I won a raffle quilt. Would everyone hate me if I sold it?
01-05-2012, 06:03 AM
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I agree, its your and do what you want with it. If you can't sell it would you consider donating to a charitable organization who could raffle it off for a fundraiser. Or, you could donate to a domestic violence shelter or women's shelter who could use use to keep the women they shelter warm in the winter. Let us know your decision.
I wondered, if you sell it, would the price that you get for it, say $600.00, be subject to income tax?
01-05-2012, 06:11 AM
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I would donate it back to them or to another group to re-raffle off.
There was a raffle at the rural Rescue Squad we were part of in North Carolina. It was for a donated Gun Safe. The gentlemen that won it said that his wife would never allow it in the house - she didn't allow guns in the house. So he donated it to the fire department he was a member of and they did a raffle themselves. The rescue squad had made almost a $1000 and the fire department made over $1500.
There was a raffle at the rural Rescue Squad we were part of in North Carolina. It was for a donated Gun Safe. The gentlemen that won it said that his wife would never allow it in the house - she didn't allow guns in the house. So he donated it to the fire department he was a member of and they did a raffle themselves. The rescue squad had made almost a $1000 and the fire department made over $1500.
01-05-2012, 06:11 AM
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Once someone gives you something, it is yours! To use, give away or sell is your choice, not theirs. I feel the same way about winning something....it is yours, do as you wish with it; if you cannot use it why keep it? Someone else probably would be glad to buy it.
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01-05-2012, 06:14 AM
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It's me again. I forgot to give you the measurements. The quilt is 106" by 106". It has a hanging sleeve on the back of it so maybe someone could use it for a huge wallhanging.
As for paying taxes on the money I might make from selling it, I will have to look into that. As for just folding it up at the end of the bed, it is rather heavy.
As for paying taxes on the money I might make from selling it, I will have to look into that. As for just folding it up at the end of the bed, it is rather heavy.
01-05-2012, 07:24 AM
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I echo most of the other responses...it's yours to do with as you wish. The person you sell it to will love it and probably be able to use it. A quilt that beautiful deserves to be used and appreciated. You have "purchased" it by purchasing raffle tickets and I'm sure that the guild members wouldn't want it to be a burden to you or a hazard to your health!
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