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vailsy
04-20-2001, 02:52 AM
why are people outside north america not allowed to participate in the spidey sweepstakes??

do your bit for foreign relations and stop being so miserly ;)

there's a big world out there...
BKLEIN
05-22-2001, 09:17 PM
I think the word you are looking for is :

"Miserable"

and THAT, my friend is why the sweepstakes is not open to you!

huked awn fonix wurked 4 mee
jspider83
05-24-2001, 10:27 AM
The word "miserly" was correct in that posting...What Vailsy was trying to say was that the Sweepstakes was being a 'miser' by only allowing U.S. residents to join...

I just LOVE when people try to put others down about their internet spelling or lack of intelligence, and they themselves are actually completely wrong... hee hee
roundeye
05-24-2001, 01:11 PM
I agree with you there, jspidey...
spidey7272
05-25-2001, 03:57 PM
Those who live in australia will wait 6 months past the may 2002 release date to see this film. Is it a plot against all non-Amerikans ?
November905
06-20-2001, 08:43 PM
Actually it has nothing to do with people in the US being miserly (the US still outspends on foreign aid any country on the planet)...

There are laws regarding the legality of contests from state to state within the US and hence many contests in the US won't even cross some state lines. Naturally the laws to allow goods, etc., from one country to another are even more complicated.

It's a sad truth... but a reality - to have an international sweepstakes would require more legal fees than any prize you could imagine just to pay off enough lawyers to check into the laws of every nation in the world.
November905
06-20-2001, 08:49 PM
Once again, it's economics - not personal prejudice against anyone or anyplace.

You have "X" number of prints of a movie. Theatres pay to get top grossing movies for "Y" dollars. To insure the theatre doesn't lose money the contract with the theatres garrantees "Z" number of weeks to show that film.

So why don't they make more prints of the movie? Same reason they don't just go down to the treasury and print up more money when a country needs more cash. It makes the value of the money worthless.