4 ms·
I remember entering a few car raffles in shopping centres years ago. Each time it was stated the winners would be advertised in a particular newspaper on a par
by basicplus2 4y ago
I remember entering a few car raffles in shopping centres years ago. Each time it was stated the winners would be advertised in a particular newspaper on a particular date.
In every case on that date there was a notice saying the draw was postponed to a later date.
On checking the new date, a further postponment date was listed. this was repeated about three times until simply nothing was printed in the newspaper..
so now i treat all car raffles as scams.
- ThePadawan 4y agoRecently on HN, we had this submission which might be of interest to you: "Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31971858 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31971858
- pcthrowaway 4y agoSurprisingly, a friend of mine actually won the car from a sweepstakes, a couple of years ago. He lives in Poland though (and that's where the sweepstakes took place)
- crabbygrabby 4y agoThey kind of all are scams. It was how they got people's information preinternet. Usually the fine print will tell you they aren't even giving the car away. The only person I know who won one of those things was very greasey. Had his dirty hands all over a lot of local businesses giving favors getting favors etc. They let his wife film a commercial for pay too lol.