What do you do with your unwanted wins?

montymud

I won an advent comp, 24 prizes most of which I will use but some I won't. I've given some away to friends and family but what do you all do with the things you won't use?

miss_scrooge

Charity shop or to family.

montymud

I have a coach travel voucher which I am going to give to my childrens school because they use that particular company, makes you feel kind of good distributing the wins doesn't it!

LadyMorticia

To friends/family or charity.

Zanzib

To family, or put in raffles for groups I belong too.

And I'm sure there are lots of organisations locally that could pass items on- to individuals or groups in need, who would be happy to get things they could use.

teddysmum

I belong to a forum which raises funds for various animal charities (independents and not the biggies), so unwanted goodies are always welcome as prizes for auctions and draws.

Purple_Skull

In the past I've given unwanted wins to family, donated as raffle prizes to various local places and sold things on ebay to fund a family treat.

I don't have many unwanted wins though nowadays because I enter more selectively

BlueBella

My unwanted wins go to family or charity shops too or I sell them so I can treat myself! Hee hee I once won a pair of knickers with a picture of a piranah fish with teeth printed on the front at my local Age Concern shop - I bet the little old ladies working there had a giggle on me! Bless them - on the same trip though, I did leave them a dozen boxes of tea bags which I had won too. I had no where to store them all!

I also won a year's supply of cereal but it was all the same so after a few months I was sick of it! So I donated a fair few boxes to my local primary school where they run a breakfast club and the birds at my local park enjoyed a few boxes too!

missprice

Sort of depends on the size/cost of prize. I was lucky enough in 2012 to win two fridge freezers. I can't keep both as not enough room, plus the two fridge bits would have been too much, so I sold one.(the money paid for half my new Windows)
Books, DVD's cd's makeup, owt smallish value if I don't want, keep for xmas, give to family or friends or charity shop.
If someone I know is doing a raffle they can have bits too.and if I won something that I know someone is desperate for I give it to them.

compsalex

Don't have any unwanted wins - I only enter the ones I want to win.

It's a waste of time & effort if you don't want the prize

cagsd

compsalex wrote: »

Don't have any unwanted wins - I only enter the ones I want to win.

It's a waste of time & effort if you don't want the prize

I would mostly agree with this, however I have occasionally won a runners up prize that I've not been that keen on, which I've either donated to charity shop or sold on ebay.