"Exact Number Of 6894 Beans": 30 Stories Of Lifetime Supply Winnings, From Wholesome To Sad

10 years ago we won a lifetime of vet visits for my cat. They expected to give it to someone with an old pet, not a new kitten. The cat’s still alive. The Vet Clinic has moved and rebranded 4 or 5 times, but they’re still honouring the award.

Oh yeah, here we go, it's my time.

"Lifetime supply of Groceries" $10,000.00 in store gift cards

A few years ago for privacy. Random phone call one day, thought it was a scam. The caller kept my attention because they were able to verify which store I shopped at regularly (and won this prize from/at), my store member phone number (current/accurate), and more.

20 $500.00 gift cards, from the store. Came in to collect on the determined day by the caller/store manger, picture taken, cake, balloons, an envelope of gift cards and that was that, lol!

The most fun part was getting to be Santa Claus a little. Surprised my dad with two, my mom with two, my recently, moved-out-on-his-own brother who was broke with two, a few of my friends with kids, and then saved about three for myself. I bought some silly over priced snacks I'd never otherwise buy, some random things that looked interesting in the specialty areas. It was a higher end grocery store so it was actually quite fun, and I felt quite lucky, so I mostly just wanted to share the love.

I won a lifetime’s supply of guilt from Catholicism.

My dad won a lifetime supply of cat food, but our cats didn't like that flavor, and they delivered it all at once :D
We gave it all to a nearby animal sanctuary, and they were overjoyed!

My mum won a lifetime supply of Rice because she went to a school fair and guessed how many grains of rice were in a jar. She was the closest. They send us a 20KG sack every month.

Even when my mum died, we contacted to tell them and they said, "Well, the T's & C's say lifetime is 50 years from the win so we'll honour it."

We're in Year 20 of this. We like rice, but... it's a lot. We've given so much away to food banks and soup kitchens.

When I was still in college I won a lifetime supply of meals from a small family owned restaurant because I was their very first customer. They took a photo of me with the original owner and all his family and hanged it on the wall. It’s been a long time, the original owner passed away decades ago but I can still go and get my free meal every day if I want to and the picture is still there.

Kinda amazed that this small restaurant still exists after all this time, is still managed by the same family and still honours that gift even though most employees have absolutely no idea who the original owner was.

My dad bought a lazy boy recliner decades ago. Eventually the springs wore out and the recliner stopped reclining. When he went to buy a new one the sales man raved that the new one comes with a lifetime guarantee. Dad asked if the old one did too. Turns out it did and they fixed it for free!

I won a lifetime supply of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans in a guess how many beans in the jar scenario. My guess was the precise, exact number of 6894 beans!
They sent an enormous basket of various goods, t shirts, coffee cups, and new and limited edition flavors. Each month, I open my mailbox to discover a family sized bag of assorted beans. I just give them away now. Especially when they created 'vomit' flavor! True!

Not a lifetime supply, but one time in college I won a years supply of chips from the Kettle Brand. They sent me a box of 12 different flavors (party sized bags) every month of 12 months.

Not me but my ex's mom wrote a letter to a Tea Company asking them a question about other blends and flavors of tea they had (this was before google was a thing). She didn't hear back from them till about 3 months later when three large boxes arrived at her house. They send her sample packs, cases of each kind of tea, a store catalog, a t-shirt and 8x10 photo signed by all the employees. There were some other goodies like samples of honey and stuff.


She was dumbfounded but she said that she would never have to buy tea in her life.

I used to work for a company that offered new parents a free one -year supply of Enfamil baby formula. It worked out very well...you call a phone number they provided, and they would initially send you a two week supply of whatever you wanted (powder or liquid, etc) to make sure your baby could use it, and then after that they would send 3 months of supplies at a time.

Our kids were mostly breast fed with formula used as a supplement, so we had a ton of the formula left over. (There was no way to only order a partial shipment...you either got cases of it or nothing after the two week period). So we ended up donating most of it to a local women's shelter, and they seemed happy to have it.

It was a pretty sweet benefit considering the price of baby formula. The company doesn't do that anymore tho 😞.

When I was little my mom won a year's supply of m&m's. We had maybe 20 of those display boxes that have like 20 bags each in them. I was 10 at the time and my sister was 8. They did not last a year.

In my town this place wanted to promote launching a new dish on their menu. The dish was essentially a hot dog with the bun dipped (smothered) in roasted pork grease, so cholesterol with a side of cholesterol. They decided to promote it by having an eating contest of the thing and the winner gets to eat it at their place for free for life. So they do it and this one dude eats like 70 of them, wins his lifetime supply, goes home and dies od a heart attack not 2 hours later. Which means his supply technically did last a lifetime?

I have a lifetime warranty on the backpack that my mom gave me when I went to university.

20 years later, backpack still alive and well, never had to use the warranty. I love it and use it all time (I'm a woman), think carrying a backpack instead of a purse.

At this point, my mother hates it with passion, deeply regrets the gift and tried to replace it at multiple occasions.

I'll probably be buried with the backpack when I die or something muahaha.

I won a year supply of Dr Pepper once in college. I think it was 24 cases. I had to go pick it up at the same place the trucks that load up for delivery to stores get the trucks loaded.

The guys there were a little confused about loading up a ford escort when it was usually semis or box trucks.

This doesn't exactly fit the bill, but years ago I ordered an instant read pen thermometer from a third party seller on Amazon. Couple days later, the pen shows up and life is good. The next day, another one shows up on my doorstep. I check my account and credit card, but nothing has been ordered/charged. I think nothing of it, assumed my wife ordered the same thing, and go about my day.

And a couple days later, another instant read thermometer shows up. This happened every few days for a few weeks, but eventually stopped after a dozen pens or so showed up...only for an annoyed mailman to knock on my door a few weeks later with an open mail carrier box with hundreds of the things all addressed to me.

I contacted the seller a few times throughout the duration to stop this from happening and to see how they wanted me to return them, but never heard back. Eventually, the shipments stopped. To this day, family members will occasionally ask if I still have my thermometer stash and I give them away two at a time.

When I was in middle school, I won a year's supply of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, by winning a musical chairs + basketball contest at halftime of an ACC game.

I know this is hard to believe, but according to the card, a 'years supply' meant 4 dozen doughnuts EVERY week.

That is 2,496 doughnuts.

It includes specialties, etc. Unused dozens carried over. It just expired after 1 year.

... needless to say, I made all of my friends (and, classmates) diabetics by high school.

Living in Germany with my dad off base (air force), I entered a local raffle not understanding the language. I won a year worth of currywurst from a local vendor, which meant one a day. I was 16 years old and so excited even though I wasn't a curry wurst fan. My dad would grab it on his way and eat it unless I walked there after school. We ate it for eight months till we rotated back to the states.

Not a lifetime supply, but I once won free pizza for a year from a local pizza joint. I bought 10 raffle tickets at a local Italian festival. I received a one free pizza/ a week coupon.

My neighbor *purchased* (not won) a lifetime subscription to the local newspaper. He bought it in 1978 for $149.

He died in 2006 and the paper kept coming to his wife at the same address.

She died in 2016 and still the paper keeps coming to her son, at the same address.

I guess it will still keep coming until it finally goes under (which should be pretty soon now!).