Oh what to do with the Pearl.....

[The_Laird]

Originally Posted by IT

A simple 'sell 49 tickets numbered 1 to 49 @ £100ish a piece and see what next weeks bonus ball brings' is currently a popular car selling scheme, but it seems does technically need a gambling license to run, doh....

That seems surprising as there must be thousands of raffles around the country that don't have a gambling licence (and we got away with it at the annual meet!).

I wonder if it's different for charities?

[The_Laird]

Had a quick look on line:

Raffle's are considered to be a 'small lottery' in the eyes of the law.

BUT, one of the three categories of exempt lottery which do not require any kind of authorisation by a local authority is:

Customer lotteries – business owners run these and only sell tickets to customers.

So, my conclusion is that if you only sold tickets to your customers (us!), you'd be OK.

[snapdragon]

Originally Posted by The_Laird

So, my conclusion is that if you only sold tickets to your customers (us!), you'd be OK.

Had a lot of experience of this about 10 years ago, assuming it hasn't changed, you have to introduce an element of skill, for example:

Which model of Audi featured in the following films? Transporter 2, Ronin, Taken?

a) A8
b) A1
c) R8
d) R10


If there is more than one correct entry, one is drawn at random by a third party who has not entered the competition and is not related to/working for them in anyway.

[Dezzy]

I'd consider buying it if it were being sold for reasonable money. What’s an old D2 S8 worth these days realistically 2 - 2.5k?

[Professor Peach]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I'd consider buying it if it were being sold for reasonable money. What’s an old D2 S8 worth these days realistically 2 - 2.5k?

Depends on the D2 in question - I paid a lot more than that earlier in the year, but it was/is a very fine example (although I say so myself).

[HPsauce]

Depends very much on how it's been looked after.
I paid just over £3K for mine then as much again (as expected) getting it "fettled". No complaints.

[Lloyd]

Must admit by the amount of pearl parts on fleabay I thought it had been chopped . Save it or sell it but don't break a rare car

[Ricky22buk]

If it does get dismantled for parts and its a low mileage car can I have first dibs on the gearbox !!!!!!!!

[Delboy]

Originally Posted by Lloyd

Must admit by the amount of pearl parts on fleabay I thought it had been chopped . Save it or sell it but don't break a rare car

Must have been the only other one, but its not the same car as the parts on ebay have clear side repeaters and the one mentioned here has orange.

[Goran]

If its down to the worst option, and if there is enough space why not save the rare chassis, and sell the engine/transmission to remove maintenance costs?
Then at a later date if someone wants to run it, an engine and transmission can be put back in.