Survey: Ever won anything cool in a raffle

[vivalostwages]

I've won:

--a nice brown and tan afghan, handknitted by a grandma

--a big basket of L'Oreal products

--a ceramic mug with a metallic seal/logo on it from a college

--a cute Snowman decoration made from an upside down flowerpot, among other things

[matt_mcl]

I won my favourite teddy bear in a sort of raffle in my first-grade class. His name is Charity Bear and he served as my pillow nightly until I was 13 :) He is now living an honourable retirement on my bookcase.

[Walloon]

I won a raffle for an airline ticket to Phoenix, Arizona, that my company bought and then couldn't use. So I took a weekend and went to the Grand Canyon.

[jjimm]

I once won a frying pan, when I was 12.

[curly chick]

I won a Lotus Elise 111s last Christmas

(In case anyone doesn't know what such a thing is, here is a little picture http://www.johncant.com.au/lotus_elise111S.htm )

And yes, it was a real one, but no I didn't keep it, because I won it in England and the cost to re-register it in Ireland, insure and run it would be somewhat beyond me.
(SOMEWHAT?!?!)

[Infectious Lass]

I won a cake with blue icing in a school fete raffle when I was about 6 or 7 or something or maybe my mum did I don't remember-it isn't very cool but it is the only thing I have ever won!

(And I don't have it anymore!)

[jjimm]

Originally posted by curly chick
I won a Lotus Elise 111s last Christmas No bleeding way!?!?! So did you sell it in the UK and get the cash?

[manwithaplan]

Originally posted by curly chick
I won a Lotus Elise 111s last Christmas

Jaysus, I thought winning a holiday to Cuba would be hard to beat. My missus won it after running a 10km sponsored race in aid of breast cancer research. The charity held a raffle among all those who had chosen to collect sponsorship for them. We went last January and had a great time at the expense of the afflicted;).

A Lotus though - we're only in the Vauxhall Conference in comparison.

[manwithaplan]

Originally posted by vivalostwages
I've won:

--a nice brown and tan afghan, handknitted by a grandma

--a big basket of L'Oreal products

--a ceramic mug with a metallic seal/logo on it from a college

--a cute Snowman decoration made from an upside down flowerpot, among other things

Didn't you win a nice new hat in OpalCat's raffle recently. It only made "among other things", you ungrateful bollix;). yojimbo prayed to his god for that hat - I had to buy him one to compensate for his extreme dejection (which expressed itself in all sorts of ways - let's just say we had to start putting bromide in his tea again).

[minor7flat5]

How about a stainless steel mousepad (http://www.linkshaender.de/z_000_bildgross.html?bildname=images_produkte%2Flnk06_10003_gross.jpg&bildueberschrift=Produktdetails&bilduntertitel=) with an engine-turned surface, complete with wooden presentation case and polishing cloth.

Sadly, it doesn't work with optical mice. But it looks cool!

[curly chick]

Originally posted by jjimm
No bleeding way!?!?! So did you sell it in the UK and get the cash?

Yup, sure did.

Quite a coup, eh?

[jjimm]

Originally posted by curly chick
Quite a coup, eh?Ah, but my frying pan was non-stick.Originally posted by manwithaplan
I had to buy him one to compensate for his extreme dejection (which expressed itself in all sorts of ways Let's hope that yojimbo wears his nice new hat tonight.

[sWitchazel]

I completely forgot about filling in a raffle ticket at a local blood drive one year. Two weeks later they left a message on my machine saying, "Miss Hazel, this is so-and-so from the Medic Blood Center. I need you to call me at xxx-xxxx." I thought they were going to tell me I was infected with something. :eek:

When I called it took several minutes for them to figure out why a message had been left for me. They kept putting me on hold and then another person would ask my name and put me on hold again. Somebody finally said, "Oh, you won a prize." It was a battery operated AM/FM radio. It's actually been quite useful, but I don't think it was worth the near heart attack.

[matt_mcl]

Originally posted by curly chick
Yup, sure did.

Quite a coup, eh?

Ah, but was it a friend to you throughout your entire childhood? ;)

[Kalhoun]

I won a Sony Trinitron TV. It was worth around $700.

My parents won their choice of 100 steaks or $100. This was back in the 60s when you could actually get a good steak for a buck. They took the cash (no deep freeze to put all those steaks in).

My husband won $1500 in the Illinois lottery (before he won my heart).

[welby]

I won a McGill skateboard when I was 13.

[AV8R]

Ladies Diamond Cocktail ring - from a college Speech team raffle
Laser Disk Player - from a record store
Bottle of Gin - on an airplane when I was 12
Belt Buckle - at a rodeo
Aviation Book - at a flying seminar

[Sylkyn]

I won a $500 shopping spree at a local jeweler's about eight years ago. I ended up buying a 14kt gold charm bracelet and several charms.

Since then I've added many more charms to it, and it will end up being a beautiful heirloom that I plan on passing down to my daughter.

I flipped out when they called me because up until then, I'd never won a thing in my life, unless you count cakes during Halloween party cake walks!

[TommyTutone]

Freshman year in high school, a drawing was held for everyone trying out for the lacrosse team. The prize was a nice midfield stick. My name was chosen and I won it.

I was one out of only two people who didn't make the team. I kept the stick anyway.

[jk1245]

I won a really nice pair of binoculars at a work raffle.

At an old job, I won an inkjet printer at the X-mas party raffle.

$50 at a school contest


That about wraps it up for me, I guess.

[tygre]

A really creepy stuffed clown doll and a big jar of jellybeans, for coming the closest to guessing the number of jellybeans in the jar. I was off by 8 or 10 beans IIRC.

I've also won gift certificates to restaurants, mini-golf passes, and passes to museums.

My mom won a hand-held color TV in a raffle a few years ago.

[Duke]

I won a cash prize in a 50-50 raffle at the town fair where my parents grew up, when I was 12.

The very next year, I won a color TV in the same raffle, at the same town fair.

[Jonathan Chance]

Sadly, we won an 8 foot tall rubber tree plant once.

Try getting that home from an office Christmas party in a Geo Prizm someday. I think we broke several laws of the universe that night.

[Sunshine]

Originally posted by curly chick
I won a Lotus Elise 111s last Christmas

Ha! We won a 1976 Plymouth Volare at a church raffle...fortunately, the upkeep was within our means.

[drm]

I won a giant gatorade cooler at the Canadian Open (golf).

[voguevixen]

I won a 10lb chocolate bar (huge!) when I was in Jr. High. The really pathetic part was that the school was having a magazine subscription fundraiser and for every subscription you sold your name went into the raffle to win this prize. Some kids sold hundreds of subscriptions and I sold one to myself (Rolling Stone, I think...maybe "Sassy") and one to my mom (Consumer Reports.) I actually felt bad for a while, until the sugar buzz kicked in, haha.

And like sWitchhazel I got a bit of a jolt -- I was called to the office over the PA system with no indication of why. I was wracking my brain trying to figure out what I was in trouble for!

[bup]

3 times I've won all-in-one stereo systems at office parties. We've kept two, but the last one I returned and put toward a dishwasher.

[Gravity]

I've won a pretty crummy hand-crocheted lap blanket, and a super-cool 7 cup brand-new Quisinart food processor. Those suckers are HEAVY.

[Gatopescado]

4 day Mexican cruise for 2. Took the baby and had to pay extra for an upgrade, but still not too bad of a deal. The airfare was seperate, and we drove to the ship, so we still have 2 plane tickets to use.

Coincidentally, we get 5 free days of skiing in Colorado, so we may fly out there and do that, paying only for a cheapy hotel and food. Or maybe out to DC to check out the Smithsonian. Who knows?

[AV8R]

$100 Gift Certificate - from the local grocery store

[Violet]

Yes, a trip for 2 to the Grand Canyon, with an all you can eat and drink deal at the most expensive restaurant there. I think I made myself ill from the food and too much drink.

[racer72]

I have won:

A 6 foot tall Christmas stocking filled with a bunch of useless stuff.

A go kart with a green plastic Corvette body and 7up stickers all over it. I gave it to a church for a charity raffle to avoid paying taxes on it.

A Magellen hand held GPS unit. Sold it on Ebay.

A case of Union 76 racing oil. One of the sponsors of my race car at that time was a distributor of Castrol motor oil. I got all the oils and lubricants I needed for free. I used it in an old Dodge pickup I had at the time.

[Shirley Ujest]

I won a Sleeping Beauty coloring book in kindegarten.


It was used


$500 on a scratch off lottery ticket.
$50 in a raffle in high school.

Once, I won all the prizes at a baby shower. (Door prize and two trivia contests. ) Smelly soap anyone?

[Shirley Ujest]

A very good friend of mine, who has been out of work for over a year, recently won one of those call in radio contests. $12,000 .

I was very happy for her.

[InternetLegend]

I won a portable cd player in a drawing at the summer picnic at my last paying job (I had to join the PAC someone was pushing to get tickets). It was the first cd player we owned, and we joined the BMG music club in order to get something to play on it. We used that for our home cd player for almost twelve years.

Three years ago, I won two Picasso prints in a raffle we held for the elementary school's Destination Imagination teams. It was a little embarrassing, because my family and I had ended up buying a whole slew of tickets when the sale wasn't going well, so I won first prize and my brother won third. The "two Picasso prints" turned out to be two copies of the SAME print, so I traded one of them to my brother for the prize he'd won - a one-month child's gymnastics course (he's childless).

[BadBaby]

What are you guys doing that I'm not? The ONLY thing I've ever won in a raffle was a lousy bag of cottonballs. I priced them my next trip to WalMart, 50 cents on sale. I believe I am jealous of you lucky ducks...

[vivalostwages]

Originally posted by manwithaplan
Didn't you win a nice new hat in OpalCat's raffle recently. It only made "among other things", you ungrateful bollix;). yojimbo prayed to his god for that hat - I had to buy him one to compensate for his extreme dejection (which expressed itself in all sorts of ways - let's just say we had to start putting bromide in his tea again).
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:eek: Oh God!!!!! The virtual raffle slipped my slippery mind.
I refuse to say "my bad" because it's a silly phrase, but...gawd, do I suck!

Okay, that was four cool things.

--the grateful bollix ;)

[vivalostwages]

I suck, and I'm losing it.

I also won my digital camera from my credit union's raffle.

[The Big Cheese]

when I was about 14, about 1974 I won a leisure suit! I had no need for it, so my dad gladly took it-and wore it!