Quizno's rant
Oct. 22nd, 2005 09:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amediaSlightly edited to remove identifying information, this is a letter I just sent Quizno's. Please feel free to pass this around!
I am writing to inform you of my extreme disappointment in the way your store recently deceived my son and a number of other college students.
Coupons were distributed at my son's university advertising a free dinner at the local Quizno's in exchange for participating in a promotion. Upon arriving at the restaurant this evening, my son was informed that the "promotion" entailed filling out a credit card application and that he would not receive his free meal unless he signed the application.
Fortunately, we raised him better than that; he was not willing to mortgage his future for a sandwich. He left hungry and resentful, and will never patronize that establishment again. He called to tell his father and me what happened, and we are furious.
Apparently now that colleges are cracking down on the unethical practices of credit card companies who prey upon college students, your company has decided to aid and abet their predatory activities by soliciting students for them under false pretenses.
As a result of this irresponsible and deceptive act, I will no longer be patronizing my local Quizno's. You can be sure that I will also spread the word to other parents so that their children are not similarly victimized.
I am writing to inform you of my extreme disappointment in the way your store recently deceived my son and a number of other college students.
Coupons were distributed at my son's university advertising a free dinner at the local Quizno's in exchange for participating in a promotion. Upon arriving at the restaurant this evening, my son was informed that the "promotion" entailed filling out a credit card application and that he would not receive his free meal unless he signed the application.
Fortunately, we raised him better than that; he was not willing to mortgage his future for a sandwich. He left hungry and resentful, and will never patronize that establishment again. He called to tell his father and me what happened, and we are furious.
Apparently now that colleges are cracking down on the unethical practices of credit card companies who prey upon college students, your company has decided to aid and abet their predatory activities by soliciting students for them under false pretenses.
As a result of this irresponsible and deceptive act, I will no longer be patronizing my local Quizno's. You can be sure that I will also spread the word to other parents so that their children are not similarly victimized.
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Date: 2005-10-23 11:26 am (UTC)