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Maine innkeeper to give property away to essay winner
Posted on 3/19/15 at 12:24 am
Posted on 3/19/15 at 12:24 am
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Any OT Ballers good at writing essays?
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BOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) - The owner of an idyllic Maine country inn valued at $905,000 has plans to give it all away to the winner of an essay contest she launched early this year. Applicants must be eager to run the business and convey their qualifications in an impeccably crafted, but spare, 200-word essay. She said in an interview that she aims to garner as many as 7,500 paid submissions by May 17th. At $125 per entry, that would be enough to cover the estimated value of the 210-year old facility, plus an additional $20,000 for the next owner.
Any OT Ballers good at writing essays?
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 12:28 am
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Posted on 3/19/15 at 12:26 am to LSULyle00690
Posted on 3/19/15 at 12:26 am to LSULyle00690
An entry fee? What horseshite. Was a good story otherwise.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 12:29 am to LSULyle00690
I guess it's the owner's way of guaranteeing their asking price, if 7500 pay to enter.
Where does the excess cash go if more than 7500 enter, and what if not enough sign up?
Where does the excess cash go if more than 7500 enter, and what if not enough sign up?
Posted on 3/19/15 at 12:33 am to LSULyle00690
Would the winner have to pay taxes on it? Would this fall under sweepstakes tax stuff?
Posted on 3/19/15 at 12:37 am to boddagetta
You have to write another essay for the county commisioner asking him to kindly waive taxes
Posted on 3/19/15 at 12:38 am to LSULyle00690
INN
Posted on 3/19/15 at 12:40 am to LSULyle00690
Germans
Posted on 3/19/15 at 12:49 am to LSULyle00690
I'm going to do this. 
Posted on 3/19/15 at 2:22 am to yurintroubl
This sounds like a great scam. At the end she'll be super inspired by her nephew's essay to keep the inn in the family.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 2:25 am to LSULyle00690
Great, all I need is more competition
Posted on 3/19/15 at 4:39 am to LSULyle00690
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Sage herself took ownership of the inn in 1993, after she won a similar essay contest launched by the previous owner.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:57 am to TypoKnig
Yup, sounds like an awesome scam.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 7:08 am to yurintroubl
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I'm going to do this.
I think I will too. But I'm entering two essays, one saying why I'm awesome and a second saying why everyone else is shite. $250 and that shithole is mine.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 7:21 am to LSULyle00690
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At $125 per entry, that would be enough to cover the estimated value of the 210-year old facility
NPR neglected (or I didn't hear) to mention this part when I heard the story a couple days ago.
Nice way to get paid while still looking trendy and generous.
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 7:22 am
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