Cricket opens store, offers free gas

Riddle me this: Why would over 100 people gather around a Cricket wireless store for a grand opening? Are people really frothing at the mouth for flat-rate unlimited calling? Hardly. While it’s a great deal, it’s not something that typically draws a crowd on opening day. Cricket, however, got a little clever. With a sponsorship from the South County Spotlight, an Oregon paper, they handed out $50 in free gas to the first 100 people through the door.

Ah, but don’t think that they just handed out $50 to any freeloader who showed up. To qualify, you had to bring canned food to donate to the Columbia County Women’s Resource Center. That’s more than a fair deal, of course. Canned goods and the chance to check out a new cell phone service in exchange for $50 in gas. Yeah, I can understand why so many people stood outside.

We’re just over a week away from the release of the O-Fon, created/modified by Blazers star Greg Oden. Things are looking up for Cricket in Oregon.

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