Winning anything can be fun, be it a teddy bear at a fair or a chocolate bar at your local supermarket. So, it’s no surprise that for many, being set with something they like for life is close to living out their dreams.
While it might not seem like it happens often, quite a few people have been lucky enough to win a lifetime supply of something. Many of them shared their stories on a thread on Reddit after one user asked them about what it was that they won and how long exactly their ‘lifetime supply’ lasted. If you’re curious, too, about what the winners were provided with (or at least were promised to be provided with) for life, scroll down to find their stories on the list below and make sure to upvote the ones you liked most!
#21
My nephew won “a year‘s supply”of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and received… 24 coupons each good for one free pint. Clearly, Ben and Jerry don’t comprehend the normal American’s relationship to ice cream.
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27points
#22
Not a lifetime supply, but I won free pizza for a year. Turned out to be 12 large one-topping Pizza's. Pizza Nova and I have completely different ideas on how much is a year's worth of pizza.
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22points
#23
I called the number on the Willie Wonka candy because it said just want to chat (or something close, it was many years ago). Had a 20 minute conversation with a very nice woman and she sent me a bunch of coupons for free candy. Gave those away.
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21points
#24
My ex got a years supply of Bud Lite bc one of the cans sliced his finger (he needed Stitches) when he went to grab a 12 pack handle.
He got a case a week 🤷♀️.
He got a case a week 🤷♀️.
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20points
#25
My dad won a "10 year supply" of mustard years ago. It was delivered all at once lol. Our garage was filled with mustard boxes and Chinchilla cages since my dad would breed them. He gave all the mustard away to friends and neighbours after a few days because the smell apparently made his Chinchillas go crazy.
20points
#26
Kong Dog beds at PetSmart. Had a Dobberman that loved tearing s**t up. Purchasd the Kong beds that guaranteed they could not be destroyed and they would replace them for free. I would take the bed back destroyed EVERY WEEK for about a year, until I personally decided enough was enough and took all his bedding away. I am not sure if they still offer the same guarantee.
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20points
#27
I won the gray m&ms in the 90s thinking I won the $1 million. The game piece said I won second prize. A half year supply of m&m’s.
Three months after sending in my claim, I had to call and say “what’s the deal”? The next day I got a coupon box for 182 coupons “looked like cash” for free M&ms.
My buddy was driving for coke At the time. Coke offered a promotion for free coke with winning bottle caps. He would collect bags of these caps, so we had an endless supply of m&m & coke. A college kid’s energy source! Good times.
Three months after sending in my claim, I had to call and say “what’s the deal”? The next day I got a coupon box for 182 coupons “looked like cash” for free M&ms.
My buddy was driving for coke At the time. Coke offered a promotion for free coke with winning bottle caps. He would collect bags of these caps, so we had an endless supply of m&m & coke. A college kid’s energy source! Good times.
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20points
#28
When I worked at publix, a semi-upscale grocery store, there was a customer who got free groceries for life. He sued Publix after being run over by one of their delivery trucks when the driver took his eye off the road and ran up onto the sidewalk. His leg was messed up badly and required several surgeries. and would walk with a limp for the rest of his life. They paid all his medical bills and lawyer and in lieu of a cash payment he agreed to free groceries for life. $150 a week in groceries.this was in 1987. He told me that it would be reviewed every 5 years and adjusted for inflation. I learned about him because he had saved up 3 weeks worth and spent it all on liquor because he was having a party and one of the cashiers was refusing to ring it up. Ultimately the manager told her she had to ring it up as there was no stipulation on what he could spend the money on. The idea was his not Publix but they agreed to it when his lawyer brought it up.
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20points
#29
As a kid we won a “lifetime supply of icecream” from a regional dairy company.
It was a s**t show. I guess the guy at the company who came up with the idea didn’t actually think through how he’d implement it and then retired and passed it to his daughter after the contest started but before anyone claimed it. So she had no idea what to do with it.
My dad goes to claim the prize and he asks how it would work and they asked him how he would want it to work. Here’s what he tried to get and why they denied it:
1. Voucher for 52 tubs of icecream a year- no we can’t do that, you’ll resell them for a profit and hurt our business
2. Gift card for them equal to 52 tubs a year- no we can’t do that you may use it on things other than icecream
3. How about a card that lets me redeem one every time I come in, I don’t eat icecream that often so I likely would get 10 a year- no we can’t do that, you’ll give the card to other people and they’ll get free icecream
They also argued with him how long a lifetime supply should be. My dad was 35 and he said “how about 35 years worth” and they tried to say that wouldn’t be acceptable since a lot of people don’t live until 70 and he’d get more than a lifetime supply.
In the end they did probably the least practical thing and just shipped him a package of I think 700+ tubs of icecream all at once. He panicked and gave all the local schools like 100 tubs each since they were the only ones who could store it.
It was a s**t show. I guess the guy at the company who came up with the idea didn’t actually think through how he’d implement it and then retired and passed it to his daughter after the contest started but before anyone claimed it. So she had no idea what to do with it.
My dad goes to claim the prize and he asks how it would work and they asked him how he would want it to work. Here’s what he tried to get and why they denied it:
1. Voucher for 52 tubs of icecream a year- no we can’t do that, you’ll resell them for a profit and hurt our business
2. Gift card for them equal to 52 tubs a year- no we can’t do that you may use it on things other than icecream
3. How about a card that lets me redeem one every time I come in, I don’t eat icecream that often so I likely would get 10 a year- no we can’t do that, you’ll give the card to other people and they’ll get free icecream
They also argued with him how long a lifetime supply should be. My dad was 35 and he said “how about 35 years worth” and they tried to say that wouldn’t be acceptable since a lot of people don’t live until 70 and he’d get more than a lifetime supply.
In the end they did probably the least practical thing and just shipped him a package of I think 700+ tubs of icecream all at once. He panicked and gave all the local schools like 100 tubs each since they were the only ones who could store it.
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18points
#30
My dad won a lifetime supply of pop tarts on the TV game show Scrabble when I was a kid. I don’t remember how many it actually was but it was many many boxes and then coupons to redeem for more. It lasted throughout my entire childhood that’s for sure. He probably still has more coupons but we’re all sick of pop tarts.
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18points
