Raffle Prize

caramacgirl

I would like some advice.
A friend of mine bought a raffle ticket a few weeks back, he left his name and number on the slip as he was not going to be there when the draw took place. He received a phone call from the organiser saying he had won. As he could not find the ticket they wrote him a letter saying that as a good will gesture he could collect the prize once he provided proof of ID.(it is quite a substantial prize)
They are now refusing to give him the prize as they claim someone rang the organiser on his behalf and was abusive on the phone.
Can anyone tell me where he stands.

Bowling_4_Gold

Was someone abusive on the phone then? It seems there's a little more to this story than meets the eye.

Call the organizer, see exactly what happened and try and work things out from there. Just remember that they have the upper hand here - they have the prize and you don't, so tread carefully.

It seems quite a petty matter to involve law and legal rights in.

RadoJo

How 'official' was the raffle? Was is a church fete or similar where you get a cloakroom ticket or are we talking a commercial raffle or one organised by one of the large charities etc where the tickets are specifically printed for the event? If the latter, were there any terms and conditions on the ticket? Not that any of them would cover this specific situation, but it doesn't seem fair that they can withdraw a legitimately won prize over an incident which you only have their word for actually having happened.

Have the organisers offered any proof that the supposedly abusive phone-call actually came from your friend? Or have they given any details of the alleged abuse? It seems very odd that someone would randomly abuse the people administering a raffle of which they were one of the prize winners - is it possible that the prize does not actually exist and they are attempting to avoid having to pay out by fabricating this incident?

Sooler

See here
http://www.raisingfunding.co.uk/school-raffle-tickets-can-prizes-be-withheld.html

As the person does not actually have their ticket then they probably have no entitlement to claim the prize. The organisers withdrew their goodwill. Is your mate and the person who was abusive one and the same?

The only chance of getting the prize is to find the winning ticket ... then there's probably a deadline in which prizes need to be claimed.