Have you seen this VISA commericial? A guy is reading a letter from VISA informing him that he can win a refund for all his 2004 VISA purchases. The guy says to his wife "Too bad you didn't buy that much stuff this year". Then, there are flashback to all her purchases and her hiding them from him.
Dutifully, VISA has placed the "fine print" speak ensuring us that "no purchase necessary." HUH?!? Wait a minute, you are telling me that no purchase is necessary to get a refund on purchases?
I know that companies cannot require a purchase for promotions (to require a purchase makes the promotion a lottery and/or gambling scheme that is not permitted in some states). So "no purchase necessary" is a legal disclaimer. But... (hang onto your seatbelts, we are going to use a little bit of logic here) ...if the promo is to get refunds for "purchases" and there is a no "purchase" necessary disclaimer; does that not exclude people who have not made "purchases"? Which really means you must have "purchases" to qualify. Which means this is a lottery/gambling promotion. Which is illegal.
Does anybody else find this confusing?
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