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Old 06-17-2005, 10:46 PM
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why doesnt a sponsor offer a raffle, say a dollar a ticket to anyone one this site. every one gets a number then put all the numbers in a hat draw one and how ever much money is raised that person can get that much stuff at their shop/site/ or whatever. i know that i would pay a dollar or even buy more than one ticket for a shop to take my car and and do what ever with it. there are 40k+ members on this board. i know not everybody would buy one but i know enough would as to where it would one heck of and overhaul. plus its a moving advertisement. just some food for thought. what do you guys think
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Damn I am in!
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i mean why not. that would be awesome, every body wins. any down side to this please list
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Who do I mail my dollar to?
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I would do it!!!!!
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So would I, but what would I buy for my Little 383 LT4
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I would be down for this
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how would u keep track of 10,000 names/#'s?
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everyone just paypal it and let it keep up with the names it holds for ever i guess. and if i was running a buisness and was going to get this money i would find a way. i mean i would pay 5 bucks a ticket if that many people didnt want part of it. be cool if a sponsor would at least think about it
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I think a lot of people would be skeptical of the "random" drawing.
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for just a buck why not. you never know. i think it could be done. i mean thunder or FMS could do it and they seem to be pretty reputable. i have alway wondered this my self, why it hasnt even been talked about that is. but hey who am i
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Originally Posted by KAOS
why doesnt a sponsor offer a raffle, say a dollar a ticket to anyone one this site. every one gets a number then put all the numbers in a hat draw one and how ever much money is raised that person can get that much stuff at their shop/site/ or whatever. i know that i would pay a dollar or even buy more than one ticket for a shop to take my car and and do what ever with it. there are 40k+ members on this board. i know not everybody would buy one but i know enough would as to where it would one heck of and overhaul. plus its a moving advertisement. just some food for thought. what do you guys think
I think its a good idea, I like it. As long as the sponsor was trust worthy and didn't rig the game it would work.

I think I may try it!

Ryan
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I would be down with this.
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Originally Posted by red90cobra
how would u keep track of 10,000 names/#'s?
Keep a list in Excel with each person's name in their own row, and generate a random number to indicate which row# (person) wins

http://www.randomizer.org/form.htm
number of sets: 1
numbers per set: how many winners to select
number range from: 1, to: last entrant's row number
unique: yes
sort output: no
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umi think about it a whole suspension set up from you guys would be great. upper and lower a arms, k member, lcas and panhard rod, and what ever else you want to throw on there. im down if somebody gets it going
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Im in on this if a sponsor does decide to do it. Ill be in everytime if its done. Like Ryan said though, i think you will definately need a reputable company. Let me know if this happens.
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$1.00 a ticket....40k in members... better odds than the lottery!!!!!
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It is a good idea....but as always there would be a few down falls. How many of the 40,000 members do you think would be in? I honestly think many less then what one would assume.

I would be afraid of being accused of the drawing being a scam etc.

I would like to try it small first, raffle off a less expensive item and see how it goes. If all goes good then it could lead to better dealings. Let me think on this for a little.
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I think it's a cool idea, worst case scenerio I'm out a buck. But if I win........
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It might make more sense to not announce what the prize is until all the tickets have been sold. No sponsor will do it if they offer up $1,000 in suspension parts but then only sell $400 in tickets. But people probably won't want to bid unless they know what the prize is.
The sponsor could set up the prize in a tier system though. Sell $500 in tickets and you win this, sell $1000 in tickets you get two things, etc. Or just leave it completely up to the winner what they would want, I think tha makes more sense. If UMI does it, then whoever wins just gets $1000 to spend on their suspension components. I like it.


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