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dadiceguy at 01:12am on 13/09/2006
dadiceguy at 01:12am on 13/09/2006A furniture store owner did a promotion where if the Bears shut out the Packers this past weekend all the furniture you bought would be free.
Sounded like a good bet since the Packers havent been shut out since before Brett Favre arrived.
Boy was HE wrong!
Bears’ shutout means free furniture
Blanking of Packers triggers store owner/fan’s largess for customers
CHICAGO - Furniture store owner and "huge Bears fan" Randy Gonigam got tired of players’ bragging about their defense, so he decided to put his money where their mouths are. Over Labor Day weekend, Gonigam's World Furniture Mall in Plano offered customers free furniture — up to $10,000 — if the Chicago Bears shut out the Green Bay Packers in their National Football League season opener.
Four quarters, 206 customers and about $300,000 later, Gonigam is still a little shell-shocked.
"This is beyond our wildest dreams," he said.
But the fact that it was a long shot didn't keep him from insuring the store for up to $300,000 worth of furniture with a company that specializes in insuring prize reimbursements.
The Bears blanked the Packers 26-0 Sunday, ending Green Bay's 233-game scoring streak and giving Packers quarterback Brett Favre the first shutout of his 16-year NFL career.
Gonigam got the idea to offer full refunds to customers who bought furniture over Labor Day after hearing Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher brag that the team would have the best defense in the NFL this year.
"As a Chicago sports fan, you get frustrated," he said. "I thought, 'Prove it.'"
Sounded like a good bet since the Packers havent been shut out since before Brett Favre arrived.
Boy was HE wrong!
Bears’ shutout means free furniture
Blanking of Packers triggers store owner/fan’s largess for customers
CHICAGO - Furniture store owner and "huge Bears fan" Randy Gonigam got tired of players’ bragging about their defense, so he decided to put his money where their mouths are. Over Labor Day weekend, Gonigam's World Furniture Mall in Plano offered customers free furniture — up to $10,000 — if the Chicago Bears shut out the Green Bay Packers in their National Football League season opener.
Four quarters, 206 customers and about $300,000 later, Gonigam is still a little shell-shocked.
"This is beyond our wildest dreams," he said.
But the fact that it was a long shot didn't keep him from insuring the store for up to $300,000 worth of furniture with a company that specializes in insuring prize reimbursements.
The Bears blanked the Packers 26-0 Sunday, ending Green Bay's 233-game scoring streak and giving Packers quarterback Brett Favre the first shutout of his 16-year NFL career.
Gonigam got the idea to offer full refunds to customers who bought furniture over Labor Day after hearing Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher brag that the team would have the best defense in the NFL this year.
"As a Chicago sports fan, you get frustrated," he said. "I thought, 'Prove it.'"