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Radio Candy Stunt Not So Sweet
(Woman sues when "100 Grand" prize turns out to be chocolate bar)
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| 06-23-05
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Posted on 06/23/2005 10:41:16 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide
She should win, the DJ should be fired.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:59:13 AM PDT
by
adam_az
(It's the border, stupid!)
To: rawhide
Hope she WINS the suit....
Making Liberals/RINOS re-think their logic has such a beauty to it..
Punitive charges should also be added..
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:59:56 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been ok'ed me to included some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: rawhide
Greed trumps the humor gene...
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:00:20 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are ignorance, stupidity and hydrogen)
To: scott7278
I remember that. That was Opie and Anthony on WAAF like 10 years ago, nu?
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:00:26 AM PDT
by
Gefreiter
("Are you drinking 1% because you think you're fat?")
To: Publius6961
Yeah, it's funny because you aren't the butt of the joke. Practical jokes always laugh at somebody else's expense, and the sole purpose of jokes like this is to make somebody else look stupid and foolish so we can all laugh at them.
I hope the woman wins.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:07:14 AM PDT
by
frgoff
To: politicket
Don't be so sure about this.
Since on-air radio contests are very strictly regulated by the FCC and perhaps by individual states themselves (hence the lengthy disclaimers you always hear on these stations whenever they run a contest that involves large prizes), my guess is that she's going to win -- and rightfully so.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:07:54 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but lord I'm free.)
To: Semper911
Except of course, for the one third that will go to her lawyer and the additional percent that the IRS will reap.Please note that the IRS will tax the entire $100,000, not just the $66,666.66 she will see. So subtract another $25,000 or so from her award.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:17:02 AM PDT
by
boojumsnark
(Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.)
To: Semper911
Except of course, for the one third that will go to her lawyer and the additional percent that the IRS will reap. And if I remember correctly, income taxes are paid on the FULL award, not net after lawyers get their cut. So at the end of the day, she is looking at having about $30K of the $100K.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:17:52 AM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: Alberta's Child
...and rightfully so
Not to be blunt, but this sounds like it was written by a former Canadian who has no idea about American jurisprudence. Have you ever read Blackwell's Commentaries? If not, then do it and see if you still have the same opinion.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:20:20 AM PDT
by
politicket
(Our Supreme Court just destroyed our land...any Patrick Henry's out there?)
To: rawhide
Sort of reminds me of an eBay auction a few years back. When XBox first came out a lady was having great trouble getting one for her son in her area. So she bid on one on eBay. The auction was for an XBox box.
Thats right, the box the XBox came in. She paid top dollar for it. She should have read the auction description better.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:20:59 AM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: rawhide
If she wins the suit, does she have to give up the candy bar?
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:23:14 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(The theory of evolution is the great cosmogenic myth of the twentieth century - Michael Denton)
To: frgoff
Yeah, it's funny because you aren't the butt of the joke. Practical jokes always laugh at somebody else's expense, and the sole purpose of jokes like this is to make somebody else look stupid and foolish so we can all laugh at them.
Do you realize how many practical jokes that I have had played on me in my life? If you can't laugh at good humor then you really have issues.
This woman should have hung up the phone and IMMEDIATELY began planning a couter-offensive joke against this radio show host. After all, it's not the quality of the joke that's played on you - it's the quality of your rebuttal...
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:23:19 AM PDT
by
politicket
(Our Supreme Court just destroyed our land...any Patrick Henry's out there?)
To: NautiNurse
Yeah, she could have had Mounds of money, but all she heard were the Snickers of the Goobers at the radio station. Looks like she'll just get Zero.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:25:52 AM PDT
by
Rokurota
(.)
To: Phantom Lord
Better than no K$ and a candy bar.....
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:26:06 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: politicket
1. What does my background have to do with anything (and no, I'm not a "former Canadian")?
2. What do Blackwell's Commentaries on the Law (of England) have to do with American jurisprudence?
3. What is the legal distinction between an "on-air radio joke" and outright fraud (i.e., if a radio station promoted a contest with a cash prize but then refused to pay the winner)?
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:28:36 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but lord I'm free.)
To: Phantom Lord
$30 K when you had $0K before isn't bad....
I think that she'll prevail. This kind of thing goes way back and seems to usually go in favor of the duped.
There was a famous case about a car dealer advertising a car for 2,500 banana's or something and somebody showed up with a pick-up truck full of bananas.. Courts held that the advertisement had to be honored
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:30:29 AM PDT
by
lOKKI
(You can ignore reality until it bites you in the ass.)
To: Semper911
The only time I received a court award, resulting from a vehicle collision case, I discovered the amount was not taxable. Where did you get your information that it's taxable?
If she had actually received $100,000 from the radio station's contest, that would certainly be taxable income, but I don't think a court awarded amount is.
But I could be wrong, I suppose.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:37:17 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
To: politicket
This woman should have hung up the phone and IMMEDIATELY began planning a couter-offensive joke against this radio show host. I'll bet the radio station would have filed charges against her if she crashed their server by sending 500 million e-mails, or depleted the ink in their fax machine by faxing them a black sheet of paper a couple of hundred times.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:37:24 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but lord I'm free.)
To: savedbygrace
When you win a civil case for damages, the award is not taxable because it is compensating you for something that you "lost." If this woman wins a case against the radio station, she'll be receiving a cash prize instead of an injury/damages settlement.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:39:30 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but lord I'm free.)
To: savedbygrace
The only time I received a court award, resulting from a vehicle collision case, I discovered the amount was not taxable. Where did you get your information that it's taxable? A little learning is a dangerous thing...
Damage awards and contest prizes are treated differently.
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posted on
06/23/2005 11:43:34 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are ignorance, stupidity and hydrogen)
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