Win A Garmin nuvi 850!

Hope I win.

Between this and the "24" vehicles in the Garmin garage, I certainly expect that we are going to be seeing a lot of overt and distracting "product placement" for Garmin gps in the new 24 season, just as we have been seeing Cisco products over the past few years.

Hehe...hope I win too!

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Good luck everyone. I entered too! Any other fun contests we should know about?

SORRY GUYS...THIS IS MINE

Thanks for the info...

I keep getting "there is a problem with the server" when trying last night and this morning from two different locations. Anyone else having this problem?

Tim

Sign up was straightforward, with no problems. Keep trying!!!

Thank you. I have also entered the contest.

david

Thanks. I entered. Hope it's got my name on it.

Thanks for posting the link.

I'm also getting the "problem with server" error. Any ideas?

Registering was not clear to me at first...

In case others are doing the same thing -

The website was not clear on HOW to register for the drawing. If you click on "RULES", scroll all the way down, and click "ACCEPT", it will take you to the registration page for the drawing.

If you tried the same thing I did at first and clicked on "sign up" (top left), this may be the reason you received the error "problem with the server"

You wish this was yours!! Its coming straight my way!!!!

Entered, though I've never won anything in my life that wasn't skill-based.

I sign up too. Thanks grush

I signed up also, but I have never watched the show.

Well, I entered too. It is a great prize. Just too bad that it is a discontinued unit. I am sure that their sponsor got a great deal on them.

Well, I entered, but if I win I may have to decline. Look at what they call the value of the package. If you win the federal government will come after you for tax on that, and based on their full retail price, no consideration given for what this discontinued unit really is available for by the time you actually get it (and tax on the 24 promotional crap too). And then your state will come after you for more tax. Cute prize, but I don't think that I could afford to win this (and please don't even suggest that I deal with the electronic bay of thieves to unload it).

Thanks. I just entered. Hope someone wins who is a member of the POI Factory.

Hope One of us wins!!!

THanks.

So why did you even bother to enter if that's the way you feel about having to pay a tax, that is IF they even bothered to come after you....

Oh, you're one of those who only bothers to pay the taxes after they come after you? I have to admit that I entered without thinking about it, but then realized that this prize is over the threshold that will get it reported and you better claim it when you file, or when they do come after you there will be interest and penalties (fines) as well.

Wasn't there a story in the news just a couple of years ago about some geek who won a trip to the International Space Station as a prize, but had to decline it because he would have been taxed millions on his "win"?

I have no issue paying the tax if I win.

This reminds me of some winners of brand new cars on the Oprah Show some years back. I don't recall how many, but some of them refused the new cars because they either couldn't or didn't want to pay the taxes on them. The cars varied in value between 25 and 32 k. Guess what? For that kind of gift I'd sure exhaust every possibility on earth to keep that freebie.)) Somehow paying a small amount of change for a new Garmin 850 wouldn't be a second thought of mine.

Be Well.

It very well may be worth it to some. After all, some pay close to full retail for this unit. But it's not really "a small amount of change", I figure it would cost me about twice what I paid for my new nuvi 250 just to accept this "prize", and may cost others more if they are in higher tax brackets.

hope i win my mom need a gps she gets lost easy so if i win it will go to her
grrr its telling me there there is a problem with the server

nuvi 5000 and nuvi 200w

Well if any of us wins the prize, please post a note...I would like to know if the winner is one of us.

I am entered / best of luck to all

can't get in the site keeps telling me there is a problem with the site

just checking..did you click on "rules" and scroll to the bottom, then click "accept"?

I just tried it and it still seemed ok for me

actually, here's a direct link to enter the sweepstakes:
http://www.fox.com/24/garmin/enter.htm

Thanks grush for point out this contest.
Lets see... IF I win I have to pay income tax on it because its income... So I have to pay a whopping 15% of the MSRP for a unit that cost much more than I'd normally pay, but less than I have paid for GPSrs. Sounds like a great deal to me...

I remember those fools that got the cars from Okra and cried to anyone that would listen how much hardship the tax burden would be. Didn't they figure out that they could SELL the car they were given, pay the taxes on it and then buy another NEW car with what was left over???

When I was actively flying I was a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). They give away a refurbished airplane every year or two to a member. The always planes they give away are way too expensive for my budget to own or operate, so I always said I'd fly it a bit to have fun, sell it off, pay my taxes and buy a plane that fit my budget...

Same thing here. If you win one of these Garmins, sell it on ebay, pay your taxes and get another one for a lot less. Then you'd have a free new GPSr, essentially tax free, plus if you bought a low enough priced unit, you'd have extra money in your pocket to boot...