Tim Hortons double-double trouble

MrBishop

MrBishop

Well-Known Member
Third claim made for winning coffee cup

National Post
Tuesday, March 14, 2006

MONTREAL - A third person has come forward to lay claim to a prize-winning coffee cup -- and the vehicle that is to go to the cupholder.

Claude Archambault, a lawyer representing a man who claims to have thrown the winning cup in the garbage at the Saint-Jerome, Que., school where he works, said he fears evidence proving his case may be destroyed.

The cup was discovered in a school trash can last Tuesday by a 10-year-old girl, who enlisted the help of a 12-year-old friend to "roll up the rim," as the Tim Hortons contest motto goes. They were ecstatic to learn they had won a $28,700 Toyota SUV, one of 30 to be given away across Canada.

When Mr. Archambault's client -- whose name has not been disclosed -- learned of the girls' find, he was less ecstatic. He called the lawyer for help. In a letter to the doughnut and coffee chain last week, Mr. Archambault asked them to withhold the prize pending possible litigation. He also sought permission to perform DNA testing on the cup for traces of his client's genetic material.

Tim Hortons said it has yet to receive the coffee cup in question. "We sincerely hope that the parties involved will be able to come to a resolution," the company said in a statement.

Greg Skinner, a company spokesman, said customers rarely throw out their cups without first checking if they have won.

Two co-workers in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., who for years have taken turns buying each other coffee, managed a friendly solution to a winning cup last week. Kristine Dahlmann and Manuela Phillips have agreed to share the prize won by Ms. Dahlmann, according to a long-standing agreement between them.

Mr. Archambault said in an interview yesterday he is worried the cup may have already received a thorough washing since news of his client's claim first surfaced. "If the father of the girl who found it is intelligent, he will probably erase all the traces of DNA," he said.

The paper cup was already at the centre of a dispute between the parents of the two girls. After initially agreeing to splitting the prize, the parents of the girl who found the cup in the garbage had second thoughts.

Mr. Archambault said he is confident that even if the DNA evidence is destroyed, he can prove his client bought the coffee.

"Somebody else saw him with the cup, and there was only one, so it's his cup," he said. "The problem is whether it's possible to try to get back the prize because the cup was in the garbage."


© National Post 2006​
Click to expand...

OH...the Readers Digest version. Tim Hortons has a contest every year. Rrrroll up the rrrim to win. :D
Soe guy bought a coffee, finished it and tossed the cup before checking to see if he won.
A 10 year old girl saw the cup, picked it from the trash and tried to roll up the rim. She couldn't do it so she asked a friend (12 years old) to roll it up for her. They won a brand new Rav IV.

Congrats!

The girls were willing to share the prize...their parents had a different idea. Both sides claimed the prize!

Now the guy who threw out the cup is claiming the prize...and wnts to use DNA to prove that the cup was his.

Link

There are talks of side-bets being made online as to who will actually win the SUV. :eek2:


​
 
He tossed the cup finders keepers.

Whoever picked it up claimed possession, they should get the truck.
 
Seems the most logical, eh

'Cept the parents of the older girl say that the contest is called 'Roll up the rim to win' and since their daughter actually did the rolling...that the prize is hers alone.

The younger girl being only the cup-bearer. :p
 
highwayman said:
As far as the parents flip a coin...
Click to expand...

...then shoot 'em all for being greedy bastards.

The teacher forfeited his claim to possession when he surrendered possession.

The two kids should split the cash equivelent into college funds, preferrably interest-bearing accounts until age of majority in Canadastan. What's the metric equivelent of 18 years, something like .2 kiloyears? :lloyd:
 
:tomato:

I blame it on greedy parents and lawyers.

SHOOT ALL THE LAWYERS!
rant2.gif
 
whats the cost of the car divided by 5 (both sets of parents and the dolt that threw the cup away. the girls wont get anything. they're too young to claim the prize)
on the plus side, all these greedy bastards will end up with enough money to buy another cup of coffee once the lawyers get their cut.
 
Spot said:
whats the cost of the car divided by 5 (both sets of parents and the dolt that threw the cup away. the girls wont get anything. they're too young to claim the prize)
on the plus side, all these greedy bastards will end up with enough money to buy another cup of coffee once the lawyers get their cut.
Click to expand...



If they were to split it between five, you're looking at around $5,600/person. Not that bad really. I agree the kids aren't entitled. They don't drink coffee yet, and most of these games you have to be over 18, they're not.
 
You get the Roll-up rims with your hot chocolates too :)

I'm wondering when the school will step in. Anything thrown in the garbage on school property belongs to the school until it is claimed by the city workers.

***

Timmy's should've stepped in a long time ago with something along the lines of
"We will place the price of the vehicle into two Education savings plans, equal amounts for each child, and kick in an equal amount towards the school to (insert idea here...repair their gym, build a play park, donate to charity of their choice)."

They missed one HELL of a PR opportunity.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top