Raffles

[Grassman]

Is it legal to sell things by raffle?
£25 a ticket. 995 tickets for a new holland tractor.
I wonder how vat is accounted for. And as it's a well used machine what about its mechanical condition?
Fair enough if it's all above board.

Win this New holland TL100A - Lucky Day Competitions

SOLD OUT- LIVE DRAW 15/05/20 13:00PM

www.luckydaycompetitions.com

 

[Billboy1]

Thought we were going to Singapore with this thread ?

 

[Exfarmer]

These competitions have become very popular on facebook. I think they are sailing very close to the wind, and I suspect many of them will turn out to be complete scams.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Theres another one for a little massey 54??,not new either

 

[Grassman]

These competitions have become very popular on facebook. I think they are sailing very close to the wind, and I suspect many of them will turn out to be complete scams.

I remember one recently for a chainsaw. It was a traveller selling a new stihl. It disappeared swiftly when some questions appeared asking for proof of purchase!

 

[michael N123]

I was thinking of buying a ticket for that TL100 would be a handy yard tractor with a loader stuck on

 

[76masseyman]

I’ve got an old digger. 1,000 tickets at £10 each, pull out one ticket as the winner, then tell the winner the digger has gone up in smoke, and give them their tenner back............result.

 

[Scholsey]

Wonder if there is always a ‘winner’? Pretty sure the draw won’t be supervised by the competitions/gambling commission.

 

[Al R]

I’ve got an old digger. 1,000 tickets at £10 each, pull out one ticket as the winner, then tell the winner the digger has gone up in smoke, and give them their tenner back............result.

Like the donkey joke ey?

 

[Happy hillbily]

Donkey raffle

Young Paddy bought a donkey from a farmer for £100. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.
The next day he drove up and said, 'Sorry son, but I have some bad news. The donkey's died.'
Paddy replied, 'Well then just give me my money back.'
The farmer said, 'Can't do that. I've already spent it.'
Paddy said, 'OK, then, just bring me the dead donkey.'
The farmer asked, 'What are you going to do with him?'
Paddy said, 'I'm going to raffle him off.'
The farmer said, 'You can't raffle a dead donkey!'
Paddy said, 'Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead.'
A month later, the farmer met up with Paddy and asked, ' What happened with that dead donkey?'
Paddy said, 'I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at £2 each and made a profit of £898'
The farmer said, 'Didn't anyone complain?'
Paddy said, 'Just the guy who won. So I gave him his £2 back.'

 

[johnspeehs]

Theres one running here at the minute for a supped up BMW, they are valuing it at 16 K so obviously used. They are advertising it on the radio so must be legal.

 

[TripleSix]

Yeah these are popular at the moment.

It's a good way of getting good money for stuff.

Generally if it's a proper company doing it it's above board, there are certain rules that apply.
You can actually enter them for free, it involves sending postcards and registering but that's a condition of running such a competition.

 

[Yale]

I once went to a raffle at a public event and it was rigged....however through a friend of a friend of the organisers we won a prize.

To be honest though £30 of balloons for an event was not really that handy.

 

[Yale]

Might have been if he got put in prison?..

I know,it was only after the event we were told.

Was a bit strange that the person organising it,their mother won the television.

 

[David.]

Well with any raffle, you could easily "lose" 90% of the tickets, if it isn't drawn in public.

 

[Dave6170]

Know a local lad won a v8 monaro!

 

[Happy hillbily]

A local contractor won a jcb wheeled excavator years ago on a £50 ticket.

 

[Exfarmer]

I understand any raffle , must have a pre determined draw date. They must also declare the name and address of the promoter. Many have neither

 

[Barleycorn]

Bit like the tombola at our fete, they don't put the tickets in for the whisky etc until half way through!

 

[johnnyboy123]

https://allurecompetitions.co.uk/
this company is fairly new but have ticked all my boxes