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Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018)

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Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018)

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post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you say 'footie' that makes me think you are Australian. "Raffles" in australia have very specific legal requirements.

Their explicit mentioning of Australia makes me thing they're in Australia.

To be fair, I edited my post after that comment and added the explicit references to QLD and AUS.

Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018)

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A friend of the family recently won a million dollar house in the hospital raffle. It was a house on the Gold Coast in Queensland, which he immediately sold. I think he might also have won $20,000 of gold bullion in another hospital raffle. And off topic but my brother won a years supply of Kentucky Friend Chicken in the footy tipping..... and he is a vegetarian. Imagine that - you win the sacrifice of 365 chickens f…

When you say 'footie' that makes me think you are Australian. "Raffles" in australia have very specific legal requirements.

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Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018)

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post #3

“I understand my permission herein overrides my listing on any state of(sic) federal do not call list and any prior listing on the do not call lists of the companies listed above.” That’s disturbing. There is no way that’s possibly legally binding? Surely there can’t be a loophole this ridiculous in the Do Not Call law?

If it's legal, it seems like every business would do this. Your bank, the local McDonalds when you install their app, Uber & Lyft, every e-commerce site would bury in the terms & conditions, etc.

Places you do business with (like your bank) are already allowed to call you regardless of your Do Not Call registry status.

Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018)

#85

A friend of the family recently won a million dollar house in the hospital raffle. It was a house on the Gold Coast in Queensland, which he immediately sold. I think he might also have won $20,000 of gold bullion in another hospital raffle. And off topic but my brother won a years supply of Kentucky Friend Chicken in the footy tipping..... and he is a vegetarian. Imagine that - you win the sacrifice of 365 chickens f…

When you say 'footie' that makes me think you are Australian. "Raffles" in australia have very specific legal requirements.

What kind of requirements? Would the type of scam in the article be legal in Australia?

Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018)

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post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you say 'footie' that makes me think you are Australian. "Raffles" in australia have very specific legal requirements.

Their explicit mentioning of Australia makes me thing they're in Australia.

A clue!

Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018)

#87

People complain that Safari is a terrible web citizen. Here I go to this website, with Safari and my trusty ad blocker extension, and the page keeps reloading endlessly. Who’s to blame? The crappy website, Safari, or its extension?

Is this /s?

I mean—-tongue in cheek—-are you trying to illustrate that Safari actually goes above and beyond here by looping infinitely on a page that is about a scam that is essentially about an ad technique that loops you endlessly?

Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018)

#88
post #64

> There are other types of car giveaways run by more legitimate parties (charity raffles, event promotions) that do deliver the goods — but if you win, you’re liable to pay a hefty gift tax. I don't think it's a gift tax, but ordinary income tax. A coworker won a living room sofa set on a game show, and the staff were waiting with a 1099 for her as soon as she stepped off the stage. The IRS says you need to pay tax b…

In Australia, the thing called an "art union" used to be how to raise money for charity, and the prize was often a home, and they really exist, and people did win and live in them, and some of them were classics of the low spot of the 60s and 70s, shag-pile carpet, sunken entertainment pit, volcano-stone fireplace...

They still take place. I suspect the buildings have moved with the (architectural) times.

Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018)

#89
post #34

> Patrick collects a rolodex of her (fake) data — full name, age, marital status — then tells her she has to be at least 28 to enter the drawing. “Tell your parent to call me,” he says, and hangs up. > Her “dad” (our writer, Conor) gives it one last try. Patrick tells Conor that in order to win the car, he has to go to a local Great Destinations office and attend a 90-minute timeshare presentation. This is the only p…

I've worked on system with reservations and to be honest younger people don't come through, love cancelling and are a waste of time.

In totally legitimate businesses we've set ages around there just to avoid the hassle and bs.

It works beyond any reasonable expectation

Re: Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall (2018)

#90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't people over 28 be more likely to have money for a timeshare?

In this economy!? Anecdotally, I had 20000x more money at 22 than 28. If I remain employed for the rest of the year I might be on par by the end of it. Graphing my income over the last 10 years would look like a memory leak

Ha, what did you do right or wrong to end up with declining income?
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