A work colleague who sits 20 ft. away from me, won a charity lottery about 6 months ago.

It was a car..an Audi I think. So they decided to take the cash for value of the car ($70,000CAN) instead of the car since they already had a car.

Their existing car was dying anyway. And since a car depreciates in value, they sold the old car for scrap and bought a 2nd hand car for under $5,000CAN. The winnings were used to pay down debt and also for a trip to Italy this fall.
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