Anybody won one of those car lotteries?
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As an aside to this.... one thing I’ve seen folk voicing opinions on with these things is folk winning the prizes and then putting the cars up for sale straight away.
Now obviously, they are entirely entitled to do so, but to me that just seems a bit of a shame.
Should you be spending money entering a draw for a car you don’t even want? Personally, I wouldn’t ever buy a ticket for a car I couldn’t see myself keeping, and it’s a bit of a shame to see folk who would genuinely love to win these cars losing out on them to someone who has it straight up for sale to cash in.
I saw one recently, think it was for an old escort where the winner had it up for sale before the company had even unloaded it off the trailer for him.... 😂
Now obviously, they are entirely entitled to do so, but to me that just seems a bit of a shame.
Should you be spending money entering a draw for a car you don’t even want? Personally, I wouldn’t ever buy a ticket for a car I couldn’t see myself keeping, and it’s a bit of a shame to see folk who would genuinely love to win these cars losing out on them to someone who has it straight up for sale to cash in.
I saw one recently, think it was for an old escort where the winner had it up for sale before the company had even unloaded it off the trailer for him.... 😂
ESD1711 said:
As an aside to this.... one thing I’ve seen folk voicing opinions on with these things is folk winning the prizes and then putting the cars up for sale straight away.
Now obviously, they are entirely entitled to do so, but to me that just seems a bit of a shame.
Should you be spending money entering a draw for a car you don’t even want? Personally, I wouldn’t ever buy a ticket for a car I couldn’t see myself keeping, and it’s a bit of a shame to see folk who would genuinely love to win these cars losing out on them to someone who has it straight up for sale to cash in.
I saw one recently, think it was for an old escort where the winner had it up for sale before the company had even unloaded it off the trailer for him.... ??
I won a Golf GTI back in 1988 in a Daily mirror competition, I was 18 and didnt have a license, sold it to my dad, he gave it me back 14 years later Now obviously, they are entirely entitled to do so, but to me that just seems a bit of a shame.
Should you be spending money entering a draw for a car you don’t even want? Personally, I wouldn’t ever buy a ticket for a car I couldn’t see myself keeping, and it’s a bit of a shame to see folk who would genuinely love to win these cars losing out on them to someone who has it straight up for sale to cash in.
I saw one recently, think it was for an old escort where the winner had it up for sale before the company had even unloaded it off the trailer for him.... ??
So I got it in the end.
It would have been nice to have it at 18, but the insurance was three grand and I couldn't drive it anyway.
But, the money I got for it, plus my dads old car, got me mobile, went on a couple of holidays, bought some stuff I couldnt have dreamt of before and enabled me to quit my job and go back to college which has ended up with me earning a lot more in the log run.
The cash injection back then was way more valuable than having a Golf GTI for a few years.
Depends where you are financially, would keep most stuff now but if I was needing to get on the housing ladder, thats a big deposit winning say a 911, a decent hot hatch and a load of other stuff more important than having a fancy car sat depreciating.
Have entered these when at the airport going on holiday, not won another one yet though.
I think some are a good idea, and some laughable, there’s an NI company which just raffles utter crap, apparently photographed in a Traveller site!
Entered one a few weeks ago though where they never got anywhere near selling tickets... draw date in terms and conds changed to ‘after 3rd extension we will run draw to win 70% of entry fees’. Utter waste of time, did a chargeback...
Entered one a few weeks ago though where they never got anywhere near selling tickets... draw date in terms and conds changed to ‘after 3rd extension we will run draw to win 70% of entry fees’. Utter waste of time, did a chargeback...
carreauchompeur said:
I think some are a good idea, and some laughable, there’s an NI company which just raffles utter crap, apparently photographed in a Traveller site!
Entered one a few weeks ago though where they never got anywhere near selling tickets... draw date in terms and conds changed to ‘after 3rd extension we will run draw to win 70% of entry fees’. Utter waste of time, did a chargeback...
It wasn’t this one by any chance.Entered one a few weeks ago though where they never got anywhere near selling tickets... draw date in terms and conds changed to ‘after 3rd extension we will run draw to win 70% of entry fees’. Utter waste of time, did a chargeback...
Hub said:
Ructions said:
Nothing dodgy about this, no Siree https://www.reddit.com/r/northernireland/comments/...
Wow, that's hilarious. I've you're going to do a live scam, at least do it competently!There's on on FB at the moment win a 280 Special (which appears nice TBH) tickets £25 (
) and a maximum number of tickets being sold of 1195 (sooooo £30k for a, potentially, nice Capri). But then you do wonder how the draw is going to be organised (in terms of oversight - will the 'winning ticket' just be a family friend etc?)
) and a maximum number of tickets being sold of 1195 (sooooo £30k for a, potentially, nice Capri). But then you do wonder how the draw is going to be organised (in terms of oversight - will the 'winning ticket' just be a family friend etc?)Mr Tidy said:
Bought an entry to BOTB once for a bit of a laugh!
And amazingly enough I didn't win.
I had to buy the entry before I found out it was basically a "Spot the Ball" competition.
I may be cynical, but I can't help thinking that by the time all the entry fees have been collected the "prize" has already been funded!
IMO these sort of things seem like a scam - just save the entry fees until you can buy what you want.
Devious lot that irritated me at airport terminals knowing that the holidaying mob in brain-dead holiday mood would be easy targets. Others with more sense & more important things on their minds gave the fancy car displays a wide berth. The odds on winning too pathetic. And amazingly enough I didn't win.
I had to buy the entry before I found out it was basically a "Spot the Ball" competition.
I may be cynical, but I can't help thinking that by the time all the entry fees have been collected the "prize" has already been funded!
IMO these sort of things seem like a scam - just save the entry fees until you can buy what you want.
Just nipped onto the Dream Car Giveaways website after reading this thread and managed to watch a live draw.
It's pretty good, I've tried BOTB but definitely prefer this.
Might take a punt when there is a car I like.
For the cash giveaways, I'm guessing over certain threshold they are not tax free?
It's pretty good, I've tried BOTB but definitely prefer this.
Might take a punt when there is a car I like.
For the cash giveaways, I'm guessing over certain threshold they are not tax free?
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