AIBU - won party as prize in raffle

[dilemaemma]

Named changed for this in case the neighbours are on Mnet.

Sooooo, won a Pamper and Prosecco party at my daughters christmas play raffle. Chuffed to bits, I never win anything! Got in contact with the prize giver who explained it was a DIY facial for me and a group of friends at my house, with a bottle of prosecco. Fab, I thought, and invited 3 of my lovely neighbours. We get together every other month or so for a few drinks and nibbles and general natter, and take it in turns. My turn to host.

The lady turns up at 7.30 and starts getting out her stuff to set up and it becomes patently clear, very quickly, that she is a bloody MLMer and is going to try to sell us her beauty stuff all night. Not much I could do, apologised to the others as then arrived. We had a fun night but it was pretty awkward and when it became really bloody obvious we weren't going to buy anything she packed up and left. She seemed a bit upset/huffy. But I still kind of felt sorry for her.

Anyway, it certainly wasn't the prize it was made out to be, and I was a bit embarassed in front of my friends.

So, my AIBU .... AIBU to mention this to the organiser? She runs the drama/singing after school club DD attends (hence the play) at about 6 or 7 local schools, and is also a parent at DCs school, so I kind of know her.

I'm just not sure whether I should? I just feel it was a bit of a deceitful prizie tbh and am not sure she should accept them for future raffles?

Bloody cheek! I'd definitely mention it, someone coming to your house to sell you stuff isn't my idea of a prize.

I would mention that it was basically a sales pitch. I help with the PTA at my DC's school and although we are often desperate for prizes, we wouldn't take anything that had strings attached. TBH this was a shit prize, as anyone can have one if they are prepared to put up with the sales pitch.

I would absolutely mention it - say it made everyone feel uncomfortable as it was not expected at all. To remain 'neutral' I wouldn't say don't allow them to offer again, but ask that if they do then they should make it clear what the products are and that they will be offered for sale so that the next poor victim has the chance to decline.

Did you have Prosecco, and were you Pampered? That was the prize.

Definitely do. The organiser was most likely unaware and the MLM woman had offered the 'party' as a prize without telling her what she intended to do.

Yes, I'd warn them. What a con.

I’d mention it. It wasn’t a pamper night, it was a sales pitch!

How awkward!

There was no mention of it in the prize. I know it's only a prize, I didn't really pay for it (apart from the book of tickets) etc, but I'd have much rather bought a bottle of prosecco and just had my friends round.

Yes, mention it

Definitely say something, she's using the guise of giving to a worthy cause to make money which is unacceptable. I 'won' a Pampered Chef Party at an event once; I told them I wasn't interested.

I'd mention it just to prevent it from happening again.

Yes mention it. It’s a fucking con!

Yes mention it.

YANBU. It's like those bloody Venture photographers, if they still exist, where people 'win' a family photoshoot and a photo worth £25 but if they want anything more than the tiny single print they have to pay £££s and attend a high pressure viewing session.

I wouldn't have been happy with that either, not much of a prize!
I would mention it so they know for future what the prize actually is.

Yes - 100% mention it. Fucking MLM CFs like this are the worst.

I won a similar “prize” in a raffle, one of the photography sessions mentioned above. I think it is quite common - raffle organisers ask around for people to donate prizes from their workplace - a haircut, a voucher etc. Obviously MLM types will jump at that. I saw someone on a local FB group doing a similar thing yesterday “the first people to comment will get a Body Shop Pamper Party” ie something that normally she would have to persuade people to let her do but because it is presented as a prize she had people queuing up to go “ooh me!”

Definitely mention it!

I was invited to a pampering foot spa night the other week. Friend who hosted won the prize at a charity night. Turned out to be sales pitch for Aloe Vera products.
Friend won the prize at a charity night organised by her daughter. Neither friend nor her daughter had any idea it was basically a sales event 'prize'. Friend's daughter was offered the prize by a local beauty saloon so obviously thought it was genuinely going to be a foot spa pampering night.
When friend's daughter mentioned it to the lady selling the products, she was told it was something they do to drum up sales as not many people want to book a party to sell products. Very deceitful!

I recently won a prize. 4 Tickets to a magic show. Wonderful, I thought, that will be a great evening. When I went to book the date it turns out we have to have a meal during the show - which wasn't included in the prize. A very expensive meal. You could not access the show without having the emal. I was so dissapointed we couldn't go.

Tell the school.

DSis was mortified to find that one of the prizes in her school raffle was an MLM sales pitch. She had word and now all staff know to ask better questions!

68anon - Ive been to one of those aloe vera foot party ones (again, under false pretences but actually my 'friend' knew the deal and hadn't fully informed the rest of us). To make matters worse, I got a bottle of bloody aloe vera body wash for dd1' sensitive skin and she had a reaction to it!

Cheaply made shit and cheeky as fuck.