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Why not spend all 30 million on the stamp

posted 15 years ago by JAlexa9898
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True they do not make 30 million dollar stamps but whats to say he can't buy the stamp for 30 million they were negotiating prices?

[–] Plissken_1996 12 years ago

That part made me think he should've just bought a bunch of expensive stamps and mailed them all. It would at least have gotten him half way to his goal.

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[–] gabby_bm 12 years ago

That's why the campaign was such a good idea. A great money-sucker. Another good idea would have been to make a movie. A really bad movie.

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[–] rickb69 11 years ago

he would have made money from the box office

[–] cabal24 11 years ago

And he would have owned the movie which would be considered an asset.

[–] Tobey 12 years ago

The terms specifically said he could only gamble away 5%. Even when he tried to do that by betting on all the longshots he ended up winning more than he gambled.

[–] Tardis1977 12 years ago

maybe I am not thinking very clearly but I would invite about 20-30 friends, rent some formal clothing and buy them all passage on a trans Atlantic cruise

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[–] cabal24 11 years ago

OK how much does all that cost? A few hundred thousand dollars? You've got a month to spend $30 million. That's a medium sized drop in the bucket...

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[–] Splarne 11 years ago

simple answer, if he did that, the movie would have lasted 20 minutes.

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