I won a raffle quilt. Would everyone hate me if I sold it?
#31
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 605
The quilt is yours to use as you please. If the quilting group that made the quilt wishes to control the fate of the quilt, they should not be raffling quilts. I'm sure that many people who buy raffle tickets do it for a good deed to benefit the sellers , not necessarily because they love the quilt. Are they obligated to use the quilt on their bed? Do as you wish and blessings on whatever you decide to do!
#34
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: chicago, IL
Posts: 9,589
I would tell you to sell it....but...if you donate to a charity a portion of the money, the guild will feel better about the sale. I wouldn't tell the guild the amount of the sale or the amount that was donated...that doesn't need to be bandied about.
#35
A few years ago I won a quilt that was beautiful but didn't fit any of my beds. I had made all my family quilts so when I found one of my friends daughter had cancer I decided to offer it to her. She has told me many times how she dragged it to all her chemo treatments and how much the blanket of love meant to her !
#36
It is yours to do with as best suits YOUR purposes. I understand the quandry you are in but, do with it as you need to. I had a quilt that was raffled, and the winner only bought a ticket to support the cause and had no interest in the quilt itself. She donated to the person who bought the most tickets, as she felt they really wanted the quilt.
#37
I'm going to say "ditto" to doing as you please with the quilt. If it was a raffle for a car, and you didn't drive, would you feel bad about selling it? Probably not, but with the quilt you might because friends worked on it. If those who worked on it would be "disappointed" it's their disappointment, not yours. The tickets were sold to benefit the guild; what happens to the quilt, or any other raffled item, should not be their concern.
#39
It is yours, you won it. Do what you like with it. The guild that raffled it made their raffle money with the quilt, which was their objective, so they have no reason to complain about what happens with the quilt once it is raffled (though don't be surprised if they DO complain - and I would think about that before sharing that info with any guild members).
If getting money for it is your primary objective, then sell it. If you are not concerned about the money, then you have a whole host of other options and there are many fine suggestions here.
You did not seek advice as to what to do with the quilt, just whether or not it would be "bad" to sell it. I say no, it is not bad. It is yours to do with as you please. (and you don't need to pay sales tax on it - you wouldn't do that if you were selling any other used item!)
If getting money for it is your primary objective, then sell it. If you are not concerned about the money, then you have a whole host of other options and there are many fine suggestions here.
You did not seek advice as to what to do with the quilt, just whether or not it would be "bad" to sell it. I say no, it is not bad. It is yours to do with as you please. (and you don't need to pay sales tax on it - you wouldn't do that if you were selling any other used item!)
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