Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently shared their experience of winning enough of something to last them a lifetime (however it is that the terms and conditions define ‘lifetime’ in their case). One user asked them what they won and how, and whether or not they were still receiving their prizes, and netizens were more than willing to share.
Scroll down to find their stories on the list below, where you will also findBored Panda’sinterview with the person who started the thread, Juli, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions.
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I won a trivia thing from a radio station in 2015–the prize was a lifetime supply of passes/movie candy from AMC theaters. They gave me a gift card looking thing to show at AMC that allows up to $40 in snacks for free plus admission.It’s been almost ten years and this card still works. It’s 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. I’m honestly shocked that it’s still valid but it’s probably the best thing I’ve ever won in my life.
I won a coupon for a lifetime supply of kisses from my kid and so far still a happy recipient 🫰🏻.
In a recent interview withBored Panda, the OP, Juli, shared what made her think about the lifetime supply prizes: “I was ordering food for my cats on Amazon; they recommend a subscription plan where I don’t have to order manually every time. I thought of all the things that I regularly have to buy and in what intervals. I mean, you got toilet paper, trash bags in different sizes, laundry detergent, deodorant, cleaning wipes, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, razor blades, toothbrush, toothpaste and the more frequent stuff like food and beverages.“That’s A LOT and I hate the endless cycle of buying it, running out of it, buying it again. You’re telling me I have to do this till the day I die??? Sounds exhausting. If only one of those things was free and I wouldn’t have to take care of the shopping, it would make life so much easier.”
In a recent interview withBored Panda, the OP, Juli, shared what made her think about the lifetime supply prizes: “I was ordering food for my cats on Amazon; they recommend a subscription plan where I don’t have to order manually every time. I thought of all the things that I regularly have to buy and in what intervals. I mean, you got toilet paper, trash bags in different sizes, laundry detergent, deodorant, cleaning wipes, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, razor blades, toothbrush, toothpaste and the more frequent stuff like food and beverages.
“That’s A LOT and I hate the endless cycle of buying it, running out of it, buying it again. You’re telling me I have to do this till the day I die??? Sounds exhausting. If only one of those things was free and I wouldn’t have to take care of the shopping, it would make life so much easier.”
I didn’t win as such, but I saved a pizzeria owner from a major problem with the tax authorities, due the failure of his computer, in 1999 or so, when I asked what I wanted for payment, I said “You can serve food and wine for my wife and daughter tomorrow”. He did, and said he would do for as long as he is in business. He still honours this 25 years later.
“I’ve heard of those stories from people that won a lifetime supply of something and always wondered if that’s actually a thing and if so, how often it happens,” Juli continued, adding that she didn’t expect the hundreds, if not thousands, of answers.
I won a lifetime supply of Marmite.One jar.(British joke).
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.But then the company called him up, and next thing we know, he’s got a garage full of toilet paper.The funny part is, my friend is the last person who’d ever think about needing that much toilet paper.He’s super organized, and he lives alone, so he’s always been the type to buy in bulk and have a stockpile of essentials. Winning this contest was like hitting the jackpot for him.He got so much toilet paper that he ended up giving it away to friends and family. For months, everyone knew that if they were running low, they could just call him up. 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.He said it felt like a little bit of a burden had been lifted when he finally had to go out and buy toilet paper again.
“We buy so many unnecessary and overpriced things. If only we would consume more consciously, we would maybe have a couple bucks left at the end of the month to buy something nice for the less fortunate.”
My grandma had an awesome sense of humor. We were all with her the days leading up to her dying at 93 in her own home. It wasn’t particularly sad, we were celebrating her life. At one point she was lying in bed and held up a half full box of the candy “tic tacs” and said “lifetime supply”.
A friend (back in the 70s) used to enter magazine contests all the time, one day he got a check in the mail for $25,000. No fanfare or anything, he just got a check in the mail. He bought a house in town, which would have never happened on his own. He died a long time ago but his kids still live there, so I guess he won a lifetime supply of housing.
“While I complain about having to buy all those necessities listed above over and over again, I sometimes forget what a privilege it is to be able to afford it. I don’t have to be careful how much toothpaste or toilet paper I use, because I‘m able to buy more whenever I need,” Juli told Bored Panda.“But that’s not at all the case for everyone and may also not last forever. I think we shouldn’t forget about where products come from, what natural resources they take up and what we really really need and whichthings we can do without. Next time maybe buy a donut for yourself and someone in need.”
“While I complain about having to buy all those necessities listed above over and over again, I sometimes forget what a privilege it is to be able to afford it. I don’t have to be careful how much toothpaste or toilet paper I use, because I‘m able to buy more whenever I need,” Juli told Bored Panda.
“But that’s not at all the case for everyone and may also not last forever. I think we shouldn’t forget about where products come from, what natural resources they take up and what we really really need and whichthings we can do without. Next time maybe buy a donut for yourself and someone in need.”
I won a lifetime supply of pasta! A supermarket in my town closed down its branch and gave away their products in a raffle. I bought a ticket for 2 bucks at a festival and ended up winning the entire pasta section.
One of my friends won a lifetime supply of dog food through a contest he entered on a whim. 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 just donates the bags he still gets to the local animal shelter. So yeah, he’s still getting it, but it’s not exactly going to use as originally planned!
Unfortunately not a lifetime, but a year’s worth of donuts from a local restaurant. They specialize in audacious donuts during their brunch hours and held an ugly Christmas sweater contest during a brunch in December. They called to tell me I had won and to come and pick up my prize after the holidays. It was a punchcard for a getting a free donut each week of the year. We went ahead and took advantage of the freebie while we were there and I enjoyed what would surely be one of many free donuts that year. Yes, 2020 was lining up to be a real winner.
Not a lifetime supply but I won a year’s supply of free meals from Qdoba when I was in college. They just give you a gift card with 52 free meals loaded on it. As a college student it was heaven, I heard of another student who won the same prize but they had a typo on their card and got 520 burritos instead of 52.
I won a lifetime supply of depression after the army, it still delivers every day like clockwork.
I won a lifetime pass for a minigolf and go cart place that was popular in my area back in the 80s. It wasn’t a random drawing, it was a prize for a contest to raise funds for a specific charity.They made a whole big deal about it and my picture was in the local paper. I got the pass, which was a business card sized laminated paper with their branding, my name, a bar code, and “irrevocable lifetime pass”.The first time I went to use it, they refused to let me in. I called the next day to speak with the manager and he told me the whole thing was a publicity stunt and I should feel good for having raised money for charity. I tried again and was denied access to the park. Then the third time I was denied entry, the card was confiscated, and I was “lifetime banned”.Nobody cared. The paper that ran the article, the contest organizers, nobody. I couldn’t help but smirk when that place went out of business but, they went out of business maybe 10 years ago so I missed out on something like 30 years of using that pass. Of course I respected their lifetime ban, and was always open about my story and how I got banned for trying to use the lifetime pass they had given me. But nobody cared.Update: This is a story about a kid getting screwed out of a prize through a loophole. Nobody was bodily harmed, nobody starved, there were no threats of violence. It’s a case of poor business ethics, not a cause for moral outrage. Poor kid got screwed but, the world continued to spin, the tide continued to ebb and flow, and hurt feelings eventually were overcome. Please keep that in mind. Nothing I’ve mentioned here is worthy of anything more than a “wtf” as this pales in comparison to the real problems we face in this world.
I had a coworker that won a years supply of Cinnabon - basically a free Cinnabon everyday for a year. She lasted about 3 months before she couldn’t do it any more and gave me the coupon. I had the coupon for a couple of weeks before we just started sharing the coupon around the office. I think we just all stoped after six months. It was just too much for any one person to handle.
Lifetime supply of pizza, pasta or salad from a chain place in Sydney. They have about 5 locations. Have used it about 200 times in the past 5 years. Wasn’t won, but they only sold 200 of them and it is likely the best purchase I have made in terms of value. Still go there a few times a month. .
Got lifetime oil changes from a car dealership promotion. They went out of business after 2 years.
Back in the mid 90’s early days of the Internet I won the Yahoo! March madness bracket challenge and it included a ‘lifetime supply’ of Gillette Razors. So every year right after the 1st of the year , I receive whatever the latest and greatest razor they are promoting and 24 refills. I have even moved twice since then and never provided a change of address, but they still show up like clock work./I also won 5k cash, a Spalding basketball, 12 large Pizza Hut pizza’s, and 4 Jiffy Lube Oil changes.
When I bought my truck, it came with free oil changes for the life of the vehicle. Second oil change, mechanic comes to me with a bunch of additional “suggested” services. I declined. He says “Well, if you decline these services we have to charge you for the oil change"Never went back.
During the Olympics closing ceremony, they mentioned that one country offered (among other prizes) a lifetime of free colonoscopies to the gold winner.
I won a lifetime supply of Mountain Dew Live Wire while in college. Some random sponsored drawing on the drill field. What I received was 2 large pallets. During finals week. And it was nearly a lifetime supply.My kidneys nearly failed. I spent a few days in the hospital, I gave the the rest of the dew to my apartment complex, and to this day, I can not even look at Mountain Dew without my stomach turning.
Won a lifetime supply of bubble tea. I only go for one or two a month since I became pre diabetic.
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My buddy bought the $500 Amazon Prime for life membership back in the late 90’s.He says they’re constantly hitting him up with offers to switch….
I enter a lot of contests and have never won a “lifetime supply” of anything, but I did win a year supply of subway that came in the form of a massive gift card. I won the gift card while I was in college and pretty much had subway 2x a week for a year. I no longer eat subway 😆.
I went to school with someone who won a ‘life-time supply’ of chocolate milkshake. He was about 8 at the time and his mum asked for it all in one go, and donated it to the school and local foodbanks.
I had a (male) buddy in college whose legal name was a traditionally “female” name who got drunk one night and entered a contest to win a lifetime supply of feminine hygiene products.He won and it was really awkward.
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In highschool when Sirius radio first came out my dad bought me a lifetime pass as a graduation gift. A few years later my car was totaled in Hurricane Sandy, when I went to go switch the radio sub to my new car they informed me the “lifetime” was the lifetime of the radio and not me. I made a big stink about it being a natural disaster and eventually they gave me a free transfer. About 8 years later a class action lawsuit made them give everyone with lifetime subs free transfers forever so now I’m good again.
A coworker won a lifetime supply of quest bars because they were on the show the biggest loser.
I won a lifetime “happy hour” pass at my local bar. Closed down the next f*****g day because the owner was caught dealing cocaine that night.
Didn’t win a lifetime supply, but a while back I ordered some deodorant and the company sent me 3 cases of deodorant instead of 3 packs. I literally haven’t bought deodorant in 6 years, even after giving some away. I am actually down to my last pack and I know I am going to have to buy more soon, which makes me pretty sad.
Not a lifetime but a 2 year supply of Krispy Kreme donuts. I was in college at the time and brought them to a lot of events.
I once won McDonald’s happy meals for a year in one of their Monopoly games (Its really once a week for a year). I was a teenager, and thought it was hilarious, “I will never use this” — 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!
Lifetime of free car washes with the purchase of my truck. They went out of business, but I also stopped using the service because the car washes consisted of running my truck through an old car wash that was doing more damage than good.
I found a box with a ton of rubios promo coupons in a storage locker I bought at auction, they didn’t have expiration dates…. I had hundreds if not thousands of “free entree” “free drink” “free chips and guacamole” cards. My friends and I ate rubios for a few years until we finally ran out, was a sad day when I had to pay for my fish tacos the first time. *I still find a coupon from time to time In my boxes of stuff in the garage every once in a while still.
In 1980’s, my best friend won a radio contest for a lifetime access pass to all Kiss concerts. He was given a card with contact information anytime he wanted to attend. Two years later that phone number was disconnected and never became operational again.
I won ‘free donuts for a year” from being the first customer at the grand opening of a krispy kreme donut shop. Spent 16 hours waiting (along with a bunch of other people, who all got t-shirts).What I got was a punch card for 52 dozen donuts, that expired one year from the date of opening.
This is not technically something I won, but when I got braces my mom somehow managed to get them to write “free retainers for life” in my file. I have since had dental work done other places and moved to a different area, but if one of my retainers cracks or gets worn I still contact them for an appointment. I think the orthodontist who wrote it is long since retired. The receptionists are always confused when I call and say that’s not a thing they offer but I insist they pull my file and when they see it they end up honoring it. Even if one day I call and my file is not there anymore since I was a patient so long ago, it’s probably saved me thousands of dollars over the years.
In college, my wife won a “lifetime” supply of Red Bull in one of those -tag things, the one where you build your own downhill snow sled.She got thrown clear from her team’s sled, knocked the f**k out, and had a wicked injury (fully recovered though), all on video.The “lifetime” supply was easily twelve years’ worth if you had one a day, but college kids gonna college and it was half gone within 4 years of winning it lol.
Finally I get to answer this question!Last year my husband pulled one of the Topps TacoFractor cards. Now they put out like 300 of them with different players, so we had to wait till the play offs to find out if he won or not.Well he did end up winning and got “Taco Bell for Life” which was actually a gift card for $15,000 which is an insanely large amount of taco bell so as you can imagine, we took to Ebay and sold it off for the money!
I won a lifetime supply of Corn Nuts during a promo for their Pepperoni Pizza flavor. I assumed that this would have been like a laminated card that I could take to a convenience store and say “Nah, the Corn Nuts are already taken care of.“No. I got 6 giant a*s boxes of packs of Corn Nuts in various flavors (Pepperoni Pizza being the absolute worst). After a couple of weeks I was giving Corn Nuts to anyone who would cross my path and would entertain a snack that resembles the consistency of human teeth.I wondered how they came up with the appropriate number of boxes to be considered a “lifetime supply”. I can say that after that experience I never want to see another Corn Nut again, so I would consider it to be a lifetime supply.
I didn’t technically win anything, but they didn’t want me to return it so in a way it’s a win. I ordered a tube of grease for my truck, the kind you use for wheel bearings, they sent me a case of these tubes. I used about half a tube to pack my bearings, bearings are good for around 100k miles, they sent me 20 tubes. I think that’s fair to say I now have a lifetime supply of grease.
Met someone many years ago who’d got life threatening food poisoning on a plane.The out of court settlement was free first class travel, worldwide, for life.Unfortunately, it was with PanAm.
There was a place near me selling free tacos for life (once a week of two tacos meal) for $100.. They went out of business 3 months later. Not sure if it was because of the deal, or they knew and were trying to milk some extra cash before closing.
Not me but my sister; she got a lifetime supply of gasoline (actually, 1 fill-up per week) that lasted as long as the company stayed in business.It failed after a couple of years.
I won a lifetime supply of lawn fertilizer from some random magazine I filled out when I was stoned as st and thought it said a lawn mower.I didn’t have a f***g lawn anyway because I lived in an apartment in downtown Seattle and didn’t know what to do with it, so I just gave it to my dad for 500 bucks who had a huge property out in the rain forest where he didn’t need it anyway.
Drove from Illinois to New England when my daughter was three at Christmas to see family. Coming home we stopped at a bigger Holiday Inn with a bar and restaurant. While I was checking in, the desk clerked noticed it was my birthday and said he was going give me a lifetime supply of free cocktail coupons. He hands me a huge mailing envelope overflowing with coupons. I was pretty pumped up and used the first coupon that night. Was bragging about it to our server and she looked at me and said: “you know that these coupons all expire on December 31st?”Ended up using exactly two coupons. Neither my wife nor I really looked forward to getting up at 8 the next morning and driving 500 miles while hung over.
Got a “lifetime supply” of Utz chips. That worked out to about 6 boxes of chips I think. It wasn’t what I would consider a lifetime supply but it was enough to make a pie crust of chips about 1/4” thick throughout my entire house after the great chip war of 2005.
Lifetime supply of dominoes after biting into a screw in the crust….
The story of the Casa Sanchez tattoo is relevant here. Largely for how well they delivered.Long story short, a local taqueria in San Francisco offered free tacos for life if you got a tattoo of their logo. First in 1998, then they revived it in 2010. The problem is that they closed the restaurant in 2012 and moved into just selling chips, salsa, and the like in grocery stores. However, they put a clause in the lease of the pupuseria that took over their old location that people with the tattoos still get free pupusas. So a little over 20 years later it appears to still be holding up, more or less.
It turns out a lifetime supply of root beer is not an unlimited supply of root beer. Apparently it’s only two root beers a day. What do they think I’m gonna drink all the root beer? I mean I couldn’t if I tried, probably.
My BFF won a lifetime supply of Virgin Cola. What this ended up equaling was the delivery of a few thousand cans (a Virgin estimate of how much cola he’d drink over his lifetime.Pretty soon his p**s was coming out brown, on the other hand, he made art from the cans.
“You know they say a lifetime supply, but they never really account for the dragon balls”.
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