Movember Raffle: We have a winner!

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Pure curiosity on my part here but...

Across all the places that I've talked about, posted, or shared the details of this raffle, it's now had more than 15,000 sets of eyes on it.

A £12.50 raffle ticket that could net you a £1750 watch, whilst doing good for a charity which does work very much in the interests of most watch collectors (there are many times more men than women in this hobby), seems like an attractive proposition.

And yet - 13 days in, there are more than 1600 of the 2000 tickets left.

Would love to know what the barrier to involvement is - with no judgement.

Does this just not appeal in the way that I hoped?

I feel pretty certain that this is the last year that I do this - Oris are no longer partnered with Movember, and despite promises last year to help get people interested in the raffle, they've made the decision in Switzerland to not provide support.

Would be great to go out with a bang, but I'm honestly not feeling all that optimistic.

Thoughts/feedback/opinions/cat pictures?
Great reasons mentioned above, but one other simple reason is people being lazy. I personally have to remind me multiple times to make a donation, etc. I am trying to overcome this by acting promptly. Otherwise I will most certainly forget. So, maybe there is a bunch of people postponing buying their tickets until the end of the Movember, who knows?
 
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I don’t know why I am giving this a bump, I don’t have a modern mechanical watch, so any new ticket sales will just hurt my chances of winning.

Yah, please just ignore this bump 😬
 
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Little update:

434 tickets sold = £4340 on it's way to Movember

12 days to go, and there are 1,566 tickets available.

So if you haven't bought a ticket yet, and fancy supporting a great cause, and maybe wining a watch with an MRSP of £1750, please grab yourself a ticket through this link: https://www.time4apint.com/movember
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Lots of care being put off in the US due to the pandemic. This is a great cause for a totally curable (and predictable) cancer. Awareness is key.

I’m also gonna leave a picture for entertainment. Not relevance.
 
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Bump for a great cause -- be sure to purchase your tickets!!! The end of the month is near --- don't be left out in the cold when it's raffle time! ::psy:: ::psy:: ::psy::
 
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9 days to go!

Currently 222 people hold 449 tickets between them... those are some pretty goods odds.

If you'd like to get involved, maybe win my Oris Chronoris Movember LE, 100% support Movember in their quest to stop men dying too young, please pick up a ticket.

Your support in very much appreciated!

https://www.time4apint.com/movember
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Do you have my address ? 😁
 
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Just looking at the odds and decided to buy another couple of tickets.
Hopefully this bump will mean more people buy tickets, ruining my odds of winning but raising funds for a great cause. The way it should be.
 
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1539 tickets left...

I think it's safe to assume, with a week to go, that we're not going to hit the huge target that I set. It's just not the year for it. 😟

Would be nice to match 2019 - so if you're sat on the fence, like the idea of maybe winning this watch, and definitely supporting Movember, please pick up a ticket from https://www.time4apint.com/movember

Cheers

Chris
 
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Maybe cross-post over on the Rolex forum, everyone there is on wait list for a watch and might be keen to have something in their lifetimes

Keep up the great work Chris 👍
 
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Awesome Chris, I picked a few! Thanks for all this and the positive karma waves you're sending across the globe 😀

Take care!
Paul
 
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Awesome Chris, I picked a few! Thanks for all this and the positive karma waves you're sending across the globe 😀

Take care!
Paul

thank you Paul! 👍
 
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Bumping for a great cause. Come on everyone, only a few days left in the month --- let's get some more tickets sold! I really need to reduce my chances of winning that watch! 👍