HOUSTON, TX – Alright guys, time to pony up. How much did you lose betting on the Broncos last night? Fifty bucks? A hundred. Whatever it was, you can bet it was nothing compared to the whooping Mattress Mack took. He had seven-million-big-ones, riding out on the Broncos busted saddle.
“We’ve done these football or sporting event promotions a lot over the last several years,” Gallery Furniture owner Jim McIngvale told us when we stopped by the store, “and then this one – since the game was about even – I thought it would be good and choose only one team.”
Anyone who bought $6,000 worth of furniture and had it delivered before kickoff yesterday got their entire order free if the Seahawks won. And win, did they? It was a blow-out. 43 to 8. And now Mattress Mack is paying up.
“Well, it’s not a loss for Gallery Furniture. It’s a huge win for our great customers and a win for Gallery Furniture as well because we made over a thousand Houston families happy, we’re going to refund about $7,000,000 in furniture, so great promotion, lots of crowds, lots of happy customers and lots of free furniture for our great clients.”
Now, we know what you’re thinking, and the answer is no. No insurance. No gaming contractor. All seven-million is being paid-out by Gallery Furniture.
So if you were a betting man, and in need of furniture, yesterday was your day. It sure wasn’t Peyton Manning’s day. And that made a whole lot of consumers in Houston real happy.
