Sold Possible funeral raffle.. interest? JL / CDT

[silenkiller 10+ year member]

So, on Tuesday I found out that my mother had suddenly passed away without any warning. As if all of this hasn't been difficult enough for me, I'm now staring down a 6,000 dollar funeral bill. Her life insurance isn't going to come through for along time because the cause of death is unknown. That is if the insurance even comes in at all. So me and my father have begun looking at what we can possibly sell, and as much as I don't want to part with my only hobby for now, I'm starting to consider selling my system. I'd say I have about 1500 in it, and I know if I sell it out right I wont get anywhere near that amount.

So I'm thinking about trying to setup some kind of raffle or something to maybe bring in more money than what I could if I sold them outright. Like 10 dollar tickets, and at the end of the time period, if its more than the market value of the items I'll draw a ticket for each item. If its way below what I would get for selling them I'd just refund everyone who participated.

Is anything like this even allowed here? Good Idea? Bad? Stick to ebay? Just looking for opinions. I'm stuck right now.

Items would be: Mint JL 1000/1v2, 300/2, (2) 13.5 w6v2's. CDT m6's with brax tweet setup and crossovers. All in really good condition cosmetically and functionally.

Please no flaming. I'd document everything of course and try and make it seem as honest as possible (copy of paper obituary, pictures, etc)

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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

sucks man. g/l with the sale.

but i think you have to have a set price. depending on interest it could take a while to find out who gets what or you could just take the money and run. not personal, but there are those folks out there

 

[silenkiller 10+ year member]

sucks man. g/l with the sale.
but i think you have to have a set price. depending on interest it could take a while to find out who gets what or you could just take the money and run. not personal, but there are those folks out there

Yeah I know, and its fair to be skeptical. Thats why I was thinking of maybe doing it through ebay to make people feel more secure. I have a pretty decent ebay history.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

Wow that sucks man... I love my mommy! If I lost my parents I would probably be incoherient.

 

[braunshugar]

I am very very sorry for your loss. I wish you luck on the sale of your items. I think it is criminal that folks face such a huge amount of money just to decently honor their loved ones //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Patrick Simmons 10+ year member]

Sorry for your loss, hopefully everything will work out for you.

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

if your trying to sell the stuff you need pics and prices, but sorry about your loss

 

[wu501 10+ year member]

sorry for your loss. You really need to contact a mod first and ask permission.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

x2, Wish you and your family the best. At this time I would probably think running a raffle on top of everything else would be pretty complex. Why not just sell the stuff straight out, I would imagine you would make more money that way and alot less complex.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

Sorry for your loss man. I've just lost two friends, from the same family, in less than two months, its terrible.

Post some pics and prices to check interest, I might be able to take the cdt's off your hands.

 

[NightDrifter05 10+ year member]

I wouldn't suggest this due to someone in the past who tried it and the guy the raffle was for turned out to basically be scamming everyone and lying about what happened. I'm not saying you're doing that but after that happened I don't think you would get much luck with a raffle. You have nice equipment so just post it up and stay firm on the price to get what you want.

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

I am sorry for the loss of your mother.

However, like the poster above indicated some asshat came on here and tried to scam the forum by claiming his daughter died. Turns out he did not even have a daughter.

So, if you get some sceptical replies you should be aware of this history.

 

[shiipseki 10+ year member]

try selling your stuff locally through cl.

 

[shutmdown 10+ year member]

sorry for your loss. i'm sure shes in a better place

if you want to sell that jl 1000/1 straight up PM me a price.

 

[headbussaboi 10+ year member]

Sorry for your loss bro. My dad passed away just a bit over a month ago so I know exactly what you're going through. Be prepared for alot of rude comments from those who don't believe you though.

Oh, and for those of you who thought I was lying, I have pics of my father at the funeral!