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Liberty Village? Is that a condo development or something? Tim's likes the all day traffic, if it is residential only, then they pretty much just get the morning and afternoon rush.
But I dunno - I lived in Parkdale when it was a slum, not trendy nouveau urban chic! |
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They do have one in the Esso station at Stachan and King but it isn't close enough to get the new media workers in the village... If they has snapped up the retail space on the north west corner of King and Dufferin they would have made a mint. The area is sorely under-represented by coffee places. |
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They aren't the same, the suff is never fresh, ugh. |
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The java is always fresh and they get pastries and doughnuts a couple times a day. |
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There are something like another 29 planned for that lot from Spadina to Bathurst, F.G. Gardiner, north to Front Street. That's thousands of plebes trapped in the suburban like downtown box. In the morning, they would all be dying for a Tims. We should all put in 100 grand each and open up our own Tim Hortons!! Nothing could stop us. |
I think you're right... that would be a good spot. It's also stumbling distance from the Skydome.
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I've lost my ability to participate, officially speaking. I can win coffees and such at stores other than my own, but I would be unable to claim the big prizes.
The whole thing is pure marketing genius, as is evidenced by the fact that they bring it back year after year. I don't think they could stop it now if they wanted to; the public outcry would be unreal. Not that they want to. I particularly enjoy the signs in store that display the total number of winning tabs at that store, it's a nice touch. They make a nice big number to look out without giving any real idea of what the store's volume is. In point of comparison, my store is at approximately 5000 winners as of now. Sounds like a lot, right? Well, sure. Unless you consider that we make approximately $5000 gross per day (my estimate based on past experience), and that most of that gross comes from orders costing less than $4. I unloaded the truck today; on it were approximately twenty boxes of cups containing 1000 cups apiece. We will use nearly all of those by the time the truck comes again, this time next week. And we're not even a very busy store. In that light, 5000 winners in the month or so we've been running the promo doesn't seem like all that much. |
Toronto locations aside, my wife and I now estimate that we've had 30 cups these last couple weeks and have won nothing, even in 'odds stacked' Alberta.
I hate this promotion. Too much extra business. I buy the coffee because I'm tired in the morning without it. I don't like the extra lines caused by these johnny-come-lately-rollers-of-rims. I would also like to say that I walk right past a Second Cup and a Starbucks every day. I also walk by a mom-and-pop fairtrade coffeeshop, and if I walk another block over, I pass a Roasters. I am not really a fan of the higher priced, often burnt and stale offerings of the other shops. Give me a blind taste test, I think I'll chose the mass produced and mass perfected Tim's blend. |
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First of all, as you TO dwellers should know, it is "Skydome" not "the Skydome". Second, it is Rogers Centre now. Get with it man. |
I refuse to call it anything but Skydome... as for the use of "the", I did not call it The Skydome, I said, the Skydome. Small but big difference.
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No, I believe that the wanted it used like a Name.
Like, it is also stumbling distance from Sticky or Skydome. I think it is dumb, but what can you do. |
Hmmm... well I know it's not a Skydome... whatever.
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The Man has decided that it is the Rogers Centre.
Just like the Molson Centre became the Bell Centre. Those rat bastards |
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It was christined SkyDome, SkyDome shall it be. No-one I know calls it the Rogers Centre. Fuck Ted Rogers that egomaniac. It cost 580 million to build, he bought it for 25 million. |
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Why would you be upset at Ted Rogers. Looks like he got a good deal, no? Who sold it to him and ripped off the taxpayers? |
Another losing cup.
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First: Ding! my second cup of free coffee. But then I bought a round of 5 large for my Kumon tutors on the weekend, and don't know how those fared.... Second: I always thought that Toronto was under-Timmed as well, especially considering the number of those stores that I saw in Nova Scotia when I was out there. Incredible density. They are definitely over-Timmed. Third: I hate the name Roger's Centre. I can never figure out immediately what is meant. When I first heard it, I had no idea that the_Skydome was renamed to that. I also know that its real name was Skydome. But I don't know anybody who said just 'Skydome'. It was always 'the Skydome' with a small 'the'. Fourth: I was in a Tim's on the weekend, and noticed that their advertising now states explicitly that you actually WIN the CAR, not the LEASE. Some bad press going around? |
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I always included "the". My favourite entry from that contest was: the "Canadian Ontario National Dome" or CONdome. heh. |
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:lol: Especially in the far reaches of Level 500! Very private there during the mid-90's |
..... nope, not this time either
every time they bring out rrrroll up the rim, i make a point to go to tims for a lg tea .... only time i really go there all yr. ... i am 0 fer 16 so far this time around .... gotta admit its quite the marketing gag ... gets me sucked in every time ...
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I took my son to his dentist appointment this morning and lo and behold, there is a new (to me anyway) Tim Horton's at the South East corner of Yonge and Eglinton... I bought my first Tim Horton's coffee since last summer...
I rolled the rim and felt just like Sticky. |
I hate those special spanish cups too. Although I would actually prefer it if my cups came right out and said it too.
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They make enough money, I reckon they can afford a few $35k SUV's. |
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I don't drink Coffee any ways, but I get maybe 2-3 Hot Choclates(sp) and win 1 or 2 times:D
But its only Donuts or Muffins:hmm: |
I'm now a whoping 0-18.
The kick in the face is the damn sign I see everyday that tells me how many thousands of winners there are in that location alone. |
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Time to find a new Timmies to buy from.... :thumbsup: |
Three seperate locations. Two people purchasing semi-regular coffees. One whining Bossnass and his multi-year zero win streak.
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Ding! A free doughnut from the Timmy's at Vic Park and Sheppard
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OK, I'll be the first to go there ... think that guy who blew himself up downtown today at the Tim's on Yorkville did so out of frustration, having hit his 25th "Please try again" rim?
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Blew himself up??
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I thought it might be Sticky getting a little frustrated with losing so much...
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I can't get over how bad RUTR sucks out here in Atlantic Canada! And I keep reading about how your odds of winning are better out here?
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Glad to see you are still here. I feared for you. ;) |
No worries... I am actually in the south of France right now. Besides, my office is in the Queen and Spadina area... Yonge and Bloor is a world away.
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