US$100 Essay May Net You a US$100,000 Flower Shop
I am not sure I have seen a more creative use of essay competitions this year, but if I have, it couldn’t have been much better than this attempt to sell off a US$100,000 flower shop through an essay competition.
Anyway, the concept is simple. Each participant is to pay a US$100 entry fee, which will then entitle the participant to submit one essay to the owners of the flower shop. If your essay is selected as a winner, you will then be the new owner of the Dial-A-Flower shop - valued at around US$100,000.
The owners of the flower shop hope to attract at least 1,000 participants, which will then net them the value of the flower shop, i.e. US$100 x 1000 = US$100,000. So far, they have managed to get 50 participants.
Oh, yes. The title of the essay is: Why I want to own a flower shop.
[News via The Mercury News]
December 7th, 2006 at 6:36 pm
Very interesting. Is this legit? I wonder how they are advertising this contest?
It’s a pretty lofty goal. Attainable but nevertheless difficult. Only 950 more applicants. Let me drop a cliche here “only in America” This is the true entrepreneurial
spirit though.
Edgar
March 9th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Yup you are right goal to make $100,000 and then give it away… Marketing efforts these days!