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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: brianhenke on December 30, 2014, 10:42:03 PM
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Sheree Heil won a new Audi worth over $157,000 on The Price is Right. That was the most expensive prize ever won on a daytime show, and the most expensive car ever won in the show's history. All six pricing games were won, as well.
Brian
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Happy Birthday, Stupidly Large Tax Obligation.
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From what I recall, it couldn't happen to a less likeable contestant. She screeched and hollered throughout.
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Happy Birthday, Stupidly Large Tax Obligation.
I would be willing to bet that with that much tax, the car never even got close to seeing her driveway.
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I would be willing to bet that with that much tax, the car never even got close to seeing her driveway.
It was in excess of $60,000. Source: Interview with KOMO-AM radio.
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Happy Birthday, Stupidly Large Tax Obligation.
I would be willing to bet that with that much tax, the car never even got close to seeing her driveway.
Making it an even sillier notion to celebrate the one-year anniversary.
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Drew's wrap-up from today mentioned that tomorrow would celebrate some of the best moments of 2014; which is kinda odd because they've been doing Best of Prizes for the last few years, and a clip show would be an odd choice.
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Not accounting for inflation (maybe even with inflation), I'm pretty sure that the Audi was not only the biggest single prize on daytime Price, but the biggest non-cash prize in all of daytime television's history.*
IIRC, wasn't it also the first perfect show in a few years?
*When Gene Snook pulled off the snake-eyes win on High Rollers, Trebek mentioned that someone won a Rolls-Royce on the original series.
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IIRC, wasn't it also the first perfect show in a few years?
Actually, no. Sheree's win was on Monday of that week. Tuesday's show was the perfect show.
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Happy Birthday, Stupidly Large Tax Obligation.
I would be willing to bet that with that much tax, the car never even got close to seeing her driveway.
Making it an even sillier notion to celebrate the one-year anniversary.
Well, look at the thread starter.
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Geez, finally. I've been waiting since May for Brian to recognize Sheree's win last year.
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Not accounting for inflation (maybe even with inflation),
The Dream Houses from 1983-1984 say "Yo!"
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Drew's wrap-up from today mentioned that tomorrow would celebrate some of the best moments of 2014; which is kinda odd because they've been doing Best of Prizes for the last few years, and a clip show would be an odd choice.
My guess is after they offered up over $150K in three games last week and two of those games won, they decided to look back at everything else except the prizes.
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That is the first time I've seen the All-New Clock Game. I like it.
I don't know if the contestant playing Cliff Hangers was using my strategy of "add the price of the second item to how far Hans has to walk and make that your bid," but it would have worked today.
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The smart move would have been to park that car in her driveway. Then immediately flip it to somebody who would love a $157K Audi for the low Sale of the Century price of $125K.
Pay the taxes, reap a nice profit.
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Then immediately flip it to somebody who would love a $157K Audi for the low Sale of the Century price of $125K.
Herein lies the flaw to your cunning plan. I mean, I know at least fourteen people ready to throw down $125K at the drop of a hat for an Audi because I'm a baller like that, but I suspect most people would have trouble finding a ready buyer.
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$10,000 spent on targeted advertising or a fixer that knows that market repairs that flaw quickly.
High dollar performance cars like that have a dedicated niche market of people that have the money to spend quickly. Buyer gets a deal, Fixer gets Money For Almost Nothing, Contestant gets a decent cash profit after taxes.
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One other flaw with that sales plan is when buying the $156k car for $125k is the $31k below value of the sale becomes a gift as a matter of tax law. Without looking up the actual number for 2014, the gift tax is in the $14k range, leaving a $17k gift on which taxes are to be paid.
Not that the IRS could track or do anything about this, but by letter of the law, it's still another flaw.
I've wondered about winning cars, if a winner could get their local dealer to sell it on consignment. A dealer would make more money on that particular sale than other sales, and the contestant would still have a nice lump of cash.
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...I suspect most people would have trouble finding a ready buyer.
True, but I would be willing to wager that an Audi dealership would be providing a higher level of customer service, even some type of "concierge" assistance like other luxury dealers (such as Mercedes) provide, especially when vehicles of this value are involved. The contestant could use that to their advantage and have the dealer provide a pool of potential buyers based upon those who already own a vehicle serviced by that specific dealership. It would certainly be more advantageous than posting a CraigsList or newspaper ad.