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My wife owns an after school tutoring center. We sponsor the local elementary school - and one time they had a silent auction fundraiser. We were asked if we ca
by fma 5y ago
My wife owns an after school tutoring center. We sponsor the local elementary school - and one time they had a silent auction fundraiser. We were asked if we can donate anything. We said sure...we gave them three vouchers, worth ~$150 each of services. We were expecting 3 lucky families.
At the end, the coordinator herself won (or supposedly won?) all 3 vouchers and showed up with her kid. For the next silent auction we ensured to put 1 voucher per family. The shock on her face when she showed up again, with 3 vouchers in hand and my wife told her to read the fine print.
From the HN comments it looks like - we were silly for trying to promote something in good faith and we deserved to have been abused. Jokes on them because reality is small businesses stop doing fun things for the community and it becomes strictly business.
- WalterBright 5y agoWhen I was younger I thought the McDonald's prank was cool. Being older, not so much.
- mbg721 5y agoBut there's a difference between "Teenager hustles the pizza place and they settle for a gift card" and "Fundraiser coordinator methodically wins every auction". Maybe that difference is how much "breaking the rules" is part of the real rules?
- redis_mlc 5y agoIn the Philippines, it's no surprise when comebody connected "wins." Local high-end malls have Christmas raffles where you get one ticket per medium-sized purchase (over $50.) One of the prizes was a condo. When a local senator won it, nobody was surprised. (When interviewed, she said, "I'm not giving it back.")
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoI hope that for the next silent auction, you contacted whoever was above that coordinator and explained why you won't be providing anything anymore.