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Re: Millenium Falcon 10179 Raffle
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 1 Mar 2007 17:37:35 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Todd Thuma wrote:
> To All,
>
> Hey, I just saw a great idea on Eurobricks
> http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/euroforum/index.php?act=home. They are
> holding a raffle for the $500.00 Millenium Falcon 10179 set.
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> So I am interested whether or not the community on LUGNET might be willing to do
> this. Here's my thinking: There are few people out there that can afford the
> $500.00 set and there are many people out there that cannot. So, there might be
> some that would be willing to buy a raffle and have a chance at winning one. The
> question becomes how much you would be willing to spend for a single ticket?
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> Would you pay $10 for a chance? How about $5 or $1?
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> Here's what I propose: I am willing to organize the raffle. I will not purchase
> any chances so there is no chance that I would win the set so there is no
> possibility for impropriety. Also, we could run the raffle through PayPal or
> some online purchase cart system where people could be assured that their money
> was going to the raffle. There would only be a set number of tickets sold based
> upon a calculation of the cost of the set puls shipping divided by the cost of
> each ticket. In other words, if the set costs $500.00 and shipping is $50.00
> then the total is $550.00. If tickets are $10.00 then only 55 tickets would be
> sold.
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> I am willing to take no money for the exercise. I would purchase the set now and
> take delivery to me. Once the set has been received the raffle will be closed
> and a winner will be randomly selected from those having purchased tickets. A
> web site would be used to organize the participant list and for purchasing the
> tickets. There would be total disclosure. Again I stress, this is not a money
> making opportunity for me, just a chance for someone to win a $500.00 set for
> $10.00, or so.
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> What do you think? Would you be interested in this? My only trepidation comes
> from not being able to cover the cost of the set and shipping. I really do not
> want to be out of pocket for $500 if no one is interested in this.
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> Please respond to the post.
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> Sincerely,
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> Todd
I thought it was a fun idea and would participate. I'd be good for two tickets
at $10.00 each.
I don't use PayPal or any other online payment service so may be out of luck.
Thanks for offering to take the project on.
Jonathan
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| To All, Hey, I just saw a great idea on Eurobricks (URL) They are holding a raffle for the $500.00 Millenium Falcon 10179 set. So I am interested whether or not the community on LUGNET might be willing to do this. Here's my thinking: There are few (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce)
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