Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler A Gift for someone who could use it.....

My rebate came in the mail today for the Panny 900. With it came a Blockbuster rental card. It’s good for 100 free movie rentals. So I got to thinking, what in the hell am I going to do with it?? The closest Blockbuster is 265 miles away. I suppose I could peddle it on EBay, or give it to one of my buds that live in the big city, but all my friends are loaded and I just can’t be bothered with EBay.

So anyway, I’d like to give it to someone who:

1) can use it
2) will use it
3) won’t sell it
4) has an appreciation for this A/V hobby
5) has a limited income but financial obligations that seam endless (family, bills, braces, etc)
6) isn’t an asshole

I’m pretty sure there’s someone that frequents this forum that falls under the above 6 categories.

How should I go about doing this? Number 3 has me troubled.

I suppose we could pick a number between x and xxxxxx for example, and the closest person gets it, as long as you feel they are not a #6.

Put our names in a hat, shuffle and pick a winner...

One more thing. Is there an expiration date on this card. Don't know if I could watch 100 movies if it expires in 1 month. lol

Well Mike, I'm afraid there is nothing you can do about #3. In fact, if he does sell it even though he knew your wishes, then he actually is #6! LOL.

To make you feel better, instead of giving it away with conditions, why don't YOU sell it for something like $100, and donate the proceeds to the Childrens Make-A-Wish Foundation? (Or any charity close to your heart)

I also got a Panny AE900 and my Blockbuster card is good for one year. They limit you to one free movie per visit, though.

And mine's only good for 40 rentals. Is this what I get for being a #6? LOL

I'd say look at the people that have posted recently, and randomly pick one. If they don't meet your criteria, pick another. Or do what Real80sMan said and make it a donation somehow. Or find some group doing a silent auction, and give it to them to auction off, or blow someone's mind away, and just give it to someone you don't even know (granted, this would be better if it was to someone who lived where there was a Blockbuster), but you get the idea.

I think that it is awesome that you want to just give it to someone. What a guy!

Forgot to add that the card is only valid at the store at which you first use it. I haven't used it yet, but I'm glad I didn't use it on my recent vacation to NM!

And I would like to echo the comments about what a nice thing mdrew is doing. He is taking the "random act of kindness" philosophy and making it a reality for some lucky person.

'drew, let us know how this ends up working out!

Donate to some boys or girls home in some inner city. Take the value of the rentals and write them off on your taxes. You get the best of both worlds.

Correction. It's only good for 40 movies / games....dangit! Don't know what I was thinking.

Must be the same card that you have Doc. It expires 04/02/07.

Oh well, it's still up for grabs.

When you live in a small community and give to charities or volunteer for just about anything, you automatically get put on “the list” and loose your life because you’re too busy doing things for everyone else. I was going bananas trying to keep track of everything, so now I try to just give to one charity – United Way. And that comes out of my paycheck. But I can’t seam to get off the Shiner’s “list”, so they get a check every year……I also send money to the make a wish foundation (I have a soft spot for that one for personal reasons). The only volunteering I do anymore is coach youth sports.

That being said, I just want to put the thing in the mail to someone who frequents these boards. I can tell if they are a number 6 easily enough.

I’ll have to thing about this some more………