[Cancelled] World Free Cone Day @ Ben and Jerry's (Tuesday April 14)

tightarse on 07/01/2020 - 20:39
Last edited 13/03/2020 - 10:33 by 2 other users

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Free global cone day is back again for 2020. Enjoy :)

Store locations - Available at participating scoop shops only. Date announcement here.

The annual Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day is back on Tuesday 14th April 2020. We'll be scooping out the funkiest, chunkiest flavours - for FREE - to thank you for being our fans! It's the Ben & Jerriest Day of the year! So, make sure you swing by one of our participating scoop shops around the world and grab yourself a FREE cone. Since 1979, Ben & Jerry's has been thanking fans for their support in the best way they knew how: with a free cone of the chunkiest, funkiest ice cream around! Is there a better way to say "thank you"than with free ice cream? We think not! That's why every year we have grabbed our scoops and invited fans of all ages to join us for Free Cone Day.

Mod: Free Cone Day is postponed/cancelled.

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  • Averell on 07/01/2020 - 20:42
    +1

    It's too far away and I am sure that I will miss it :-( is there anyway to set reminder on OzB?

  • mlburnian on 07/01/2020 - 20:49
    +21

    Might as well put a post for free Krispy Kreme on world doughnut day..

  • SlappersOnly on 07/01/2020 - 20:52

    Ben and Jerry’s has physical stores?

    • miq on 07/01/2020 - 20:53
      +3

      Yes?

      • SlappersOnly on 07/01/2020 - 20:54

        Hmm…
        website store locator. Your closest Ben and Jerry’s is 438.60 miles away.

  • DH on 07/01/2020 - 20:52
    +3

    Yay my born day

  • capslock janitor on 07/01/2020 - 21:03
    +1

    Do the HOYTS count? How do we know participating 'Scoopers'?

    4 Locations found near you
    1
    Ben & Jerry's Burwood Brickworks
    Unit T07, 70 Middleborough Road,
    Burwood, VIC 3151
    8.21 miles
    Get Directions
    Scoop Shop Website
    Store Hours
    2
    Ben & Jerry's St Kilda
    82 Acland Street,
    St Kilda, VIC 3182
    12.67 miles
    Get Directions
    Scoop Shop Website
    Store Hours
    3
    Hoyts Chadstone
    Chadstone Shopping Centre, 1341 Dandenong Rd
    Chadstone, VIC 3148
    03 9026 9914
    7.40 miles
    Get Directions
    Scoop Shop Website
    Cakes For Sale,
    Store Hours
    4
    Hoyts Eastland
    Eastland Shopping Centre, 171-175 Maroondah Highway
    Ringwood, VIC 3134
    03 9026 9920
    10.85 miles

    • Spooke512 on 07/01/2020 - 21:38

      Hoyts Chadstone participate. Unsure about the others

      • kerfuffle on 08/01/2020 - 06:07

        Hoyts Broadway usually participate in these sort of things.

    • Frayin on 07/01/2020 - 21:09
      +5

      You okay friend?

      • miq on 07/01/2020 - 21:14
        -4

        Fine, and you?

    • neil on 07/01/2020 - 21:58
      +3

      They've been advocating for the environment, doing charity stuff for at least 20-30 years. I did a case study for them in Uni back in…a long time ago when flip phones were fashionable.

  • pw2002au on 07/01/2020 - 21:13
    +5

    Thought we had legalised pot for a moment..

    • Super_Dre on 07/01/2020 - 22:24
      +1

      Nah, that free cone day is 6 days later.

  • Lets Go Brandon on 07/01/2020 - 21:22
    +4

    I'm surprised they have not attached a political agenda to their offering this time. We know it didn't work in their favour last time. LOL!

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/456993

    • nomoneynoproblems on 07/01/2020 - 21:54
      +5

      Yep. Ben and Jerry's never again, and not for that deal but the one cash back visa one.

    • miq on 08/01/2020 - 00:00
      +1

      They are cucks

  • diazepam on 07/01/2020 - 21:26

    Available at participating scoop shops only

    So which stores?

  • belongsinforums on 07/01/2020 - 21:37

    Link doesn't link to deal

    • Clear on 07/01/2020 - 21:42

      If you check the revision history you'll see that it linked to the announcement originally and a moderator changed it. There are very specific rules about linking here.

      • Moderatorneil on 07/01/2020 - 21:50

        Except there is no real announcement as it's 98 days away. Only Melbourne puts these probably correct announcements for SEO purposes. I've now linked to the Ben and Jerry's homepage as to not confuse anyone.

        And before the pedantic chime in with unverified deal, they've been giving away free ice cream for 10 years in Australia and decades in the US.

        • Clear on 07/01/2020 - 21:52

          Thanks for clarifying! I had assumed it was similar to how cashback deals work where you link the cashback offer in the description and the store itself in the deal itself.

          • belongsinforums on 07/01/2020 - 23:07
            +4

            @Clear: i guess this sets a precedent that deals can stay up even without a direct link to the deal from the company supposedly offering the deal, as long as we link to a blog site in the description.

            or we could all, i dont know, wait for an official announcement from the official website? especially considering this deal is 4 months away

            • bghunter on 07/01/2020 - 23:43
              +1

              @belongsinforums: As your username suggests it 'belongsinforums' until its confirmed. Even then its 98 days away, must be a record for posting deal so early

              • belongsinforums on 08/01/2020 - 00:38
                -1

                @bghunter: some posters get special privileges

              • Moderatorneil on 08/01/2020 - 09:48

                @bghunter: Incorrect. It's a deal based on evidence of previous occurrence. As before, they give out ice cream every year for the past 10 years and longer overseas.

                However it would be better for OP to post the deal closer to the date so A) There is a link but more importantly B) People can remember it's on without relying on reminders from months ago. But that's just a suggestion.

                • bghunter on 08/01/2020 - 10:39

                  @neil: Can i post the same deal for 2021 since its a deal based on evidence of previous occurence? :)

                  • Moderatorneil on 08/01/2020 - 10:49

                    @bghunter: And this is how new guidelines are created…

                    • SlappersOnly on 08/01/2020 - 10:53
                      +1

                      @neil: From people finding loopholes in what wouldn’t be a problem unless they purposely went looking for loopholes?

                      • Moderatorneil on 08/01/2020 - 11:01

                        @SlappersOnly: Well OzBargainers are naturally on the lookout for loopholes to get discounts/freebies so not a suprise that it extends to using OzBargain. Referrals are a good example.

  • ash2000 on 07/01/2020 - 21:53
    +5

    I haven't eaten Ben and Jerry's since this debacle….

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/456951

    … and I doubt it will change, even if free.

    • belongsinforums on 07/01/2020 - 22:53
      +6

      wow someone emailed 63 times to get their cashback from that deal. scummy of ben and jerrys for sure. if you advertise a deal, you have to go through with it. its the law in australia

    • knobbs on 08/01/2020 - 09:31
      +2

      Yeah, that was a true shit show

  • melbourne guy on 07/01/2020 - 22:29
    +1

    Man, that is flagrant false advertising!

  • belongsinforums on 07/01/2020 - 23:10
    +5

    last 2 ben and jerrys deals had 20+ unrevoked negs each. one for failing to deliver said cashback to many ozbargainers, and one for offering free ice cream for anyone who pledged to vote for a particular political party, even though their business relies on cows cooped up farting all day and being the no. 1 contributor of greenhouse gases. ozbargain is quick to forget.

    • SlappersOnly on 08/01/2020 - 03:34

      Wasn’t it about climate change? That’s not pledging to vote for a particular party. That’s pledging to support climate change, or giving away your integrity for a free scoop of ice cream I guess.

      • belongsinforums on 08/01/2020 - 09:30
        -3

        it implies the greens party, obviously

        • SlappersOnly on 08/01/2020 - 10:37
          +1

          Does it? I thought it was you that implied it.

    • mapax on 08/01/2020 - 08:30

      cows cooped up farting all day and being the no. 1 contributor of greenhouse gases

      That’s not true for either the U.S. or Aus. In both countries energy production is responsible for more than twice the amount of greenhouse gases produced by the entire agriculture sector let alone dairy production.

      • belongsinforums on 08/01/2020 - 09:35

        okay im looking for sources to prove or disprove the cattle claim. every single source i look at quotes different figures and numbers. i think what i should have said is that cows are the biggest producer of methane.

        • mapax on 08/01/2020 - 11:07

          Whilst cattle are a methane concern the claim about them being the biggest methane producer is also not true.
          As far as I am aware wetlands are the greatest single source of methane production. Depending on which source you believe the greatest human production of methane comes from either the energy sector or the entire agriculture sector which includes all livestock, cropping and rice paddies not just cattle. Some sources try to skew the data and include landfill with the agriculture sector.

          And no, I didn’t neg you.

  • Muzeeb on 07/01/2020 - 23:56
    +1

    World Free Cone Day

    We are talking about ice cream aren't we?

  • DiLs on 08/01/2020 - 00:13

    Waiting

  • Munki on 08/01/2020 - 00:41

    Isn't free cone day April 20 in the US?

  • John678 on 08/01/2020 - 07:09
    +3

    What about Boxing Day specials ?

  • AlexG on 08/01/2020 - 08:04
    -8

    Not a bargain if you factor in the 90 minutes you have to queue for a single scoop.

    • nick90 on 08/01/2020 - 08:18

      True, I was in surfer paradise last year during Ben & Jerry Free Cone Day and the queue was unreal (atleast over an hr wait). Went to Basker and Robbins instead down the road.

  • P3aker on 08/01/2020 - 08:39
    +1

    obligatory blaze it

  • billyb67 on 08/01/2020 - 09:52
    +4

    If only you'd given us more notice…

  • SilverFoxTail on 08/01/2020 - 10:02

    That is a long way.

  • Maz78 on 08/01/2020 - 10:17
    +4

    Why not post up Boxing day sale deals for 2035? Stupid to post a deal up so early.

    • Arthur Dunger on 08/01/2020 - 11:04

      Boxing day sales are usually a massive let down though.

      You can set a reminder.

  • Pootie Tang on 08/01/2020 - 13:35

    I'm here for the 420 comments

  • JTTheMan on 08/01/2020 - 17:12

    97 days!!?!!
    We still have to survive the bushfires then possibly WWIII if Trump has his way?!?
    Fingers crossed we make it to enjoy this deal! :)

  • exit on 08/01/2020 - 18:33

    I will have to go after work - will there be any ice cream left by 6pm?

  • emblurr on 09/01/2020 - 11:52
    +1

    This is a good deal until you go there and see a queue of people fifty meters long.

  • spackbace on 12/03/2020 - 22:52
    +1

    https://www.benandjerry.com.au/scoop-shops/free-cone-day

    Aaaaand postponed

    • DH on 13/03/2020 - 12:29
      +1

      How dare they postpone my birthday.

    • Chickenleg on 14/03/2020 - 08:04

      Ok COVID19, the deaths, blow to economy and travel plans have been depressing but now you’ve taken it too far 🍦

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