Reply With QuoteFantastic prize and fantastic gesture from the original op. Love these older subs
Some of you maybe aware of the rolex raffle and the generosity of Ally to put up a 5513 as the prize. Well I was the very lucky winner! Still couldn't believe I won it until it dropped on my doorstep this morning!
Some quick shots of the prize
Don't know much about the watch other than its serial number indicates it is 1978, and it's had dial change at some point in it's life. Going to do a bit of reading up on this timepiece before deciding what to do with it; For the time being it's being proudly worn.
Ray
Fantastic prize and fantastic gesture from the original op. Love these older subs
Keep it Ray.. Wear it everyday and enjoy it.. It's the worlds finest £50.00 investment! :D
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Congratulations Ray - plenty of jealous people here! I agree, wear it and enjoy it.
Thanks for confirming its arrival Ray and I hope you get a lot of happy wear out of it.
Please don't forget where it came from though.Originally Posted by ray_li30
You lucky man, I lovely watch which I hope you will enjoy.
If you do decide to sell I'm sure there will be many people happy to buy
Congratulations
Ps: thanks to Ally for all his work and refunding me the extra £200 I transferred unknowingly .
True gentleman .
What do you mean by what to do with it?
It's a no brainer. Wear it, enjoy it, celebrate it!
Very well done to you, gutted I missed out!
Nice to hear back from one of these. If I were you it wouldn't leave my wrist, wear it and enjoy it.
Very well done.
I was devastated I missed out. It's my birth year and my 40th next year, so I thought it a good omen!!
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Very well done.
I was devastated I missed out. It's my birth year and my 40th next year, so I thought it a good omen!!
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I give you £500 for it - ten times your money in a week!
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Thanks Ally, top bloke and generously offered this watch up to all.
Haha! The limited reading I have done so far would suggest it might be worth slightly more than that! 😀
Huge respect to Ally for his generosity, organising the raffle, ignoring a load of "helpful" suggestions on how to run it and for videoing the draw to ensure it was a transparent process.
Ray, make sure you buy a lottery ticket this weekend! :)
I believe it was bought from SC not that long ago so let's not forget the original sellerHuge respect to Ally for his generosity, organising the raffle, ignoring a load of "helpful" suggestions on how to run it and for videoing the draw to ensure it was a transparent process.
Ray, make sure you buy a lottery ticket this weekend! :)
This was ultimately due to him offering up a watch to TZers for a very fair price.
Well done all around though. Fundraiser has benefited and someone has just grabbed a bargain!
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Well done Ray, I enjoyed the anticipation of what if while waiting for the draw..
How does it compare to your current watch/s?
You jammy #@%*!
Congratulations - that's a beauty. Wear and enjoy.
Well done buddy I was in that as well, enjoy.
Fantastic effort by ally all round as well, kudos to you
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Gutted not to have won this.
I suppose I could always have tried buying a ticket.
That's not a bad shout, euromillions is 100million+ on Tuesday!
Huge respect to Ally for his generosity, organising the raffle, ignoring a load of "helpful" suggestions on how to run it and for videoing the draw to ensure it was a transparent process.
Ray, make sure you buy a lottery ticket this weekend! :)
Well done, this year's best £50 spent!
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Indeed lol
Many congratulations and great work by Ally to offer it this way.
A truly fantastic gesture...congrats on winning it. Lovely.
Congrats to you! .. That's a lovely watch and as everyone else has said, a fantastic gesture from Ally
Congratulations on winning the raffle. That's a beauty of a watch and I'm a bit jealous!
Never bought a ticket but hope you enjoy it.
I can only say 👍.
Enjoy it and a big thumbs up to the organizer.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Well done Ray. If you do decide you want to sell it why not raffle it again? If memory serves me correctly, Ally picked the watch up for £3,750 and raffled it to generate £5k, with the fundraiser benefiting to the tune of £1,250. You could do the same, generate the cash you deserve for being the owner, benefit the fundraiser and someone else gets a £50 Rolex. Hell the watch could be passed around like that for years.
However to echo what others have said, just enjoy the bloody thing
Congrats on the best £50 ever spent!
Can we have all the raffles and fundraisers announced somewhere on the website on the main page ? Like a banner that other websites have...
I always miss these things as the forum doesn't use the modern skins/updates/versions that other forums usually use..
It should benefit both the fundraiser or raffle and it'll get more people participating...
Raffle was over subscribed so wouldn't have helped fundraiser.
Should have offered £6495
Thanks for confirming its arrival Ray and I hope you get a lot of happy wear out of it.
Please don't forget where it came from though.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
For what it's worth, this is how I look at it:
- Ally sold the watch for what is was worth - no generosity on his part.
- Every participant in the raffle bought overpriced tickets for the benefit of the fundraiser, knowing they would would overpay for the watch if they bought 100% of all tickets
- Someone would be lucky enough to win the watch.
So the fundraiser contribution came in fact from all participants willing to buy tickets for more than they were worth, which included the person who eventually won the watch. Now I admit that most punters probably didn't look at it like that, a bit like in the Lotto were people buy overpriced chances to win a fat price. But it really is like that.
That someone had the good fortune of winning the watch doesn't really change anything about the above holding true. Obviously, if that person had any pride or decency, they would give something back to the forum fundraiser, especially as the watch has almost doubled in value since the auction. That they don't possess neither pride nor decency shouldn't surprise us, as that puts them in good company of all those forum members who are only here for a good deal on SC.
Happy Easter
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Good idea this.Well done Ray. If you do decide you want to sell it why not raffle it again? If memory serves me correctly, Ally picked the watch up for £3,750 and raffled it to generate £5k, with the fundraiser benefiting to the tune of £1,250. You could do the same, generate the cash you deserve for being the owner, benefit the fundraiser and someone else gets a £50 Rolex. Hell the watch could be passed around like that for years.
However to echo what others have said, just enjoy the bloody thing
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A nice idea but a right palaver to organise.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
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