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

[LionMummy8]

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?

I agree with you but "you cant mess with the tombola" made me spit my drink out laughing!

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Obviously you can't swap it because it messes up the number system

But what if you’re only left with alcohol then?
The right thing to do is drink the wine and buy your DD some sweets as a swap.

I won a bottle of wine on a tombola when I was about 8. My mum had to be summoned to collect it. She was delighted, and I was pleased that my 20p (or however much it cost) made her happy. In later life, I've won tomato ketchup and Fruit Shoots on tombolas sometimes. That's just how it works!

Of course you can't. Otherwise everyone would be wanting to swap prizes. That's the point of a tombola, you win whatever the ticket is. If she was upset I would have said well stop off at the shop and get a chocolate bar on the way home.

Buy your child a gift and swap it for the wine. If you don’t drink wine then then use the wine as a gift for an adult.

Bob is allergic to chocolate so needs to swap.

Barbara doesn't wear make-up so needs to swap.

Jimmy doesn't want or need an air fryer recipe book so needs to swap.

Vegetarian Vera can't eat the jelly sweets, due to the pork gelatin so needs to swap.

If you start all that malarky, it'll end up more like a bring and buy sale than a tombola.

What a load of drama about nothing. For goodness sake, that's the whole point of a tombola you take what you get. It's just a bit of fun.

Just drink the wine and buy her a 🧸

You just swap the numbers on the prize, that’s all
I wonder if they could do that next time I enter a competition to win a new car and I win a free entry into the next draw instead. All they have to do is swap my ticket number with the other prize. It's so simple, I don't know why more people aren't suggesting this.

Nah, that's the fun of tombolas, surely?!
You don't know what you're going to get.
The bald Dad might get a hair care set, little old Granny gets a motorbike cleaning kit....😁
Least they won something instead of coming home empty handed.
I'd be like "ooh, that's my night sorted, ta!" and grab the wine 😁

BREAKING NEWS

29 September 2024

The rules of Tombola are now amended with immediate effect as @LionMummy8 doesn't like them. From now going forward the stall holder should change the ticket number allocated to each prize, as per the ticket holders instruction.

In commment, the Tombola society stated that this will severely hinder the spirit of the game, but understands that by not amending the rules, it could cause some upset with ticket holders expectations.

OP for the love of all these holy, don't go do Hook a Duck. Thank you.

At my school fete, we have separate children and adult tombolas so the alcohol goes to the adult tombola. Saves this problem.

But if the prizes are mixed, you just suck it up. I've lost count of the number of crap prizes that dd won at various fetes over the years, We just donated them to the next one that was asking for donations.

I echo the many posters saying that you should have taken the wine yourself (woman on the stall did the right thing by bringing it over to you) and given your dd money to buy some sweets.

Mine won alcohol at a tombola under 18, they wouldn't give him it unless he got an adult to accept it instead.
To which I'm like "ooh, nice one, ta" 😁

i sympathise with her
having to deal with people like you

although… at least she has a funny story to share with family tonight

I’d love to have the bandwidth to get worked up about this!

You need to remember what a tombola is, invariably run by volunteers who don’t need the faff of swapping about for you.

And they’re generally done for charity!

I've just remembered, I once won two tickets to a county cricket match, in the preschool raffle. I hate cricket, but have a couple of friends who enjoy it, so I gave them my prize. They really appreciated it!

Agree with PPs saying drink the wine and buy her some sweets.

So the woman brought the wine over to the table to give you, I think that's fine tbh. I would probably say to my small child I would get them a sweetie/small toy (whichever is appropriate for the situation) as they cannot have the wine.

Better than the dented tin of Heinz Ravioli we won at the last school fete.

@LionMummy8 is acting like it wasn't handed to an adult but opened, handed to her DD while the staff gathered round chanting "down it, down it"

Why wouldn't you say well done to her for winning the wine and give her the choice of a toy or whatever to a certain value yourself? Then you, or a friend (if you don't drink it) can enjoy the wine? Not seeing the big deal here.

Just drink the bloody wine yourself and buy her a teddy.

😂😂 just drink the wine and loosen up OP, you are taking this wayyyy too seriously