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Golf Classic Prize.....rediculous
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21-04-2009 3:14pm#1
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No 1st prize wasn't bad & no I didn't check the prizes before I played. I was asked by a friend if I would play.......Should I have said I'd play, and then when I arrive at the course and while I am paying, ask the lady what the prizes are and then tell her "no I've changed my mind now cos the prizes are sh1t".
The course is Kanturk (not that it matters). And I don't know how many prizes were on offer. I presume there was a third prize but I can only imagine what that was. A voucher for a bunch of bananas at the fruit & veg shop in Blarney maybe. A lunch voucher for a hotel that is 30 miles away wouldn't be a good prize even if it was a raffle prize.
39 teams took part too so a nice few euro made
Ok, in short you paid €50 for a game of golf, won a prize. So you are up on the day, although you may not agree with the prizes given out the prize you won isnt 'ridiculous' (A pack of balls would have warranted that title).
In terms of there being a few quid taken in on the day, I would never want to see people trying to profit from golf (apart from my club).
If you had an enjoyable game and won a prize...chill out
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Denis, do you realise that it is very hard to go asking businesses to sponsor prizes for things at the moment; and even then, if you do ask, they may not be able to afford to give anything. Furthermore, it sounds like you paid on the day so the organisers may not have had much money in the kitty to go buying prizes before the event.
You complain that you only got a lunch voucher, not even dinner. It may, in that case, be an idea to suggest to the hotel that you could put the voucher towards the cost of an evening meal. I'd be surprised if they weren't amenable to such a suggestion.
Overall though, reading that first post I was thinking of those people who go to table quizzes just to win, not to support the cause. "Sharks" or "on the circuit" is how they are sometimes referred to I believe. They are generally disliked by normal people, and rightly acquire an undesirable reputation. I would have little sympathy for such people if they happened to win a bottle of whiskey but were Pioneers, or won a free-lunch voucher but had to incur significant petrol costs to avail of it. Actually, I think I'd allow a rare Schadenfreude-inflected smirk to dance across my face if that were to happen. And it has in this case. So here I go -
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Overall though, reading that first post I was thinking of those people who go to table quizzes just to win, not to support the cause. "Sharks" or "on the circuit" is how they are sometimes referred to I believe. They are generally disliked by normal people, and rightly acquire an undesirable reputation. I would have little sympathy for such people if they happened to win a bottle of whiskey but were Pioneers, or won a free-lunch voucher but had to incur significant petrol costs to avail of it. Actually, I think I'd allow a rare Schadenfreude-inflected smirk to dance across my face if that were to happen. And it has in this case. So here I go -
Pansoul are people not aloud to have an opinion anymore? whatever way you want to look at things he paid his money and supported the event!!
He felt the prize wasnt great and he his entitled to if he wishes he paid his money. I think he has clearly stated that he is not just in it for the prize and to be honest I believe him. You can try argue all u want but it looks petty and childish to assume he is a shark or anything like it. If these events are struggling for prizes etc its not his fault and I think its easy to just play the recession card !!
Surely it would not have been as bad if it was say a gui voucher for the same value or something which can be used anywhere, its not the value of the prize its the inconvenience of it and I very much agree. that said I feel he got great value for his money but again I dont think he disagree's with that either.
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Gimme a break Pansoul.....chill out a bit....... and are you coming down off of that high horse today or are you staying up a little longer?
I suppose I'll be up on that high horse for as long as you feel that a prize in a €50 golf classic being a bit inconvenient for you is ridiculous!
I empathise with your disappointment with the prize (a tinge of disappointment is only natural really), but I think it's wrong to raise that disappointment without also acknowledging that you only paid a relatively small €50 to play, that it was a fund-raising event, that you played well and enjoyed the day anyway, that at least you won something of some value, and that in fairness to the organisers it might be hard to get decent prizes from businesses at the moment.
I merely tried to illustrate what I thought you came across like, it's just a pity you thought I was on a high horse rather than taking what I said constructively.Pansoul are people not aloud to have an opinion anymore?
Hang on there Boy.
I wasn't trying to suppress any opinion. Nor did I even disagree that a voucher for lunch in Macroom is a bit inconvenient for someone living around Kanturk. So yes, people can have opinions, but saying a prize is inconvenient for you is hardly an opinion - it's a moan. (That said, I've little problem with people moaning once they see a wider context than their own narrow concerns.)
Ok maybe "shark" sounds overly ferocious in this context. But being upset at the relative meatiness of a prize does show certain predatory instincts unbecoming of a human playing in a €50 fund-raiser.You can try argue all u want but it looks petty and childish to assume he is a shark or anything like it.0 -
I suppose I'll be up on that high horse for as long as you feel that a prize in a €50 golf classic being a bit inconvenient for you is ridiculous!
I empathise with your disappointment with the prize (a tinge of disappointment is only natural really), but I think it's wrong to raise that disappointment without also acknowledging that you only paid a relatively small €50 to play, that it was a fund-raising event, that you played well and enjoyed the day anyway, that at least you won something of some value, and that in fairness to the organisers it might be hard to get decent prizes from businesses at the moment.
I merely tried to illustrate what I thought you came across like, it's just a pity you thought I was on a high horse rather than taking what I said constructively.
Hang on there Boy.
I wasn't trying to suppress any opinion. Nor did I even disagree that a voucher for lunch in Macroom is a bit inconvenient for someone living around Kanturk. So yes, people can have opinions, but saying a prize is inconvenient for you is hardly an opinion - it's a moan. (That said, I've little problem with people moaning once they see a wider context than their own narrow concerns.)
Ok maybe "shark" sounds overly ferocious in this context. But being upset at the relative meatiness of a prize does show certain predatory instincts unbecoming of a human playing in a €50 fund-raiser.
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