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Papa John's Camaro reward situation turns salty, ex-owners looking for bigger slice of the pie
File this under "No Cool, Wacky Deed Shall Go Unlitigated." John Schnatter, Papa John of Papa John's Pizza, put out a $250,000 A.P.B. to find his long lost 1971 1/2 Camaro Z28. According to the folks at Papa John, the person who won the money was the one whose name was on the title of the car – that is, the owner of the car was paid the dosh for selling the car back to Schnatter. Kentuckian Jeff Robinson came forth with the car and took home the cash.
The Papa John's folks say the rules never said anything about finder's fees. But when the Sloanes of Indiana helped point Schnatter to Robinson, Schnatter offered them $25,000 for the assist. How did the Sloanes know about the car? They had owned it previously and sold it to Robinson.
Now the Sloanes aren't happy about "only" getting $25,000. Billie Sloane wants more of that quarter million, and will sue Papa John if he doesn't pony up the cake. Her evidence is "advertisements and a press release that promised the money to whomever could 'reveal the car's whereabouts.'" Jeff Robinson chimes in, though, and says Sloane came to him and said the original owner would buy the car from him for $125,000, and says that she didn't mention the contest nor the full amount of the reward.
No matter. Now it's between Sloane, Papa, and potentially the courts. If only Papa John had listened to the late M.J. about another famous Billie: "So take my strong advice, just remember to always think twice..." Um, yeah, never saw this one coming. Good luck, Papa John...
[Source: WLKY News]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Duder318is 4:37PM (9/03/2009)
Only in America!!!
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James 4:46PM (9/03/2009)
"Billie Sloane wants more of that quarter million, and will sue Papa John if he doesn't pony up the cake.."
I think you meant the pizza...
Hey Mr. PJ...just offer 'em a lifetime supply of "The Works" and call it quits!
Caz 5:13PM (9/03/2009)
Yet another shining example of how lawyers ruined America!
Here's hoping Papa hires a hitman to take care of this situtation!
Franz 5:33PM (9/03/2009)
Hang on... they tried to screw over the owner of the car by telling him that the "original owner" was willing to buy it back for only $125k... no mention of the contest or full $250k reward? Sounds like they were just out to get paid a bunch from the beginning. I hope they do sue and the judge laughs at them and chases them out of the courtroom. Greedy, dishonest bastards.
Jake 5:47PM (9/03/2009)
Yep! Never have sleazy lawsuits in any other country. That's fo sho.
Justin Hollabaugh 5:50PM (9/03/2009)
I hope the judge not only laughs them out of court but the Schnatter retracts his extremely generous and wholly unnecessary offer for the $25K finders fee. Those greedy pricks want something for nothing and they aren't satisfied with $25K? They shouldn't get anything.
Paul 5:57PM (9/03/2009)
Don't give them a DIME.
This is pure, 100%, greed and they're very lucky to be offered the $25,000 by the actual owner! Given their claim for more (and their efforts to fool the owner), they should now get nothing AND have to pay everyone's attorneys' fees.
Furthermore, their neighbors should ostracize them and their kids should be pointed at AND laughed at every opportunity. Finally, flaming poop should be left on their doorstep.
MKIV 6:50PM (9/03/2009)
Good for them. Sue the bastard.
There! I come to the defense of this tool. My 'good' deed is done for the day.
futurama 7:06PM (9/03/2009)
Greed Greed Greed... Pigs need to get slaughtered.
MOD and ANGRY 11:50PM (9/03/2009)
@ Paul, dude, seriously, drop dead. My parents are racist bigots. I'm nothing like them. I get you're just trying to be funny, but draw the line at kids. I think people should actually be egging the Sloane's cars on a daily basis, but why would you even WANT to mess with their kids??? Grow up, seriously.
Farmboy 1:21AM (9/04/2009)
@MKIV It is people like you that have made people watch their a**es more than ever. What grounds do they have to sue Papa John? They just owned the car. They only helped. They did nothing more. Whoop-dee-do. So they owned the car. That should be satisfaction enough. I can only hope that they get laughed out of the courthouse.
innerlogik 9:00AM (9/04/2009)
@click.kas
go spam somewhere else and maybe you should also learn how to build a web site.
RyanRo24 4:38PM (9/03/2009)
They shouldn't even have gotten the $25k. Greedy bastards.
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freddyb 4:39PM (9/03/2009)
We're talking about Camaro owners here folks. Are you really that surprised?
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TonyInMI 5:20PM (9/03/2009)
Camaro owners are greedy? I'm sure there are ones that apply to you! ;-)
Pokey 5:53PM (9/03/2009)
Congratulations! You just won the "Most Ignorant Comment of the Day Award"!
Sorry, no $25,000 prize for you sir, just a kick in the rear for being an idiot.
Have a nice day and STFU.
jv2k 6:01PM (9/03/2009)
Camaro owners are people who want cheap performance.
Used camaro owners are people who want really cheap performance.
How does this make them greedy?
Venom 4:39PM (9/03/2009)
I knew this was going to happen.
Personally I thought it should have been split 50/50 seeing as the other people actually found the car for him.
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Roadkill 7:34AM (9/04/2009)
IANAL, but ...
If the statement was indeed to reward the ones who actually helped locate the car, then I say they are entitled to the entire reward, as the actual owner himself did nothing to 'help PJ find the car' (except actually showing him the car).
All Papa John did now was buy it back for an outrageous amount and offer a reward of 25K to the 'locater'.
still a-ok, but indeed not what was promised
taipeileviathan 4:40PM (9/03/2009)
what goes around comes around. douche-baggery is never the way to go... the judge should make the sloanes give papa john his $25k back.
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