Car raffle on Facebook?

harveybobbles

Is this the latest way of trying to sell your car?

Noticed on some of the car selling pages on FB that people TRY to raffle their car by getting buyers to "purchase" a number (1-49) for a set fee, ie £50..

Once all numbers have sold they then use that weeks Lottery bonus ball as the number they pick out.

One guy was just trying to raffle his Porsche for £150 a ticket.. Apparently he'd sold a few numbers.. then someone did a HPi check and it was a write off in January! Best bit, he didnt know and put up a screen shot of a clear HPi report from the guy he bought it off in April, LOL!

scotsbob

harveybobbles wrote: »

Is this the latest way of trying to sell your car?

The concept isn't new. I notice that many airports and shopping malls now have "prestige" cars there and tickets being raffled off.


I assume the sellers are dealerships and they just keep selling tickets until they have covered their profit margin and then draw the winner

[Deleted User]

Is it even legal for an individual to run a raffle like this without being regulated, registered with lottery commission or whatever?

harveybobbles

Deleted_User wrote: »

Is it even legal for an individual to run a raffle like this without being regulated, registered with lottery commission or whatever?

I do wonder!

all these fools on FB will only draw the raffle once all numbers have been sold anyway.

Fools selling to fools.

Or fools buying if fools.

Tobster86

scotsbob wrote: »

The concept isn't new. I notice that many airports and shopping malls now have "prestige" cars there and tickets being raffled off.

I assume the sellers are dealerships and they just keep selling tickets until they have covered their profit margin and then draw the winner

Not according to the one I spoke to in Birmingham airport a few years ago; who told me the odds of winning the Porsche 911 on a £10 ticket were 1 in 2000.

It didn't take a great stretch of maths to tell the rather odious little man "sorry, but b*llocks!"

Indout96

A couple of cars were raffled on Celica club about 10 years ago, both managed to sell all tickets and both cars went to new owners but it was only open to members of the club.
Seemed like a reasonable solution at the time. but on FB there is no way I would be buying a ticket.

Horizon81

Can imagine it'll be a case of oh look, one of the raffle holders close friends has won. Quelle surprise.

dannyrst

Horizon81 wrote: »

Can imagine it'll be a case of oh look, one of the raffle holders close friends has won. Quelle surprise.

Apart from the lottery bonus ball decides who wins...not the seller.

Horizon81

Maybe in the case the OP has seen but certainly it's not the case for all of these 'raffles'

dannyrst

Horizon81 wrote: »

Maybe in the case the OP has seen but certainly it's not the case for all of these 'raffles'

Cut out the raffle holders mate...he could just win it himself!

forgotmyname

Dont they need a licence or permit to hold a raffle?

Quick google and the gambling commission site says..

"Lotteries (also known as raffles, or draws) cannot be run for private or commercial gain."