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Big winners on game shows, how did winning a prize really pan out? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Examples: If you won a car, did you get a car without a hitch? Any help on insurance payments? Not the prize or cash you were promised?

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[–] MudSkipperKisser@lemmy.world 94 points 9 months ago

When I was a kid I won a trip for 4 people to Washington DC (plane and hotel) plus $500 spending money for the trip from entering a contest I found on the back of a Cheerios box. It was a mail-in entry and I had entirely forgotten about it but weeks later I got a letter saying I won. My parents had no idea I entered and thought it was junk mail at first but were super excited when they realized it was real. Everything went smoothly and we got a fantastic family trip and memory out of it.