03-18-02
RTO Online
Barbara Smith of Philadelphia, Pa. was drawn at
random from a pool of over 13,000 entries in Rent-Way's (RWY)
"Win Dinner With A Soap Star" promotion.
Ms. Smith will receive an all expense paid 3 day, 2 night trip to New York
this month to have dinner with the 'All My Children" star J. Eddie Peck,
who plays Dr. Jake Martin on the ABC daytime series.
"...I've never won anything before and can't wait for the trip! It will
be so exciting to meet Eddie Peck in person", said Smith, who will also be
presented with a 52" big screen TV by Rent-Way Regional Manager Roger
Reynolds, and Store Manager Mario (Eddie) Pagan.
According to Rent-Way, the "Soap Opera Sweepstakes" generated more
than 13,000 entries. Abby Burdick, a representative of Soap Opera Digest and
Soap Opera Weekly who coordinated the contest, explained... "Just to give
you an idea of the success of this program,...13,000 is almost double the number
of entries from any other Soap Opera Digest sweepstakes in 2001". Soap
Opera Digest will feature photographs taken from the New York City trip and the
presentation of the projection TV in upcoming issues of Soap Opera Digest and
Soap Opera Weekly.
Roger Zwingler, Rent-Way's Vice President, Marketing and
Advertising..."This promotion provided an excellent opportunity for
Rent-Way to continue building name recognition as a leader in the rent-to-own
industry. We design these promotions with the goal of creating some excitement
among our employees and top-of-mind awareness for customers; I think this
sweepstakes did a fabulous job of doing both."
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