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Free Burgers for a Year (Northcote, VIC) - First 100 People

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Free Burgers for a Year (Northcote, VIC) - First 100 People
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moooooooo on 09/08/2012 - 20:46 facebook.com (1304 clicks)
Last edited 09/08/2012 - 21:12 by 1 other user

Disclaimer: Very specific location, one-off event, you may get nothing.

A cafe in my local area has advertised a promo for their opening day special offer. It's not on the website - it's a full page ad in the local paper.

The first 100 people to the cafe (opening Sat 11 Aug @ 11am) will receive one free burger a week for a year.

Shop 94-96, 3 Separation St
Northcote Plaza shopping centre
Northcote VIC
http://ribsandburgers.com.au

I figured somewhere there's an OzBargainer willing to line up from 3am in the biting cold winter of Melbourne in order to savour a delicious free burger in summer. At least, I assume they're delicious. They're free. That makes anything delicious… ;-)

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  • Gmann on 09/08/2012 - 20:50

    Lol Good luck peeps in VIC

  • stumo on 09/08/2012 - 20:51
    +2

    But its inside the shopping mall. There is going to be a stampede if they're not careful.

    • moooooooo on 09/08/2012 - 21:11
      +7

      Yes, I imagine you'd need to scope it out beforehand to figure out which is the closest entrance to the store and - importantly - whether security staff unlock the doors in any particular order. No point being first in line outside a locked door, nice and close to watch 100 people pouring into the centre when the door at the other end of the centre opens.

      • umadbrahhhh on 09/08/2012 - 23:51

        anyone who works or has worked in a shopping centre knows… the front doors aren't the only way in and out ;)

  • jv on 09/08/2012 - 20:53
    -6

    what are the conditions ?

    • moooooooo on 09/08/2012 - 21:10
      +1

      There don't appear to be any conditions in the ad.

      "Opening day special offer, one time only, never to be repeated. A burger a week, for a year, for FREE. For the first 100 people! Don't kick yourself for being number 101!"

      • Moderatorneil on 09/08/2012 - 21:15

        I've edited the link to their Facebook page which shows the promotion. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=269167739855706&set=…

        • [Deactivated] on 10/08/2012 - 00:22
          +2

          There is something extremely pleasing about negging jv :D

        • [Deactivated] on 10/08/2012 - 00:22
          -3

          Maybe its just the sleep deprivation I have from being on ozb too long.

  • bajillionaire on 09/08/2012 - 20:53
    +14

    Wouldn't it be nice if someone will gave their entitlement to one of the homeless or needy? And stayed on as a loyal customer of the cafe.

    • penthius on 10/08/2012 - 02:42
      +3

      My thoughts exactly ;-) I was even thinking about the Hungry Jacks free burger - printing some off for some homeless dudes or old pensioners!!

      • maldrat on 11/08/2012 - 08:03
        -5

        And keep the leeches alive. I think not.

  • stumo on 09/08/2012 - 20:53
    +1

    And thats a hellar lot of burgers the're gonna be cooking up every week for free.

    • RohBoat on 09/08/2012 - 21:09
      +9

      100 to be exact.

      • David Hasslehoff on 09/08/2012 - 21:22
        +1

        5200 burgers mmmmmmmm

      • stumo on 09/08/2012 - 22:32
        +1

        If the burgers are actually any good, then thats $500 a week for a year this is costing them (assuming a good burger costs them $5 to produce).

        Thats about the cost of a full time cook no? To me that seems a bit steep for the amount of advertising they are going to get from this, unless there are more T&C's.

        • neil on 09/08/2012 - 22:58
          +12

          Besides OzBargainers, I don't think the avg person would eat there every week for 52 weeks. More than likely, you would bring a friend/ partner. They would pay for a meal. Also I'd probably order a drink and chips. So yes max 50k but more likely a fraction of that. Of course if OzBargainers get all 100 then they're screwed.

        • voteoften on 10/08/2012 - 00:21
          +1

          Ozbargainers will be bringing all the rellies with alzheimers so they can scoop their freebies for the rest of the year. Do babies count. I'm sure some Ozbargainers deliberately had twins so they could save on their expenditures & maximise their health insurance rebates and tax benefits. Mum + Dad + twins = min 4 burgs a weeks. Dad'll elbow his way in, muim and 23 rellies and their kids will join him at the head of the Q at 5 minutes before the store opens.

  • jv on 09/08/2012 - 21:02
    -1

    The basic burger is $10, so potentially this could be worth over $500…

    • silverrat23 on 09/08/2012 - 21:32
      +5

      $520 to be exact!

  • silverrat23 on 09/08/2012 - 21:04
    +1

    Screw it! I'm lining up 4 hours beforehand!

  • fieldafar on 09/08/2012 - 21:14

    Northcote Plaza opens at 9am on Saturdays though…

    • ryang on 09/08/2012 - 21:17
      +3

      Yeh, which means after waiting outside the plaza for it to open, you have to rush to the burger place to line up again for another 2 hours… At least the 100m sprint will weed out the unhealthy. :)

      • moooooooo on 09/08/2012 - 21:20
        +11

        A 100m sprint to a hamburger shop to weed out the unhealthy. #irony

    • stumo on 09/08/2012 - 21:18

      Yeah. thats when the stampede starts, then whoever makes it to the shop gets to lick their wounds for 2 hours outside it.

  • altomic on 09/08/2012 - 21:18

    It's a trap!

    the police will get you for Unlawful assembly.

    • jv on 09/08/2012 - 21:20
      -1

      The northcote police station is at the end of the car park at the shopping centre…

  • Black Hole on 09/08/2012 - 21:20
    +2

    I am going to camp outside overnight.

    • Michaelz101 on 09/08/2012 - 22:18

      bring your LED Lenser Torch while you are at it :P

  • stumo on 09/08/2012 - 21:20

    Wait a second. it says "free burgers for a year*" but there is no * saying what the * means.

    And that slice of tomato in the burger in the photo could be a cherry tomato.

    • Jabba the Hutt on 09/08/2012 - 21:26

      it says "free burgers for a year*" but there is no * saying what the * means.

      That's a pet peeve of mine. Can we neg for it? Pleeeeease? :D

    • kbp on 09/08/2012 - 21:35
      +4

      The * means this offer may terminate sooner depending on the number of heart attacks the winners have from obesity; or if the world ended this Dec.

    • mellosweep on 09/08/2012 - 22:08
      +1

      it says for a year and the * is "once a week"
      it means you can get up to 52 burgers, not 365!

      • stumo on 09/08/2012 - 22:33

        Where does it say this? I can't see it on that fb link, only the *

        • lostinsydney on 09/08/2012 - 23:16

          on their fb page. you need to scroll down a little bit.
          they had a similar deal when they opened their store in neutral bay, and i heard that few hundred ppl lined up.

          i've eaten at neutral bay restaurant, and i haven't been there since then.

  • tae on 09/08/2012 - 21:47
    +6

    It will be interesting just to see how this one will turn out.. haha..
    How abt all ozbargainer wear orange or something to stand out? keke.

    • Alienzzz on 09/08/2012 - 23:02
      +1

      Lol who is keeping score there?!! I will wear orange nail polish possibly but no orange clothing involved or how about i print out and stick something on the wall closest to this store saying: ozbargains.com.au was here!! Sign username below as witnessed;
      I will pronably go at like 10am only because it feels like its meant to be coz it my birthday!! And i need to go there anyway (if it aint raining)

      • neil on 09/08/2012 - 23:30
        +3

        Please make sure you spell it without the s, so we don't promote the domain squatter.

        • [Deactivated] on 10/08/2012 - 00:32
          +3

          So wait, Alienzzz is a GIRL?

        • DrKazanovaKK on 10/08/2012 - 09:42
          -1

          Where in the text do you get the idea that Alienzzz is a girl? Just because they say "nail polish" doesn't always mean it's a girl!

        • Alienzzz on 10/08/2012 - 16:32

          Yep I am a female!! Sorry I will spell it correct, I didnt know there is another site so close in name :)

        • [Deactivated] on 10/08/2012 - 18:08
          +1

          Its not another site, they registered the site name "ozbargains" and if you go there it redirects to another site. Dodgy people but there is nothing you can do about it.

          DrKazanovaKK, It was not just the nail polish, I could just tell the whole thing was written by a female, especially the raining part :P

  • BlinkyBill on 09/08/2012 - 23:27

    I work at neutral bay in Sydney and the burgers are awesome. Well worth lining up for.

  • dan76n on 09/08/2012 - 23:39

    Could potentially turn out to be 53 burgers as 2012 is a 53 week fiscal year to some businesses.

  • cdeep0 on 10/08/2012 - 00:09

    …what if I win…won't I be so fat eating them every week..???

    have to really miss….

    NO…No…Not looking at this deal…..

    or should I?

    • moooooooo on 10/08/2012 - 01:57
      +2

      I'm looking at it thinking, "if it's an effort for me to get there to line up for them, it'll be an effort to go back there each week" so you can have my place in the line. ;-)

  • penthius on 10/08/2012 - 02:50
    +6

    Good luck ozbargainers and wear orange so I can see you all on the news LMAO — oooh actually I can see it now, all the other people will run home to change into something orange thinking you have to wear orange to score the free burger ;-) or you could just tell them that LOL

  • gooddealmate on 10/08/2012 - 08:40

    I can see this making the local news.

  • C-JAM on 10/08/2012 - 08:46

    great burgers!

  • boomerpro on 10/08/2012 - 10:46

    Good luck getting fat! or even fatter :)

  • hollytaylor on 10/08/2012 - 18:09

    Might check this out depending on how busy the centre gets tomoz.

  • altomic on 11/08/2012 - 00:15
    +6

    i'm there now and there is about 200 people already lned up.

    people are getting pushy and someone has placed a wheely bin after the 100th person.

    cars keep rolling past to look at the line.

    people have bought sleepng bags and deck chairs.

    doesn't help that it has been raining.

    nah, I'm in my lounge.

  • neil on 11/08/2012 - 11:26
    +3

    I'm actually here. No seriously.At least 40 have gotten burgers, another 100 in line. Nova 100 is here. Door guys are checking people off with iPads. Not sure if they are checking if you've liked their page. Anyway I'm off to get groceries.

    • stumo on 11/08/2012 - 12:13

      Did I completely misunderstand the promotion? Is it just every Saturday morning for a year they will give away 100 burgers to whoever's there? I thought it was thismornings 100 would get a burger a week at any time for a year.

      • ryang on 11/08/2012 - 12:52

        Wow.. I didn't think of it that way either. If it is, then yeah, wow… Saturday mornings are going to be busy for a long time!

        Edit: From the FB link;
        "The first 100 physically in the store win but you have a chance to go into the draw to win by liking the post we put up on our wall on the day."

        So it sounds like the first 100 will only receive it, a voucher or similar.

      • moooooooo on 11/08/2012 - 15:22

        It's an opening day special, so not every Saturday, only today.

  • neil on 11/08/2012 - 11:51
    +2

    Here's a pic, https://mobile.twitter.com/OzBargainBuzz/status/234096977569…

    58 claimed. ~50 in line.

    • moooooooo on 11/08/2012 - 15:24

      Not much orange in sight but it is Melbourne where black is the new black…

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