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30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
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30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them

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Winning a lifetime supply of something is a rather bizarre stroke of luck to stumble upon; be it soap, pizza, or anything else, for that matter, knowing that you’re set on it for the rest of your days can be a weird idea to get used to.
But, do such winnings really last someone until the end of their lifetimes? That’s one of the things a member of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community wanted to learn from those who’ve won a lifetime supply of something. They asked fellow netizens what that something was and how long it actually lasted, and received quite varying responses. Scroll down to find them on the list below, and see for yourself how such winnings end up working in real life.
Bored Panda has reached out to the OP and they were kind enough to answer a few of our questions; you will find their thoughts below.

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30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
Frequently went to this joint called Fat Daddy Burritos, which was the greatest burritory to ever exist. BIG fat burritos for only like 4.50, and no up charge for sour cream, only 25c up charge for guac.
One day a commotion was occurring and I looked up to see one of the employees appeared to be choking. I hopped over the counter and Heimlich Maneuvered the ham right out of the kid and all was well. Didn't really think much of it, I don't even think I told my parents about.
Well it turns out it was the owner's son, and the next time I came in the owner excitedly came over and showered with with thanks before presenting me with a card that read "The Fattest Daddy", which was signed by him and said I never had to pay for a burrito again.
Never had an employee doubt the authenticity of the card for 17 years. I paid for my burrito every once in a while, but would occasionally get caught by the owner who would wack me with a rolled up news paper and tell me to stop trying to pay for burritos.
Sadly, Fat Daddy Burritos did not survive the lock down mandate, and the place is now a domino's.
184points

#2

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
Not me but my roommate won a lifetime supply of dilly bars from a Dairy Queen. Got a box a week and eventually got to know the owners well. After my roommates family got into a hard time, they stopped giving them dilly bars and started giving them food even after the establishment had changed hands. Very wholesome
155points

#3

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
I won a lifetime supply of Charmin toilet paper. It began with a phone call to Proctor and Gamble years ago. I was working in California and ran across Charmin infused with baby oil. Best stuff ever! I still dream about it. When I returned to my home in Texas I couldn't find it in my local stores, so I got the number to P&G off one of the available packages in my HEB. This was pre-internet. The customer explained that the baby oil paper was offered in limited locations as a test market situation, and would not be available in the future. She said that she would send me a few coupons for my interest in their product, so I gave her my address. They arrived a couple of weeks later. About a month later, I received a big box from P&G that had 3 packages of 4 rolls each, simple marked A,B,and C. A letter that accompanied the big box that stated that since I apparently was passionate about toilet paper, I might be interested in being a consumer toilet paper tester...Stay with me here. The letter said that I should only use the package marked A for a week, another week for package B, and the third week for C. Afterwards, I would receive a phone call from them to rate the different types. I did as I was instructed, and about a month later here comes the phone call. Strangest. phone .call. ever. Questions like "name three adjectives for how the different toilet papers made you feel". "Have you ever suffered from hemorrhoids? Just wild questions over about a 15 min. [call. At](https://call.At) the end of the call, she told me to expect some more coupons. Fine. A couple of weeks later, I received in the mail a manilla envelope from P&G that also contained a letter that thanked me for my participation in their study, and I would be the recipient of Charmin for life. It came with about 25 coupons for free products, and a number to call when I was close to running out. This was around 1985 when it all went down. I've been receiving coupons for free Charmin ever since.
140points

The OP told Bored Panda that there wasn't a specific reason, other than being curious, for posing the question to the Reddit community. They simply wanted to see what it actually means to win a lifetime supply of something, how it works, and how long it lasts, which, based on the redditors’ answers, seemingly differs with each individual case and depends on the prize itself as well as the conditions of the game.

The redditor shared that if they were to win an endless supply of something, they would want it to be electronics or something provided by a mid-high quality brand, so they could sell the items for a profit. Yet, while such a plan might sound good in theory, in reality it might not be possible due to said conditions, according to some redditors, who’ve previously discussed the topic on the same subreddit.

#4

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
I won a lifetime supply of calendars from Calendaria about five years ago. Since then, each December, they send me the *worst* calendar ever. It has become something quite funny.
The most recent was a calendar focused on brooms/mops. Why such a thing would even exist is beyond me, but hell if it isn't funny.
136points

#5

I really want to share mine. Probably a blessing in my life. Its not a lifetime supply. My gf and I had an unexpected child. Im poor she is young but she is young(not that young). We are not getting any support from anybody because we upset our fsmily. We are really strugling like miss a meal struggling, because of how expensive having a kid is. Out of desperation i joined a raffle/contest on a local grocery store and I won they made me choose one product on the store and there is a time limit for me to think. Without thinking though i just shouted diaper. It was not the brightest moment of my life. But they gave me a 3 year worth of coupon of diaper supply. I can only remember i was crying ugly when they handed the coupon because it was just a relief that at least i wont have to worry one thing about my baby needs. When i told this to my wife she said she is happy i choose the diaper because the other winners was not satisfied with what they got. She said she computed mine compared to other winners and I got a decent prize. Its not much compare to other posts in here but i just can't forget that.
115points

#6

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
Won a lifetime supply of ground coffee, they gave me a ton of coupons. Oddly I don’t drink coffee usually so I donated 95% of it to the local shelter.
111points

#7

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
I won Starbucks for Life. It is 1 item/day for 30 years. I get a breakfast sandwich perday and my morning is happy ever since.
101points

While the OP haven’t had the luck to win an endless supply of something themselves just yet, they said they have familiarized themselves with plenty of stories of people who have, the most surprising of which involved a person creating a… color.

“The most surprising was definitely the crayons response, where someone created a version of green and sent it to the ‘create a new color’ contest,” the redditor recalled. The person’s shade of green won them an endless supply of, you guessed it, crayons.

When it comes to unexpected endless-supply stories, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a contest to result in such a prize; an internet meme can, too. At least that’s what happened to Daniel Lara, better known as the “Damn, Daniel” guy, known to be “back at it again with the white vans,” which is exactly what he got a lifetime supply of after going viral.

#8

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
I won a lifetime supply of Malibu from winning a promotion they were doing at my local pub over a decade ago. I got precisely one shot of Malibu and they blew me off after collecting my information.
To this day, I will use anything but Malibu for my coconut rum needs, and I never miss an opportunity to diss them.
99points

#9

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
My Uncle Ray properly guessed the number of ping pong balls in a fish bowl at a 7-11 back before Y2K winning a lifetime supply of free coffee. They gave him a card that he swipes each time for the free coffees he gets every day ever since. It’s now a card he can also tap. Sometimes, if the store is busy the cashier just waves at him to go. 
91points

#10

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
Friend won a year supply of wine from a wine farm. It amounted to 1 bottle every 2 days, which was truly a lot of wine!
82points

#11

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
When I was 10ish there was a quizform in the local grocery store where you could win 1 year worth of macaroni, spaghetti and pasta in different shapes. I filled it out, put it in the box and forgot about the thing. 1-2 months later dad said I have gotten a notice about a package at the postoffice. My dad came home with this HUGE a*s package which filled the whole trunk and that was just 1 out of 3 boxes. He made 2 more trips. We had spaghetti for years. I am guessing it must have been between 100 and 200 packs of spaghetti and pasta.
75points

#12

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
My mum won a lifetime supply of knickers on a gameshow in the 90's. They just gave her the monetary value, with which she bought a trampoline and a holiday
74points

#13

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
My mom won a s**t load of pizza from little Caesars. It was a stack of gift cards. After awhile my parents just started gifting them to people bc they was sick of pizza.
71points

#14

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
I won a year’s worth of coupons for Kraft products. The grocery store gave me s**t about it every, single, damn, time.
67points

#15

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
My wife won a contest for free Brooks running shoes every year for 20 years. After a year or two they decided to just pay her out in cash which ended up being $2-3k.
64points

#16

Chik Fil A used to give the first 100 customers at a new location a 'years worth of meals'. It was a card preloaded with 52 coupons for a free #1 meal.
I did it twice. Brought a tent and camped out in the parking lot. Once I cashed in all the free meals and brought in lunch for everyone who volunteers at the Niles Township Food Pantry. The second time, I did the same thing but brought in lunch for every teacher the school I taught at.
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61points

#17

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
A turkish kebab place opened near me, they ran a promotion for free doner box once a week for a year for the first 20 people in line on opening day. I woke up early and stood in line for a hour.
Used it as my cheat meal for the week for a year and got around 50 free meals. I still think about it to this day.
57points

#18

Back in 2005ish when XM Radio and Sirius were competing for subscribers I signed up for a lifetime subscription to Sirius for $200.
I was told later that it was supposed to be only transferable 3 times and the company estimated a transfer every 3 years to upgrade the radio/car. I never upgraded my radio until purchasing a new car in 2018. I'm now in year 19 of my subscription that only cost me $200
52points

#19

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
I won a "Year's Supply" of free burritos from Moe's which was actually 52 coupons each of which were only valid for a specific 7 day window.
51points

#20

30 People Who Won A 'Lifetime Supply' Of Something Share How Things Worked Out For Them
My mom told me that she once won a «lifetime supply» of pringles at a school lottery. Turns out it was only a basket that contained 10 cans of the original pringles flavor. She was thoroughly disappointed
51points
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