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

theoretica

NeilCr wrote: »

But, surely, the point in buying tickets in a charity raffle is to give money to the charity - not win prizes

If the charities saw it that way they wouldn't hold raffles, they would just pass a collection tin round.

SandC

I would definitely sell them. If it turned out a friend or relative wanted to buy either of them I would let them have it at a great price so I would be happy and so would they. Wins all round.

dresdendave

NeilCr wrote: »

But, surely, the point in buying tickets in a charity raffle is to give money to the charity - not win prizes

Really? Do you think people do the lottery in order to donate money to good causes and the possibility of winning millions of pounds never crossed their minds?

NeilCr

dresdendave wrote: »

Really? Do you think people do the lottery in order to donate money to good causes and the possibility of winning millions of pounds never crossed their minds?

So you are equating a charity raffle with the national lottery.

Okay.

NeilCr

theoretica wrote: »

If the charities saw it that way they wouldn't hold raffles, they would just pass a collection tin round.

And, it wouldn’t be as much fun.

If you go to a quiz night (say) being run by your local charity why do you attend. For me it’s about having a good night and raising some money for said charity. Whether or not I come away with something is totally secondary

fabforty

Attila_the_Bun wrote: »

Not sure if it's a no-no as such but I wouldn't have gone round blurting out to all and sundry that I wanted to flog the prizes and make a profit from them. That profit money could have gone to the charities, for starters.

Interesting...

Where did my post say that 'I went around blurting out to all and sundry...'. My post says I mentioned it to 'friends', you know, part of a normal conversation with a friend, as opposed to shouting it from the rooftops to anyone who would listen .
I also said that one event was a law firm's Christmas do, not a charity. Believe it or not, there were a lot of prizes available, not just an Iphone. One was a family break at Centre Parcs - worth far more than the phone, there were cash prizes, driving lessons, laptop, Ipod amongst other things - all prizes that I would have kept.

I think the people running the raffles are reasonably intelligent, and if they had wanted to, they could/would have sold the prizes instead of running a raffle and given the profit to good causes. Presumably, they made more money by raffling them, otherwise they wouldn't have raffled them.

takman

Attila_the_Bun wrote: »

Not sure if it's a no-no as such but I wouldn't have gone round blurting out to all and sundry that I wanted to flog the prizes and make a profit from them. That profit money could have gone to the charities, for starters.

A few people on this thread have made similar comments but they don't make much sense.

If you win a £1000 phone from a £2 ticket then you have already made a profit as you now have a £1000 phone which belongs to you.

Now lets imagine someone who won the phone was planning on buying one anyway, this means they have an extra £1000 they now don't have to spend and that is ok with you. But if someone sells the phone and has an extra £800 they wouldn't have before that is somehow wrong according to you?.

Marvel1

Attila_the_Bun wrote: »

It's just a bit rude, IMO.

If you don't want the prize, don't buy tickets to win it, - simples! Just make a donation to the charity.

Someone else might have loved to genuinely win and keep that iPhone and make-up.

That person has just had a bargain (saved money from buying one = profit) don't see the difference.

Attila_the_Bun wrote: »

I don't understand why someone would want to buy tickets to win something they don't want.

It's taking the chance away from someone else who genuinely did want to win it, which is a bit annoying.

There are other prizes I would like to win, should I not bother buying "donating" because I don't like all the prizes?

MysteryMe

The charity raffle prize I'd sell and make a donation. That's what I would be comfortable doing. Other people have different views, there is no right or wrong here really.

Grandmama

Sell them. If you won a box of chocs would you keep them unopened or eat them? I won a large bag of expensive bathroom smellies this week. I have No use for them so split them up into smaller Xmas boxes and donated to another raffle which makes more prizes on the table.