well a diaper raffle is when you bring diapers to a baby shower in exchange for a chance to win a prize. so i was thinking for every item bought on my baby registry, one raffle ticket will be given for every $10 the gift is worth. I was thinking there should be a maximum amount of tickets given to each person so people who bought big $200 gifts wont end up with 20 tickets and to round up gifts worth like $5 gifts will be consider $10 and $15 as $20 and so on. that way people are more likely to buy what i requested, have the gift receipt, and not buy multiples of the same item. the prize would probably be a gift card to the mall or a gift basket. my sister had a baby registry and no one but me and my grandmother bought from it. my sis ended up with thirty blankets. 2 playmats, 2 carriers, lots of preemie clothes (the baby was born 8 lbs) and no receipts.
would you consider doing something like this yourself? are you most likely to play? anything you like to add or suggest i should not do in the game?
Sounds rude to me. You are trying to control what your guests are buying. Registries are not a demand. They are a suggestion as to what the couple would like. If your demands are so unbending, have a diaper shower and buy your own stuff.
I am sympathetic, but duplicates still don’t put you out. They are GIFTS. Although, I must say, I find it odd that folks bought preemie clothing. Sounds like your sister had some really dumb guests who didn’t look at labels.
October 29th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I don’t think that type of game would be a good idea. People may look at it as your trying to get over on them. Whatever they end up buying from your registry i’d just be happy with that.
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October 29th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I am doing a diaper reffle for my shower coming up in November. Everyone that brings a pack of diapers (any size) is entered to win a $25 Wal-Mart gift card. My brothers girlfriend came up with the idea. that way you will have lots of diapers in different sizes. Lol!
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October 29th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Sounds rude to me. You are trying to control what your guests are buying. Registries are not a demand. They are a suggestion as to what the couple would like. If your demands are so unbending, have a diaper shower and buy your own stuff.
I am sympathetic, but duplicates still don’t put you out. They are GIFTS. Although, I must say, I find it odd that folks bought preemie clothing. Sounds like your sister had some really dumb guests who didn’t look at labels.
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October 29th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
I don’t think it’s a good idea to give out tickets relating to how much someone spent - what if they bought something expensive, and You assumed it was cheap, and didn’t give them enough raffle tickets. Or even worse asked someone what they;ve spent on you! gifts are gifts, and you should be grateful for even the smallest gesture. Maybe issue tickets on attendance, eg, everyone gets two tickets. Fair then, and doesn’t seem materialistic
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October 29th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
sound good
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October 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I agree with Doodlestuff, that sounds kind of rude. A raffle is fine, but I don’t think it is right to base it on how much is spent on a gift. Some of the guests may only be able to afford a very small gift, especially in this economy. It doesn’t seem fair to give them less of a chance or none at all if they may have put just as much thought and love (and effort, in the case of a homemade gift) as everyone else.
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