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CBS WCBS FM Contest winners are really not winners after grossly inflated tax payouts New York, New York

26th of Apr, 2011 by User243889

Winning a radio contest is certainly possible, as I found out... almost, anyway.
Yes, the call in number for the contest was busy each and every time I tried. One day, I sat by the phone and kept hitting redial. As I was about to hang up and try again, I heard an answer and a person stating that I was the big winner. When I went in to pick up my prize, I was told that I would need to provide my social security number, as the total prize was worth over one thousand dollars and that I would have to pay the tax. No problem, or so I thought. One part of the prize was a video game valued at over $650, at least according to CBS. That meant that I would owe about $175 in taxes. I googled the prize I had won and found that the retail price was $98 at Kmart, or about $107 with sales tax included. Would you rather buy an item for $107, or get it for free and pay $175 in taxes? The other half of the prize were theatre tickets, also egregiously overpriced and equally taxable. Consider yourself LUCKY that you LOST... err... I should say that you won the tax advantage!

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4703 days ago by Sly21m

I just recently won tics to the Brian Wilson concert @ the Welmont for June9th, i could not believe how bad Brian Wilson looked! Did this guy suffer a stroke or something or did his stage fright condition come back? Maybe he was drunk? The band was amazing & it was clear that they were carrying him the whole way! What a shame! We left at intermission, it was to painful to watch!!! Tickets were free, THANK_GOD!!!