Website Advertising Unobtainable Discounts in Roulette Style Game

KFC Fan on 04/12/2018 - 14:06
Last edited 04/12/2018 - 15:56 by 1 other user

Was purchasing some things for my partner online from an Australian store and had a pop-up saying to enter your email and you can win a discount or free gift.

You enter your email and click to play the game or whatever wording they choose, the light flashes around all the advertised discounts and free gift etc then finally lands on the prize. Having tried this a few times to see what the likelihood of receiving a good discount would be I started to investigate the source code for the website to see if I can find any hints.

To my surprise I found everything detailed out in the source code, chance of landing on a specific discount as well as the coupon code associated with it (they were generic codes). To my surprise the best offer they were advertising had a whopping 0% chance of landing on it so no one would ever win it.

Is this that common and accepted or should I be reporting them for misleading advertising?

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    It's common practice
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    Should be reported
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Comments

  • [Deactivated] on 04/12/2018 - 14:08

    I would just close the pop up

    • KFC Fan on 04/12/2018 - 14:08
      -6

      Not very ozbargainy of you.

      • KFC Fan on 04/12/2018 - 14:13

        lol if you got a problem with that then seriously wtf you doing on ozbargain.

        • rompastompa on 04/12/2018 - 14:18
          +1

          Scams are not bargains.

          • KFC Fan on 04/12/2018 - 14:20

            @rompastompa: Who said it was a scam? The majority of the offers were legitimate discounts on the site, the only misleading offer was the best offer they were advertising.

            Not sure how to got to thinking it was a scam unless you didn't read the entire post.

            • rompastompa on 04/12/2018 - 14:22

              @KFC Fan: You did. Unless your saying misleading advertising is not a dishonest scheme?

              should I be reporting them for misleading advertising?

              scam noun | a dishonest scheme; a fraud.

              • KFC Fan on 04/12/2018 - 14:25

                @rompastompa: Misleading - giving the wrong idea or impression.

                Clearly used the correct word.

                • rompastompa on 04/12/2018 - 14:29
                  +1

                  @KFC Fan: mislead - betray, cheat, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, entice, fool, fudge, hoodwink, lie, misguide, misinform, misrepresent, tempt. - Thesaurus

                  Yes, clearly miles away from being associated with the word scam…

                  • KFC Fan on 04/12/2018 - 14:31
                    -2

                    @rompastompa: You haven't got a clue what you're on about now do you it's hilarious.

                    Keep ignoring the correct usage of misleading to suit your own agenda, you're not getting anywhere.

  • djones145 on 04/12/2018 - 14:12
    +3

    maybe its 0.0000000000000000000000001 percent, rounded to 0, which means u could still win!

  • OzJD on 04/12/2018 - 14:22

    Have you considered that the randomness has been decided server-side? If it's really decided like this, I'd love to see the website and win with javascript.

    • KFC Fan on 04/12/2018 - 14:27

      Image from same site and but different game: https://i.imgur.com/z3ma3vP.png

      • dazweeja on 04/12/2018 - 15:12

        I'm assuming you're looking at the data-chance variable? And the one you've shown has a roughly 9% chance of getting either a 40% or 50% discount (which seems reasonable) but you're saying that the one you haven't shown has data-chance=0 for the top discount?

        • KFC Fan on 20/12/2018 - 16:26
          -1

          Literally said it was from a different game, read kid.

          • dazweeja on 20/12/2018 - 17:09
            +1

            @KFC Fan: Perhaps read my comment where I was literally comparing the "one [game] you've shown" and the "one you haven't shown"?

            If they don't calculate the win rate similarly in both games, ie. using a variable like data-chance, why post the link? If they do, I was asking if the relevant variable was set to 0 in the the game you're referring to?

            I'm struggling to see the purpose of this post - no link to the game you're referring to and rude replies to everyone that tries to help.

            • KFC Fan on 20/12/2018 - 17:49
              -1

              @dazweeja: Stated it was a different game, never stated it had the same discount, was showing how their discounts are listed in the source code.

              Learn to read kid.

    • [Deactivated] on 04/12/2018 - 14:36

      Yep. Set it to 100%.

      • KFC Fan on 04/12/2018 - 14:38

        Not how it works but thanks for the input.

        • [Deactivated] on 04/12/2018 - 14:47

          How does it work?

  • knobbs on 04/12/2018 - 15:17

    Take the code for the best offer and use it? Post on Ozb what the code is?

  • garetz on 04/12/2018 - 15:23
    +1

    There is a new zealand clothes store that also does this.

  • spackbace on 04/12/2018 - 16:10
    +2

    It's Hallensteins. Kings of offering random discounts

    https://www.hallensteins.com.au/

    • Unorthodox on 04/12/2018 - 17:52

      Yep it's hallensteins

      I dived into the code once and also the t&CS last year and noticed the weighting so it's not equally likely to get 40%, $200 off etc

    • KFC Fan on 05/12/2018 - 08:21

      Never heard of that site before, doesn't seem its connected to the one I was talking about.

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