Ticket sellers....

[Mourne Red]

chuckling, had guys at the door from another county selling tickets for their club, asked them to contribute to the armagh development draw as a quid pro quo.
they said no
so I said no bother , its a no from me then

They must have knew your Armagh draw was a scam

https://x.com/mccoyniall/status/1793963077215404144?s=46&t=zMI0pHqP8aYtYYerofczvg

[LC]

The Armagh draw popped up on my Facebook feed the other day, £25 per ticket for a chance to win a house in Downings is good value compared to regularly paying £20 where max prize is £10k.

Seems to good to be true?

[Tony Baloney]

The Armagh draw popped up on my Facebook feed the other day, £25 per ticket for a chance to win a house in Downings is good value compared to regularly paying £20 where max prize is £10k.

Seems to good to be true?

Seen it too. I think it's a house or 250k. Pitched at a good price to attract a lot of sales.

[Never beat the deeler]

The Armagh draw popped up on my Facebook feed the other day, £25 per ticket for a chance to win a house in Downings is good value compared to regularly paying £20 where max prize is £10k.

Seems to good to be true?

If you're comparing 'value' you need to factor in the total number of tickets sold.

When the prize is $10k and tickets are $20, only 500 tickets need to be sold to break even. So say they sell 600, you pay $20 and your ticket is worth $10k x 1/600 = $16.67

For a $250k prize and $25 tickets, they need to sell 10,000 tickets so the same deal. If they sell 11,000, your ticket is worth $250k x 1/11,000 = $22.72


(obv value of prizes is not always the same as cost of prizes, but for simplicity)

[toby47]

The Armagh draw popped up on my Facebook feed the other day, £25 per ticket for a chance to win a house in Downings is good value compared to regularly paying £20 where max prize is £10k.

Seems to good to be true?

If you're comparing 'value' you need to factor in the total number of tickets sold.

When the prize is $10k and tickets are $20, only 500 tickets need to be sold to break even. So say they sell 600, you pay $20 and your ticket is worth $10k x 1/600 = $16.67

For a $250k prize and $25 tickets, they need to sell 10,000 tickets so the same deal. If they sell 11,000, your ticket is worth $250k x 1/11,000 = $22.72


(obv value of prizes is not always the same as cost of prizes, but for simplicity)

    

[marty34]

Was selling tickets for the clubs development draw yesterday. Had an incident where a fella tried ringing the police on myself and my mother saying we were scammers as we have no charity ID. I for one know how annoying it can be for ticket sellers to come to your door.  I buy off GAA ticket sellers all the time (Can't use the excuse that I've no cash because they always have the card machines at the ready ) . I also understand that scams are very prevalent in today's age. I just thought the reaction was completely over the top? I was wondering if anyone had ever had an similar experiences while selling tickets?

I see people on street collecting for charities etc. and they have a lanyard around their neck.

Maybe that's just for street collections. 

[NAG1]

Was selling tickets for the clubs development draw yesterday. Had an incident where a fella tried ringing the police on myself and my mother saying we were scammers as we have no charity ID. I for one know how annoying it can be for ticket sellers to come to your door.  I buy off GAA ticket sellers all the time (Can't use the excuse that I've no cash because they always have the card machines at the ready ) . I also understand that scams are very prevalent in today's age. I just thought the reaction was completely over the top? I was wondering if anyone had ever had an similar experiences while selling tickets?

I see people on street collecting for charities etc. and they have a lanyard around their neck.

Maybe that's just for street collections. 

Mostly GAA ticket sellers would stick to strong GAA areas so would be less of an issue. But can imagine if you are selling in mixed or non-GAA areas this could become more of an issue.

[gallsman]

Given it's been established on this thread that it's ok to push tickets in the direction of members and supporters, here's one for everyone:

https://onlinefundraiser.ie/barcelona-gaels/

A couple of weeks ago Barcelona become the first Spanish team to win the European 15 a side championship, and as a result will embark on a Leinster JFC campaign in November, with a first round match against Kilkenny's Conahy Shamrocks. While we're certainly not complaining, success does come with some logistical issues. Never mind your pitches or clubhouses, we simply have the ambition to be able to compete and give ourselves the best chance possible. Grant money is...limited to say the least

We've put together the above raffle with the support of sponsors from all around the island. Any support is very much appreciated.