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Re: Westin "scratch offs"
[Re: madg1108]
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05/18/2015 12:08 PM
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A few years back we scratched off our ticket and had "Three Fishes" which the girls said they had never seen before and it was a 1 in a million chance of winning. As a result of my winning ticket I have now been the owner of the Island of Saint Maarten for 3 years. As owner of the Island you are all welcome to continue to vacation here as long as you wish. All because I had THREE FISHES!!!!
Aren't the 'good things that come to those who wait' just the leftovers from the people that got there first?
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Re: Westin "scratch offs"
[Re: JeLoWest]
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05/18/2015 04:45 PM
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Re: Westin "scratch offs"
[Re: gd1147]
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05/21/2015 04:32 AM
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Here is my take on this. This could be very dangerous, much like the "Bump and run" where you get a "good" tap and then you get out only to find that there guys hiding and quickly rob your car while you're assessing the damage. This happened to a friend of mine around Terra Basin area. LOL they picked the wrong guy!! Former Marine head of HLS-ATF!!! That didn't end well for those guys!!! But stopping for these people that look like they are on the side of the road broke down or flagging people down for a "free" vacation could lead to much worse things. I won't even stop for a flat tire!! Just not worth our safety and our lovely time at "our home away from home"!!! IMHO Don't ever stop!
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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Re: Westin "scratch offs"
[Re: Colour1]
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05/21/2015 08:27 PM
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Colour1 said:
Here is my take on this. This could be very dangerous, much like the "Bump and run" where you get a "good" tap and then you get out only to find that there guys hiding and quickly rob your car while you're assessing the damage. This happened to a friend of mine around Terra Basin area. LOL they picked the wrong guy!! Former Marine head of HLS-ATF!!! That didn't end well for those guys!!! But stopping for these people that look like they are on the side of the road broke down or flagging people down for a "free" vacation could lead to much worse things. I won't even stop for a flat tire!! Just not worth our safety and our lovely time at "our home away from home"!!! IMHO Don't ever stop! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Rofl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Rofl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Rofl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Rofl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> BTW.. it's "Terres Basses"..... not Terra Basin <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Westin "scratch offs"
[Re: gd1147]
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05/21/2015 09:27 PM
05/21/2015 09:27 PM
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gd1147 said:
Driving into Galion to go to Tropical Wave this morning we we approached by a nice French dude with scratch offs for the Westin. My wife scratched and we had 3 "7"s which he said was a miracle and we just made his week because the commission off that ticket would net him $400. After hearing the prizes, either $1000 gift card for the island, 4 night stay at the Westin, or an iPad (cheapest model probably) that we could win after the 1.30h sales pitch we politely declined. I figure the winning of the top two prizes was slim pickings and a cheap iPad that I already own wasn't worth an hour of my time.
Has anyone else gotten one of these 3 x "7"s and actually gone to the Westin to check it out? He said they give out 1 card with this prize per day on the island. Other gifts included free drinks, a bottle of champagne etc on other cards, I would find it hard to believe people would give up 1.30h of their vacation for such trivial prizes.
Thoughts? I had that happen a good number of years ago at Orient. My reply was to ask if I could do the tour naked. The pusher laughed and went away.
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