Is it wrong to sell raffle prizes......

fabforty

Last week I went to two Christmas do's - one was a fair at a large hospital in London and the other was a friends work party.
I bought raffle tickets at both and won a couple of pretty amazing prizes yay (an Iphone X and a Victoria Beckham at Estee Lauder gift set :j :beer:) along with a couple of other small prizes.

I mentioned to some friends today that I was planning to sell both prizes and was met with looks of indignation, frowns and tutting. Am I being really thick? I genuinely don't see the problem, but if I am missing something, hopefully someone will tell me what it is.

- I really don't want to walk around with a £1000 phone, and the make-up is just not suitable for my skin. I was initially going to give it away, until I discovered that it retails at £550!

Is it really a no-no to sell raffle prizes?

carly

No of course not. they are yours to do with as you see fit. No-one elses business

Red-Squirrel_2

I think it seems a bit off to make a profit from something that was presumably donated in order to raise money for charity. Sometimes people give the prize back if they don’t want it so that it can be raffled again to raise more.

If it wasn’t a charity thing, I don’t see the issue.

sulkisu

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

I think it seems a bit off to make a profit from something that was presumably donated in order to raise money for charity. Sometimes people give the prize back if they don’t want it so that it can be raffled again to raise more.

If it wasn’t a charity thing, I don’t see the issue.

Not sure what the difference is, between keeping the prizes and selling them to be fair to OP. She 'profited' when she won the prize, surely? If she has a £1000 Iphone or sells it and has £1000 cash, she's has still benefited, presumably so has the charity (if it is a charity) from the ticket sales. They are certainly no worse off, regardless of what she does with her prizes.

I don't see the issue, OP - enjoy!

Spendless

I don't see the issue either. You won the prize, if you wanted to use it, no-one would be expecting you to donate it back instead. You don't like the prize so therefore you are selling them in order to get something you do want.

badmemory

The only normal use for raffle prizes is to sell them & hope that someone - anyone wants them. Because let's face it most of us cough up for charity raffle tickets for things that we have absolutely no desire to own. I often wonder what I would do if I won that highly desirable holiday for 2 + 2 kids. There is only me, do I take the holiday and only I go or do I sell it or ..........

warby68

If it were me I'd know they were mine to do what I wanted with but the fund raising/charity element would nag a bit at me so if I converted a high value prize to cash I'd probably make a donation to the cause from it.

I've always redonated unwanted things so that's why it would nag but there's a world of difference between a £5 choccy box and a £1000 phone.

WibblyGirly

I'd sell them. But then I am a student and the cash would be much more useful for things I may need for uni rather than the phone itself.
Maybe I'm odd but I wouldn't feel guilty either. The charity got their raffle ticket money, I also donate unwanted items to charity too so it all goes round eventually.

peachyprice

If they were charity auctions I don't think it's right to sell the prizes, if you don't want them re-donate them for their next raffle, this is the done thing, not take things you don't want then sell them on.

Corporate raffles, however, knock yourself out, sell them for anything you can get.

ScarletRibbons

The charity is no worse off if you sell them - go ahead and do it.

Fireflyaway

If it was a charity raffle I can see how it might make some feel uncomfortable that you could profit from it. However as another poster said, its not making the charity ( if it was one) any worse off. Maybe the people you told thought you were ungrateful? A lot of people would love to have won such great prizes and I suppose selling them just shows you don't really want them when others might have been really happy about it? The goods are yours now so do as you wish.