Minister Cries Foul Over Kirkwood Mailer
An advertisement for a sales event at Kirkwood Mitsubishi led a longtime Kirkwood resident to think he won hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars.
Edwin Parker, 75, of Kirkwood, calls a recent mail advertisement for a sales event at Kirkwood Mitsubishi a fraud and a scam. The longtime Kirkwood resident and minister of Freedom Church in Valley Park thought that he won a sizable prize after he played a scratch-off game included in a mailer for the event that ran Nov. 5-12. When Parker went to Kirkwood Mitsubishi to claim his prize, he discovered he only won $3. The fine print of the ad notes the majority of winning amounts of the "up to $3500 cash prize" is $3. "It's probably the best thing I've ever seen to fool the people, and the people of Kirkwood," Parker said, adding that it was the biggest fraud he had ever seen. Parker said he went to claim his prize thinking that money, a gas …
Jan B.
7:15 am on Thursday, November 15, 2012
Unfortunately, that is the name of the game these days isn't it? more ›