# Woohoo, I just won $300,000 and a new Tesla **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421 "2026-01-07T05:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/21 "2026-01-07T19:18:08Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > And if you call in to claim your prize in the next 10 minutes, we’ll throw in a Cybertruck for free. > > Well that turned me off. I need “And if you call in to claim your prize in the next 10 minutes, we won’t make you take the free Cybertruck.” In the video game Satisfactory there is a building that allows you to “sink” excess items in exchange for coupons, which you can then use to purchase things from the company store. If you feed a coupon back into the sink, the game unlocks a cybertruck that you can purchase in the store. I still haven’t figured out if that’s a reward or punishment. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/22 "2026-01-07T19:22:37Z")
In a game a CT might be real useful if endowed with the right magick. IRL? Not so much. 😉 I saw one a few days ago in a sky blue wrap. It was damn near stealthy. Real hard to see. The combo of odd shape and odd color just didn’t trigger my “that’s an oncoming vehicle” recognizer until real late. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/23 "2026-01-07T19:28:54Z")
You may have already won! But if you fail to send back the Publishers Clearing House vouchers… ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/24 "2026-01-07T19:32:19Z")
According to my math, Elon can provide $300k and a Tesla to nearly half a million people and still be the richest man in the world. Are we absolutely certain this isn’t legit, and just his latest promotional scheme? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/25 "2026-01-07T19:46:59Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > This needs to be broadcast in all media three times a day for a month: “No legitimate agency, governmental or otherwise, _ever_ asks for gift cards as payment. If at the end of this month you still think that anyone asking for payment by gift card is legit, law enforcement agencies will _not_ assist you in any way.” …& the corollary, if real police want to arrest you, they are going to show up when they want to, unannounced; they are **NOT** going to call you first, giving you the opportunity to either flee or barricade yourself before they get there but not come if you give them money, or even better, gift cards. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/26 "2026-01-07T19:56:20Z")
Too often the situation is: 1. Give warning/advance notice 2. Get around to actually raiding the place 3. Finding an empty building 4. Announcing “Problem solved! You’re welcome!” ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/27 "2026-01-07T23:06:15Z")
We’ve linked a lot of scams in this thread: > [@Scam (Internet and Otherwise) Omnibus Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-internet-and-otherwise-omnibus-thread/962265): > > Continuing the discussion from ["Is this a scam?" chapter seventy-billion, need answer fastish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-chapter-seventy-billion-need-answer-fastish/962247/17): This thread, one of many recently, got me thinking that it might be worthwhile to have an omnibus thread where everyone can share and SEARCH scams that have already been identified. This isn’t so much for complaining about scammers although it’ll probably be inevitable to a degree, but to see if other posters have had a similar experience before anyone makes a mistake. I’m linking several scam threa… And @Mangetout and @running_coach have a lot of experience identifying and _playing_ with scammers. But by the noodle-y appendages of the FSM, they will do and say almost anything if they think they’ve got a live one on the line. It’s all about creating that sense of urgency, or, alternately, praying upon the lonely or isolated, as stated here and there. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/28 "2026-01-07T23:43:01Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > It’s ironic that adding an EXTRA, very large prize doesn’t seem to dissuade scammees, but instead is more likely to suck them in Right? I asked my wife about this last night. It just doesn’t make sense. On the Reddit thread some people were offered a million dollars plus a car. As if a million dollars is not enough incentive. > [@abcdefghij](#): > > What’s second prize? > $300000 and two Teslas? Exactly. For last place its a fleet. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Where is Ron Popiel when we need him? He’s that great pocket fisherman in the sky. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/29 "2026-01-08T03:48:43Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Right? I asked my wife about this last night. It just doesn’t make sense. On the Reddit thread some people were offered a million dollars plus a car. As if a million dollars is not enough incentive. I had one quite awhile ago that the grand prize was a BMW dealership, 20 million United State Dollar and a new BMW of my choice. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/30 "2026-01-08T12:43:44Z")
If somebody gave me a BMW dealership and $20M, I’m getting a Rolls Royce, not another steenkin’ BMW. After all, a Roller is really a just BMW 7-series with a different body and interior. So at least my minions can still work on it. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/31 "2026-01-08T13:15:00Z")
The dealership doesn’t already come with BMWs. That’s why they give you the BMW. That’s a seed BMW. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/32 "2026-01-08T13:44:19Z")
So I can grow a BMW tree? \* runs off to hire a backhoe \* ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/33 "2026-01-08T14:09:06Z")
Most BMWs are sterile ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/34 "2026-01-08T14:32:43Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > That’s a seed BMW Nope, don’t you know anything, that’s not where new cars come from. When a mamma BMW & a poppa BMW love each other very much… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/35 "2026-01-08T15:53:23Z")
… the ensuing collision is very, very expensive? 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/36 "2026-01-08T16:00:59Z")
so you’re saying I should Bring My Wallet? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/37 "2026-01-08T16:11:58Z")
Hers too. 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421.md?page=1)