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BlockBuster Coupon
for Free Movies, Popcorn, and Coke-Once
Truth! Now Fiction!
Summary of the eRumor: The eRumor includes what looks
like an official coupon from BlockBuster for a promotion called BlockBuster
Night. It offers two free movie rentals, a tub of popcorn, and 2
Cokes.
The Truth: This began circulating on the
Internet in the summer of 2007 and said that it would expire in
December, 2007.
The BlockBuster offices told
TruthOrFiction.com, however, that this coupon was valid at one time but
only at specific locations and only for people who had been
participating in an online affiliate program with BlockBuster. The
coupon was never issued on a mass basis and not intended to be
duplicated and then used by just anyone.
That hasn't stopped it from being
circulated on the Internet in forwarded emails and shared among members
of Internet sites.
We even found instances of people on coupon-sharing sites offering these
in trade for other coupons and others selling them on eBay.
If you receive this and were not one of the intended recipients who was
in the affiliate program or if you make a copy of this coupon and try to
use it at a BlockBuster store, it will not be accepted.
Updated 8/15/07
A real example of the eRumor as it has
appeared on the Internet:
