Falcon Raffle - Would you buy a ticket?

Crazy Dazz · 30-04-2013, 01:40 AM

Suppose a “reputable” organisation ran the following raffle, to publicise their organisation, promote Falcons, help worthy families, and in a small way sell a couple of Falcons.
Assuming it could be run for minimal expense, they could get an insurance company to include say 2 years comprehensive insurance, and Ford would come to the party with competitive pricing to make it all work.

The revenue from each raffle would be circa $100k. 2/3 would go to provide the prize, a new GT or F6. The remaining 1/3 would go to purchase a new EcoLpi or EB Falcon (with insurance and 2 years servicing) which would be given to a worthy family.

Families under consideration would be Diggers’ widows, disabled Vets, families where the main bread-winner had become disabled without recourse to compo, country families with sick kids, etc, etc.
Families would be nominated by respective charities on a rotating basis.
(There would be a lien registered on the car for two years, to allow sale only in desperate circumstances.)

Raffles would be “held” as often as ticket sales allowed. Start off a few times per year, building to monthly, then weekly.

Kudos to Mike for the seed of the idea.

View Poll Results: Would you buy a ticket?
I’d buy a $100 ticket (only 1,000 tickets) once a month.	11	18.33%
I’d buy a $100 ticket once a year on average.	7	11.67%
I’d buy a $10 ticket (10,000 tickets, book buyers’ prize available) once a month.	18	30.00%
I’d buy a $10 ticket once a year on average.	11	18.33%
I’d like to buy tickets, but only if they were $1 or $2.	4	6.67%
I’d buy tickets to help worthy families, but don’t want to win and/or give a Falcon.	4	6.67%
Stupid Idea, no wonder they call you “Crazy.”	5	8.33%
Voters: 60. You may not vote on this poll