What Would You Do?

[Dbacksfan12]

You were playing Let 'Em Roll...and you roll five of the $1500 squares for a total of $7500.

Let's say in example "a" the car is a Ford Focus...and in example "b" the car is slightly nicer, say a Mazda Miata.

Do you take the $7500 or go for the car?

[Neumms]

Take the dough. I haven't seen anybody win a car in two rolls, and that's a nice chunk of change. If I rolled $4500 and two cars, I'd still probably take the money.

[Jackpotman800]

I'd definetly take the cash. It would be a longshot to me, if I'd go for it.

[JasonA1]

I think we had a thread similar to this not too long ago, or at the very least an offshot discussion from a recap. I'd take any sum of money presented to me on TPIR because I'd hate to pay exorbitant taxes just to keep a prize I didn't want in the first place.

-Jason

[beatlefreak84]

There wouldn't really be a second thought:  take the $7500!  Sure; maybe I don't win a car, but that's a VERY nice sum of money, and certainly more than I'd ever think of winning being on TPIR.  Heck, I think my threshold would be a lot lower than that...say, maybe $4000...

Plus, just looking at the game's history, how many times have we seen people need only two rolls to win the car?  So, even if it's a car that I want, the odds seem to be more likely that I'll not only lose the car, but end up with significantly less money.

And, let's face it; I'd win the Showcase Showdown and win a Showcase with a car in it, anyway, so I don't need to be greedy and take two cars....

Anthony

[BrandonFG]

Take the money. It's a sure thing, and $7,500 is not a bad chunk of money. I don't have much use for a new car, and even though I could sell it off and make more than the $7,500, I'd still have to WIN the car first. :-P

[mbc793]

I would take the $7500 because if I roll twice that money amount would decrease and I could wind up with either 2, 3 maybe 4 car symbols.

[mystery7]

For practical purposes, the money. Tax on $7500 is a lot less than on what's probably a $20,000 car. That car would have to be a hell and a half more than just a Focus for me to want to keep it.

[CJBojangles]

Coming from someone who actually drives a Ford Focus, I'd definitely take the money. What the hell would I want with two of 'em?

With the amount of Focuses (Foci?) they seem to be chucking at contestants these days, and with my luck, odds are I'd end up playing for another one. But $7,500 - probably more along the lines of around $6K after taxes - regardless of whether or not I already drive one of them, would be my choice.

[Don Howard]

Money, honey.
Of course, I'd also take the $2500 on Spelling Bee.

[tvwxman]

cash. no contest. anytime.

best winner at the show i saw taped in June....kid wins a 2700 refridgerator with a lcd tv in it (it's a one bid prize to get up on stage).....dob tells him after the show the manufacturer is out of em , or they're not for sale anymore, and tells the kid he's getting 2700 in cash instead.

nice.

[Jimmy Owen]

Don't you guys realize what taking the money does to their prize budget???  Try to have some compassion!  Taking the money=bankrupting the show.


I think I'd take the money, to heck with the budget.

[Joe Mello]

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'130604\' date=\'Sep 7 2006, 12:14 PM\']I'd take any sum of money presented to me on TPIR because I'd hate to pay exorbitant taxes just to keep a prize I didn't want in the first place.[/quote]

You don't want a mid-range car/low-range convertible?  Heck, you wouldn't want a car in general?

As much as the car would please me, I'd take the $7,500 unless it was one hell of a car.  Outside of winning, you can only do worse and we've seen way too many people end the game with 4 cars and $500.

/Because someone's going to say you can't have a Mazda Miata (especially since the only one left is the MX-5 convertible) on TPIR, we could use the American equivalent, which would be a Pontiac Solstice, which is still a nice piece of vehicle in my opinion.

//I know only the MX-5 is left because it's part of the file I have for prizes in my netgames, like the one in my sig, which is currently taking sign-ups.

///Yay subtle self-promotion.

[JasonA1]

Funny how you wonder if I'd want a car in general, then follow that up with stating you'd take the cash. No, I don't wanna pay in excess of 5-grand in taxes in one lump sum for a car I'm not thrilled about. It'll be a car I want on my terms, one which I'd be well on my way to with $7,500 pre-taxes.

-Jason

[Joe Mello]

That was more of a general question as opposed to this specific instance, since your statement seemed general.