R Kings and other car raffles

RootX

worded wrote: »

Site not secure warning

Why dont they get a SSL for their www ?

http://www.rkingscompetitions.com/competitions

Site is secured, try https://www.rkingscompetitions.com/

what it hasn't got is http-to-https redirection.

Dr Turk Turkelton

They had a post on Facebook earlier about a big raffle coming up at 8.30 this evening.
Site has been down for me since about 8.10.
Can anyone log in to see what they were putting up?

shaveAbullock

grayzer75 wrote: »

Targeted by Russian hackers looking ransoms apparently but they've put in serious system upgrades in the last couple of weeks to combat these attacks.

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

They had a post on Facebook earlier about a big raffle coming up at 8.30 this evening.
Site has been down for me since about 8.10.
Can anyone log in to see what they were putting up?

Imagine what it would be like if they hadn't done the serious upgrades in the last couple of weeks. :eek:

grayzer75

That grey Lambo was back spinning around the village last night - apparently the guy that won it took a cash offer instead as it didn't make sense for him to actually own a Lambo.

worded

grayzer75 wrote: »

That grey Lambo was back spinning around the village last night - apparently the guy that won it took a cash offer instead as it didn't make sense for him to actually own a Lambo.

Approx value of it ?

Cheensbo

https://www.facebook.com/search/posts/?q=r%20kings%20competitions%20lamborghini&epa=SERP_TAB

grayzer75

worded wrote: »

Approx value of it ?

I heard he took approx £80k stg for it

unhappys10

grayzer75 wrote: »

I heard he took approx £80k stg for it

Ticket sales were 150k I think? 80k bit of a drop, I know you wouldn't get the ticket sales amount but it was surely worth more than 80k. I reckon I would have taken the car and held out for a better deal elsewhere.

grayzer75

unhappys10 wrote: »

Ticket sales were 150k I think? 80k bit of a drop, I know you wouldn't get the ticket sales amount but it was surely worth more than 80k. I reckon I would have taken the car and held out for a better deal elsewhere.

You might not get a cash sale in the current climate so the 80K for a 25 quid raffle ticket might appeal.

unhappys10

grayzer75 wrote: »

You might not get a cash sale in the current climate so the 80K for a 25 quid raffle ticket might appeal.

Always someone with money for that kind of car no matter the climate.

grayzer75

unhappys10 wrote: »

Always someone with money for that kind of car no matter the climate.

Morgans have just reduced the price on one by 10K trying to shift it, they dropped the price on the McClaren as well.

RandomViewer

unhappys10 wrote: »

Always someone with money for that kind of car no matter the climate.

Basically undriveable in this country, too low for our roads, North or South

unhappys10

RandomViewer wrote: »

Basically undriveable in this country, too low for our roads, North or South

I didn't say you needed to sell it in this country, North or South.

Juan Pablo

Ferrari 458 Italia gone up there in the last hour

Boscoirl

A little bit more practical than the lambo

sasta le

So this run from a farmyard in the North?

Cheensbo

No, this run from petrol - premium preferred.

DubDani

sasta le wrote: »

So this run from a farmyard in the North?

They are in an Industrial estate just outside Newry. Pictures were usually taken somewhere private (on a farm or under bridge etc.), but from looking at their last few posts seems they just put together a fancy new showroom. I assume that will be the new place for winners pick ups and photographing upcoming competitions etc.

bigpink

If you win do you have to go public?

grayzer75

bigpink wrote: »

If you win do you have to go public?

What did you win?

Northern Monkey

I saw a grey 458 outside Newry yesterday, presume it was it.

worded

BMW - circa 25K sterling take for them

90 miles on the clock !

Out of interest what is the book value on this does anyone know ? Can’t see the year so that’s prob impossible to know

https://www.rkingscompetitions.com/competitions/2014bmwx5xdrive30dmsport

Stoolbend

bigpink wrote: »

If you win do you have to go public?

Yes. It's in their terms and conditions.

RootX

worded wrote: »

Can’t see the year so that’s prob impossible to know

https://www.rkingscompetitions.com/competitions/2014bmwx5xdrive30dmsport

2014, it's in the description.

punisher5112

RootX wrote: »

2014, it's in the description.

Vrt would be a lot bringing over the border...

worded

Two comp cars of their I’ve looked at have 90 + miles

Disappointing with cars with such high mileage

punisher5112

2014 also is getting on to be honest would expect a better line up to be honest.

worded

punisher5112 wrote: »

2014 also is getting on to be honest would expect a better line up to be honest.

+1

Not arsed buying a ticket for any of the ones there at the moment

bigpink

Stoolbend wrote: »

Yes. It's in their terms and conditions.

Would that not be against the law? Lottery winners can stay anonymous

worded

punisher5112 wrote: »

Vrt would be a lot bringing over the border...

How much as a matter of interest ?

punisher5112

worded wrote: »

How much as a matter of interest ?

Sorry meant to say Nox charge also on top....

The_B_Man

Probably about €15k VRT?

unhappys10

Anywhere between 8 and 11.5k depending on model. Nox under 300 euro

Boardmaster

Anyone for an M3 - VRT seems to be taken care of if i'm reading this correctly.

https://fdr-rafflemasters.ie/product/2017-bmw-m3/

worded

Nice motor

But “there” is a grammatical error on the question :-)

https://www.rkingscompetitions.com/competitions/2019320dmspaortsaloonblack4dr

punisher5112

worded wrote: »

Nice motor

But “there” is a grammatical error on the question :-)

https://www.rkingscompetitions.com/competitions/2019320dmspaortsaloonblack4dr

Now that's better, near New, surprised seeing all the older stuff including motorbikes that aren't anything overly special....

RandomViewer

worded wrote: »

Two comp cars of their I’ve looked at have 90 + miles

Disappointing with cars with such high mileage

It's not 1975, 90 k is nothing.

unhappys10

RandomViewer wrote: »

It's not 1975, 90 k is nothing.

Exactly, nearly 7 years old, roughly 13k a year, far from high. It's like people expect cars not to be driven or for the clock to stop at 40k odd miles.

As for older stuff, I'm sure Rkings won't lose any sleep over selling out draws without the input of people who think they are "too old".

theoneeyedman

bigpink wrote: »

Would that not be against the law? Lottery winners can stay anonymous

This isn't a lottery, it's a competition.

worded

RandomViewer wrote: »

It's not 1975, 90 k is nothing.

I disagree, 90K is a fair whack of miles for a car.

I bet they have lots of cars with less miles on the books that they don’t raffle

I’ve yet to own a car that didn’t give trouble after 150K

I just not buying tickets for middle aged cars is all

And if this trend continues I will unsubscribe

worded

Boardmaster wrote: »

Anyone for an M3 - VRT seems to be taken care of if i'm reading this correctly.

https://fdr-rafflemasters.ie/product/2017-bmw-m3/

Very childish looking web site that looks from Romania in in the late 90s

unhappys10

worded wrote: »

I disagree, 90K is a fair whack of miles for a car.

I bet they have lots of cars with less miles on the books that they don’t raffle

I’ve yet to own a car that didn’t give trouble after 150K

I just not buying tickets for middle aged cars is all

And if this trend continues I will unsubscribe

90k is nothing.
If you are having trouble after 150k you are either buying the wrong cars or you aren't maintaining them properly.

I have a 94 Audi 80, 250k miles, flying it. So is my 99 A4 with 236k, another 200k easily in both of them.

worded

unhappys10 wrote: »

90k is nothing.
If you are having trouble after 150k you are either buying the wrong cars or you aren't maintaining them properly.

I have a 94 Audi 80, 250k miles, flying it. So is my 99 A4 with 236k, another 200k easily in both of them.

Can we agree to differ?

I had an Audi A4 that was prof maintained
The steering rack went etc. Cost me 4K + in various repairs after 150 K

Same with other cars prof maintained and I wasn’t driving them hard

Statistically as a car has more miles I feel it will have more issues

2ndcoming

unhappys10 wrote: »

90k is nothing.
If you are having trouble after 150k you are either buying the wrong cars or you aren't maintaining them properly.

I have a 94 Audi 80, 250k miles, flying it. So is my 99 A4 with 236k, another 200k easily in both of them.

90s Audis and VWs were bulletproof compared to what came after them in
fairness.

maddness

Have they done the Ferrari 458 yet?

sasta le

BMW with 103k on it.....2016 up now

Aska

OH got the X5 finally VRT'd yesterday, €9435

Although the car was won the woman in the office made the the missus go to the local BMW garage to get the X5 valued, where the salesman said he couldn't understand why she was sent down there since the VRT office use a book value anyway.

Ohh well, all done now.

tcawley29

Aska wrote: »

OH got the X5 finally VRT'd yesterday, €9435

Although the car was won the woman in the office made the the missus go to the local BMW garage to get the X5 valued, where the salesman said he couldn't understand why she was sent down there since the VRT office use a book value anyway.

Ohh well, all done now.

Out of curiosity, did the vrt office go off the book value or the dealer value if they were different?

Duke O Smiley

Is it just me, or would it be fair to say now that R kings have kind of ran out of steam lately? Looked at their website for the first time in ages over the weekend, and stuff seemed to be moving very slowly.

Have people moved on to another crowd or given up altogether?

Deminiman

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Is it just me, or would it be fair to say now that R kings have kind of ran out of steam lately? Looked at their website for the first time in ages over the weekend, and stuff seemed to be moving very slowly.

Have people moved on to another crowd or given up altogether?

I’ve noticed this myself, there hasn’t been many very quick sell outs recently, stuff like the m3 was up for 3 days I think. The €5 draws seem popular, I wouldn’t fancy those odds though!