RE: raffle for a Taos PU

[Danusmom]

 
I posted the information on the Taos being offered via S&H greenpoints web site:
 http://www.popuptimes.com/members/tm.asp?m=30477&p=1&tmode=1  
 
 The greenpoints can be earned & donated to an individual or an organization.  If Dave were able to arrange a fund which would receive S&H greenpoints donations & the greenpoints would purchase the Coleman Taos, would you enter a raffle for that PU?  Wouldn t it be great if we could make a huge publicity bonaza for PUT, Coleman, & S&H greenpoints out of this raffle?  Especially if someone who received the Taos thru this raffle was someone who had a great longing for a PU but didn t have the funds available.
 
 Peace be with you all.
 

[Danusmom]

 Danusmom
Here s the direct link to S&H greenpoints: http://www.greenpoints.com
 
 It s the same company that started the S&H Green Stamps program over 100 years ago.  This is just the Internet version which also has some brick & motar retail merchants listed.  Some grocery stores are listed.  And, Bargain Outfitters as well as Bass Pro Shops are listed, too.
 
 Here s a little history of S&H Green Stamps from the greenpoints.com site:
 

S&H greenpoints
 The Next Generation of Loyalty Marketing
 
 S&H greenpoints is the digital reincarnation of S&H Green Stamps, the most successful loyalty program in history. Originating in 1896, S&H Green Stamps once issued three times as many stamps as the US Post Office, and by the 1960?s, S&H was the largest purchaser of consumer products in the world. Green Stamps were everywhere. Now, S&H greenpoints gives customers all the benefits of the trusted S&H brand digitally?no more licking and sticking. In the checkout lane, online, with our service partners, and through an S&H credit card, members have a network of opportunities to earn and redeem greenpoints.
 
 Members benefit...
 By earning greenpoints on the things they buy every day and spending greenpoints on the rewards that make them happy. Members have an almost endless number of ways to redeem greenpoints, and can do so right from the comfort of home, with the S&H catalog or through our website. They can get rewards like brand-name merchandise, gift certificates, and travel for themselves or family members and friends. Members can even use their greenpoints to save money on the grocery items they buy every week.
 
 Partners benefit...
 From a proven loyalty currency that changes consumer behavior. This point of difference allows our partners to compete not just on price, but also on value and trust. With over 100 years of results, $10 Billion in redeemed awards, and national brand recognition of 73%, S&H delivers. And with the added value of a currency that never expires, our partners? customers will never have to worry about expiration dates or program deadlines.
 
 Milestones
 
 1896
 S&H introduces Green Stamps, America s loyalty and rewards currency of choice.
 
 1964
 The S&H catalog becomes the largest single publication in the US. S&H prints 3 times as many stamps as the US Post Office, and enough catalogs to circle the earth 1 1/2 times!
 
 1999
 S&H invents greenpoints - the new incentive and rewards currency for the next generation of loyalty marketing.
 
 2000
 S&H launches at New York and New Jersey-based Foodtown Supermarkets, the first retailer to offer S&H greenpoints.
 
 2001
 S&H reaches 1 million active members with Lowes Foods, Carter s, and Foodtown.
 

Here s a listing of particpating merchants with online shopping:
 

A
 Avon.com  
 Art.com
 Ashford.com
 Alibris.com
 Apple Store
 
 B
 Buy.com  
 Bargain Outfitters  
 Bose  
 Barnes & Noble.com
 BabyUniverse.com
 Best Buy
 Bass Pro Shops
 Blair.com
 
 C
 Cooking.com  
 Chadwick s of Boston  
 CHEF S
 Cabelas.com
 Circuit City
 CompUSA
 CrossingPointe.com
 Crane Paper Company
 
 D
 dELiAs.cOm  
 Domestications.com
 DisneyStore
 Dell Home
 DermaDoctor.com
 DiscoveryStore.com
 drugstore.com
 
 E
 Eddie Bauer Outlet
 Eddie Bauer
 eZiba
 
 F
 FranklinMint.com
 FTD.COM
 FragranceNet.com  
 FurnitureOnline.com
 
 G
 GiftCertificates.com
 Gardener s Supply Company
 GiftBaskets.com
 Gaiam.com
 GiveAnything Gift Certificates
 
 H
 Hallmark.com
 Hickory Farms
 HearthSong
 Handspring.com
 HSN.com
 Harry & David
 
 I
 Illuminations
 ICE.COM
 
 J
 JCPenney.com
 J&R Music
 Jos. A. Bank
 J.Jill
 
 K
 Kenneth Cole  
 Kitchen Etcetera  
 KaBloom
 
 L
 Lands  End
 LLBean
 LimogesJewelry.com
 Lerner  
 Lillian Vernon
 Linens  n Things
 Lane Bryant Catalog  
 Lids
 
 M
 McAfee.com
 Magic Cabin Dolls
 Mikasa.com
 Mrs. Fields Cookies
 
 N
 Newport News
 Nordstrom.com
 
 O
 OfficeMax.com
 Orvis.com
 OfficeDepot.com  
 Overstock.com
 OshKosh B Gosh
 
 P
 Pacific Sunwear
 Payless.com  
 Plow & Hearth
 PETsMART.com
 
 R
 REI.com
 Ross-Simons  
 RedEnvelope
 
 S
 Sony Music Direct
 Spiegel
 Spiegel Outlet  
 SnoopyStore.com  
 smith+noble
 Stonewall Kitchen
 Smarthome
 Sephora.com  
 Sierra Trading Post
 Sur La Table
 
 T
 The Sharper Image
 The Golf Warehouse  
 TheBabyOutlet.com
 The Company Store  
 Tupperware.com
 The Container Store
 Target.com
 The Tire Rack
 
 V
 ValueMags.com
 
 W
 wine.com
 WalMart.com
 Woolrich
 
 Y
 YourActivePet.com
 Yankee Candle
 
 1
 1-800-Flowers.com

I know many of you already use many of these merchants.  I know I do.  Might as well earn some greenpoints at the same time.
 
 Peace be with you all.
   
 
 

[tlhdoc]

 Danusmom
Maybe we could collect point for birol.

[Danusmom]

 Danusmom
Having a raffle for Birol originally gave me the idea of the raffle.  However, I don t know if that would be entirely fair to the masses.  Some others on the board may want a chance at the raffle, too.  But the have not  pled their case  effectively enough to win the majority s empathy.  Having an open raffle would seem to make the process more unbiased.
 
 Peace be with you all
 

[AustinBoston]

 Danusmom
I have to throw some cold water on the raffle idea.
 
 In some states, a raffle is considered gambling, and may be illegal.  Federal laws don t allow interstate gambling unless it is legal in both states.
 
 I d hate to see Dave or anyone else get in thick muck because of this.
 
 I may be all wet, but please proceed with caution.
 
 Austin

[Danusmom]

 Danusmom

In some states, a raffle is considered gambling, and may be illegal. Federal laws don t allow interstate gambling unless it is legal in both states.

Hence, the phrase " void where prohibited by law."   The disclaimer may be more specific by naming the actual states where raffles are illegal.  So, nice try at dampering.  However, where there is a will there is a way.  Especially when the outcome is for the greater good.
 
 Peace be with you all.

[AustinBoston]

 Danusmom

ORIGINAL:  Danusmom
 
 

In some states, a raffle is considered gambling, and may be illegal. Federal laws don t allow interstate gambling unless it is legal in both states.

Hence, the phrase " void where prohibited by law."   The disclaimer may be more specific by naming the actual states where raffles are illegal.  So, nice try at dampering.  However, where there is a will there is a way.  Especially when the outcome is for the greater good.
 
 Peace be with you all.
 

 I have seen " void where prohibited by law"  on a lot of things, but not gambling.  It is used in conjunction with contests where no money is changing hands.  If no money is changing hands, then you shouldn t be calling it a raffle, because it s not.
 
 Austin