Toys "R" Us baby contest sparks fuss...

**Twisterdog** · 01-07-2007, 01:59 AM

...eligibility rules required babies' mothers to be legal residents ... Yuki's mother "was not a legal resident of the United States."

Ummmm .... I'm failing to see why this was ever questioned. If a contest at the grocery store says, "Must be present to win." and I'm sitting home taking a nap instead of being present in the store, I don't win, right? Should I then sue? And say I was "deprived" of my free twelve-pack of Squirt? NO. I didn't follow the rules, therefore I can't win. Duh.

**RICHARD** · 01-07-2007, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by Twisterdog

[I][B] If a contest at the grocery store says, "Must be present to win."

I always thought you had to wrap yourself up with paper and bows to get the prize.....Or am I wrong?

Another case of PC to keep the squeaky wheel and rule breakers happy.

Now, If it was DIET SQUIRT then you call a lawyer!!

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I vote the SOLOMON solution..split the prize three ways, put the money in trust until the kids turn 21.

Eff the parents and the lawyers.

**sparks19** · 01-07-2007, 10:37 AM

LOL Richard.

Anyway, who is to say this was really for the child's education? Becuase the parents said so? PFFT. The child that followed the rules and won could be even more deprived. If they take the money away from the baby that won legitimately then I would be outraged.

I'm so sick of this feeling of entitlement everyone has today. You aren't entitled to ANYTHING but freedom. the rest you must earn and work for.

I'm all for a hand up.... not a hand OUT

**gini** · 01-07-2007, 11:16 AM

NEW YORK - Toys "R" Us Inc. has come under fire for denying a Chinese-American infant a $25,000 savings bond prize in a contest for the New Year's first baby because the company said the girl's mother is not a legal U.S. resident.

The company's decision — which came less than a month after it opened its first mainland China store, in Shanghai — has infuriated some Chinese-American advocates.

Do you think this had anything to do with their changing their minds and giving away "three" prizes? $$$$$$$

**moosmom** · 01-07-2007, 11:31 AM

The third baby in the running was born in Bay Shore, New York, to a couple from El Salvador

Lemme get this straight. They disqualified the Chinese American baby because her mother was not a legal US Citizen, yet they awarded it to a baby who was born to El Savaldorian parents??? I don't get it.