Comments on: Eat for free at KFC http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/eat-for-free-at-kfc/ Blogging about personal finance, foreclosures, mortgages, interest rates, and budgeting. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:45:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: carguy346 http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/eat-for-free-at-kfc/comment-page-1/#comment-22489 carguy346 Mon, 11 May 2009 14:55:06 +0000 http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/?p=594#comment-22489 Leave it to Yum! restaurants to screw up the launch of it's grilled chicken -- and drag Oprah into the mess. According to what's posted on Oprah's web site, too many people showed up with the coupons. And no one at Yum! thought about this? When you go in you get a form to fill out and send in for another coupon. Couldn't KFC have simply extended the time for the original coupons to be redeemed? The form is signed by "Roger Eaton, KFC President," but of course he isn't the one facing all the angry customers. He has lots of minimum-wage workers to do that for him. The guy should be fired. Here's what's on Oprah's Web site today: <i>We are so sorry, but due to the overwhelming response to our FREE Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal coupon, we can no longer redeem the free coupon at this time. But we will honor our commitment to giving you a free Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal. Please visit a participating KFC restaurant for a rain check form. Complete the form, attach your original coupon, and give it to the KFC restaurant manager or postmark per the form's instructions, by May 19, 2009, and we'll send you a rain check for your free Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal at a later date, plus a free Pepsi with our compliments. Your participating KFC restaurant will provide you with the form you need. Please note that the redemption periods of the rain checks will vary. All other terms and conditions of the original free Kentucky Grilled Chicken coupon will apply. Thank you for your understanding, Roger Eaton KFC President</i> Leave it to Yum! restaurants to screw up the launch of it’s grilled chicken — and drag Oprah into the mess. According to what’s posted on Oprah’s web site, too many people showed up with the coupons. And no one at Yum! thought about this? When you go in you get a form to fill out and send in for another coupon. Couldn’t KFC have simply extended the time for the original coupons to be redeemed? The form is signed by “Roger Eaton, KFC President,” but of course he isn’t the one facing all the angry customers. He has lots of minimum-wage workers to do that for him. The guy should be fired. Here’s what’s on Oprah’s Web site today:

We are so sorry, but due to the overwhelming response to our FREE Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal coupon, we can no longer redeem the free coupon at this time. But we will honor our commitment to giving you a free Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal. Please visit a participating KFC restaurant for a rain check form. Complete the form, attach your original coupon, and give it to the KFC restaurant manager or postmark per the form’s instructions, by May 19, 2009, and we’ll send you a rain check for your free Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal at a later date, plus a free Pepsi with our compliments. Your participating KFC restaurant will provide you with the form you need. Please note that the redemption periods of the rain checks will vary. All other terms and conditions of the original free Kentucky Grilled Chicken coupon will apply. Thank you for your understanding,

Roger Eaton
KFC President

]]> By: jb http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/eat-for-free-at-kfc/comment-page-1/#comment-22399 jb Sat, 09 May 2009 21:34:53 +0000 http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/?p=594#comment-22399 Yeah, a lot of people weren't allowed to print more than 2-3 for whatever reason; some couldn't print any at all. Now you have to take your coupon in to a KFC branch and fill out a form for them to mail you a raincheck on it.They won't accept the coupon anymore, just the raincheck that will eventually by mailed to you. I tried the chicken before they stopped taking coupons- it was pretty nasty, not to mention full of antibiotics and all kinds of other junk. But the mac and cheese+cole slaw and biscuit (yes it comes with a biscuit too bankaholic), were pretty good. Yeah, a lot of people weren’t allowed to print more than 2-3 for whatever reason; some couldn’t print any at all. Now you have to take your coupon in to a KFC branch and fill out a form for them to mail you a raincheck on it.They won’t accept the coupon anymore, just the raincheck that will eventually by mailed to you. I tried the chicken before they stopped taking coupons- it was pretty nasty, not to mention full of antibiotics and all kinds of other junk. But the mac and cheese+cole slaw and biscuit (yes it comes with a biscuit too bankaholic), were pretty good.

]]> By: Sam B http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/eat-for-free-at-kfc/comment-page-1/#comment-22207 Sam B Wed, 06 May 2009 01:34:48 +0000 http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/?p=594#comment-22207 It only let me print two coupons. It only let me print two coupons.

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