Rival dealerships started flooding Spangler with their own offers for a free two-year lease. Even a local restaurant got in on the fun, offering the farm management student a year of free burgers. The backlash and negative light cast on the dealer got to a point that convinced the Rohrman Group to do an about-face and offer Spangler the prize, after all.
The dealer even changed the rules for future “Kicks for Cash” contests, eliminating the 30-second timer altogether. The dealership then claimed that Spangler’s “incredible kicks should be rewarded,”
The dealer ultimately offered Spangler a choice between a free two-year lease or a $5,000 prize. The student told the paper that, after talking over his choices with his parents, he decided to take the prize money instead of the lease. He added that he already has a working car.
The dealership says it will nonetheless donate another $5,000 dollars to the university’s Ross-Ade Brigade, to help fund student travel to away games.
See, I happen to have worked at a car dealership, and the fact is, these dealerships create publicity events, like this, but they don't carry through, the pay for insurance that MIGHT have to pay up, and so, in this case, like so many others, the insurance company is to blame for this screw over of the college student
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