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Original poster

To have expected them to swap DD’s tombola prize?

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LionMummy8 · 29/09/2024 14:07

DD had a go on a family tombola this morning in a family pub/restaurant style place. She won and it was bottle of wine. I asked if she could swap it for one of the more child friendly prizes or one of the teddies but they refused. So she’s won a bottle of wine that she can’t even have! AIBU to have excepted them to swap DD’s prize?

OP posts:
Howmanyusernames123 · 29/09/2024 14:12

Well you can ask. If they refuse you should accept that.

sugarplum33 · 29/09/2024 14:11

Pretty sure it's illegal to have kids playing for alcohol prizes.

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LionMummy8 · 29/09/2024 14:11

hillroad · 29/09/2024 14:10

when you bought the ticket

did you not see the wine bottles?

do you understand what a tombola is?

There were other child friendly prizes there.

where I work, when a child wins alcohol on a tombola we let them swap it for a more suitable prize. That’s just the right thing to do.

OP posts:
BeMintBee · 29/09/2024 14:10

🤦‍♀️

SouthLondonMum22 · 29/09/2024 14:10

That’s what a tombola is. Don’t do it if you don’t want to take the risk.

wafflesmgee · 29/09/2024 14:10

Wrm..YABU...do you understand how tombolas work?!?😂

Flossyflop · 29/09/2024 14:10

Jesus wept

hillroad · 29/09/2024 14:10

when you bought the ticket

did you not see the wine bottles?

do you understand what a tombola is?

ChanelBoucle · 29/09/2024 14:09

Oh come on, op. Keep it in perspective.

TickingAlongNicely · 29/09/2024 14:09

That's tombolas. A middle aged single man could a Ny Little Pony hair set while a child wins a bottle of wine.

WiserOlderElf · 29/09/2024 14:09

It’s a tombola, getting whatever random prize you’re given is kind of the point! When you bought her a ticket you knew there was a chance she’d win an unsuitable prize.

hillroad · 29/09/2024 14:09

what happens if a child won the teddy that had been given to your daughter

Scutterbug · 29/09/2024 14:09

I guess that’s the risk you take when you play? I remember school fairs where mine often won alcohol, I was chuffed 😂

hillroad · 29/09/2024 14:08

good grief op

good. grief