Domain, Services & Items Raffle: Benefits go to fellow NP Member, Faisj!

[Rudy]

Hello friends,
Some of you are aware of our friend Faisj and his situation. In summary, he is in need of a large amount of finances in a short amount of time. To read more about that, and his thread pertaining to the subject, read it here.

Note that this idea has been OK'd by RJ, and so it has NamePros support behind it. Please read the following carefully!

This is the official Raffle thread we will use to sell raffle 'tickets', with all proceeds going to benefit our friend Faisj.

Here are the offical details & rules:
1. Only 1 domain or service will be raffled at a time.
2. Each raffle 'ticket' will cost 50 NP$ (or $1 USD). All tickets MUST be paid for in NP$ !!
3. Any NP member may purchase as many raffle tickets as he/she would like. (The more tickets you purchase, the greater chances you have of winning).
4. Each time a 'ticket' is purchased, the purchasing member will be assigned a number. The first one to buy a number will be assigned '1', the next purchase will be assigned '2' and so on.
5. At the conclusion of each raffle, the winner's number will be drawn, using http://www.random.org/nform.html. Only the number of purchases made will be used. If 53 raffle ticket purchases are made, we will generate a random number beginning at '1' and ending at '53'.

How to purchase a raffle ticket
1. Each raffle ticket costs 50 NP$ ($1 USD).
2. You may purchase however many tickets you wish.
3. To qualify for your ticket, you MUST pay for it. Anything not paid for at the time of the drawing WILL NOT be included.
4. Make all 'donations' (purchases) to me. In the subject line of the 'donation', type "Raffle Ticket". I will then respond to this thread with your name and how many raffle tickets you purchased, such as "Rudy confirmed for 3".
5. At the time of the drawing, ALL proceeds will then be transferred to Faisj.

Each Raffle will be active during a 72 hour period, from the time it is announced. (3 days).

To donate a domain name, template, hosting package or anything else you can think of that members would buy raffle tickets for, please send me a PM immediately. We will accept almost all offers. Your donations will be MUCH appreciated - especially by Faisj.

Start paying attention to this thread in the near future for the first item to be raffled.

 

[Rudy]

Alright friends, the first raffle is beginning now! This raffle is for a domain name.

To be raffled: www.vwdi.com
Registrar: NameCheap
Expires: 12/23/2006

Remember: Tickets cost 50 NP each. You can purchase as many as you want.

Raffle ends 72 hours after this post is made. See the rules, etc... for details.

Please remember that if you'd like to donate a domain name, good (such as template or script) or service (such as web hosting, etc...) PLEASE let me know via PM. Your donations will be greatly appreciated - especially by Faisj.

 

[Rudy]

bump

Alright, since no one is purchasing a ticket, this raffle will continue until the set time. However, we have another domain for raffle.

www.seatsdirect.com
Expires: February 23, 2007
Registrar: Dynadot

This domain is graciously donated by: NPmember Carltonleon

Refer to the rules above. This raffle will be active for 72 hours from this post.

Let's raise this money people!

 

[Phoenix]

I'll take 4 tickets for the vwdi.com raffle . NP$ sent , good cause.

 

[Rudy]

Phoenix is confirmed for 4 tickets for vwdi.com

Thanks, Phoenix!

- David

 

[Phoenix]

I can't believe the first raffle ends in less than twelve hours and nobody else has bought a ticket ... kinda disappointing really.

 

[Rudy]

I agree, quite honestly Phoenix... if no one else buys a ticket in two hours, I'll send you a PM w/ details. Thanks for bumping the thread again, and thanks for the donation.

 

[Rudy]

Well, I guess Phoenix wins by default. Kinda sad that so many people offered to help but yet are not participating - in either donating or buying.

Thanks, Phoenix. I'm sending a PM your way right now.

Don't forget, guys, that www.seatsdirect.com is still accepting raffle tickets, until 9:00am EDT tomorrow.

Alright guys, NEW Raffle: We're going to have these two domains going at the same time, although it's 2 DIFFERENT raffles:

BoardBlogs.com
BallBlogs.com

Both of these domains expire on February 14, 2007, and are registered at Dynadot.

These domains are also donated by NPmember Carltonleon.

Make sure, when purchasing a ticket, to specify which domain you want the ticket to go for.

Come on guys, let's raise some money!

 

[Phoenix]

I'll take 2 tickets on each of the blog domains.. hopefully this time other people will donate! Come on guys! NP$ sent..

~ Tom

 

[carltonleon]

I will take 2 tickets for SeatsDirect.com and one for each of the blog names, so at least we can have a raffle.

 

[blue^ray]

It sounds like he needs alot of money. I'll buy 1 raffle ticket for the duo raffle

BoardBlogs.com
BallBlogs.com

Do I have to pay now? I useually go and do some free stuff to get NP$.

BTW I'll enter every raffle if I can get the NP$ together. Ill head over there and see if I can get some NP$ to pay for it now.

{EDIT} NP$ on its way I will send once I recieve it ok :D

 

[Rudy]

Phoenix is confirmed for 2 tickets on each blog domain - thanks.

Carolton is confirmed for 1 ticket each on the blog domains, and for 2 tickets on SeatsDirect.com - wow, donating domain & tickets.... thanks for the support, Carolton & Phoenix.

Here are the numbers, so far. The Number in Parenthesis is the number you are assigned, NOT how man tickets you purchased
Seatsdirect.com - 2 tickets for Carltonleon (1, 2)
Boardblogs.com: 2 tickets forPhoenix (1, 2) & 1 ticket for Carltonleon (3)
Ballblogs.com: 2 tickets for Phoenix (1, 2) & 1 ticket for Carltonleon (3)

In total, 400 NP$ has been received as of now.

Blue^ray: Thanks for the thought - Once I receive the payment, I will confirm you for the tickets.

EDIT
Ok, raffle is closed for Seatsdirect.com - thanks for donating the np, Caroltonleon.

Looks like you win your own domain. PM me if you'd like to transfer that to me and then me back to you just for the fun of it. (Just kidding, of course). As a result, another 100 NP$ is now being sent to Faisj.

Total donated as of now (including open raffles): 600 NP$.

 

[faisj]

Thank you all for the donations!
You all are 2 kind.

Fact of the matter tho is that NP$'s are not $. ( unfortunately )
If you have more ideas like Rudy please feel free to do anything.

I normally would not have posted such a post.
( but I guess I am getting a bit desperate : ( )

 

[Rudy]

I guess I was thinking that since you have a PayPal account, you can always transfer the NP out. Even though NP isn't much, I guess my feeling is that every little bit helps.

You posted over in the other thread this info. I thought I'd repeat it here, so people can know that you do indeed have a PayPal account, and so that maybe people can give you clicks on Google Ads:

Google AdSense ID: pub-9913889777329800
paypal: [email protected]

It's not much, but every bit helps. I'll also contact Paul regarding his offer for the auction.

 

[faisj]

I guess I was thinking that since you have a PayPal account, you can always transfer the NP out. Even though NP isn't much, I guess my feeling is that every little bit helps.

You posted over in the other thread this info. I thought I'd repeat it here, so people can know that you do indeed have a PayPal account, and so that maybe people can give you clicks on Google Ads:

Google AdSense ID: pub-9913889777329800
paypal: [email protected]

It's not much, but every bit helps. I'll also contact Paul regarding his offer for the auction.

Thanks Rudy and, I do agree every bit helps!
Thank you again

 

[blue^ray]

50NP$ sent.

BTW do you need a domain to auction or do you have plenty to auction off?

 

[Rudy]

Your NP has been received. Thank you, Blue^ray. I'm just waiting to hear from you to see which domain you'd like that to go for.

As for items to auction off, we have a few things in que right now, but we'll probably need some more things pretty soon.

 

[blue^ray]

BoardBlogs.com

Thanks.

Your NP has been received. Thank you, Blue^ray. I'm just waiting to hear from you to see which domain you'd like that to go for.

As for items to auction off, we have a few things in que right now, but we'll probably need some more things pretty soon.

 

[Rudy]

blue^ray is confirmed for 1 ticket to Boardblogs.com.

Here is the current numbers:
Boardblogs.com: 2 tickets forPhoenix (1, 2) & 1 ticket for Carltonleon (3) & 1 ticket for blue^ray (4).
Ballblogs.com: 2 tickets for Phoenix (1, 2) & 1 ticket for Carltonleon (3)

 

[Rudy]

Ok, raffle for Boardblogs.com & Ballblogs.com is over. Here are the results:

For boardblogs.com - a random integer was generated. Minimum int was 1, and maximum int was 4. #4 was generated. Thus, blue^ray wins Boardblogs.com

For Ballblogs.com, a random integer was generated. Minimum int was 1, and maximum int was 3. #2 was generated, thus Phoenix wins Ballblogs.com.

Special thanks to Carltonleon, who donated both of these domains.

I am out of town right now, so will not begin a new raffle. Check back Sunday evening or Monday morning for the next raffle.

Thanks also to the people who purchased tickets.

So far, a total of 650 NP$ have been donated.