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Subject: 
Re: New SW contest proposal
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 16:03:20 GMT
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"David Thomas Jr." <Davejr@thomas-superwheel.com> writes:

To me $5.00 seems like very little.

And it probably is very little.  However, if I was to buy a cheque for
US$5, I would probably have to spend something like US$20 in fees.  And
I wouldn't guarantee that cashing in the cheque would be free to you.
You would probably have to spend at least US$5 in fees to cash it in.

If you're only expecting participants from the US, fine.  But otherwise,
it is probably much of a hassle to have entry fees.

Fredrik



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  Re: New SW contest proposal
 
Would it cost the same to get $5.00 in american currency? For such a small amount, it would not be such a big deal to send cash in the mail. -Dave Jr. (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: New SW contest proposal
 
I don't quite understand what you mean by a cool logo? How does a logo constitute a prize? Why would anyone prefer a logo over at least $75.00 cash that they could spend on lego? And do you really think a $5.00 entry fee is too much to expect? I'm (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)

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