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Daytona 2009

cathiasplace said:
Yes, but you were planning on buying $5 tickets anyways. :)

Either way, I will probably buy $10-$20 in raffle tickets, mostly just to help the cause.
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SHHHHHHHHH!!! No one heard me say that. You have no evidence! LOL

Besides... I'd want to by at least 5-10 tickets for all options. I'd rather only go for the more expensive ones, though. :D

kathylove said:
Haha! But it is SELF discrimination, lol! You choose which group to be in.

Or maybe the tickets should all be $2 or $3? $1 does sound pretty cheap, but $5 seems a lot. Even in our little local group, few people buy only 1 ticket. And some have bought 10 - 20 if there is something they really like. But nobody would do that if tickets are $5.
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Yeah yeah yeah... LOL
The only issue I could see with $2 or $3 tickets is the change. No one wants to carry around a bunch of singles, and $5's are so much easier to work with.
 
I would so buy a $5 ticket. It wouldnt matter to me if it was $1 or $5, I will still only buy one. Thats just me LOL
 
We divide prizes into groups of more expensive and less expensive items (dividing point depends on what is getting donated - maybe $50?? or $25?? or $75??). The less expensive group goes for $1 tickets and the more expensive for $5 tickets??
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I actually really like that idea.


It's discrimination against people with budget issues
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Yes and no...
If you think about it - less coupons in the $5 bucket because you don't get as many as people spending a $1...for $5 they get 5 tickets for the less expensive bucket. At $5 a ticket - people would have to spend $20 to get the same amount of tickets. Should balance out (theoretically anyways...)

But would people only be able to enter one or the other? Again, I think it would rub some people wrong if someone was able to enter both and wins in both. Takes away that one chance for someone else.
 
ArpeggioAngel said:
I actually really like that idea.



Yes and no...
If you think about it - less coupons in the $5 bucket because you don't get as many as people spending a $1...for $5 they get 5 tickets for the less expensive bucket. At $5 a ticket - people would have to spend $20 to get the same amount of tickets. Should balance out (theoretically anyways...)

But would people only be able to enter one or the other? Again, I think it would rub some people wrong if someone was able to enter both and wins in both. Takes away that one chance for someone else.
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See, with that, I wouldn't mind as much if someone won in both. 2 separate categories, 2 separate chances. I wouldn't want them winning more than one time in the same category, though.
 
Since there would be multiple items (and winners) in each bucket, it wouldn't seem terrible if one or more people won 1 item in each bucket. And it is not likely that they would get "pick of the litter" in both buckets if they are have to draw #s to see what prize they get each time they win.
 
I know that I'll be happy with whatever gets decided. I'm going to have fun and a little mini vacation and get to meet people and learn as well. If I were to win a prize, that would be fun, if not, well, I don't usually anyways when I buy raffle tickets. lol

Don't stress yourself out too much over it, Katie. I appreciate all the work you're putting into getting this together. :)
 
My only issue with not getting to directly choose your prize is the possibility of getting something you don't need and/or want. I liked the idea that someone had (I think it may have been Katie) about doing individual prizes with individual buckets for tickets (and then sell tickets at, say, $5 for 10 tickets, and then put the tickets in the buckets of what you like), and then if there are prizes that don't have any tickets, use them as a door prize at the end (using dinner tickets as the entries). People have such varied collections that there would definitely be differences in the choices people make, so I don't think that there would be an issue with prizes not being 'wanted'.

Did that make any sense? I'm not all here this evening (horse injury...narcotic pain killers...brain is fuzzy...).

And at something around $5 for 10 tickets, I know I would probably buy at least $10 or $15 worth to increase my chances at winning something.
 
Hallie, as Katie mentioned before, if it's not a prize they really want, they always have the opportunity to trade it or sell it or do whatever they want with it after they win. It's really up to them.
 
That's true. I'm not really clear headed...maybe I should refrain from posting until I can think again. ;)
 
My only issue with not getting to directly choose your prize is the possibility of getting something you don't need and/or want.
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I can fully relate to this...however, what if everyone wants the same one or two prizes only? So the first two people drawn take those - and no one really wants/needs what is left? Not everyone will be able to get exactly what they want/need. It just isn't possible with a raffle. It is a chance to possibly win something. Even if it wasn't specifically which prize you were hoping for - it is still a win, a prize which makes people feel good, and you have donated to a good cause at the same time.

Again - just trying to come up with the most fair way to handle this for everyone involved. Not just the first couple people whose names are drawn.

That's why instead of saying that this prize goes with this winning ticket - I think we will do the "draw a ticket, and then let that person draw a paper out of a 2nd bucket which decides which prize they get". That way it isn't "us" deciding, and it isn't "them" deciding...it is random chance.
 
RobbiesCornField said:
I can do those, too. I'm pretty sure there's a liquor store or two just down the road from the hotel! Haha.


And I definitely agree on the ticket price. $1 is too low, especially if we're raising money for a charity/society/whatever.
Besides, for $5, you can get a chance to win a really great prize. I'm sure people wouldn't mind spending $20 for 5 tickets to get an awesome prize. I know I wouldn't!
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Liquor store? PFFT!!! Where is the Costco? Or do they have those in FL?

I agree $5 a ticket would raise more money. Maybe getting one free raffle ticket as a door prize that way everyone has a chance no matter what. The one theme we need to promote is, this is for charity, not to stock up on prizes for nothing. If the money was going to someone for profit, I'd be a lot more concerned with fairness, but you can't complain about donating to a good cause even if you don't win anything, let alone exactly what you want.
 
ArpeggioAngel said:
That's why instead of saying that this prize goes with this winning ticket - I think we will do the "draw a ticket, and then let that person draw a paper out of a 2nd bucket which decides which prize they get". That way it isn't "us" deciding, and it isn't "them" deciding...it is random chance.
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It's still random chance if the first ticket gets own pick. I.e. lucky enough to get the first ticket drawn. For me, snake wise there are probably going to be very few items on the raffle that I would be interested in. If I was forced to take whatever the paper said I won I would be less likely to put more money in the pot as my chance of getting something I don't is actually probably greater than my chance of getting something I do want. For me, forcing me to take a prize I may not want seems actually less fun than picking something I would want. :shrugs: Remember, too, that one persons trash is another persons treasure...i.e. if I pick snake A because I get called first, snake A might have been on some lists but many people could be excited snake B is still there!

I understand you're weariness about people winning more than one prize. I would vote for one prize in each category (if we do two: live and other) if you could pick your own prize...that way you are not stuck with something you didn't want and no way to get something else unless you trade.

Money on tickets? Well, it is a good cause but it also is supposed to be a fun time. For some reason, I would easily buy 20 tickets for $20 but would probably not buy 4 tickets for $20. Why? I don't know but getting 20 tickets sounds exciting to me. And in the end....if someone spends $5 and gets 5 versus my $20 for 20 OR their 1 ticket for $5 and my 4 for $20, the odds are still the same....that person has a 1 in 4 shot versus me.
 
carol said:
Liquor store? PFFT!!! Where is the Costco? Or do they have those in FL?

I agree $5 a ticket would raise more money. Maybe getting one free raffle ticket as a door prize that way everyone has a chance no matter what. The one theme we need to promote is, this is for charity, not to stock up on prizes for nothing. If the money was going to someone for profit, I'd be a lot more concerned with fairness, but you can't complain about donating to a good cause even if you don't win anything, let alone exactly what you want.
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Costco AND Sam's Club! (And I have a Sam's card. ;) )
 
I agree with Jeff here. If I had the option to choose (even if it got down to where my ticket drawn was one of the last, and I had to pick from the last few 'neglected' prizes), I'd be more willing to buy more tickets. And heck, in that case, if there wasn't anything left that someone could win, another ticket could be pulled instead. For me personally, if there wasn't something usable (and we were doing it by choice), I would just forfeit my 'win' so that someone else could possibly get something they really want.
 
RobbiesCornField said:
WOOT! We can hit up Sam's AND Costco! Won't each one only let you buy a certain amount per day without a liquor license?
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If that's the case (and I have no clue, because we can't buy alcohol anywhere other than beer distributors and liquor stores), then I can borrow my mom's Sam's card! Or wait...I think I have one...I can't remember if I renewed though...
 
ArpeggioAngel said:
OOOHHH. Joe just came up with a really good idea that I think would make this even more "fair"....

So we pick a ticket out of the bucket and call out the winner....
That person then comes up and draws out of a bucket that has pieces of paper with all the prizes on it. Whichever one they draw - that is their prize.... (and for those not present from buying tickets online - we would have someone designated to draw their prize for them).

That way WE aren't choosing the prize for them, but it isn't like they are going to necessarily pick the "best" prize first either....

What do you guys think?
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Hate !
 
cathiasplace said:
At a knitting gathering I was at last year (to see The Yarn Harlot), they were doing raffles. Each prize had it's own bowl, that way you could choose which prize you wanted to try for.

At $5/ticket, I would probably only buy 1 ticket, just because. At $1 at ticket, I would probably buy at least 10, possibly more because that would give me more chances at winning. YKWIM?
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Like! And about the dollar tickets, it _is_ supposed to be a fund-raiser. I think that is what is motivating the "big" breeders to donate nice animals.
 
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