Odds of winning....uh.....slim?

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This has gotta be the weirdest CL ad I've seen yet for an arcade game. No mention of the product and its condition. All we know is apparently the seller thinks it's worth over $1000. So therefore, buying a raffle ticket (only 250 being sold) for $10 will get you a shot at winning it.
http://medford.craigslist.org/ele/1337336139.html

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Now let me see, if he sells all 250 tickets, that's $2500 right? Hmm..I guess the house always wins. But somehow I have a feeling there will be maybe 10 or 20 tickets actually bought, becuase everyone else would think the same thing as me: the seller is going to pitch out all the raffles anyway and claim John Doe from Nowheresville to be the winner. And even IF he isn't that shady...I could only imagine he'd get $100 worth of raffles anyways. Medford is a ghost town for arcades. Why wouldn't he just say "hey Gauntlent machine...$400". And leave it at that? Who knows.
 
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I like it when people type the entire ad in one long sentence; no capital letters anywhere and just one big uneducated ramble. Yeah, that's professional and no, he's not a con artist....
 
yeah and do you think it would have killed him to plug that thing in for the picture? I mean cripes! There's a freaking wall plug right behind it!
 
here's the text for those who read this after the ad gets pulled:

"video arcade raffle only 250 tickets are being sold at $10.00 a piece the worth of the game system is over $1,000 if interested respond via email and i can give you the location"

and it's a Gauntlet Dark Legacy.
 
My Bro-in-law used to do these things called "Tip Boards", or "Punch Boards" at his rural convenience store. He'd buy a rifle or something else that would attract rednecks, then set up a tip board for it. He even sold his old Geo Tracker once that way and made a ton on it. Then his dad walked out in the lot and bought the car right back from the guy cash in hand. Then of course, I bought it from him.

So yeah, stuff like this does work well, as long as you don't get caught. Normally this kind of thing is reserved for non-profits.
 
The nice thing about doing this anonymously on Craigslist is that once the guy has the cash in hand, he never has to give the machine to anyone.
 
The nice thing about doing this anonymously on Craigslist is that once the guy has the cash in hand, he never has to give the machine to anyone.

That's what I was thinking... His buddy wins the raffle and the game goes nowhere.
 
the only way I could see this working, is if everyone went to his house the day of the raffle, and bought tickets then, then gave it away there, however I can see someone trying that and inviting like 15 friends over lol
 
Go check it out in person; they give the address of the store.

"The ReStore" shops are thrift type shops run by Habitat For Humanity used to generate revenue for their building projects. I would hope that they got the proper permits or whatever to run a raffle.

I volunteered at the NOC NJ one for a couple of days a week for a summer years ago. They really do help a lot of people. They not only build houses and sell (typically) inexpensive furniture and household items helping people that can't afford to buy new, but they also have programs in place to give items to completely furnish homes free to people who qualify who are trying to get back on their feet (ex: battered housewives leaving their husbands, people recovering from addictions, people with disabilities, etc.).
 
And what if he doesn't get what he thinks is fair after the "ticket buying" time is over. Does he just keep everyone elses money, or does he actually pull a name and give it away for 50 bucks or howerver many tickets he sold.

Stupid.
 
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