In March, I wrote about an advertisement I received in the article “Honda Dealer Offers Questionable Promotion.”
A large post card said you could win a $5,000 credit card, a plasma screen TV, or a gold collectible coin.
I didn’t win a big prize, but the salesman did give me a gold-colored Andrew Jackson $1 coin.
Recently, I received another postcard with the same offer.
So I stopped by the Honda Dealer again to get another $1 coin.
The salesman was unapologetic when I said I’d done consumer research, and the coins are made from pure copper with a manganese brass outer clad.
I also told him the gold-colored coins are collectible only because presidents are featured on the coins in a series. Some people will collect them, such as the quarter series, but it’s unlikely they’ll ever be worth more than $1 because millions of the coins will be issued.
This time, President James Madison was on the coin I received.
The salesman did tell me that the marketing company had made a mistake. They sent the postcards to the same people who received the first one!
