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What’s the most rubbish prize you have ever won?

57 replies

WrongKindOfFace · 05/05/2021 20:44

Following on from the thread where people won millions, what was your crappiest prize?

Mine was probably a crate of Fosters. Couldn’t even give it away.

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OneCalamerra · 06/05/2021 07:10

A voucher for ten percent off at a local very overpriced restaurant.

Organiser of the raffle kept badgering me to share photos of me having a meal there for the school newsletter so I could show everybody me enjoying my wonderful prize.

Owner of the restaurant was pissed off that I never used the voucher (he wanted the photo in the newsletter for publicity) and refused to donate again the next year, which the organiser blamed me for.

transformandriseup · 06/05/2021 07:10

Half used toiletries seemed to be the go to raffle prize when I was at primary school.

wigjuice · 06/05/2021 07:11

Green tomato ketchup

CupoTeap · 06/05/2021 07:12

Bottle of cheap wine where the plastic bit had been removed so the cork was exposed

RealisticSketch · 06/05/2021 07:15

Alton towers fairground game. Those toys look enticing, cute, fuzzy, etc to children when they're hung up, at a distance. Actually they are god awful rain-proof stiff stuffing material coated in a crappily made cheap, nasty, horrible-to-touch fabric. Then, even though this is true and the child would agree if you asked (but you can't cos it would spoil the fun) they are attached to it cos you've won it and it was exciting, so it's ages before you can throw it away without them noticing. And they're massive.

happystory · 06/05/2021 07:15

At the bottle stall at the kids school fair - lots of lovely bottles of wine, fizz etc. I won a giant jar of pickled onions.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 06/05/2021 07:20

Not me but I've never forgotten the look on a friend's face when they won a pair of (dead) pheasants in the school raffle.

If you knew what to do them with them, I'm sure it was a great prize. But this was London...

HannaHat · 06/05/2021 07:22

A bottle of baby oil in the school raffle.
I used it that night to style my little sister’s hair, ready for our school photographs the next day 😑
She looks like she’s been dipped in a vat of oil on the photos, I don’t think I was ever shouted at more 😬

Roselilly36 · 06/05/2021 07:23

School summer fete, we won a tin of raspberries & a tin of hotdogs, DS2 cried he wanted “the clocks” (aka box of after eight chocolates)

thelostartofkeepingsecrets · 06/05/2021 07:24

A tiny sample tube of Colgate on a tombola.

Tiktokersmiracle · 06/05/2021 07:26

At our school in the nineties, budgets had clearly been cut to the bone.

When Tesco started doing computer for schools vouchers they tried to get us all collecting and badgering the adults to get vouchers, by offering a prize for who collected the most.

This much spoken of prize was said to be amazing! It was music related! Honestly, if our headmaster had of ramped it up anymore whilst wearing a glitter game show host blazer I wouldn't have been surprised.

Rumours of trips to the local radio station when a boy band came to be interviewed (East 17!) were rife.

The girl who collected the most was so excited to be called out at assembly.

They got a Lighthouse Family CD.

What teenager wanted a Lighthouse Family CD?
That went straight in the bin. No one really bothered collecting them the next year after that Grin

DeltaFlyer · 06/05/2021 07:32

A toast rack, butterdish, knife and plate set complete with 6 year out of date jam samples

BerniesMittens · 06/05/2021 07:38

A roll-on antiperspirant from a gift set.

BIoodyStupidJohnson · 06/05/2021 07:42

DH won a year’s supply of scented tampons once. As you can imagine, he was thrilled.

Tisforptarmigan · 06/05/2021 07:54

Afternoon tea at pet cemetery. Yes there is a cafe there Confused

Never got to go because lockdown happened.

doodlejump1980 · 06/05/2021 07:56

I won a toiletry set in a bottle stall. Took it home to discover the bottle half full, stuck down with sellotape - which was covered in hair. Boke. Went straight in the bin.

HarkAVagrant · 06/05/2021 08:01

One of those stupid vouchers to have a family photo taken, in a school raffle. Where the voucher is just for the shoot and you still have to pay for the pictures. It’s not a prize, it’s a promotion! I know you sometimes get one free in those deals, but I’m pretty sure it didn’t even entitle you to that. Never did it, knew it would be a massive hassle.

ponderinginpoughkeepsie · 06/05/2021 08:02

These are hilarious!

AbsolutelyPatsy · 06/05/2021 08:05

as a child a pedal bin, but my mum was happy Smile

MrsMoastyToasty · 06/05/2021 08:06

I won 1st prize in a school fundraising raffle. A food hamper. Every single item was out of date.

Sunnyday321 · 06/05/2021 08:06

A box of mint Matchmakers , I m not that keen on them. The raffle took place at an event about 40 miles from home so on the way back we opened them to eat. They were wet and slimy .

BlackCakeyStuff · 06/05/2021 08:23

A football signed by the Celtic team. I have zero interest in football. I gave it to a friend for her younger brother, who was thrilled.

RogueMNerKnowsNoShame · 06/05/2021 08:32

I came on to say anything won at a school fete.

But FloofyHeckonChonker that sounds so mean.

MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 06/05/2021 10:43

@Sunnyday321

A box of mint Matchmakers , I m not that keen on them. The raffle took place at an event about 40 miles from home so on the way back we opened them to eat. They were wet and slimy .
Are you crazy? That's an awesome present Wink
AdaColeman · 06/05/2021 11:00

A year's supply of Ben & Jerry ice cream.

But, it was in the form of a book of vouchers, and absolutely nowhere in the local area sold B&J ice cream at that time. This was years ago, before the company became the ubiquitous brand leaders they are now.