While in Bahrain last weekend, I bought a BD80 (about $200) ticket to have two chances to win six cars. The winner will get: Mercedes S350L, and Jaguar S-type, and BMW X5, and Cadillac Escalade, and Lexus LS460, and, Infinity FX35 It's called "The Magnificent Six" (go to www.bdutyfree.com) Anyway, I was thinking... what would YOU do if you won those six cars??? Mike "fingers crossed" in Kuwait Image Unavailable, Please Login
Dunno what I would do with so many luxo barges... would probably sell all but one and get something I wanted.
Hehe..... That's not a bad idea. If I won that raffle I would keep one car for myself and start a new raffle for the others and make a bunch more money than just selling them.
I always wanted to start a raffle like that... Anyway id sell all of those cars as soon as possible. 5mns cost 10% ...
+1 I'd keep the LS460 - that's a pretty damn nice car. Unfortuantely it's a bit uninvolved to drive, but plenty quick and extremely quiet and comfortable. I'd offload the rest for a nice toy that's much more involving to drive...
1. Read the disclaimer. 2. Pick out a nice place for the "regrets" letter. 3. Pick out something else to put there when even the letter doesn't arrive. Most contests have a "cash equivalent" prize. But this one isn't exactly subject to "US postal regulations" like raffles in the 'states.
Actually, I've entered these before, and I always get a regret letter...maybe not this time...I just thought it would be interesting to know what others would do if they, all of a sudden, were given six cars... Thanks for the replies, Mike "fingers STILL crossed" in Kuwait
After we acquired a large business unit from GM, the office sometimes had "raffles" where all the employees were automatically "entered", and the prize was a GM vehicle -- but never a vette. My reaction was, "they're not paying me enough to drive one of those things". I'm rather choosy about what I drive. (I hate rental cars.) In any contest where the "prize" is a car -- I'd take the cash instead. I've been known to buy a lottery ticket, from time to time. But I consider it a gauge of how well (or poorly) management is doing during this reorg cycle, rather than anything like a retirement plan. Of course, I worked for FAA in Atlantic City when the casinos came in. The first rule of the tables is, figure the money lost before you start (entertainment expense for the evening). Anything you walk out with is a bonus. The only people who made money off the casinos were the ones that bought stock before NJ gaming laws passed.
