| Author | Message | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2020 Registered: 6-2006 |
We were very smart with our money, considering the circumstances, but it ended up getting us absolutley nothing, | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 28 Registered: 12-2007 |
"We" = H? A? You and some other person? Family member? Boyfriend/husband? Did you have money at the beginning? Did you have more than 5 €? 20 €? 500 €? 5000 €? You ended up getting nothing. Was it a good thing? Could you have ended up losing money? Did you expect to gain money? If so, more than 5 €? 20 €? 500 €? 10000 €? Did you expect to lose money? If so, more than 5 €? 20 €? 500 €? 5000 €? | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 22 Registered: 1-2008 |
Does it have to do with investing? Gambling? "Absolutely nothing" = money? Service? Tangible item? | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 714 Registered: 1-2001 |
Was advertising involved? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2023 Registered: 6-2006 |
"We" = H?yes A?yope You and some other person?yes Family member?yes Boyfriend/husband?no Did you have money at the beginning?yes...ish Did you have more than 5 €? 20 €? 500 €? 5000 €? Several hundred dollars, the exact amount irrel You ended up getting nothing. Was it a good thing?no Could you have ended up losing money?yope Did you expect to gain money?no If so, more than 5 €? 20 €? 500 €? 10000 €? Did you expect to lose money?yes If so, more than 5 €? 20 €? 500 €? 5000 €?possibly 1/2 to 3/4 of what we started with Does it have to do with investing?no Gambling?yope "Absolutely nothing" = money?yes Service?no Tangible item?yesish Was advertising involved?no | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 230 Registered: 11-2007 |
Did you end up with less money than you started with? Did you expect to get something other than money? Was the "money" actually real currency? Did you expect to win a prize? | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 31 Registered: 1-2008 |
Did it have to do with something on the internet or in real life? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2024 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you end up with less money than you started with? yes Did you expect to get something other than money?yes Was the "money" actually real currency?yes, then no Did you expect to win a prize? yesish Did it have to do with something on the internet or in real life?real life | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 231 Registered: 11-2007 |
Does this have to do with a Chinese auction or something of that sort? a fundraiser? Did you purchase tickets with your money? Did you purchase "play money"? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2025 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does this have to do with a Chinese auction or something of that sort?no a fundraiser? no Did you purchase tickets with your money?yope Did you purchase "play money"?yes | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 232 Registered: 11-2007 |
Is there a game involved? Did you hope to purchase something with your play money? Were there others trying to purchase the same thing? Were you "smart" with your play money? Were you "smart" with your real money? | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 36 Registered: 1-2008 |
Was it a raffle? A fundraiser "Vegas" night? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2026 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is there a game involved? yes Did you hope to purchase something with your play money?yesish to yope Were there others trying to purchase the same thing?yope Were you "smart" with your play money?yes Were you "smart" with your real money?noish Was it a raffle?no A fundraiser "Vegas" night?no | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 239 Registered: 11-2007 |
This thing that you had hoped to acquire...could you have gone a store to purchase it? If so, would it have cost more or less than the amount of "real" money that you spent? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2027 Registered: 6-2006 |
This thing that you had hoped to acquire...could you have gone a store to purchase it?yes If so, would it have cost more or less than the amount of "real" money that you spent?less | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 43 Registered: 1-2008 |
Was it a game show? Did you have to pay to appear on it? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2028 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was it a game show?no Did you have to pay to appear on it?no | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1230 Registered: 9-2003 |
was it a raffle? something for charity? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2029 Registered: 6-2006 |
was it a raffle?no something for charity?no | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 252 Registered: 11-2007 |
Is an auction involved? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2030 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is an auction involved?no | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 178 Registered: 12-2007 |
The shoebox in the title, is it relevant? You also said a game is involved. Is it a board game? A computer game? A casino game? Gambling relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2031 Registered: 6-2006 |
The shoebox in the title, is it relevant?somewhat You also said a game is involved. Is it a board game?no A computer game?yope A casino game?yope Gambling relevant?noish | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 289 Registered: 11-2007 |
The play money that you purchased...was it game tokens? casino chips? Were you at an arcade type place? playing games for tickets which you later trade for prizes? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2033 Registered: 6-2006 |
The play money that you purchased...was it game tokens?this casino chips? Were you at an arcade type place?yes playing games for tickets which you later trade for prizes?yes | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 58 Registered: 1-2008 |
Was the game one of those real-life simulations (aka basketball/soccer/football)? Skee ball? Is it important for us to know what game? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2034 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was the game one of those real-life simulations (aka basketball/soccer/football)? Skee ball? Is it important for us to know what game?the particular game(s) is not important. Just figure out how we were being smart, and why we ended up with nothing | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 294 Registered: 11-2007 |
Were you competing against each other? other people? "the house"? Did you end up with nothing because you didn't earn any tickets? didn't earn enough tickets to get anything? lost all of you tickets? were ejected from the place? were unable to cash them in for some other reason? The time frame of this puzzle...takes place in one visit to the place? is carried out over multiple visits during which you stock-piled your tickets? If the latter, were you unable to cash you tickets in because the place went out of business? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2037 Registered: 6-2006 |
Were you competing against each other? other people? "the house"? there was no competition involved, really, but you could say against the house Did you end up with nothing because you didn't earn any tickets?no didn't earn enough tickets to get anything?no lost all of you tickets?no were ejected from the place?no were unable to cash them in for some other reason?yes The time frame of this puzzle...takes place in one visit to the place?no is carried out over multiple visits during which you stock-piled your tickets? yes If the latter, were you unable to cash you tickets in because the place went out of business?exactly SPOILER When we were kids, my sister and I went to the "Great Games" arcade about once or twice a month. We figured that it would be smart to, instead of getting small prizes every time, save up our tickets to get one of the really "cool" prizes, like a small TV. We saved up thousands of tickets, enough to fill a shoebox. But one day our dad brought us to the arcade and, lo and begold, it was closed. So, we were smart, but we ended up with nothing but a shoebox full of tickets. | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 302 Registered: 11-2007 |
Great puzzle!! Thanks! |
