“It was just too much for any one person to handle.”
Here’s what people revealed:
u/P-Soup
2.“Donuts.
I get 365 donuts a year from a local donut shop in my hometown.
I give them to a children’s home, which in turn gives them to kids on their birthdays.
I won this 16 years ago, and they have always honored the prize.”
u/tavariusbukshank
3.
It wasn’t a random drawing but a prize for a contest to raise funds for a specific charity.
They made a big deal about it.
My picture was in the local paper.
The first time I went to use it, they refused to let me in.
I tried again and was denied access to the park."
Nobody cared the paper that ran the article, the contest organizers, nobody.
u/Outrageous-Buy734
4.
“My friend won a lifetime supply of toilet paper.
It started as a joke; he entered the contest just for fun, never expecting to win.
Winning this contest was like hitting the jackpot for him.
He got so much toilet paper that he gave it away to friends and family.
For months, everyone knew they could call him up if they were running low.
He even donated a bunch to local shelters, which was really cool.
The supply lasted longer than he expected, but eventually, it ran out.
It was a good run, though.
u/SweettLily
5.
“Free coffee for life.
The unfortunate part was that I was visiting from a different state.
So, I gave it to my friend’s mom who lived there.
They honored it until they closed down.”
u/mbgonz
6.
“I won a trivia thing from a radio station in 2015.
The prize was a lifetime supply of passes/movie candy from AMC theaters.
It’s been almost 10 years, and this card still works.
It has saved my butt so many times when I was struggling financially.
I could go get dinner or sit in air conditioning for a few hours.
u/Dry-Meeting-8763
7.
“Back in the ’90s, my dad won a lifetime supply of WD-40.
We had four huge boxes with 40 cans of WD-40 in each box.
Here it is, 2024, and we still have a whole box left.”
u/Evening-Net-7517
8.
I was a teenager and thought it was hilarious: I thought I’d never use it.
My mom thought it was awesome.
Every week for a year, she went to McDonald’s and ordered one Happy Meal.
She said she got the funniest looks, but that was her lunch!”
u/Complete_Dork
9.
I won a writing contest 30 years ago.
They usually send me a three-pack of any new pens or colors coming out, too.
I’ve been to their headquarters and factory in Japan.
u/Dark_Energy_13
10.
He was ecstatic at first (who wouldn’t be?
), but then his dog developed an allergy to the specific brand after a year or so.
Now, he donates the bags he gets to the local animal shelter.
So yeah, he’s still getting it, but it’s not being used as originally planned!”
u/Ok_One501
11.
“I won a lifetime supply of Corn Nuts during a promo for their pepperoni pizza flavor.
After a couple of weeks, I was giving Corn Nuts to anyone who would cross my path.
I wondered how they came up with the appropriate number of boxes to be considered a ‘lifetime supply.’
u/doltdealer
12.
“I won a lifetime supply of chocolate, but it was handed to me all at once.
I set up in the middle of town and offered every resident as much chocolate as they could eat.
It was probably the biggest congregation of people in that (admittedly small) town’s history.
All the chocolate was gone by the end of the day.”
u/Zanian19
13.
She lasted about three months before she couldn’t do it anymore and gave me the coupon.
I had the coupon for a couple of weeks before we started sharing the coupon around the office.
I think we all stopped after six months.
It was just too much for any one person to handle.”
u/Mm_mumbles
14.
It looked like a credit card.
They sold the location to Pirates Cove minigolf, which did not honor my lifetime pass.
u/Jedidax
15.
“I got lifetime oil changes from a car dealership promotion.
They went out of business after two years.”
u/ResearchDisastrous38
16.
“I won a lifetime supply of jellybeans from Jelly Belly as a teenager.
I could receive one delivery of a three-kilogram bag or three deliveries over a year of one one-kilogram bag.
My mother forced me to choose the second option, so I didn’t gorge myself.”
u/recyclemen
17.
“I won a ‘lifetime supply’ of Milk Duds from a movie theater contest in the ’90s.
In the fine print, it said it was only for a year.
I ate so many that I’m now disgusted by them.”
u/rottenragu
18.
“My friend won a lifetime supply of pizza from a national chain.
He received 25 coupon books one for each year.
Each contains 52 coupons for one free pizza.
Each coupon is only valid for one week of the year.”
u/pmcall221
19.
“Not a lifetime, but I won 1,000 Pop-Tarts from their ‘Pop it Forward’ contest.
There were 1,000, 10,000, and 1,000,000 as the categories.
I submitted that I would make a dress from the wrappers.
Thanks to all my friends, I won!
u/babybiancadelrio
20.
“I won a lifetime supply of Gillette razor blades, shaving cream, and aftershave while in college.
I don’t even know how I won.
The shaving cream and aftershave were travel-size.
I kept one box, which lasted me about five years.
u/DyesAlot86
21.
We eventually ran out and joked about how they owed us more soap since we were still alive.
We eventually ran out of jokes, too!”
u/anirudhlkgoel
22.And: “My friend won lifetime tickets for a rave-bang out festival.
She can’t even give away her tickets.
They’re only valid if she goes along.”
u/dcdcdani
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
