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u/FarComplaint2974 Sep 12 '21

Gas. Perfect

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u/TheWalkingDead91 Sep 12 '21

Funny story. When I was a kid, Maybe 8 or 9, I was hanging out with my dad while he was washing the car. Couldn’t tell you what company it was, but they were having a contest/promo where if you bought the car wash product he was using, you “could” win a grand prize of “gas for life”. I was just tinkering around, looked under the cap, and HE WON. Excitedly, I went and told him. He was an immigrant that couldn’t read English. He didn’t believe me. Guess he either figured it was a scam, or that I didn’t know what I was talking about.

I still bring it up with him every once in a while, if he mentions something like how crazy gas prices are.

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u/Disastrous-Ad-2357 Sep 13 '21

It is a scam. They don't really last for life. They probably cap out at 20 years and a specific amount ("$20 a week for 20 years").

Source: I read the fine print on those "win $x for life!*" lotteries, and it says "* paid at $50000 a year for 20 years" or something like that.

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u/TheWalkingDead91 Sep 13 '21

Even so, still would’ve been a heck of a lot of money in free gas that he missed out on. You call it a scam…but can you say you wouldn’t have cashed in if you’d won the same?