So... who won the Rockstar boat?

I've been waiting for my phone call, informing me i won. The contest should have ended in December, but i can find any material online about winners. I thought this was a publicity stunt, anyone know why so quiet?

Saw something on the Supra forums that said talk to Rockstar. So apparently Supra wanted to distance itself from it.

Don't worry Ben, they'll be calling me any day now...

But I was wondering what's taking them so long too

ah! even better, no storage, maint., insurance. pick us up at Sharky's!

Isn't it illegal to have a sweepstakes and not honor it? Those b@$tard$ got my email.

I saw a phone call from Rockstar on January 1st, but figured it was a marketing call. I just realized it could have been me and I should have answered that call. DAMNIT!!!!!!!!


Ok kidding, but I am still waiting for my phone to ring..

When I win. Diggs i'll trade you straight up for the one in your profile.

Haha! This is funny, i was thinking the exact same thing a few days ago. Everytime i would Get an email from Rock star i would get all excited but Everytime its some damn spam!

From What I am told, Rockstar has picked several winners....but has been unable to reach the pulled winner. In each case, you have to wait several days for the winner to come forward and thus it drags out. Sorry. But she will be given away!

Rick

So you mean there's still a chance!!


Thanks for the post Rick.

Awe man, would i love to see the list of loser winners that didn't follow up! Hope I'm not on it. To that point: All lines are open...

Thanks for clearing it up. Mad props to SUPRA, very cool company.

I'll be surprised if anyone ever wins that thing. Rockstar is known for making promises about crap and not delivering. Buy a pallet of product and well give you this, then never come through. I know a manager at a grocery store who was told he'd get a pit bike for I think 10 pallets of product, so he brought it in, no bike. Same with other managers I know, promised snowboards or whatever for orders and they got nothing. I swear I saw that thing at a dealership out here getting the wrap taken off along with some of their RVs. Wouldn't surprise me

the blue rockstar is yummy

I too have been searching for the name of the winner.... who in fact is my mother... and they have yet to release her name for she has not yet received the boat although it is on it's way... but they do say within a month she shall have it.. she has signed for it and filled out all the contractual papers... she is super excited and a great mother that deserves every ounce of winning such an awesome prize! Even the people at the boat show did not know who won the boat and were glad to find that my mother did, because she is awesome and deserving!

You got to be kidding me!!!!!!

Congrats!

Your mom won huh? You signed her up didn't you?

...My whole fam could have won a boat without even knowing it too.

Let's see.... Mich signs up on the 8th, first and only post on the 8th. Looks like Rockstar is trying to hush the crowd... If the post is real congrats but it seems unlikely Mich would find WW to post about his mom.

Originally Posted by downfortheride

Let's see.... Mich signs up on the 8th, first and only post on the 8th. Looks like Rockstar is trying to hush the crowd... If the post is real congrats but it seems unlikely Mich would find WW to post about his mom.

I agree! Pics or it didn't happen...

im calling BS

I agree - dude has 1 post on his profile - BS

yah i'l admit it was my one and only post and i would think the same way, but i google "who won the rockstar supra boat" to see if they released her name yet and of course not and this was probably the only site that had people interested in it talking about it so i made the name last night... she basically called me back in january tellin me she won a boat and naturally i was a little suspicious so i asked to see the email and it was pretty vague untill it said you have 3 days to contact rockstar... then when they called her to talk about taxes she will have to pay was when i believed it... the supra booth at the boat show she went to in seattle hadnt even gotten her name, and apparently the boat is in arizona waiting for shipment....

I love the Wake World doubt!!!
Shenannagins ! I say let's call BS until they prove it with out a doubt! Provide pic's DNA a blood sample,
next of kin reference & a letter from your high school teacher. And after all that we will call PHOTOSHOP

when she gets it i'll post pics for you guys.... they really havent even given her a delivery date, probably because they werent expecting the winnner to take the boat and pay the probably 25k in taxes for it... just probably planned on signing a 10k check.... well obviously im in michigan, but she moved last year to washington, which now seems like such a bad choice.... having that boat in michigan on the great lakes would be awsome. but yeah i too share in the skepticism if i hadnt read the email myself and i still wont believe it till im being towed behind it

Well congrats and ill be the the first to say welcome to wakeworld. You can find a lot of good info on here and I would love to see pics of the boat.

well thank you! i do appreciate that... i will say, i am a huge snow skiing fan, after a few trips to jackson hole for my spring breaks, and look forward to becoming an avid water skier... but come-on that boat was built for wakeboarding and by God i will push my limits to make that boat proud.... and truly i can not emphasize how deserving, of such a big prize, my mom is.... i am 24 now lets say half and change of her and my father, but they busted tail day in and out to give me so many opportunities that most young adults dont get... and i really hate that i sound like i am bragging, but i actually mean that if i had entered this contest day in and out and did not win, i always wanted and wonder who did... and or why they deserve such a great prize...

This has to be Troyd. It just has to be. The meandering sing song posts. The use of big words, but poor overall sentence structure. The perfect trolling opportunity to joke on a particular brand. It all screams troyd.

photoshoot was today, papers will be signed in about a week for title and insurance thank you rockstar!

Holy cow did they make you drink all that rock star to get the boat?

They've been using the boat for promotional events. I saw it out on the water last time I was in Havasu for this Swat event sponsored by rockstar.

Just a huge thank you to Bakes Marine in issaquah washington for taking delivery of the boat and letting rockstar use their parking lot for my family to have a photo op before they sign it over! Also, thank you supra, it is an amazing piece of machinery!

I call shens

The boat was definitely won by someone in the Seattle area. I was at Bakes when the delivery company pulled in with the boat.

Brett's correct, it was at bakes near seattle Washington and from what I heard from a friend that works there, the winner wasn't even a boater. So Congrats Mich, hopefully we'll see u out on the lake!

Mich, do you and your family live around the Seattle area?

Originally Posted by Wakesounds

from what I heard from a friend that works there, the winner wasn't even a boater

Somebody make sure he knows where the brakes are on the boat. Sickest looking Supra I've ever seen.

I woulda swore that was an Enzo until I read back through the thread. Congrats . That's a big girl!

yeah we weren't boaters due to finances, but we have lived on the great lakes our whole lives so we have spent plenty of time on boats and water, and yeah im the son but my mom won it and she lives here in seattle... thank you everyone btw!

What better way to get into boating... Mine was years of whoring around and finally got the funds to buy. CONGRATS!

Yeah, congrats.

Where about in Michigan are you from. My fiance is from North of Detroit a couple hours on Lake Huron.

ha ha, that's awesome, congrats!!!!

Mmm, ima need a re-count. i do not conced, but congrats either way.

You said something about lack of finances so the account in me immediately thought, "guy knows about the luxury/gift prize tax, right?" I can tell you for sure Monster will be issuing your mother a 1099 come tax time. That 1099 will be for the MSRP for the boat and possibly more if they add the cost of the graphics and such. Depending on what she made other than the value of the boat(treated just like you made the cash) she's looking at around 38-40% in tax. So lets say the value is 80K, your looking at roughly 32K to the IRS come 4-15-14. Number one reason most people who win major non-cash prices end up selling them off is to pay the tax. Its a killer for most.

He posted about the $25K tax liability above....

Yeah I see that now that you say it. Guess they are only valuing that at about 60K then?? What model boat is that? Still how many people have 25K in their savings account to pay the tax?

that's when you drive the paid for boat down to the credit union and see whether they'll give you a $25k loan on it. You use the proceeds to pay the IRS and get a new boat for the payment you'd expect on a 15 year old boat. not too shabby.

Thats exactly what I would do or just write them a check for it. But alot of people end up selling items like this, due to the tax implications. Its a sweet deal to only have to cover 40% of a sweet boat.

Just pointing out that thanks to the government a nice "prize" isn't free!!

its roughly 30% and yeah it would be 95k if it was brand new, but lets say its pretty used with 80 hours on it and mostly competition hours and being used by riders that probably did not care how they treated it... so that being said they said on the 1099 the rockstar people and my mom will agree on some value, probably 60-70k i think... so say 15-25k in taxes and like i also said my father did move to seattle for work. Boeing, if anyone would like to know, is a booming business and my father can now afford to pay off the loan instead of taking the pety 10k cash and if it gets sold they will possibly triple their investment...but again thank you everyone cant wait to see you all out there!

p.s. i dont think it said anywhere which engine it had, its the 450hp indmar ls3

If you want someone to ride with or to help you out with setups send me a pm! Were out quite a bit on lake Washington, so either way we'll probably see you around.