kgbkgb's Smart Car or ChaCha's unpaid Voice-Over Gig = tough choice

I don't know about you, but I think ChaCha is going to lose this one. Both ChaCha and its new competitor, kgbkgb, have recently launched sweepstakes promotions that will grant a single grand prize to the lucky winner.

What are the prizes? Well, kgbkgb is offering a Smart Car. Not too shabby.

And ChaCha? The winner will have their voice recorded to be 'part' of the 'welcome message for users on the 1.800.2CHACHA voice service.' How long will your sweet voice be on the outgoing voice message? Oh, about one week. After that, the voice of the 'lady... on vacation' will replace yours. It gets better. ChaCha won't pay for a thing: you have to haul your butt to a recording studio at an undisclosed location (in Indiana? or the nearest one to the winner?) at your own expense - and pay for a rent-a-car, taxi, or your own gas, and maybe even hotel - and still not get any compensation for your voice-over work. Maybe you can put on your resume that you were the voice of ChaCha's voice service for just one-week, but how much in hotel and transportation costs are you willing to pay for that accolade if you win?

No thanks. I'll take the Smart Car.