KFC's around the country are backing up from their initial Oprah-fueled coupon catastrophe. Initially you could get a free 2 piece grilled meal with two sides and a biscuit for free by going to KFC's very careful, restrictive coupon printer... which quickly broke under the influx of Oprah-lovers, chicken-lovers, and freebie-lovers. So KFC linked to Oprah's website where it had the coupon in much less restrictive format, allowing you to print out thousands and thousands of free meals.
The unthinkfc.com coupon had a unique sixteen digit serial code. The Oprah site had a single coupon with the serial code 1234.
The dining room lines were out the door and the drive-thru line threatened traffic flow on major highways. The first victim to fall from this (at my location) was a sign at the drive-thru stating that the coupon was only valid for dining room. It could've been for the sake of the traffic or that people were passing off the Oprah coupon.
The next victim was the dining room line. I know. You cancel out the drive-thru line and the dining room line, I assume that delivery of coupon through parcel post is the only way to go, and I'm half right. Now you can get a raincheck at KFC to mail KFC's coupon to KFC and in return you'll get a KFC coupon.
Send them the raincheck and the coupon and they'll send you the same coupon back.
Two possible reasons:
1) They weren't equipped for the demand created and want to use the snail mail and "processing time" to slow things down.
2) They want to weed out the Oprah coupons.
Myself, I have 8 more Oprah coupons and 10 KFC coupons.
The unthinkfc.com coupon had a unique sixteen digit serial code. The Oprah site had a single coupon with the serial code 1234.
The dining room lines were out the door and the drive-thru line threatened traffic flow on major highways. The first victim to fall from this (at my location) was a sign at the drive-thru stating that the coupon was only valid for dining room. It could've been for the sake of the traffic or that people were passing off the Oprah coupon.
The next victim was the dining room line. I know. You cancel out the drive-thru line and the dining room line, I assume that delivery of coupon through parcel post is the only way to go, and I'm half right. Now you can get a raincheck at KFC to mail KFC's coupon to KFC and in return you'll get a KFC coupon.
Send them the raincheck and the coupon and they'll send you the same coupon back.
Two possible reasons:
1) They weren't equipped for the demand created and want to use the snail mail and "processing time" to slow things down.
2) They want to weed out the Oprah coupons.
Myself, I have 8 more Oprah coupons and 10 KFC coupons.
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