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Old 02-01-2019, 11:20 AM
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Default Two Canadians won the PCA raffle!

Cool to see that two Canadians won out of five Targa GTS offered:

From PCA Website

Here are the grand-prize winners:
  • John Arand — Upper Canada Region
  • Brian Han — Los Angeles Region
  • Robert Staffen — Upper Canada Region
  • Terry Spaeth — Connecticut Valley Region
  • Timothy Ponzoha — Cascade Region
Old 02-01-2019, 01:32 PM
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Sweet.

That means I didn't win though.

Congratulations to the fortunate winners.
Old 02-01-2019, 02:03 PM
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Yah, Congrats to the winner. Sucks I didn’t win (again), so looking forward to a Targa too.
Old 02-01-2019, 02:48 PM
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No new targa for me i guess
Old 02-01-2019, 03:12 PM
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DAMN! I GUESS I'M STILL TOO YOUNG AND TOO GOOD LOOKING! I'LL NEVER WIN ANYTHING! I'LL ONLY WIN SOMETHING WHEN I'M TOO OLD TO USE IT.
Old 02-01-2019, 07:42 PM
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Nice late Christmas present!! Given the typical 10:1 US - CAN ratio, that's some good Canuck luck!!
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Very cool! I didn't buy this time. Oh well 6/49 is mine tomorrow night!
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A friend of mine won the car in the pca raffle a couple years ago. Due to the rules of the raffle, it was going to cost him something like $60,000 CAD cash or more to take delivery of the 'free' car (991 GTS). And PCA wouldn't budge or make concessions whatsoever based on the fact a Canadian member won. He basically had no choice but to take the cash, and after all the taxes and US state & federal tax issues he took home nowhere close to the 'cash value' of the prize. Still a win obviously as it was cash not had beforehand, but a big disappointment considering the advertised prize.

If PCA is going to allow Canadians to buy tickets, they should also set the raffle up that if a Canadian in fact wins, they get the same opportunity as a US PCA ticket-buying member. For example, having the prize car delivered by a Canadian dealer.
Old 02-02-2019, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by cstyles
A friend of mine won the car in the pca raffle a couple years ago. Due to the rules of the raffle, it was going to cost him something like $60,000 CAD cash or more to take delivery of the 'free' car (991 GTS). And PCA wouldn't budge or make concessions whatsoever based on the fact a Canadian member won. He basically had no choice but to take the cash, and after all the taxes and US state & federal tax issues he took home nowhere close to the 'cash value' of the prize. Still a win obviously as it was cash not had beforehand, but a big disappointment considering the advertised prize.

If PCA is going to allow Canadians to buy tickets, they should also set the raffle up that if a Canadian in fact wins, they get the same opportunity as a US PCA ticket-buying member. For example, having the prize car delivered by a Canadian dealer.
Interesting, I was wondering about what would happen in that situation. That's disappointing.
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Originally Posted by cstyles
A friend of mine won the car in the pca raffle a couple years ago. Due to the rules of the raffle, it was going to cost him something like $60,000 CAD cash or more to take delivery of the 'free' car (991 GTS). And PCA wouldn't budge or make concessions whatsoever based on the fact a Canadian member won. He basically had no choice but to take the cash, and after all the taxes and US state & federal tax issues he took home nowhere close to the 'cash value' of the prize. Still a win obviously as it was cash not had beforehand, but a big disappointment considering the advertised prize.

If PCA is going to allow Canadians to buy tickets, they should also set the raffle up that if a Canadian in fact wins, they get the same opportunity as a US PCA ticket-buying member. For example, having the prize car delivered by a Canadian dealer.
Thanks for that info. I've purchased many of those and wondered how this would work for a Canadian winner. I won't buy anymore.
Old 02-02-2019, 10:37 PM
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Lucky bastages. That's a sweet ride. Congrats to them.
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Old 02-03-2019, 11:58 AM
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Correction: $80k CAD to take delivery of the car here in Canada after all costs. For base, zero option 991.1 GTS which would have had a Canadian msrp in the low $130's.

$130,000 CAD delivery cost once he spec'd it to his liking 😮.

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Originally Posted by cstyles
A friend of mine won the car in the pca raffle a couple years ago. Due to the rules of the raffle, it was going to cost him something like $60,000 CAD cash or more to take delivery of the 'free' car (991 GTS). And PCA wouldn't budge or make concessions whatsoever based on the fact a Canadian member won. He basically had no choice but to take the cash, and after all the taxes and US state & federal tax issues he took home nowhere close to the 'cash value' of the prize. Still a win obviously as it was cash not had beforehand, but a big disappointment considering the advertised prize.

If PCA is going to allow Canadians to buy tickets, they should also set the raffle up that if a Canadian in fact wins, they get the same opportunity as a US PCA ticket-buying member. For example, having the prize car delivered by a Canadian dealer.
Thanks for that info. I don’t mind helping out a good cause but the playing field needs to be levelled for me to participate in future. For the ticket money I can buy a half dozen goats in a micro investment fund to kick start a farmer in Africa.
Old 02-05-2019, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by cstyles
Correction: $80k CAD to take delivery of the car here in Canada after all costs. For base, zero option 991.1 GTS which would have had a Canadian msrp in the low $130's.

$130,000 CAD delivery cost once he spec'd it to his liking 😮.
Wow... I always figured there would be some costs, but that is unreal.

I have no reason to doubt you... I think my days of purchasing these tickets may have just come to an abrupt halt!
Old 02-06-2019, 10:35 AM
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I wonder if Provinz will do an article on the 2 happy winners.


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