During Superbowl XLIV between the Saints and the Colts, Docker’s aired an advertisement in which they offered free pants by going to the website dockers.com/freepants. If you don’t remember seeing the commercial where the pants were offered, just think back and try to remember a commercial in which men were walking around without pants.For those of you who missed the deal at the end of the commercial, most likely because you were disgusted by the sight of a horde of half-naked men, here’s how the deal works.
Docker’s is offering a free pair of khaki pants to people who visit their website; dockers.com/freepants. When you go to the site, you find that there’s a catch. Docker’s is truly giving away free pants, but there’s absolutely no guarantee that you’ll receive those pants when you visit the site. The first thing you see is the bright orange statement saying “we’re giving away thousands of khaki’s. But of course, the next phrase you notice is “play for a chance to instantly win a pair of men’s soft khakis!” No, Docker’s is not offering everyone a pair of free pants. Instead they are asking you for your name and e-mail address so that they can send junk mail to your e-mail accounts. It’s simply a publicity stunt to get more consumers interested in Docker’s.
To be exact, Docker’s is only giving away a total of 2,990 free pants to people lucky enough to time their visit to dockers.com precisely when a winner will be chosen. If you consider the amount of people who are visiting dockers. com/freepants in order to get a free pair of pants, your chances of actually getting free pants are very slim.
You must be 18 years old or older to play the instant win game. When you get to the site you will be prompted to enter your first name and your e-mail address in order to continue to the instant win game. After giving Docker’s your e-mail address and name so that they can offer you promotions and deals, you must click on the image of a pair of khakis to see if you won. Most likely you will not win. Once you play the “game”, you will either see that you have won a pair or khaki’s, or more likely you will see and offer for saving 15% on your purchase at dockers.com. If you value your time, this instant win game is not worth it. If you’ve got time to spare on the other hand, there’s no harm in trying. Just be ready for a flood of junk mail in the near future.
