elvendio Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Every month I get an email from Gibson with a new contest to win a Les Paul or something. The problem is they won't accept my entries because I live in Canada. however they accept from all these other countries! "Eligibility: This contest is open only to legal residents of the United States, except for residents of Arizona, and open to legal residents of the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal." Whus-up-wi-dat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Blame .... Tim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Tim upsets the balance in the force. Besides, we can't get maple syrup with our guitars. Some folks are always complaining .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 It has to be some type of red tape mumbo-jumbo. Its a fact, that Canada (outside of the US) sells more Gibsons then any other country. I know this to be true, as I had a nice pow wow with a nice lady who works at Yorkville. Yorkville is the Gibson distributor in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modoc_333 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 it could be a problem caused by a Canadian law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I dunno, but I suspect Axe is right... It's Tims fault...Hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Well...back in the early 60s, Ted McCarty & I got into a fight over some chick at the bar. I ended up smashing a bottle over his head and took the chick home. He's had it out for Canadians ever since... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Why not sounds good to me. I even was married to a Canuck Man, im so sorry. Ill give my American friends a tip on finding a good Canadian woman. - Usually the ones with all the words in her tattoo spelled correctly are keepers. Take it from me boys...Once you go Asian nothing else will do! I guess you could say they are the Gibson reissues of the female species. Most pets are afraid of them though...hmmmm? ( Ill pay dearly for that comment! lol ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBENDS Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 That's why all the animal's run when the new neighbors come home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 tax issues and lawyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clance Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Most pets are afraid of them though...hmmmm? SO TRUE But back on topic, (and I'm not 100% sure here because i dont remember a lot of my grade 12 classes) I think Canadian law says you cant have a contest like this without it being considered a "lottery". Which means stupid lottery taxes apply. That's why contests like McDonalds Monopoly or any kind of sweepstakes or draw make you answer a "skill-testing question" to claim your prize, meaning that instead of a lottery they are technically giving you the prize in return for you filling out the question, thus avoiding classification as a lottery. I am pretty sure Gibson just found it easier to offer the contest in America and those other little countries but not Canada because our law on draws, contests and lotteries are pretty screwed up (that much im sure of) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myspace.com/jessenoah Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 havent you guys seen the south park movie thoose damn canada-ians (pronounced can-a-duh-ee-ans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Every month I get an email from Gibson with a new contest to win a Les Paul or something. The problem is they won't accept my entries because I live in Canada. however they accept from all these other countries! "Eligibility: This contest is open only to legal residents of the United States' date=' except for residents of Arizona, and open to legal residents of the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal." Whus-up-wi-dat?[/quote'] Sheet you think you got something to complain about think about us here in Arizona not only are we hosed even though we are part of the United States plus it's 120 in the summer and who cares if it's a dry heat so is a blowtorch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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