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

Valli

Not all raffle prizes are donated, our PTA bought an Amazon Alexa thing to raffle at our summer fair, we have also bought gift vouchers for Meadowhall before to raffle.

You won the prizes, do what you want with them.

starting_again_in_the_sun

I think it's fine to sell them, but, if you won them at a charity raffle, I would be inclined to share the profits with the charity.

theoretica

If I didn't want the prize in a charity raffle, and I didn't feel it the done thing to sell it then what would be the incentive to buy a ticket? Only pure donation would be left, with most of the incentive to donate to that charity over any other removed.

My personal opinion is the charity got what they wanted when you bought the ticket, the prizes are the winners' to do with as they wish.

Leothecat

Absolutely yours to do with as you please. Charity got their donation. No different to anyone winning a prize on the competitions board and selling it. No guilt to be felt.

Savvy_Sue

peachyprice wrote: »

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.

There is a counter-argument to this: we were given a tablet as a raffle prize for an auction night, not cutting edge but a decent enough thing. For some reason it wasn't collected at the end of the evening, possibly unwanted, I don't know.

So our next chance to raffle this was a year later, by which time it was even less cutting edge. I have a feeling it was again not collected. Eventually we decided that we'd try and make use of it in house.

The same with the make up: it will presumably have a sell-by date on it. There's a limit to how long the charity can make use of it as a raffle prize. If they don't regularly have raffles, they may well not want it back!

OP, sell them, don't feel guilty!

Jackmydad

You paid your money and took your chance.
You won.
Sell the prizes and enjoy the money guilt free.

suejb2

The raffle people, charity or not would know the cost of the prizes. That chose to sell raffle tickets at a set price thereby taking a chance of not selling enough tickets to cover their costs. They could have auctioned high value prizes to net more money but again didn't.

As the above post you paid your money you took your chance, and for you it paid off. Well done!

No guilt what so ever. Sell on and enjoy the bounty. With your run of luck may I suggest you get a ticket for tonight's lottery.

balletshoes

fabforty wrote: »

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?

not to me its not - and I'd be doing exactly the same thing for the same reasons OP!

pollypenny

You won them, you own them. It’s completely up to you to do whatever you like with your possessions.

boliston

it would depend on the charity - if it was one of the huge ones with execs on £100k+ then i would keep the cash but if it was a small local charity i would probably make a small donation - perhaps £20 if i won an iphone x