Look at this

**Hraesvelg** · 05-06-2009, 12:01 AM

Promo deals like that always look bigger on paper. They get to write off the retail price of the items on their taxes and also get a bit of advertising to boot. Toshiba/Samsung/Netflix are all getting plugs in this deal for the cost of manufacture. Sort of like gameshows.

Also, I hope the winner of this knows he or she will be taxed on the retail price of the items in order to claim them.

**Hessah** · 05-06-2009, 12:06 AM

The way all the audience got taxed when they were given a car each on Oprah?! LOL!

**Hraesvelg** · 05-06-2009, 12:28 AM

Yep, exactly. The kicker is, sometimes the prize-givers will offer to pay the taxes. Then the winner has to pay taxes on THAT amount, LOL. Gotta love the IRS.

**Hessah** · 05-06-2009, 12:53 AM

Serious?!?! That's nuts!

I guess you can never win the full amount =/

We don't get taxed for winnings here...

Lone_Wolf · 05-09-2009, 06:41 AM

gotte love these kind of scamms.

**Hraesvelg** · 05-09-2009, 02:35 PM

No one is scamming anything, here. As dubious as some of us think some business decisions have been made, I seriously doubt they would try to do anything illegal.