Safeway monopoly tokens11/25/2023 ![]() It is possible, cautiously, to only buy things you normally buy and still play this game. ![]() If this game weren't premised on shopping for items which generally aren't luxuries, it would be disturbing how eerily it is now full-on gambling. I'll admit to a little gurgle of a thrill when I got a bowling coupon with a spin of the reels. But I'll bet there are people overjoyed by the bagels. I ain't buyin' nuttin' but chances at money with my relentlessly-acquired tokens. To each his own? Me, I want money for nothing, got blisters on my thumbs. Which are chips to buy anything from another chance at $1,000 cash, attendance at movie premieres, $250,000 cash, or a free bagel. It is a slot machine now, btw, BECAUSE every time you enter a code, you win a chance at a slot-machine roll of three reels, combinations of which get you a coupon for a game of bowling, Shutterfly products, to $1,000 cash to, I think, maybe (I don't dare look again, I'll jinx it) up to $250,000 cash. Seems to really be keeping the system from crashing. ![]() The renewed online streamlining for registering codes is rational and welcome - you can't register more than one code at a time. The other side of the paper set still yields coupons, chances for more slips, or codes to register online. And I, er, spoke too soon - the glue isn't any better. But it does taste AWFUL. The slips still yield chances to win $1M, or $5. One side is still all the little slips that will litter your house for months. You've still gotta buy stuff and win paper sets. So, two weeks in, I feel emboldened to discuss the whack-your-head-with-the-iron differences in the game this year.
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