She makes it seem like the gifts she gives away comes out of her pocket......
2007-11-21 07:43:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Soap Operas
No and she is up front and honest about it. She will not give anything away that the manufacturer does not agree to give them for free............it has to do with the TON of publicity they get and the millions of orders that will come simply by O touting it on her show.
In fact I was looking at some of the sites on line last night and many I couln't get into, traffic was too heavy.
2007-11-21 11:21:08 · answer #1 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
JMDP is absolutely correct. Plus the receivers must pay a gift tax, some times this means selling a few items to pay for it. Although in the past few years Oprahs audiences seem to be made up of a wealthier class of people.Oprah herself has gotten snootier.
2007-11-21 09:31:49 · answer #2 · answered by pat g 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The companies who provide the give-aways use it as a marketing tool in order to have their names pronounced at this show. The interest raised is more than a commercial could provide them with. My question is whether the audience realizes that they must pay tax on the gifts?...
2007-11-21 07:51:08 · answer #3 · answered by Advantage-ME 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO way !!
Any company would love to have a giveaway on her show... but SHE picks and chooses what who and when.....and ONLY if she likes it.
Now the show with the cars?? she really did give those away.
I am not sure why but Oprah has turned into this bigger then life freak now... I can't stand the show anymore.
2007-11-21 10:53:39 · answer #4 · answered by bigthinker 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She gets the things free from the manufactureres, who are
happy to give away their stuff, because it's a huge publicity
getter. You see the stuff on the show, you think, "Oprah
loves this, I'll try it." then you go buy it. It's like the book club,
she picks a book, then it sells like crazy.
2007-11-21 11:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by doodlebug 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Oprah is filthy rich and I think that the network does! I think that her producers also help in that department. The items probably also get donated for publicity. Ya know, if its on Oprah then people will buy it!
2007-11-21 07:55:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No show does, usually donated by the company for promotional purposes. Ellen does do a lot of giving away so she may eat a portion of that tab.
2007-11-21 07:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by audra h 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no she does not pay for the gifts, it's promotional. the company gets advertising by her giving the stuff away!
2007-11-21 11:24:25 · answer #8 · answered by hill206 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no i think the product's company give them to her and she gives them away for advertizing thier product- they get tons more sales due to her viewers- definently NOT out of her pocket- giveaways from companies mostly.
2007-11-21 08:32:38 · answer #9 · answered by A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's most likely a cross between her and donations. They have major lawyers and such so you will never know for sure. But it is probably no different than they other talk shows. And, what I do know is she's a generous person....she sent her whole company to Hawaii....
2007-11-21 08:00:51 · answer #10 · answered by crazymom 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋