this is what i am talking about...... I remember a guy where i used to work paid $50 for a raffle ticket and won a brand new yellow corvette convertible...... i think the msrp was $45k or so (1997 roughly)........ sweeetttt....



[QUOTE]Originally posted by bjohnston
A buddy of mine, he's been on this board, GNALUZU, won a Caddy Escalade in a raffle and sold it to buy an '03 SMG M3.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BBY2KS2K
Last year, my S2000 won "best import" at the base car show. Of course, there was only one other import, a bone stock early 90's Miata. I got a

 

won about 16k jelly beans when I was 8. one of those "guess it and it's yours" think... I think I was 16 off of the exact number

 

I won a Jet ski when I was young, never even rode it

 

I won $50 by being blindfolded and trying to find an envelope with the cast in it at a college basketball game. I was able to see at the bottom of the blindfold and found it immediately

I spent it on taco bell and beer.

 

Yeah, a lot of charities do this, and they only sell about 3,000 tickets for the raffle. So, the odds are pretty good (relatively speaking). I think in my buddy's case, they didn't even come close to selling all the tickets, so his odds were really good.

 

I won a Volk Racing t-shirt at an Evolution Autosports meet.

(plus the two s2ki best group trophies at HIN we won last year, but I was only one of many for those).

 

now that you mentioned this..... i won a Muz conv top protector mat for having the oldest S2000 in asheville..... i think i bought it 9/21/1999 (i can't remember now)..... but i took delivery before anyone else there.....

 

1) I ate 7 jalapeno peppers faster that the guy next to me ate one! I picked up a CD, Concert tickets and Baseball Tickets.
(Note the peppers hurt like He11 coming out the next day!)


2) Won a cow plop contest. A field was divided up into 1-square yard lots. I bought a lot for $10. They brought in a cow and after a couple of hours it dropped a load on my plot! I won $2,000!

 

I won a Phillips DVD recorder for filling out an online survey. I was tempted to sell it, but I hung on to it and it has worked great for almost 2 years now. It was retailing for $1000-$1200 at various places when I got it.