Picked up my prize today ...
My buddy who is the Shriner who sold me the ticket went down with me to pick it up.
I bought him lunch for selling me a winning ticket
Kind of interesting in that the Gander card was for $50 less than the cheapest version of the particular item I was designated to have won on the Gander website. Not complaining at all, just an observation. I'll have to see what the item goes for at the Gander store. I would have been in search of something different in any case, so this will likely make a nice down payment on another item.
The tickets indicated the prize would be the Shriner's price on the items so I assumed they were getting a better than retail deal due to volume/non profit, etc.
From what I understand, the cash equivalent was for what GM paid for the firearm. As they donated the gun, they aren't going to donate their profit margin as well.