Mr Duc Pham, owner of Duc Pham Optometrist in Bankstown NSW, was randomly selected from 17,000 entries and, aside from scoring himself a Mini Cooper Convertible, he and his staff also received a $2,000 Visa Gift Card and 10 $50 Coles Myer Gift Cards.“When I got the phone call, I couldn’t believe it – I actually thought it was a joke,” Pham said.“I kept saying ‘I don’t believe you’. I’ve never won anything in my life, and now I’ve won a car! I just can’t believe it.”The ‘Win a Mini’ competition was run from May until August by Transitions to celebrate the launch of the ‘Live the Good Light’ campaign. Eyecare professionals were eligible to enter the competition every time they ordered Transitions everyday lenses from any laboratory.General manager for Transitions Asia Pacific, Mr Stuart Cannon, said the company had been blown away by the response and that it had prompted him to consider the company’s next competition.“Duc didn’t believe me at first. I kept assuring him he’d won the Mini, that I was serious. It was a morable and feel good moment,” Cannon said.
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