Let me get this straight, you won $1.6 Billion, hired the band to do a show just for 10C members and you are making us pay for tickets.
You cheap SOB.
Haha, I know you’re being humorous but I’ll explain...
I never said it was a show just for 10C members, there is general public too. And everyone is getting free merch instead of wasting your day or half the show in line. Just show up anytime before the start time, enjoy your day prior to, then enjoy the show! I want to make this all about the music. Not about lines or imaginary lists or merch frenzy.
Besides, I never specified the ticket prices or what the proceeds from ticket sales may go to. But it would definitely be more in line with, say, 90s/00s prices and most likely all go to charity & I’d match or even multiply that.
Also, you don’t get $1.6b. The lump sum payout was $878m before taxes and the annuity was about $51m/yr before taxes, which is more likely what I’d take. So I’d have about $27-33m to work with to make this happen. Figure I have to pay the band, pay their crew, pay the facility, pay to offset their carbon footprint, pay for all the insurance & legal stuff, pay for all the merch production, etc. And trust me, I’d make it more than worth the while for everyone involved just to ensure the show goes on. This could easily cost me half my first year winnings.
I could literally give every single American one million dollars and still have 600 million left over. Wow.
cash option isnt after taxes...... the other 700 million is what would accrue for payout over the life of the payout.
Correct. If you did cash option you would get like 500 mil after taxes. That is a third of what it was.
If you opted for the 30 year payout you would have received 53 mil before taxes and about 30 mil a year after.
The question would be could you take the 500 mil guaranteed and turn it into the 900 mil you would have gotten over 30 years?
Or just screw it and enjoy the 500mil?
I would tale the 30 year payout so I didn’t really screw things up and blow it on dumb stuff. I’d also have to keep working to keep my head on straight and not change jobs for a while. Also, to maintain sanity, I’d have it set up so that I couldn’t use more than like $10k a month for spending money after all bills are paid.
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Let me get this straight, you won $1.6 Billion, hired the band to do a show just for 10C members and you are making us pay for tickets.
You cheap SOB.
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I never said it was a show just for 10C members, there is general public too. And everyone is getting free merch instead of wasting your day or half the show in line. Just show up anytime before the start time, enjoy your day prior to, then enjoy the show! I want to make this all about the music. Not about lines or imaginary lists or merch frenzy.
Besides, I never specified the ticket prices or what the proceeds from ticket sales may go to. But it would definitely be more in line with, say, 90s/00s prices and most likely all go to charity & I’d match or even multiply that.
Also, you don’t get $1.6b. The lump sum payout was $878m before taxes and the annuity was about $51m/yr before taxes, which is more likely what I’d take. So I’d have about $27-33m to work with to make this happen. Figure I have to pay the band, pay their crew, pay the facility, pay to offset their carbon footprint, pay for all the insurance & legal stuff, pay for all the merch production, etc. And trust me, I’d make it more than worth the while for everyone involved just to ensure the show goes on. This could easily cost me half my first year winnings.