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

NeilCr

boliston wrote: »

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

Yes. I’d agree that it could well depend on the charity. I only support small local charities.

Personally, if I won something in a raffle that I didn’t want/need I’d put it straight back in on the day. I would think about whether or not it was something that a friend/someone in my partner’s family could use but, beyond that, I wouldn’t want to make a profit on it.

But that’s me. I wouldn’t criticise someone for selling the prize.

Having said that we don’t get those sort of prizes. Much more likely is a meal at a local restaurant for two or a bottle of two of vino. I wouldn’t be putting those back in!

ETA

As far as I can see we still don’t know if it was a charity auction. If it wasn’t my answer would be very different

couriervanman

You've bought a ticket......you won it whats the problem

Zeni

There is absolutely nothing wrong with selling them. You bought a ticket and won them fair and square so they are yours to do what you want to do. Put this way you won something with a value of £1,000 and you are purely exchanging the item for the money instead..you have not made a profit. No one is more out of pocked this way! (If anything I'd imagine selling it you may offer it slightly cheaper than retail value so someone else will get a nice gain of a slightly cheaper new phone..)

Kim_13

Completely agree that the OP is entitled to do as they see fit with their prizes. I've seen people trade prizes with other winners at nearly every raffle I've been to, but that's not easily done when someone has won a high value prize.

Whenever I've seen a person give back a prize, it's just been re-raffled with no further ticket sales, so the charity doesn't benefit further.

You've been exceptionally lucky to win not one high value prize but two, so perhaps that is influencing some of your friends' views (especially if they were there and didn't win anything and perhaps bought more tickets than you did.)

elsien

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.

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

Re-donating a £1000 phone? Is anyone here really that charitable? Because I'll hold my hands up and say I'm certainly not.

The charity have made their money through ticket sales. What happens after that is entirely up to the winner. I wouldn't feel guilty about selling it on if it's something I couldn't use. I've given back cheaper items before now, but something of that value, nope.

Diamandis

I'd definitely be selling it whether it was for charity or not.

Marvel1

I would sell it, you won fairly.

fabforty

Thanks for the replies - at least I'm not alone in my thinking.

I won the make-up at the hospital fair, I have no idea if it was for charity, although prizes were donated from various businesses. I suspect they were raising money for something, but I don't know what. The Iphone was won at the works Christmas lunch - it was a law firm, so doubt if it was for charity (although I could be wrong). The tickets were relatively expensive (£2 each) and I bought 5, hoping to win something but not really expecting to.

Anyway, I have decided that I am going to sell them and not feel guilty about it. I have two kids, and I'm newly single, even if I get 50% of the value of each, it still makes more sense to me than keeping them.

Robisere

If the charity did not want someone else to OWN them, they would not have been raffled off. Now that you OWN them, they are yours to do with as you wish. Whether you decide to make a small donation from the sales, is entirely your business. I think the mistake you made was in telling your friends what you were going to do.

I have a dd who was a hard-working single parent of two for a long time and I know what obstacles are in your path. You can obviously use the money at this time of year: go for it, lass!

If I were to have the choice about selling the prizes, I would do so without question: however, I sponsor a Guide Dog in training with a monthly DD and another to McMillan Nurses. Other large charities are bloated organisations, administered by overpaid people at the top.

Tabbytabitha

I'd sell them but make a decent donation out of the proceeds - not because I have to but because, for me, it would be the right thing to do.