MERCEDES-BENZ GIVEAWAY
December 15, 2014 Seminary Winona

Win a ’14 Mercedes-Benz C300 4matic*!

Ordination Weekend Drawing: June 13, 2015

One EXTRA ticket for every five!

Support the formation of Catholic priests

How do I enter?

by check: mail-in form
by credit/debit: online form
 

* The car comes with approximately 10,000 miles due to usage from previous ownership.
** Donations requested, but no donation or purchase is necessary to participate. Giveaway starts on December 15, 2014 and ends on June 13, 2015 at 12:14 PM. Odds of winning = one (1) divided by the total number of valid tickets entered for this drawing. Need not be present to win. Winner must be 18 years of age or older and a legal resident of their state. Void where prohibited. Winner is subject to all applicable local, state and federal taxes, fees and/or other legal requirements. Tax receipt by request only for donations less than $250. No tax receipt for cash. For entry details and complete rules including free entry method, visit stas.org/giveaway/rules.


http://stas.org/en/giveaway

My old boss had nothing but MBs - excellent cars, really, but one oil change would set you back like $500 lol

Looks like someone donated the car to them and they just are getting whatever they can for it, the link says:
*The car comes with approximately 10,000 miles due to usage from previous ownership.

It does not.  A full service costs $500 but that is a full service not just an oil change.

People take the car to Mercedes main dealers because either they have too much money and don't mind wasting it, or they are forced to by a lease agreement, or they are idiots who think the stamps in the log book will retain a residual value higher than the difference in serving costs.

Best way to run a car like this is find a mechanic who works for Mercedes and bring it to his house over the weekend. He has all the diagnostic tools, knows how to repair every aspect of the car, knows the faults it is susceptible to, and will usually work at about 1/4 to 1/3 of the Main dealer's hourly labour rate for cash in hand.

9 times out of ten the moonlighting mechanic can take the service book into Merc and have it stamped as well.

The tickets are 100 each.  Or 6 for the price of an "oil change".

http://stas.org/en/giveaway-order-form-credit-debit-card-5748

Perhaps the Resistance can steal this idea.  Auction off a Kia Rio.  Either that or one of those cargo vans that seat 12 that many Traditional Catholic families drive.

I wonder if this formerly had the licence tag SCV 1 and was delivered by Cardinal Brandmueller in a gesture of "fraternal solidarity" now that Papa Francesco uses a clapped out Renault ?

Quote from: Nado

"no donation or purchase is necessary to participate"

Now, how does one get a ticket without paying?

I am not being facetious or sarcastic, but serious. How can I "participate" and still get a ticket without donating or purchasing anything??

Found it:

Manual Entry.
To enter without donating, mail one self-addressed postage paid envelope to STAS 21077 Quarry Hill Rd Winona, MN 55987, (except Vermont and Washington residents are not required to affix return postage). Limit one entry ticket request per person per day. Request must  be typed, signed, and dated. One entry ticket will be returned in the envelope provided to each mail-in request that complies with these requirements. All requests for entry ticket must be postmarked no later than 11:59 PM EST June 1, 2015 and received no later than June 10, 2015. Mail for Gratuitous Entry Method to any other address will be disqualified and destroyed.

I will be sending in one request for myself and one for my wife every single day until the entry deadline.  I should have several hundred tickets in there by then at the cost of about $1 per ticket (for postage to and from).

Quote from: Nado

Quote from: Nado

"no donation or purchase is necessary to participate"

Now, how does one get a ticket without paying?

I am not being facetious or sarcastic, but serious. How can I "participate" and still get a ticket without donating or purchasing anything??

Found it:

Quote

Manual Entry.
To enter without donating, mail one self-addressed postage paid envelope to STAS 21077 Quarry Hill Rd Winona, MN 55987, (except Vermont and Washington residents are not required to affix return postage). Limit one entry ticket request per person per day. Request must  be typed, signed, and dated. One entry ticket will be returned in the envelope provided to each mail-in request that complies with these requirements. All requests for entry ticket must be postmarked no later than 11:59 PM EST June 1, 2015 and received no later than June 10, 2015. Mail for Gratuitous Entry Method to any other address will be disqualified and destroyed.

I will be sending in one request for myself and one for my wife every single day until the entry deadline.  I should have several hundred tickets in there by then at the cost of about $1 per ticket (for postage to and from).

That is because they are not licenced to run a lottery.  They have to provide a free route to enter by law.