          I've been at work 4.5 hours now and have taken 4 so far.

  • tae on 17/09/2014 - 16:05
    +3

    Now, we just need "you know who" to hand out free tickets but limit number of claims at their own shop to kill off the competition..

    • GnarlyKnuckles on 20/09/2014 - 03:18
      +1

      "… to kill off the competition…"

      Naive methinks, suggesting that HJs will lose-out on this… almost no one (Oz Bargainers aside) would rock in and JUST redeem the Maccas ticket at HJs (ask Sir McScotty though; I cannot be sure); most would ALSO buy something, meaning HJs has successfully "nicked" a 'return-paying customer' from Maccas, via a marketing campaign entirely paid for by Maccas.
      I still reckon it's pure genius, particularly as they've limited the "damage" somewhat by specifying the conversions you can expect.

  • cooperdog on 17/09/2014 - 16:11

    Great if your rellies work at Maccas and can get you some free vouchers, since it only excludes HJ staff and families (how would they know anyway?)

  • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2014 - 16:13

    Repped for marketing swag.

    • Snoop on 17/09/2014 - 16:24
      +3

      You need you know who's (MACCAS) free food tickets from their Monopoly promo!
      Ps. You're neg is about to be revoked because you also "dont understand" the OzB voting guidelines!!!

      • suicine94 on 17/09/2014 - 16:28
        -6

        but the deal is too vauge…. how is this a deal? can I say something is 50% off in wooworths and post a deal? and where does it say i can't make my own vouchers?

        • Sage on 17/09/2014 - 16:34
          +2

          yeah it should say exactly how to get the vouchers.
          I believe you just get them when you buy stuff at Maccas but it's not that clear. (almost makes it look like HJ is giving stuff away for free but we need to make purchases at McDonalds first.

        • NosDan on 17/09/2014 - 16:45
          +3

          but the deal is too vauge…. how is this a deal? can I say something is 50% off in wooworths and post a deal? and where does it say i can't make my own vouchers?

          this is why we cant have nice things….

  • brick007123 on 17/09/2014 - 16:20
    +1

    Upvoted for the healthy competition!

  • ilovepizza on 17/09/2014 - 16:25
    +34

    correct me if i am wrong, but can't all the hj managers take the tickets for themselves and get free food from mcdonalds?

    • GeneralZod on 17/09/2014 - 16:35

      Time to make friends with HJ manager :P

      • tae on 17/09/2014 - 16:38
        +10

        and then recycle back to HJ!!!!! that's a new bargain!!!

    • ahly92 on 17/09/2014 - 16:44
      +1

      orrect me if i am wrong

      ALLthe hj managers WILL take the tickets for themselves….and sell in the black market

    • Windows7forever on 17/09/2014 - 16:49

      I doubt they throw these out lol.

    • rawm on 17/09/2014 - 20:21
      +3

      This is huge.
      1 - HJ Manager collates 100's of Maccas Monopoly tickets
      2 - HJ Manager sells said tickets to XXX/gives them to family and friends
      3 - XXX/family and friends get free Maccas
      The gift that gives twice…

      • Aneurism on 17/09/2014 - 21:17
        +10

        Even better:

        1. Maccas rep collates all of their monopoly tickets
        2. Maccas rep takes all staff to hungry jacks for free feed paid for with monopoly tickets
        3. HJ manager collates 100's of Maccas Monopoly tickets
        4. HJ Manager sells said tickets to XXX/gives them to family and friends.
        5. XXX/Family and friends get free Maccas.
        6. Repeat cycle til world hunger ends.
  • rv2885 on 17/09/2014 - 16:44
    +1

    +1 just for coming up with this idea!

  • ahly92 on 17/09/2014 - 16:46

    HJ should, by the end of the competition reveal how many actually took the offer….would be interesting stat

    • EmployeeMcScotty @ Hungry Jack's on 17/09/2014 - 16:51
      +6

      I'll report with my totals!

      • ahly92 on 17/09/2014 - 17:29

        the totals should be updated daily and displayed on ozbargain homepage somewhere!….scotty?

        • GnarlyKnuckles on 18/09/2014 - 02:59

          Awww carn A-92, let's keep things real/in perspective.

        • EmployeeMcScotty @ Hungry Jack's on 19/09/2014 - 16:53

          4 in 4.5 hours so far!

      • GnarlyKnuckles on 18/09/2014 - 02:58
        +1

        Awesome Scotty… we all know your mission is a dangerous one, but we're trusting you to do us proud, and we have faith. Fail or succeed, you will never be forgotten. The fidelity of the cryptic continuum of our FF universe depends on you. Use the force, and never question it.
        PS. I heard the "Swiss burger" of mid-1990s HJ fame (and, erm, awesomeness) is due for a comeback. Although it may have just been a wishful dream. Can you confirm that the fabled "Swiss warrior" is returning, Scotty? And if not, can you suggest its return, to the powers that be there at the "dark side"?

  • fuzcatt on 17/09/2014 - 16:48

    When I worked at Maccas (5+ years ago) we used to accept competitors' coupons.
    I don't know if that's still the case and most likely it'll be up to the manager's discretion, but it was awesome for the 2-for-1 meals if you preferred McD's over HJs or KFC (if there was an equivalent burger).

  • happychild100 on 17/09/2014 - 16:50

    Shame the one in post office square Brisbane has closed, city store is much further away.

  • wiltonson on 17/09/2014 - 17:18

    Looking at free tickets….. hard decisions…… damn free food just got more complicated

  • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2014 - 17:23
    -1

    Good luck trying to convince Ahpoo the burger-flipper that this is a legitimate deal when lined up at the drive thru with Habib high-beaming you behind.

  • dontask on 17/09/2014 - 17:24
    +1

    Nah, they're not playing Monopoly. Its a completely unrelated game, that happens to accept Monopoly tokens, called Duopoly.

  • banzini on 17/09/2014 - 17:41
    +1

    The amount of HJ vouchers released (many) compared to maccas vouchers (none) means a true bargainer would take the free maccas food given it's rarer

  • pakkapie on 17/09/2014 - 17:44
    +4

    So any beef burger only = whopper jnr at HJ's, I think this is pretty tight, could have made it a whopper. Tightarses.

    • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2014 - 18:02

      What are Ozbargainers? Tightarses as well.

    • qwerty on 17/09/2014 - 18:05
      +3

      I won a free big mac - not a huge fan of them but no way will i trade it for a whopper jr

  • malcolmrivera on 17/09/2014 - 17:58
    +1

    The vagueness of the wording makes it sound like Hungry Jacks are using some sort of drug dealer language.

    If I go ahead with this offer, is some shifty guy gonna give me my order in an unmarked brown paper bag and tell me, "Now you keep this between you an' me, ya hear?"

  • Roary on 17/09/2014 - 18:08
    +4

    Can we create our own "fast food restaurant" and then have a similar promotion and then take the 1000s of winning tickets we generate for ourselves to HJs?
    I mean no where does it mention the winning tickets have to come from MacDonalds.

  • EmployeeMcScotty @ Hungry Jack's on 17/09/2014 - 18:39
    +1

    present to a participating restaurant (‘Participating Store’) an original, genuine and never-redeemed instant win ticket bearing a six character ticket number redeemable for a specified free food item from another nationwide quick service restaurant.

    There are your t's and c's.

  • burningrage on 17/09/2014 - 18:40
    +1

    McOpoly… lol. I like the name…

  • Aap Ke Papa on 17/09/2014 - 19:34
    -6

    How does this deal work? What am i supposed to do?

    • Snoop on 17/09/2014 - 19:42
      +11

      Nothing, that's the beauty of this deal. Just sit at home and wait for them to call you!

  • Frantic on 17/09/2014 - 19:51

    Hungry Jacks just sank to a new low.. and I'm not talking about their kitchen hygiene

  • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2014 - 19:53
    +2

    I got a couple of Instant Win "SPORTS SESSIONS" from you-know-who. Any Hungry Jacks managers fancy taking me for a run?

  • jaero115 on 17/09/2014 - 20:19
    +1

    Just so you guys know it's actually very hard to win these monopoloy coupons. I've played the McDonald's monopoly game before. Most the time you get "win a car" or "win a holiday" but you need 7 other coupons and even then it's a chance draw. Actually winning a free food item is generally hard unless you go there often enough.
    I disagree with the people who think this is clever marketing. it's more like.. more sales for McDonald's. Good exposure stunt attempt for a new startup fast food but not for HJs. My 2 cents.

    • Frantic on 17/09/2014 - 21:03

      Is it the same monopoly game as before?

      • jaero115 on 17/09/2014 - 21:55

        Looks pretty similar. I'm also playing this time around as well. You can try yourself if you don't believe me. Unless it's just bogus coupons for us WA people.

        • berger on 20/09/2014 - 15:30

          I've been busy travelling with work this week and got bacon egg muffin meals in the morning, 4 coupons.. Got around 20 and only 2 are free food items.

          My wife bought a quick lunch the other day, 2 coupons both 2 free items.

    • GnarlyKnuckles on 18/09/2014 - 03:24

      "Just so you guys know it's actually very hard to win these monopoloy coupons."

      Actually, that is not true at all, at least not as far as the coupons that are the subject of this thread are concerned. The Maccas ad (on telly) states that "1 in 5 is a winner". This HAS to be a reference to how many of the coupons dished out entitle you to a "free item"… so your chances are 20%, per coupon.
      Not exactly "very hard".

      There's a lesson here. Anyone who ascribes a value of just 2 cents to their contribution to the dialogue, may actually be correct, but only about that aspect of their post.

    • love2buy on 18/09/2014 - 08:21

      Surely someones got a hard to obtain coupon and flogging it on ebay..

  • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2014 - 20:47
    -1

    why doesn't HJ just have there own "free food" tickets?

    • xordis on 17/09/2014 - 21:13
      +1

      They do, it's called McDonalds Monopoly :-)

    • imcold on 17/09/2014 - 21:28

      its called shake and win.

  • howbazaar on 17/09/2014 - 22:10
    +1

    As there is no defined depenence on a certain type of voucher it would be fun to print some obvious fakes and then debate their validity.

  • paizuri5 on 17/09/2014 - 22:37

    Can someone explain how this benefits HJ's? I have zero knowledge of business and marketing, but it sounds like people will be paying Maccas, and then getting free food at HJ's. Isn't that just helping your rival profit?

    • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2014 - 23:30

      Hungry Jacks are aware that some customers share their time between the two fast food venues. A customer might choose to go to McDonalds at the moment just to get some of the instant win coupons on the products. That customer now has the option of using the coupons at McDonalds or Hungry Jacks instead of having to make a second trip to McDonalds to use the coupons. The coupons are only for one item. Most customers would buy other food in the same transaction that they redeem the coupon. Hungry Jacks are looking for the follow up business. They've admitted they've lost the first purchase but want the follow up purchase.

      I don't know much about marketing either but the above is my theory on what Hungry Jacks are doing.

      • GnarlyKnuckles on 18/09/2014 - 04:02
        +1

        I reckon you're pretty "bang-on" there PC, as well as the point someone else made early in the thread that it's quite cunning "psychologically" to have all Maccas customers "in the know" thinking about HJs when they get their "free McCoupons"; even if they don't actually end up using them there. They will talk about them/HJs/ the novel interchangability of the coups/edgy marketing ploy etc.; all of which will raise "brand awareness" for HJs.
        Given the low cost of producing each item as compared to what they sell it for (as with every FF joint), even if someone just gets the free thing with the maccas voucher and pays for a coke, chances are HJs is still at least not losing money… and importantly, they are depriving Maccas of the money they would've got by selling the coke, AND they are doing it all on the back of marketing costs (printing out the vouchers, distributing them, advertising them etc.) that their competition has paid for.
        Cunning, I reckon.

    • imcold on 18/09/2014 - 12:33
      +2

      Even if there was cross-marketing agreement between a board game company and a quick service restaurant costing them nothing to use trademarks for the promotion. Do you have any idea the cost of printing 30M coupons, as well as tv/internet advertising, flyers, ,distribution cost, and general running cost.

      Just running the campaign, excluding prizes would have easy cost 2M+. So pretty much your saving 2M on these cost to bring customers to your door. So they spend the 2M on giving customers free food instead.

  • Frantic on 17/09/2014 - 23:59
    +2

    Are big macs still prizes? So I can get a whopper jnr instead? no deal

    • paulaus on 18/09/2014 - 02:57

      Thats fair they are about the same size.

      • nicksinternet on 18/09/2014 - 06:57
        +2

        Yeah lol, McD are very crafty in their marketing, experts in fact. Big Mac makes it sound… big, but it simply isn't.

        I remember once buying McD on the way to work because I really needed some breakfast and was hungry. Not really liking their stuff I was unfamiliar with it. So I went through the drive though and ordered this thing called a Quarter Pounder. Man it sounded huge. Well what I got was this disgusting looking droopy depressed looking thing, with a tiny meat pattie in it, precisely one pickle and a squirt of sauce. Not satisfying, tasty, or nutritious. Certainly not big. It amazes me how much Aussie's fall for their marketing when their stuff is simply borderline not food….we even have a slang nickname for the company.

  • nicksinternet on 18/09/2014 - 06:53

    How do you get a free Whopper?

    Anyway HJ does taste better and would appear to be more nutritious and better quality.

  • Doggins on 18/09/2014 - 10:27

    So any beef burger = whopper jnr? Pfffffffft!

  • [Deactivated] on 18/09/2014 - 12:24

    Hungry jacks burgers taste better. Only Maccas chocolate sundae beats out Hungry Jacks chocolate sundae. Maccas also gave me food poisoning twice.

  • lolmao on 18/09/2014 - 15:24

    Great I'm gonna spend heaps at McDonalds and then get all the free items from HJ's!

  • goosegog on 18/09/2014 - 15:51

    Never do many forums on Oz Bargain take off in popularity as much as the conflict & deals between the major junk food chains which obviously we all love too much & frequent too often !!
    We too love to eat @ these ( now & again - probably once a month - enjoy indulging in their complete o.t.t. not good for you tasty, chin wiping, yummy tummy filling burgers - god I want one now !!)
    We have just returned from Europe from a holiday where as most of you know Hungry Jacks is known as Burger King ( as it is here in some states). So I took our printed vouchers ( from Oz. Bargain of course) for Hungry Jacks & tried to use them in Spain,Italy & Germany @ Burger King - No success - oh well, it was worth a try. What we did buy was a "king burger" each - what a rip off compared with our whoppers - smaller & lacking in flavour.
    Must go - A big whopper with cheese need is coming on ( don't be rude - I only mean from Hungry Jacks, not what might be going through your naughty little minds !! )

  • cristobaljamesy on 20/09/2014 - 11:18

    Buy your Maccas with the AMEX deal to get a 33% discount then take any possible food wins to your local HJ's (whilst using your mobile app for an additional option) to receive a bargain feed! :p

  • Cave Fire on 22/09/2014 - 19:00

    Well… When I went to uni, they told us that comparative advertising like this is a bad idea. You are basically giving free advertising for "you know who's" and their promotion. It seems to be a trend now, with Ford etc.

  • Fobsessive on 30/09/2014 - 17:23

    I know of the Maccas promotion because of this OzB post. Good thing because otherwise I wouldn't know what the Mcopoly voucher someone left on a table was.
    Being a super OzBargainer, I checked the weight and kilojules of Big Macs compared to the Jr Whopper. Big Macs are significantly heavier, so I'll be taking my voucher to Maccas not HJ, even though the burgers are better at Hungry Jack's.

  • suicine94 on 14/10/2014 - 15:10

    I just won a TV from the McDonalds monopoly game, can I redeem it at HJ? if not then i guess Maccas have a better deal.

    • Snoop on 14/10/2014 - 15:28

      What does it say in their T&Cs that they'll swap a TV for?

    • [Deactivated] on 14/10/2014 - 16:06

      A TV is not a "specified free food item" as per the terms and conditions of the offer.

      • Snoop on 14/10/2014 - 16:10

        I guess that means he can't redeem it at HJs then!!!

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