Brickpicker Raffle Fundraiser for a Great Cause!!

[seapotato]

Thanks for doing that Ed! ☺

[Ed Mack]

6 minutes ago, seapotato said:

Thanks for doing that Ed! ☺

No problem.  I wish PayPal would change their policy about raffles, because I know people would have bought more if it was enabled for the raffle instead of regular donations, but I will buy tickets with my credit card and give members the numbers.  They could PayPal me the money.  

[Ed Mack]

5 DAYS LEFT!!!

[Poly 30286]

@Ed Mack is there a way to see how many tickets were sold in each? I am thinking about buying a couple more tickets, but hoping to play the best odds

[Quacs]

24 minutes ago, Poly 30286 said:

@Ed Mack is there a way to see how many tickets were sold in each? I am thinking about buying a couple more tickets, but hoping to play the best odds

FWIW, this request was denied earlier in the thread.  Besides, wouldn't this give late purchasers an unfair advantage?

[Ed Mack]

@Ed Mack is there a way to see how many tickets were sold in each? I am thinking about buying a couple more tickets, but hoping to play the best odds

Sure. Donate $500.00 and I will tell you.

[Squashmike10]

 

17 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

Sure. Donate $500.00 and I will tell you.

Just buy one of each and a few extra foe the one you really want

[Migration]

52 minutes ago, Poly 30286 said:

@Ed Mack is there a way to see how many tickets were sold in each? I am thinking about buying a couple more tickets, but hoping to play the best odds

I bet, if you carefully consider each lot, you could figure out which sets are the most popular and make an educated guess as to which ones have more interest. At least that's what I tried to do.

However, at this point I don't remember which tickets I bought. 

Edited January 26, 2016 by Migration

[Bold-Arrow]

It is a charity event . Just donate  

[Poly 30286]

@Ed Mack @Quacs I did not consider the unfair advantage. Knowing that I just bought a ticket in the 200's makes my chances pretty good. If the slow sellers were revealed, I'm sure my odds of winning would take a big dive.

[Thumper]

1 hour ago, Bold-Arrow said:

It is a charity event . Just donate  

... it'll make you feel all warm & fuzzy! :-)

Just bought a 10th ticket!   

 

[Ed Mack]

Want to be happier?...Give more...Give better!

[StPaulPTAMom]

As a St Paul School parent, I am overwhelmed by the support for this cause and the money Ed and Jeff have helped raised through this fundraiser. It really speaks to how special SPS is for our families to give so much of themselves to help support our school!  Thank you to everyone who hs purchased raffle tickets! Thank you for understanding how special SPS is to our families. http://www.stpaulbrl.org

[mudcatsfan]

Is it possible to get the 7 tickets for $50 and spread them across the prizes? Or is the quantity discount only available within one prize each?

Not that it matters, but just curious. Happy to help either way, and i hope you guys meet your goal.

[ISO8T0]

7 minutes ago, mudcatsfan said:

Is it possible to get the 7 tickets for $50 and spread them across the prizes? Or is the quantity discount only available within one prize each?

Not that it matters, but just curious. Happy to help either way, and i hope you guys meet your goal.

No. Just 7 on one item/bundle.

[mudcatsfan]

5 minutes ago, pstebbing said:

No. Just 7 on one item/bundle.

cool thanks. Won't impact my giving either way. 

I'm hoping there will be a groundswell of giving end of month as folks get off their butts and give. 

Procrastinators for the win!

[Ed Mack]

On 1/11/2016 at 5:28 PM, Mos_Eisley said:

Alright, I'm selling likes!

I've already bought some raffle tickets, but just for fun, for every "like" this post gets from members who joined before the time of this posting, I'll spend an equal amount on more tickets, up to $250.  If it gets beyond that, I'll figure out how much more I'll spend.

 

Let's set a like record!

Don't let Mos Eisley off the hook!!!  PAGE 10

[Lordoflego]

On January 18, 2016 at 7:58 PM, Lordoflego said:

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That's a great link right above, lets revive this forum a little BPs!

if you got your money on bundle #5, you may just be getting my bricks too

anyway, as cheap as I am, as lazy, as....as NOT-participating-in-SH.T as I am, I'm going to make a little version of Mos_Eisley $-4-likes idea, give this post 10 likes and I'll spend $10 on raffle ticket, up to 50 likes/$50! Let's go. (I'll pay on last day of the raffle Ed) And on the side, buy some tix too! Plus like Mos_Eisley post that I provided...

Brickpickers, I need 6 more easy-peasy likes. Page 15 of this forum! Or just like this post, doesn't matter  

[ISO8T0]

Do you think Mos_E would notice if you added a second "Like This" Button?

[doejaster]

The wife and I finally decided which item we wanted to get our tickets for.  Thanks Ed and Jeff for organizing this and giving all of us a chance to do something for you guys for a change.  The site certainly has been and continues to be an amazing resource and my wife and I both hope that the funds for St Paul School are able to be raised.

[ED-209]

8 hours ago, doejaster said:

The wife and I finally decided which item we wanted to get our tickets for.  Thanks Ed and Jeff for organizing this and giving all of us a chance to do something for you guys for a change.  The site certainly has been and continues to be an amazing resource and my wife and I both hope that the funds for St Paul School are able to be raised.

Definitely, this is a great grass-roots cause.

Sadly, due to money constraints ATM (I'm a casual worker currently getting a measly 8 hrs a week with a wife and kid) and the low AUD, I only managed to get one ticket. However, I'll see if I can make an extra ebay sale or two before it ends and get more

[Poly 30286]

Direct link to lordoflego like challenge

[Ed Mack]

I would like to personally thank Huw over at Brickset.com for posting about this LEGO raffle on his homepage.  He has always helped out Jeff and I and we are very grateful...

[jacquie]

Long time visitor, first time poster. I felt compelled after seeing this fundraiser. I'm also from New Jersey and I just wanted to thank you for supporting education in New Jersey. Parochial schools receive little- to no- state or federal aid so I think it's simply awesome that you've initiated this fundraiser. Although the school is not facing imminent closure, my son will be starting at a Catholic high school in September, and I truly appreciate the difficulty parochial schools have continuing to operate in the face of mounting costs and the never-ending list of unfunded state and federal mandates. I wish you the best of luck.

[Flanagan Bros Inc]

On 1/26/2016 at 1:13 PM, Ed Mack said:

Want to be happier?...Give more...Give better!

To be fair, I think that's balanced out by the stress you feel while looking at your bank account . . . I just hope I can slip it through without my girlfriend noticing the money mysteriously missing.
 

On a more serious note: The Lego community is honestly one of the best communities I've had the pleasure of being a part of. I have yet to have a single bad experience in the AFOL communities. Catholic schools (and other similar private schools) are simply some of the best in the nation. Even if you don't support the religion, Catholicism has been, for literally hundreds and hundreds of years, one of the major contributors to education. There's been rough patches, but today most Catholic schools are competitive and provide a fantastic learning environment for kids. I'm just a poor college student scraping by and I don't have a lot of money to pitch in, but it's hard to stand by and not help such a fantastic cause championed by such incredible and wonderful people, people who don't hesitate to put both their time and money into our Lego communities. Thanks guys!