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Randy D

If you appeared on a game show, won a lot of prizes and they gave you the option of taking the equivalent value in cash instead, which prize

or prizes might you want in place of the cash?

For instance, a trip abroad with all expenses paid, an automobile, a dining set, a bedroom set, a living room set, appliances, sporting equipment, etc. 
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Posted - February 7, 2021
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  • 13395
    I would take the trip abroad if the destination and time of year is suitable.
      February 8, 2021 5:54 AM MST
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  • 10500
    Well, it sure wouldn't be that one that was behind door #3 (I came for $$$, not a zonk!)
      February 8, 2021 10:13 AM MST
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  • 53017

      Wait, according to our records, you did accept all the prizes in the showcase behind Door #3, sir. It’s too late to back out now, because we’ve already arranged to deliver a lifetime supply of cat food, cat toys, catnip and kitty porn to your address. It’s all right here in the online requisition forms and invoices that you signed electronically, Mr. I. M. Hizpettkatte. Oh, hold on a second . . .


      February 8, 2021 11:47 AM MST
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  • 10500
    Actually I started out with a lifetime supply of Rice-A-Roni (Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco treat), but I traded it for door #3...  "And behind that door is ...  (waaaah, waaaah, waaah, waaaaaahahahaahahhahahahhhah!). Carol, in a farmer's daughter outfit holding the reins to a donkey dressed like a clown.  (I should have kept the Rice=A=Roni).

    The cats learned how to run my computer long ago.  I've been enrolled in the Fish of the month club since 2009, I have 8 subscriptions to Cat Fancy, Chewy autoships a case of catnip and car treats each month, and just last year, Amazon sent me a pallet of Purina Fancy Feast (seafood pate).. and yes, they were signed by...... I.M. Hizpettkatte.....??...... hey...... how'd you know that name?  You wouldn't have helped them, by any chance, .... would you?    (do you know how long its going to take me to pay of my credit card debt???!!)
      February 8, 2021 4:25 PM MST
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  • 44361
      February 8, 2021 10:57 AM MST
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  • 7404
    Money. 
      February 8, 2021 11:53 AM MST
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  • 53017

     

      Hasn’t the court battle over months of missing alimony checks taught you anything about coveting money too much?  Grrrrrrr. 



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      February 8, 2021 12:02 PM MST
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  • 7404
    Haven’t the court battles over the past months taught YOU anything? Money is all I covet. 
      February 8, 2021 2:41 PM MST
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  • 7535
    Randy D. You talk about divorce and alimony an awful lot.  
      February 8, 2021 4:46 PM MST
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  • 53017

     

      I joke about a whole lot of things, that doesn’t mean anything more than it is on the surface. 


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      February 8, 2021 7:56 PM MST
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  • 7535
    Well, no encouragement there. 
      February 9, 2021 3:36 AM MST
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  • 44361
      February 8, 2021 1:33 PM MST
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  • 7404
    I wish they would make new $100 bills here. The maple scratch and sniff bar is wore out on all the old ones. 
      February 8, 2021 2:42 PM MST
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  • 17483
    Tax implications could come into play.  For instance, if you win a house you have to pay property tax before you get possession of the house.  Many people can't do that.  If there were a cash alternative, it would be the better choice for many.  Many people have won houses on the HGTV sweeps who could not accept the house because they could not pay the tax.  The network did start including a cash prize along with the house.....if I'm remember correctly what I read about it.   If you win a car,   you'll pay both sales tax and income tax on the value. 
      February 8, 2021 8:55 PM MST
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  • 53017

     

      That reminds me of the time that Oprah Winfrey have gave each audience member a car. They were out of their minds in ecstatic joy, but it came out later that each recipient had been strapped with high taxes, costs and fees associated with local ordinances, even and especially those who lived elsewhere. A bit of egg of the face for Oprah’s apparent generous gesture. 

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    This post was edited by Randy D at February 9, 2021 7:02 PM MST
      February 9, 2021 5:21 AM MST
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    7535
    I'd take a trip to Australia.  I've always wanted to go. 
      February 9, 2021 3:38 AM MST
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