Tim Horton's Roll up the rim to win contest

[CKY]

Alright guys, I've been averaging 2 more coffees a day in hopes of winning myself a rav4. But so far I've gotten jack. I suspect that the reason for that is because I only buy medium sized coffees. Is there a thing saying that medium coffees wins you less things? Or is it just me and my bad luck?

[shakalaka]

Just think of the chances man....you need to be SUPER SUPER lucky to win anything big from that shit.

[t-im]

Dude, the chances of winning the Rav4 are gonna be pretty tough -

[rony_espana]

I've actually won twice with mediums, nothing big though, just free coffee's. I've never won with a large. I buy about 3/day

EDIT: I'm actually aiming to win one of those TV's :D

[mac_82]

I just won a free coffee!

:clap:

[Pee_Sack]

I have never won anything besides coffes and donuts. A friend of mine won a bar-b-que one year. Another friend of mine won the bike. The best part about the bike was that it came in a box and she had to assemble it.

[HRD2PLZ]

A heavy coffee drinker at the office says he wins most often on the Large and Mediums. His usual is the Extra Large and he says he rarely wins on them :dunno:

Another lady at the office won a mountain bike off of a large coffee.

[blueToy]

Originally posted by CKY
Alright guys, I've been averaging 2 more coffees a day in hopes of winning myself a rav4. But so far I've gotten jack. I suspect that the reason for that is because I only buy medium sized coffees. Is there a thing saying that medium coffees wins you less things? Or is it just me and my bad luck?

If you saved the cash you spend on coffee , you'd be half way to a monthly payment . :thumbsup:

[lastprodigy]

I won a free coffee off my first one...and now Im drinking the free one. Anyways...they get more large cups than med or XL, so there are winners among those even though the % are likely the same.

[QuasarCav]

I'd want to win too, if their coffee didn't taste like ass.

No self respecting coffee drinker can call that good coffee.

Rant over.

[ecstasy_civic]

A buddy @ work is 0-23 LOL:confused: all larges

[Clever]

My boss and I average 3 Timmies XL coffees a day. Last we won a free coffee between the two of us. So far this week we have won a donut so things are looking good for us.

[viffer]

Originally posted by blueToy


If you saved the cash you spend on coffee , you'd be half way to a monthly payment . :thumbsup:
hahahaha so true. I just did a quick calculation and I spend over a grand on Timmy's coffee every year. :eek:

And nope, haven't won anything yet, and never have, other than more coffee.

[RX-7_TWINTURBO]

won a free coffee off of a xl a couple days ago... a rav 4 would sure be nice

[joyridder]

When I was 19, I used to bake at the one by sait..there were lots of winners of big prizes there...
couple of ppl won some TV's, one lady one an SUV....The only bad thing about it was some of the staff used to steal the winning tickets and give them to their friends to come in later with.
I haven't one nothing yet..:banghead:

[dericer]

My boss was ready to strangle me.

He's about 0 for 50 w/ the roll up to wins.

He bought me a coffee yesterday, he goes 0-51, I won a free coffee :bigpimp: Funny thing is I never buy Tim's coffee.

Needless to say, but anybody know who's hiring :D

[heavyD]

Originally posted by QuasarCav
I'd want to win too, if their coffee didn't taste like ass.

No self respecting coffee drinker can call that good coffee.

Rant over.

Your rant never even registered. Millions of addicted Tim's drinkers disagree. Don't tell me. Your $4.00 cup of Starbucks coffee is better right.:rolleyes:

Back on topic. Roll up the Rim to win used to be great but they have really scaled back the winners over the past few years to the point where you have better odds of winning on a 5-pic sports select card than winning even a donut or coffee.:(

[SteveMo600]

Just to let you all know, I know a guy that works at a store and in the rules it states that the larger the coffee, the more likely you are to win.

Don't hold your breathe if you want to win something big with a medium coffee, it won't happen.

All of the past vehicles have been with Large or XLarge cups.

[lastprodigy]

1/2 so far

[CKY]

Found the rules here (http://www.timhortons.com/en/about/2006-rutw-rules.html)

So your best bet to win is actually buying large coffees.

[rony_espana]

^good to know:thumbsup:

[Stratus_Power]

1/2 here so far as well. bought a XL yesterday morning, got nothing, then a L on the afternoon and won a free coffee. Going to redeem that coffee later today

[QuasarCav]

Originally posted by heavyD


Your rant never even registered. Millions of addicted Tim's drinkers disagree. Don't tell me. Your $4.00 cup of Starbucks coffee is better right.:rolleyes:

Back on topic. Roll up the Rim to win used to be great but they have really scaled back the winners over the past few years to the point where you have better odds of winning on a 5-pic sports select card than winning even a donut or coffee.:(


So wrong D:rolleyes:

My 1.85 cup of Second cup tastes much better.

[heavyD]

Originally posted by QuasarCav



So wrong D:rolleyes:

My 1.85 cup of Second cup tastes much better.

Ha. Ha. With your comment I thought you may be a Sarbucks eletist. Second cup coffee is okay. I used to drink it alot but prefer Tim's. Food is subjective like anything else. I have to line up outside Tim's every morning to get my XL DD so obvioulsly the majority of coffee drinkers in Canada disagree with you.;)

[Foz]

Alright, makes me want to go get a large cup of coffee..

or their French Vanilla... :drool:

[CKY]

Originally posted by heavyD


Ha. Ha. With your comment I thought you may be a Sarbucks eletist. Second cup coffee is okay. I used to drink it alot but prefer Tim's. Food is subjective like anything else. I have to line up outside Tim's every morning to get my XL DD so obvioulsly the majority of coffee drinkers in Canada disagree with you.;)

:werd: But I still think certain Tim's have better coffee than other ones. (aka. MRC) their coffee always has this slightly burnt smell to it.

[handsomebassman]

Originally posted by QuasarCav



So wrong D:rolleyes:

My 1.85 cup of Second cup tastes much better.

My girlfriend works at Second Cup, and i personally think their coffee tastes horrible.
Ill stick with my tims. mmmm.

[heavyD]

Originally posted by CKY


:werd: But I still think certain Tim's have better coffee than other ones. (aka. MRC) their coffee always has this slightly burnt smell to it.

The thing about Tim's is that you have to get a fresh pot. The flavour degrades sharply (ie: gets strong) with time on the heating element.

[5hift]

Didnt some girl at Mount Royal win the Envoy XL or similar just last year from this?

[D'z Nutz]

Here's a tip:

Don't roll up the rims when the cup's full of hot coffee!

Haha! My first job during high school was at Tim Horton's at the airport years ago and you'd be surprised how many people would start peeling the rims as soon as the cups were handed to them! How disappointing to voluntarily burn your fingers for a free donut, or worse, nothing! :rofl:

[Justing]

Originally posted by QuasarCav
I'd want to win too, if their coffee didn't taste like ass.

No self respecting coffee drinker can call that good coffee.

Rant over.

:werd:
Their coffe tastes like ass. If i buy a cup now its just to see if i win... and if i loose i'll give the coffee to a homeless guy that doesn't know any better

[rony_espana]

I personally love Tim hortons coffee, can't really stand any other ones (starbucks, second cup etc....)

2 Large so far today :drool: didn't win though

[Fosgate R]

A couple just came in to the toyota dealership I work at and they won a Rav4 at the timmies over in avaneda place in the SE. Lucky F**kers, all i ever win is coffee and donuts

[CKY]

Originally posted by Fosgate R
A couple just came in to the toyota dealership I work at and they won a Rav4 at the timmies over in avaneda place in the SE. Lucky F**kers, all i ever win is coffee and donuts

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO my rav4. :cry: Okay I only have 1 medium, large and extra large left. I gotta win this!!

And about the fresh pot thing. The thign is, at MRC they don't use pots. It's just a machine, they push the button, coffee drips down. Gods know how long it's been used for.

[HybridTheory]

Aren't the odds of winning 1/9 or something?

But anyway, I'm 1/3 so far. I've never won anything bigger than a donut or coffee. Timmy's coffee might not be that good to some people but I still think its the best regular coffee. And I'm not talking about the cafe mochas or lattes that people usually have from Starbucks. I hate the taste of just plain coffee from Starbucks.

[chris]

Originally posted by Pee_Sack
The best part about the bike was that it came in a box and she had to assemble it.
that's how all bikes come

[CIVIC_MAN]

i'm one for three. who's saying that tim hortons coffee isnt good?? there is nothing better

[Bushy]

I was a manager at tims, and the odds are technically 1/9, but you have a better chance at the better prizes buying larger sizes.
there are a certain amount of prizes for each province, and then each size of coffee, and they are just randomly put in various boxes in the warehouse and sent to various stores.
EX: Alberta...12 tvs med-2 tvs lg-4 tvs xlg-6tvs

[jcrules99]

0 for 1 so far lol just bought my first XL today

[Stratus_Power]

we definitly should all just post our #winner / # coffee and combine to see if the ratio is actualyl ~ 1/9 :P

[barbarian]

You have a better chance of winning 6/49.

[GQBalla]

lol i like completly cut down on drinking caffeine
>< this roll up to win is makin want to drink coffee again.

i remember when i was workin at 5 in the monring during the summer i was at times 4 times a day......

[Bushy]

im not tryin to promote tims or anything tho, I HATE them. they treat their employees like shit

[GSR Zero]

4 for 8 so far. Won with 2 larges and 2 XL

[rony_espana]

I'm sitting at around 1 win for every 4 coffee's; just sticking to larges now though; need my new 50" plasma TV :D

[kevie88]

I've bought about 25-30 coffees for dealers that I visit, and no one has won anything haha.. I must be bad luck!

[gerrycurl21]

has an employee ever just steal a stack of cups from them? You dont need a reciept to prove you bought the coffee right? But couldnt they just hand the winning cup to someone else


Employees cannot win right?

[Foz]

Originally posted by gerrycurl21
has an employee ever just steal a stack of cups from them? You dont need a reciept to prove you bought the coffee right? But couldnt they just hand the winning cup to someone else


Employees cannot win right?

typical contests states that no employee nor immediate family member can win..

but whose to say not to give it to a friend.

[SLR]

I am personally 0-15 right now. I never win. I rock the XL 3-3 :bigpimp:

[85regal]

buy an xtra large every morning, only a free donut so far....

[theken]

i get one large dd just about every morning, last year 0-37 this year 1-5 won a donut, i wanted another coffee for free but the donut was good, the funny thing is another driver bought it for me and i won and he is 0-10 haha love it

****update*** won a coffee, odd thing is, i asked the chick, hey is this one gonna wn, she said gauranteed your winning a coffee, i was like k if i dont win your gonna give me a free one, she said sure, i won i was like damn. nother edit won again nother coffee schweet

[Stratus_Power]

won one yesterday, free coffee again, lost this morning

2/4 so far.. not bad :D 1 large 1 XL winner

[dino_martini]

0 - 2 so far, Ive been drinking larges... I want that rav4. I was looking at the huge rules poster at the one in signal hill. It had this section of the number of winning cups for rav 4 in alberta: 4 in total - 1 medium, 2 large, 1 extra large. Then it just went down the list to tvs, cash prizes..blah blah blah. I was watching a tv show, cant remeber which one but it said that Rollllllll up the rim to win is the number one garbage producing contest in canada...like 50 tons of garbage.

[girl]

Originally posted by Bushy
im not tryin to promote tims or anything tho, I HATE them. they treat their employees like shit

All depends on which Tims you work for I think. Have a friend that has worked there for 3 years with no complaints. Depends on the owners and who they hire (@$$ managers, etc.).

0/3 med...another one coming in a few min!

[jcrules99]

0 for 2 now! fook

[nismodrifter]

0/2 Large

[Gondi Stylez]

Like a few people on here, I think Tim's coffee is pure and utter :bullshit: IMHO it is under roasted and has not developed any full flavor.

Now, Second Cup I am not fond of but that is just my preference.

Starbucks :D Well, yes I guess you could call me an elitist (Heavy D) because for my taste the bean has been roasted very well and their coffee blend is EXACTLY as the description says. Their Espresso (which I drink) has decent crema (only par due to the fully automated machine) and is not runny or watery. Thieir Espresso drinks (eg. Caramel Macchiatto) are also done well. Mind you having such drinks at 180`C is prefect.

BUT, out of all the coffee chains, my favorite is my Breville 800EXSL Espresso machine! It makes me what I what, when I want and just how I like it!! ;) I pick the bean, grind it up and viola a coffee drink that would blow ANY large coffee chain out of the water! To boot, it costs me a fraction of the price! :thumbsup:

Anyways, my contribuation to the thread: I've only won free donuts and coffee! Yee haa!

[DC2]

i have a friend that works at tims, she says its mostly med. cups that win.

they arent allowed to win. but you are right. her friends sure can ;)

i'll see if she can ahh borrow some cups for me

[LuxCars]

YES. one free coffee after 10 tires...hahaha

[handsomebassman]

Originally posted by Gondi Stylez
...Thieir Espresso drinks (eg. Caramel Macchiatto) are also done well. Mind you having such drinks at 180`C is prefect.



yea, nothing like a drink at almost twice its boiling point.


Sadly, the reason i dont drink at second cup or starbucks, is because apparently all of those employees also mixed up which system of measurement to use. Im always guaranteed a nice hole in my tongue, or not being able to taste anything for the next three days while my taste buds grow back.

I dont care how underroasted, or whatever coffee expert lingo you have to throw around, I love my timmy's. lol.

So far im running about one win for every 4 or 5 larges.

[Rocky]

Just went 0 for 1.

[3G]

won a donut whoop dee doo

[Gondi Stylez]

Originally posted by handsomebassman


yea, nothing like a drink at almost twice its boiling point.


Sadly, the reason i dont drink at second cup or starbucks, is because apparently all of those employees also mixed up which system of measurement to use. Im always guaranteed a nice hole in my tongue, or not being able to taste anything for the next three days while my taste buds grow back.

I dont care how underroasted, or whatever coffee expert lingo you have to throw around, I love my timmy's. lol.

So far im running about one win for every 4 or 5 larges.

Temperature is personal preference, but the "textbook" temp. for milk is 150`C whereas I like mine 180`C! But so is taste! Therefore, :thumbsup: for your tims and :thumbsup: to my starbucks :closed:

[lauphman]

Originally posted by QuasarCav



So wrong D:rolleyes:

My 1.85 cup of Second cup tastes much better.

lol i work at second cup/harveys and think the coffe tastes like shit on my break i go over to tim hortons.

[HybridTheory]

Only 1 for 7 so far. Damn XL cups haven't won me jack shit. I'm getting large ones from now on.

[rbau493]

Originally posted by Bushy
I was a manager at tims, and the odds are technically 1/9, but you have a better chance at the better prizes buying larger sizes.
there are a certain amount of prizes for each province, and then each size of coffee, and they are just randomly put in various boxes in the warehouse and sent to various stores.
EX: Alberta...12 tvs med-2 tvs lg-4 tvs xlg-6tvs

These are the actual numbers...

For Alberta,Sask,NWT and Yukon.


Rav4
M=1
L=2
XL=1

TV
M=2
L=4
XL=4

$1000
M=11
L=20
XL=18

BBQ
M=219
L=405
XL=353

[CKY]

FRICKKKK I was so tired today I threw the cup away after drinking it :banghead: :banghead:

[Foz]

^^ some 10 year old will find it and require another 12 year old to roll up the rim.

[jcrules99]

1 for 4! damn

[nismodrifter]

0/3 Large

[Foz]

0/4 - 3 medium, 1 large

[Stiny]

dunno if anyone posted this already but yeah
i heard two little girls found a coffee cup at a high school but the one that found it couldn't role up the rim so the other on rolled the rim and won the rav 4 now the two families are fighting for it i think

[HybridTheory]

Frik I'm 1/9, with 3 XL and 6 L, won with the large one. Next cup I get tomorrow on my way to school better win me something...

[CKY]

2 free coffees only :cry: . I gotta start goin' to the Northland one where my friend works and get a double "roll cup" cuz my hands are sensitive :poosie:

[dino_martini]

0 - 3 on large...fuck

[Stratus_Power]

been 0-5 since my last win. 4/11 so far all coffee

[Si_FlyGuy]

This thread makes me wanna drop by timmies. 0-1 so far.

[HybridTheory]

1/11....grrrr :thumbsdow I haven't won anything since I won the free coffee

[jcrules99]

1 for 5.. just that one donut

[mo_money2supe]

I've been buying XL's for the past 3 years, and had won maybe twice in 100 tries. This morning, I thought I'd cheap out and buy a L. Well, whaddya know, I won a free coffee!! From now on, I'm gonna save myself a couple of cents and buy larges 'cause it sure seems like there's more chances of winning!

[JordanEG6]

haha i find it rewarding to just roll up that stupid rim. its not as easy as TV :rofl:

[HybridTheory]

Hahaha, I can never roll up the rim just using my hands. I know I look like a retard rolling it up with my teeth but whatever. Anways, I've had 2 cups of Tim's since I started studying today and nothing! I'm 1/13 right now.

[nismodrifter]

Rolling it up is a pain in the buttocks. Have to use my teeth, fingers get all sticky, it's gay.

[5hift]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, there has got to be a better way to do this. Like McDonalds Monopoly when all you have to do is peel that sticker off the side of the cup.

[dino_martini]

0 - 4 all Large. I usually have won something by now. I want that Rav4 soooooo bad.

*edit* I just looked at the Tim Hortons website.

http://www.timhortons.com/en/about/2006-rutw-prize-winners.html

No tv's have been won yet, and only 1 rav 4. Excellent...to tim hortons we go!!!!!!

[max_boost]

1/1 Large. Got a free coffee :D

[HybridTheory]

Wow I'm surprised only one of the Rav 4's has been won. If I won it I wouldn't keep it though, probably sell it and get the $. One of the tv's would be sweet too, hell I'd be happy with the $1000 bucks so I could pay off my visa. Anyways, just came back from Tim's, damn 1/14 now. I must have bad luck. :thumbsdow

[Kobe]

0/1 on the large.. Had 2 buy one today with all this talk LOL

[Rocky]

I move for more "rollable" rims! We should sue for false advertising >.>

0 for 2! I should make the extra effort to go to Tim's instead of 7/11 for morning coffee... even though it's like 4 blocks farther.

[ninjak84]

You guys gotta be rolling them wrong, here's a trick:
Fold the cup in half (as in squash it so it's flat), then roll the rim upwards. It's a bitch to do normally because it's a circular shape, and you're rolling against the curvature gradient. When you flatten the cup, there's no tension pressure against the rolling movement.

I get a medium hot chocolate everyday, must have been 50 cups since the contest, and so far.... 1 donut :thumbsup: :rofl: Whatever, better than nothing I guess!

[CKY]

Nothing but coffees and donuts :guns: my rav4 comon comon

[HybridTheory]

Originally posted by ninjak84
You guys gotta be rolling them wrong, here's a trick:
Fold the cup in half (as in squash it so it's flat), then roll the rim upwards. It's a bitch to do normally because it's a circular shape, and you're rolling against the curvature gradient. When you flatten the cup, there's no tension pressure against the rolling movement.

I get a medium hot chocolate everyday, must have been 50 cups since the contest, and so far.... 1 donut :thumbsup: :rofl: Whatever, better than nothing I guess!

Interesting idea, I've never tried that. I'll do that next time I get a coffee. And damn 50 tries with no win? I thought I was the one with bad luck around here. I'm 1/15 so far.

[Si_FlyGuy]

Originally posted by HybridTheory
I'll do that next time I get a coffee.

and that will be in...what...15 mins?:nut:

[HybridTheory]

Originally posted by Si_FlyGuy


and that will be in...what...15 mins?:nut:

Lol yeah I've gotta lay off the caffiene, haven't had any yet today.

I tried the other technique yesterday, it does work but the cup still had some left on the bottom so I spilled some on my desk. Anyways, I'm 1/16, frik!

[Justing]

Ok so i finally gave in and bought a large. I HATE tim hortons coffee, tastes like ass, burnt ass actually because once again, just like every other time i've tried there coffee, its burnt.
BUT i figure its worth it for a RAV4.

I drink a quarter of it and couldn't stand the nastyness anymore so I just rolled it and a got a free coffee:banghead: (which i found out was a loser so i threw it out)

Thats makes me 1/2 i guess. lol

[jcrules99]

2 for 8!!

haha 2 donuts now, both on large

[calgarys_finest]

im a winning machine 10 for 24 so far all larges and 1-2 a day 8 coffies and 2 doughnuts. this year though timmys lets me switch my doughnuts for coffies last year they didnt.

[dino_martini]

0 - 6...two large today. fuck this shit!!! :thumbsdow

[CKY]

So no big winners on Beyond yet? I figured theres gotta at least a handful of caffeine addicts on here rolling rims every morning.

[slyguy]

free donut!! swish