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kerssens
06-25-2005, 08:01 PM
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Before her family went to sleep that night, Gill says, she promised her children - ages 1, 5 and 11 - that they'd have a minivan, a shopping spree, a savings account and a home with a back yard.
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All that for $100k??? ok.
SpearsBritney
06-25-2005, 08:04 PM
HAHAHA Her efforts certainly don't warrent $100,000, but in this case I actually hopes she gets it.
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Her eforts certainly don't warrent $100,000, but in this case I actually hopes she gets it.
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I hope she gets a slap across the face.
bones
06-25-2005, 08:05 PM
Like her kids give a [censored] about a mini-van.
SpearsBritney
06-25-2005, 08:14 PM
Fcuk them! If they pulled that sh!t on me, I'd probably do the same thing. Imagine how you would feel if you were convinced you're $100,000 richer, only to be crushed and humiliated. Sure, it's not $100,000 worth of pain, but fcuk them. Some people would have already called their boss an [censored] and quit their job. You just can't get away with that sh!t.
Yeah, even if it's not $100,000 worth of trouble for her, those jackasses at the station deserve to be forced to pay it.
JoshuaD
06-25-2005, 08:18 PM
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I usually come down on your side in similiar cases, but this time I think the lady is owed $100,000.
I guess I'm just a lot more easy-going that most people. I figure as long as they never said they were giving away 100 Grand DOLLARS they'd have their asses covered, and they got me good.
bronzepiglet
06-25-2005, 08:41 PM
Later, he offered her $5,000, Gill said.
"I said I wanted $95,000 more," she said. "Nobody would watch and listen for two hours for a candy bar."
Yeah, but they're offering $5k... a lot of people would listen for two hours for that.
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100 Grand DOLLARS
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100 grand = $100,000. Adding "dollars" at the end is redundant.
SpearsBritney
06-25-2005, 08:54 PM
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Later, he offered her $5,000, Gill said.
"I said I wanted $95,000 more," she said. "Nobody would watch and listen for two hours for a candy bar."
Yeah, but they're offering $5k... a lot of people would listen for two hours for that.
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Of course they would. But what if someone quit their job, or went on a huge spending spree because of the money promised? There are alot of problems with what they did, which is why it's illegal. Did they do it with malicious intent? No. They probably didn't even realize the potential problems one could get themselves into, but the radio station should not be let off the hook.
Alobar
06-25-2005, 08:56 PM
anyone who goes on a spenging spree before they get the actual money is incredibly stupid.
SpearsBritney
06-25-2005, 08:59 PM
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anyone who goes on a spenging spree before they get the actual money is incredibly stupid.
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I agree, but unfortunately this world is chock-full of incredibly stupid people.
scotty34
06-25-2005, 09:09 PM
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I voted she has a case in this poll. The poll question does not ask whether the station owes her $100K. It asks whether or not she has a case, which she certainly does. This is outright deception, whether it was with malicious intent or a simple joke. I do no blame her one bit for wanting to take action against this station, and I certainly can understand why 70% of the people agree with this. I do not think this is "greedy." The point where I disagree however, is that once she was offered $5000, that should have sufficed as compensation for her troubles.
mostsmooth
06-25-2005, 09:19 PM
does anybody know if opie and anthony got sued for this very same bit like 5 years ago?
SpearsBritney
06-25-2005, 09:20 PM
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I voted she has a case in this poll. The poll question does not ask whether the station owes her $100K. It asks whether or not she has a case, which she certainly does. This is outright deception, whether it was with malicious intent or a simple joke. I do no blame her one bit for wanting to take action against this station, and I certainly can understand why 70% of the people agree with this. I do not think this is "greedy." The point where I disagree however, is that once she was offered $5000, that should have sufficed as compensation for her troubles.
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I think a court should have to decide that though. If it were me, I would probably take the greedy road to. I don't think $5000 quite covers this situation. Someone could have easily gone on a $5000 endorphin-induced shopping spree.
JoshuaD
06-25-2005, 09:20 PM
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I hate greedy bitches (http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050623113609990005&ncid=NWS000100 00000001)
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I voted she has a case in this poll. The poll question does not ask whether the station owes her $100K. It asks whether or not she has a case, which she certainly does. This is outright deception, whether it was with malicious intent or a simple joke. I do no blame her one bit for wanting to take action against this station, and I certainly can understand why 70% of the people agree with this. I do not think this is "greedy." The point where I disagree however, is that once she was offered $5000, that should have sufficed as compensation for her troubles.
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If you made a 100 grand bet with some dude and won, and then he tried giving you a candy bar, would you accept $5000 for your trouble?
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100 Grand DOLLARS
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100 grand = $100,000. Adding "dollars" at the end is redundant.
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No, 100 Grand = Candy Bar... The woman made an incorrect assumption and got taught a free lesson... Then they offered to teach her the lesson and give her $5,000, and she's still pissed!
tbach24
06-25-2005, 09:31 PM
There must be more information about this. If they printed somewhere that it was a candy bar or did not specify about which is was but always said "100 Grand" as opposed to "100 thousand" or "100k" or whatever then they shouldn't have to pay anything. I think giving 5k is nice though.
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No, 100 Grand = Candy Bar... The woman made an incorrect assumption and got taught a free lesson... Then they offered to teach her the lesson and give her $5,000, and she's still pissed!
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Try betting "100 Grand" with a bookie, and giving him a candy bar if you lose.
scotty34
06-25-2005, 10:01 PM
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I voted she has a case in this poll. The poll question does not ask whether the station owes her $100K. It asks whether or not she has a case, which she certainly does. This is outright deception, whether it was with malicious intent or a simple joke. I do no blame her one bit for wanting to take action against this station, and I certainly can understand why 70% of the people agree with this. I do not think this is "greedy." The point where I disagree however, is that once she was offered $5000, that should have sufficed as compensation for her troubles.
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If you made a 100 grand bet with some dude and won, and then he tried giving you a candy bar, would you accept $5000 for your trouble?
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I know its not quite the same, but back when I was younger, we would always have dumb bets like this. "I will bet you 100 bucks I can beat you in a race" - the kid would let me win, then try to kick me in the ass 100 times. Or a bet for a 1000 dollars which would turn out to be 1000 doll hairs. I never got upset when I wasn't paid $100. Of course this is slightly different because this woman obviously (and perhaps rightfully so) took their offer seriously. It was intended as a joke, and they offered her a healthy sum for her troubles. I don't think this is unreasonable.
jacki
06-25-2005, 10:22 PM
I remember reading about a Hooters waitress that won a new Toyota for winning some sort of sales contest.
On the presentation day, her manager gave her a new toy Yoda.
She sued Hooters and won.
She got a car. (http://www.power-of-attorneys.com/toy_yoda.htm)
HopeydaFish
06-25-2005, 10:25 PM
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100 Grand DOLLARS
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100 grand = $100,000. Adding "dollars" at the end is redundant.
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No, 100 Grand = Candy Bar... The woman made an incorrect assumption and got taught a free lesson... Then they offered to teach her the lesson and give her $5,000, and she's still pissed!
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They "taught her a lesson"? Why does a radio station have to teach anyone a lesson? If anyone needs to be "taught a lesson" it's the DJ and the radio station for thinking they can toy with people like that.
This is what the DJ put in his blog the night before: "(we will present one of) our loyal listeners with a chance to Win 100 GRAND!!!! It's sitting in a bag to my left ready for someone to take off with just like the Runaway bride!" The tenth caller, he added, would be "100 GRAND RICHER!!! No joke."
He'll probably get nailed with the fact that he didn't say " A 100 Grand Richer" as opposed to what he did say: "100 Grand Richer". The former *could* mean a candy bar, the latter is phrased in such a way as to indicate that he could only be referring to money.
spamuell
06-25-2005, 10:33 PM
I know its not quite the same, but back when I was younger, we would always have dumb bets like this. "I will bet you 100 bucks I can beat you in a race" - the kid would let me win, then try to kick me in the ass 100 times.
Try living a country where the unit of currency is "pounds".
balkii
06-25-2005, 10:47 PM
what a dumb whore.
Benholio
06-25-2005, 10:58 PM
I'd be pissed too. I don't think $5,000 would placate me in the least, but I'd take it just in case I couldn't get more.
bronzepiglet
06-25-2005, 11:10 PM
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anyone who goes on a spenging spree before they get the actual money is incredibly stupid.
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Right. I don't think the radio station is blameless, but I think that $5k is pretty generous, considering. I don't know if "100 Grand" is legally binding or anything, though it may have something to do with the intended perception.
I also think this is a way for the station to make a lot of enemies and have everybody thinking that this station will never have any prizes worth anything; it's a dumb move.
But, she should just take the $5k. She could lose that in legal costs and be stuck right back where she started.
Oh yeah, and if a pop-up ad on the internet told you that you won a new car would you give your car away to the first person you saw? Wacky radio promotions aren't much more trustworthy than that.
captZEEbo1
06-26-2005, 12:22 AM
I'd probably take the $5k, b/c I'm a pushover, but I agree, this was a dumb trick.
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06-26-2005, 12:54 AM
didn't read the passed the first paragraph but I voted deception.
oreogod
06-26-2005, 04:55 AM
Most radio stations will usually say "one hundred thousand dollars" over and over if they are offering cash prizes. They keep saying 100 thousand dollars can be yours tom etc.
Was this contest some kind of daily joke? I dont quite get why they would have a contest over a candy bar. If I was in the situation, Id try and go for the money...but if they dont say dollars, arent they give her what they promised essentially?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/reef/toyota.jpg
chesspain
06-26-2005, 09:04 AM
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No, 100 Grand = Candy Bar... The woman made an incorrect assumption and got taught a free lesson...
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I would petition the FCC to fine the station owner's ass. Why should the listeners be the only ones getting the lessons?
tomahawk
06-26-2005, 10:38 AM
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It's slightly different because the woman and the people from the radion station aren't ten years old.
If I was on a jury, from what I've read so far, it would take me ten seconds to award the woman $100,000 + her legal fees.
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I dont quite get why they would have a contest over a candy bar.
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They wouldn't. Who would give a [censored] about winning a candy bar?
But if you can get people to tune in thinking they can win $100,000 when you're really only going to give them a candy bar, now that's a cost effective promotion? Unless you lose a lawsuit of course.
Only way to stop BS like this is for judges and juries to bring the hammer down and make them pay.
HopeydaFish
06-26-2005, 11:39 AM
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That's a pretty nasty sore on her lip. I can see why she's a "former" Hooters waitress. I guess the clientele didn't like getting served by someone with herpes.
player24
06-26-2005, 12:10 PM
That gag has been used alot by radio stations, for some reason. Go here to listen to a guy who gets scammed...he is pissed.
Radio Station 100 Grand Scam (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/100grand.html)
tbach24
06-26-2005, 12:29 PM
AWESOME!!
siccjay
06-26-2005, 02:27 PM
If this is Greedy for wanting to get paid what they made her believe that she won, then I'm greedy as [censored].
I would be pissed beyond belief. I'm all about [censored] with people but with money it's a whole nother ball game.
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If this is Greedy for wanting to get paid what they made her believe that she won
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You mean what SHE made her believe she won, correct?
you know what I hate?
when people quote posts that have pictures in them.
yeah, I really hate that.
wacki
06-26-2005, 03:46 PM
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Later, he offered her $5,000, Gill said.
"I said I wanted $95,000 more," she said. "Nobody would watch and listen for two hours for a candy bar."
Yeah, but they're offering $5k... a lot of people would listen for two hours for that.
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The point is that a lot of people were conned into listening via false promises and false advertising. If the said "win a 100 grand" ok, I can see that. However, they said "win 100 grand". The distinction of that single letter is very important IMO. She wasn't acting out of stupidity in this case. She deserves compensation IMO.
bronzepiglet
06-26-2005, 03:47 PM
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They wouldn't. Who would give a [censored] about winning a candy bar?
But if you can get people to tune in thinking they can win $100,000 when you're really only going to give them a candy bar, now that's a cost effective promotion? Unless you lose a lawsuit of course.
Only way to stop BS like this is for judges and juries to bring the hammer down and make them pay.
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If they are smart then they have a disclaimer run every day that says with giveaways the station can 'change the terms of the promotion at any time without notice.' If they don't I guess they're stupid and maybe they should get nailed.
This is just a dumb thing to do for them because it's not like the usual gags where they prank some unsuspecting person as the audience listens... it's making all the listeners feel stupid. I don't know why that would make someone want to listen.
I don't know if they should have to pay, but I'm not liking this station either way.
brassnuts
06-26-2005, 03:48 PM
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you know what I hate?
when people quote posts that have pictures in them.
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Yeah, that's a really stupid thing to hate.
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If this is Greedy for wanting to get paid what they made her believe that she won
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You mean what SHE made her believe she won, correct?
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She believe she won "100 grand." The radio station didn't say she won "A 100 grand."
brassnuts
06-26-2005, 03:51 PM
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If this is Greedy for wanting to get paid what they made her believe that she won
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You mean what SHE made her believe she won, correct?
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She believe she won "100 grand." The radio station didn't say she won "A 100 grand."
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So they said, "You win one hundred grand," as opposed to "... a hundred granded."
Hmm... that's shady and she probably deserves the money. But, I doubt she will ever win this in court.
CallMeIshmael
06-26-2005, 03:56 PM
Everything SpearsBritney has said in this thread is correct.
(even though it isnt exactly "britney spears" I still feel dirty saying that)
RacersEdge
06-26-2005, 05:03 PM
I'd like to hear the whole context here, but it sounds like the radio station was guilty of blatant deception. When the DJ quits, it tells you something is screwy at the radio station.
SpearsBritney
06-26-2005, 05:04 PM
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I'd like to hear the whole context here, but it sounds like the radio station was guilty of blatant deception. When the DJ quits, it tells you something is screwy at the radio station.
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So does offering $5000
Kevmath
06-26-2005, 05:11 PM
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That gag has been used alot by radio stations, for some reason. Go here to listen to a guy who gets scammed...he is pissed.
Radio Station 100 Grand Scam (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/100grand.html)
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This was done by Opie and Anthony, back in their WAAF Boston days. Also radio stations have gotten in trouble by making people "millionaires" (http://listweb.bilkent.edu.tr/kadin/2000/May/0027.html). Problem was it was in Turkish Lira or some other near worthless currency.
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You must be pretty young to be this ridiculous. The radio station deliberately deceived her. SHE didn't "make" herself believe anything.
Okay... After all the discussion in this thread, I've come to the conclusion that I'm wrong.
The woman is probably a greedy bitch, but that's just because most women are, not necessarily because of this incident.
I don't think she deserves $100,000 (nor do I think she'll get it), but I do think that she will receive significant damages, and the radio station will be fined.
Still, I think if this happened to me I would probably just roll with it. The woman said, "No one would listen to the station for 2 hours just for a candy bar," but it goes the other way, too... Why the hell would a radio station give someone $100,000 for listening for only two hours?
JoshuaD
06-26-2005, 07:19 PM
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Still, I think if this happened to me I would probably just roll with it. The woman said, "No one would listen to the station for 2 hours just for a candy bar," but it goes the other way, too... Why the hell would a radio station give someone $100,000 for listening for only two hours?
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Because they said they would?
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Still, I think if this happened to me I would probably just roll with it. The woman said, "No one would listen to the station for 2 hours just for a candy bar," but it goes the other way, too... Why the hell would a radio station give someone $100,000 for listening for only two hours?
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Because they said they would?
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Uhm, again they said they would give away "one hundred grand". From what I have read, they never once said the word "dollars". Of course that doesn't make it right, but I would figure they had their bases covered and they got me good because I made an incorrect assumption.
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