Raffles Joe. Theyre a rip off!!!

Ghost Buster

Now before I rant i must point out that any matters mathematical are not and never were my forte...
But...
A raffle was help in my work last night and it suddenly occurred to me that we have been getting ripped off for years!!!:eek::eek:
Most raffles work along the lines of a strip of 5 tickets for 2 euro or three strips totalling 15 tickets for 5 euro. So if for example you buy 15 tickets you have 15 chances to win the voucher from WayOut Boutique and turf accountants or a colonic at Quinns Day Spa.
But the corrupt swines holding the raffle inevitably draw out an entire strip of 5 tickets and then discard the strip thus denying you of further chances to win with the other 4 tickets.
Take to the streets people. WE have all been denied a fruit basket and hamper from Supervalu!!!!!!

BraziliaNZ

Who's Joe?

CardBordWindow

Just do what i do, and bring your own book of tickets. I win every time!

SunnyDub1

all raffles are a scam imo...

Nothing is for nothing these days :rolleyes:

Ghost Buster

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Who's Joe?

Saviour of whiney pensioners everywhere.....

Plazaman

Oooohhh, a colonic? Put me in for a fiddy spot.

In fairness I've never seen any raffle, where cloakroom tickets are used, that they break up the strip into individual tickets. It's just the done thing Joe.

nicowa

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Now before I rant i must point out that any matters mathematical are not and never were my forte...
But...
A raffle was help in my work last night and it suddenly occurred to me that we have been getting ripped off for years!!!:eek::eek:
Most raffles work along the lines of a strip of 5 tickets for 2 euro or three strips totalling 15 tickets for 5 euro. So if for example you buy 15 tickets you have 15 chances to win the voucher from WayOut Boutique and turf accountants or a colonic at Quinns Day Spa.
But the corrupt swines holding the raffle inevitably draw out an entire strip of 5 tickets and then discard the strip thus denying you of further chances to win with the other 4 tickets.
Take to the streets people. WE have all been denied a fruit basket and hamper from Supervalu!!!!!!

Do you know how annoying it is to tear each and every one of them? But anyway that's not the reason they do it anymore. Every raffle I've been to has sold one strip of tickets as one chance to win. I assumed everyone knew that. I don't know why your work is doing a raffle but most raffles are charity based - ie they do them at quizes as it's an easy way to boost their chairity money - and most people know that and have no problem with paying.

They only problem I have is that when you rip off them strips in groups of five or whatever they tend to clump. So the last raffle I bought tickets for (at a charity quiz night) only about 3-4 tables won all the 15 or so prizes. That bugged me more than the price I paid for the tickets.

funnilenough

a colonic;those poor little fish.You disgust me sir!

Ghost Buster

Plazaman wrote: »

Oooohhh, a colonic? Put me in for a fiddy spot.

In fairness I've never seen any raffle, where cloakroom tickets are used, that they break up the strip into individual tickets. It's just the done thing Joe.

And with that defeatist attitude we will never win. i blame Bertie....

Ghost Buster

nicowa wrote: »

Do you know how annoying it is to tear each and every one of them? But anyway that's not the reason they do it anymore. Every raffle I've been to has sold one strip of tickets as one chance to win. I assumed everyone knew that. I don't know why your work is doing a raffle but most raffles are charity based - ie they do them at quizes as it's an easy way to boost their chairity money - and most people know that and have no problem with paying.

They only problem I have is that when you rip off them strips in groups of five or whatever they tend to clump. So the last raffle I bought tickets for (at a charity quiz night) only about 3-4 tables won all the 15 or so prizes. That bugged me more than the price I paid for the tickets.

Well then they should think of the environment, save paper and sell individual tickets. Its outrageous so it is.

Chuck Stone

Why in the name of Jaysus would you want to squirt water up your bum-pipe?

Cianos

If the same rule applies to all entrants then nobody is at an unfair disadvantage. In fact, it actually slightly increases your chance of winning something in the raffle.

Ghost Buster

Cianos wrote: »

If the same rule applies to all entrants then nobody is at an unfair disadvantage. In fact, it actually slightly increases your chance of winning something in the raffle.

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Well then they should think of the environment, save paper and sell individual tickets. Its outrageous so it is.

AND they would save money to go towards getting St Bridgets under 6 football team to Dingle for the finals.

the groutch

why even sell them in strips?
what happened to the good old days of single tickets? (most cost effective too)

AnonoBoy

When I run colonic raffles (which if I'm honest is on a weekly basis) I always go down the old-fashioned single ticket route.

So if you buy a ticket off for me for the chance to have a hose shoved up yer hoop and all the sh*te flushed out of your guts then you can be guaranteed that you will not be ripped off.

That's my motto. Now if only I could find somewhere that could fit it on to my business cards and still make it legible.

dmcronin

Be sure you have ticket no 11. Can't lose.

Jester252

the strips are uses so it looks like more people have enter the raffle. Won one as a kid and my choice of prize was wiskey or wiskey

Dravokivich

Jester252 wrote: »

the strips are uses so it looks like more people have enter the raffle. Won one as a kid and my choice of prize was wiskey or wiskey

Sounds like my kinda raffle.

AnonoBoy

Jester252 wrote: »

the strips are uses so it looks like more people have enter the raffle. Won one as a kid and my choice of prize was wiskey or wiskey

I've won a lot of kitchen utensils in raffles myself.

Forkeys, knifeys, bowleys, spatulaeys, whiskeys, spooneys.

Jester252

Dravokivich wrote: »

Jester252 wrote: »

the strips are uses so it looks like more people have enter the raffle. Won one as a kid and my choice of prize was wiskey or wiskey

Sounds like my kinda raffle.

My parents were not happy as I picked the wrong whiskey

El Weirdo

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Now before I rant i must point out that any matters mathematical are not and never were my forte...
But...
A raffle was help in my work last night and it suddenly occurred to me that we have been getting ripped off for years!!!:eek::eek:
Most raffles work along the lines of a strip of 5 tickets for 2 euro or three strips totalling 15 tickets for 5 euro. So if for example you buy 15 tickets you have 15 chances to win the voucher from WayOut Boutique and turf accountants or a colonic at Quinns Day Spa.
But the corrupt swines holding the raffle inevitably draw out an entire strip of 5 tickets and then discard the strip thus denying you of further chances to win with the other 4 tickets.
Take to the streets people. WE have all been denied a fruit basket and hamper from Supervalu!!!!!!

No. It's €2 for one ticket and €5 for three.

Not difficult to understand.

wyndham

It is expensive granted, but I just love the old world colonial feel to it. I always try and stay there when I'm in Singapore.

Ghost Buster

El Weirdo wrote: »

No. It's €2 for one ticket and €5 for three.

Not difficult to understand.

If it was one ticket there would be one number on it not 5 and they wouldnt be perforated .
This is one ticket with its copy
This is a strip of 5. And its not Pink its salmon coloured cos pink is gay.
Not difficult to understand....;)