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R Kings and other car raffles

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    #272
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Are most of the cars Irish reg they sell on RKings and if they have any UK reg, they offer money with them for it


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    #273
    mickwat155
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭mickwat155


    Mc Love wrote: »
    Are most of the cars Irish reg they sell on RKings and if they have any UK reg, they offer money with them for it

    No they don't sell as much Irish reg stuff as they do uk but they don't have any problem taking Irish.. they don't offer money with every car only a select few towards insurance or vrt or whatever.. I remember a while back a fella in my area won two uk reg cars and was able to get them sold to a dealer for the cash so he would of made around €60/€70k on maybe £40


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    #274
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    That is mental! Was the dealer in the republic?


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    #275
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,904 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    mickwat155 wrote: »
    I seen a comment yesterday where someone had spent over £2k on tickets and was still no better off

    I’ve spent that on my work lotto over the last 10 years. Still working away. No lotto win.

    Same principles apply.


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    #276
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    It seems they search both the UK and Ireland and if they see a car they know will be popular in a raffle they make an offer for it. They don't care which country the car is registered in. All they do is look for ones they think will sell tickets fast.
    Since most of their customers are in Ireland they often include £2k in with the prize if VRT needs to be paid. This makes little difference to their profits as cars tend to be cheaper in the UK.


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    #277
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    Gumbo wrote: »
    I’ve spent that on my work lotto over the last 10 years. Still working away. No lotto win.

    Same principles apply.

    How many years have R Kings been holding raffless?


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    #278
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    They’re going at least 12 months.

    There’s been a serious amount of Donegal winners recently. I now know 4 people who have won cars.


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    #279
    TigerTim
    Registered Users Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭TigerTim


    Its bloody addictive. Only interested in older stuff. Entered draw for RS2000 recently. & missed another MK2 Escort.
    Find myself lookin a few times per day to see what they've up for raffle. VRT on some of the modern powerful stuff would be crippling & not worth the effort for me.

    T.


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    #280
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Unless you could sell them.

    Some of the stuff goes very quick. Missed the MSport X5 yesterday.


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    #281
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    €5 an entry and 290 entries available for a jaysis 407 with no tax or test.

    Do you know if there was free entries for that raffle I wouldnt stick my name down.

    That'd be some yoke to be beached taking up space in your front yard.

    Screenshot-20200507-172826-Facebook.jpg


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    #282
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    €5 an entry and 290 entries available for a jaysis 407 with no tax or test.

    Do you know if there was free entries for that raffle I wouldnt stick my name down.

    There is, they legally must provide a method of free entry.

    https://www.rkingscompetitions.com/terms-conditions


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    #283
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    What's the story with the raffle end time? Say only 10 people enter at a fiver an entry, does the car get rafdled anyway (surely not?) or do you get your fiver back or what?

    Screenshot-20200507-173256-Facebook.jpg


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    #284
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    I know a fella from Cork who has won 4 times off this crowd in past 12 months. Porsche and all.


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    #285
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    I know a fella from Cork who has won 4 times off this crowd in past 12 months. Porsche and all.

    It's Ireland, a tiny country. Everyone knows a fella.


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    #286
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 68,129 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    I know a fella from Cork who has won 4 times off this crowd in past 12 months. Porsche and all.

    Sounds like the sales patter for those chain letter things that did the rounds when I was a student...'I know a fella made a 100,000 out of it'. :D


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    #287
    PrettyBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,213 ✭✭✭PrettyBoy


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    I know a fella from Cork who has won 4 times off this crowd in past 12 months. Porsche and all.

    What Porsche did R Kings raffle off?


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    #288
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    PrettyBoy wrote: »
    What Porsche did R Kings raffle off?

    997 carrera


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    #289
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    I think people are scoping the website, there's been a few raffles where they've gone sold out without even been on Facebook


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    #290
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    Mc Love wrote: »
    I think people are scoping the website, there's been a few raffles where they've gone sold out without even been on Facebook

    But how will I get my free postal entry in?


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    #291
    ELM327
    Registered Users Posts: 21,792 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    Mc Love wrote: »
    I think people are scoping the website, there's been a few raffles where they've gone sold out without even been on Facebook


    Yeah, I did that before , sold out in 20 mins once.


    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    But how will I get my free postal entry in?
    That's the point, the tickets are all gone. No free entry.
    Why would you expect a free entry!


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    #292
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    ELM327 wrote: »

    That's the point, the tickets are all gone. No free entry.
    Why would you expect a free entry!

    I'm entitled to free entry by law. You make it seem like they are trying to bypass the law.


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    #293
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,706 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    I'm entitled to free entry by law. You make it seem like they are trying to bypass the law.

    They're abiding by the rules, not their fault you can't get a letter to them on time.


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    #294
    bennyx_o
    Registered Users Posts: 4,071 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    TigerTim wrote: »
    Its bloody addictive. Only interested in older stuff. Entered draw for RS2000 recently. & missed another MK2 Escort.
    Find myself lookin a few times per day to see what they've up for raffle. VRT on some of the modern powerful stuff would be crippling & not worth the effort for me.

    T.

    Another RS2000 up now, doesn't look as nice as the red one they had the other day though


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    #295
    Northern Monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭Northern Monkey


    They have a Lamborghini coming up. Possibly tomorrow.


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    #296
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    Northern Monkey wrote: »
    They have a Lamborghini coming up. Possibly tomorrow.

    I've always wanted a tractor.


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    #297
    TigerTim
    Registered Users Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭TigerTim


    bennyx_o wrote: »
    Another RS2000 up now, doesn't look as nice as the red one they had the other day though


    Yep, saw that one. Wasn't tempted. Sold out in about an hour.

    T.


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    #298
    TigerTim
    Registered Users Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭TigerTim


    Mc Love wrote: »
    Unless you could sell them.

    Some of the stuff goes very quick. Missed the MSport X5 yesterday.

    Did a quick VRT check on that MSport X5. Serious money (for me anyway).

    Didn't bother.

    T.


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    #299
    Northern Monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭Northern Monkey


    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    I've always wanted a tractor.

    LP560-4 gallardo


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    #300
    ELM327
    Registered Users Posts: 21,792 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    I'm entitled to free entry by law. You make it seem like they are trying to bypass the law.
    Not if all the tickets are sold before your free attempt is received, you aren't


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    #301
    ELM327
    Registered Users Posts: 21,792 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    Northern Monkey wrote: »
    LP560-4 gallardo
    Wow.
    Shall keep an eye out for that!


    I also bought a ticket for the chaser that is up today


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