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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jan 1, 2014 12:39:55 GMT -5
Going through the last few days of TPIR, I saw this:
I know Bob Barker had his 90th birthday show earlier in December, but damn I wish he could have said this was a history making moment! Watch and be in awe folks!
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 1, 2014 12:54:45 GMT -5
I saw that live, it was pretty cool. Woman was just so excited to even be there, much less to win that.
Of course, it'll be around 50K in taxes before she can even claim it.
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Post by BK From WV on Jan 1, 2014 14:19:04 GMT -5
Yeah, taxes will be outrageous but that was a pretty awesome moment.
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Post by Y2M on Jan 1, 2014 14:50:42 GMT -5
Didn't they give away a few million dollar prizes on the Price is Right?
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Post by Mr T L Wolf on Jan 1, 2014 15:42:19 GMT -5
Yes, but this is the biggest prize on the regular timeslot.
Still, what's she gonna do with an Audi R8?
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jan 1, 2014 16:14:14 GMT -5
Didn't they give away a few million dollar prizes on the Price is Right? They did, but all of them were in the night-time. This is the single biggest day-time prize given out, beating out the win on Pay the Rent (100K) last season. |
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Post by amaron on Jan 1, 2014 16:48:37 GMT -5
Yes, but this is the biggest prize on the regular timeslot. Still, what's she gonna do with an Audi R8?Sell it if she's smart. The upkeep alone will blow that 10k. Nevermind any kind of yearly taxes if she lives in a state that has them. |
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jan 1, 2014 17:09:07 GMT -5
Yes, but this is the biggest prize on the regular timeslot. Still, what's she gonna do with an Audi R8?Sell it if she's smart. The upkeep alone will blow that 10k. Nevermind any kind of yearly taxes if she lives in a state that has them. Imagine if you sell it for MSRP, then roughly half for taxes, she should be able to live off that for a while. |
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 1, 2014 17:15:04 GMT -5
I believe the problem is that California requires you to pay the initial taxes before you can pick it up, so you can't sell it to pay the taxes, which is why a lot of people don't pick up their prizes on game shows.
Even then, you probably wouldn't be able to sell it for MSRP since, technically, it'd be a used car. Someone with the money to buy it probably wouldn't pay you full price if they could get it from a dealer for around that.
Granted, it's not a terrible problem to have, especially if you do have the money to take possession of it.
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