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Why Triple Play Doesn't Suck As Much As You Think It Does

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Thatgameshowguy:
As I'm sure many of you are aware by now, I was a contestant on the Superfan primetime episode that aired this past Wednesday. Thanks to that, I was in the green room after the show listening to the prize briefing for every person. Since they process you in order of lowest winnings to highest winnings, I was the last one in the green room as I had special paperwork to go over with the trailer. More on that in the soon to be posted megathread. I noticed a few interesting quirks about the prize winnings. If you win a trip you have a year from the air date to take the trip, and you get taxed on it in the year you take it. If you took the trip in 2023 you'd file it in 2024 and if you took it in 2024 you'd file it in 2025. Prizes are delivered to the ground floor only, so if you won something like say a 22" Bowflex Treadmill and need to carry it up five flights of stairs, you're on your own with that. Prizes to Canadians are delivered to their nearest port of entry only and contestants are responsible for the import tariffs, but they don't pay Federal taxes on the winnings so it's a bit of a fair trade.

As for probably the most interesting quirk that I was able to hear, if you win more than one car, you can apply the value of one car to upgrade the other. The only requirement is it has to be the same brand as one of the cars you won. Take for example Joezen from Wednesday's special. If he wanted, he could take is $37,000 Acura Integra and his $30,000 Jeep Compass Latitude or he could combine the value of the two to take a $67,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit. Since I didn't win two vehicles I don't have the full details about how this process works, but that was how it was briefly explained to him in the green room. As long as you put the value towards the same make of one of the cars you won, you can put them together to take home one really good car. One of the largest complaints I've heard about Triple Play has been "What am I going to do with three cars??" and the answer is simple, you don't get three cars. I don't have many other details about this, but it was big enough that I decided it would deserve it's own thread. This changed how I look at the show, hopefully it will change how you look at it too.

sideshowPA:
very cool share. That is especially helpful in Triple Play, where the first car often isn't a super-desirable ride.

therealcu2010:

--- Quote from: Thatgameshowguy on February 04, 2023, 05:01:51 AM ---As for probably the most interesting quirk that I was able to hear, if you win more than one car, you can apply the value of one car to upgrade the other. The only requirement is it has to be the same brand as one of the cars you won. Take for example Joezen from Wednesday's special. If he wanted, he could take is $37,000 Acura Integra and his $30,000 Jeep Compass Latitude or he could combine the value of the two to take a $67,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit.

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Or sell both and use what's left of the $67,000 after taxes to buy a vehicle that doesn't suck. :lol:

All jokes aside, that's actually a really neat little perk...and yes, it certainly does make Triple Play a better game!

Hag:
Very interesting info.

sayingsorry:
I wonder what happens if the one super car you want to build runs out of options and you have money left over, this is great information

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