Kilt raffle!

[Downunder Kilt]

I ordered a multiple quantity yesterday and all was working at the checkout as it should. Thanks to Matt, the STM and Barb for the opportunity to own what would be a fantastic kilt.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

An update on the kilt raffle....

I received an email from PayPal a few days ago informing us that we were in violation of PayPal's Fair Use Policy by selling raffle tickets via PayPal on our web site. They sent a copy of their Fair Use Policy to us, which when you boil down all the legalese, basically says you can't use PayPal to accept any type of payments for gambling, and raffles were considered gambling.

So I wrote back thanking them for contacting us (as opposed to just suspending our account) and reminding them that were were a non-profit organization and were operating our raffle in compliance with NC state laws regarding raffles and non-profits. I basically begged clemency to see if they would not be willing to make an exception in our case.

We do sell some raffle tickets at the museum, and quite a few when we set up at Highland Games, but the majority of the tickets sold are online, and PayPal is the easiest way for us to accept funds online, so I would hate to jeopardize that.

PayPal promised to review the situation. Well, I finally heard back from them this morning, and unfortunately, even though we are in full compliance with our state laws in this matter, we still are in violation of PayPal's own terms of service, which I fully understand. But, rather than suspend our account, which would be a Very Bad Thing for us, they are just giving us a gentle reminder and asking us to remove the PayPal link from our raffle sale page.

We definitely want to be in compliance with our PayPal terms of service agreement, so we have removed the option to pay via PayPal. Yet we still want to be able to accept raffle ticket payments online.

Our solution has been to create a form page where you can fill out your contact info and how many tickets you want to buy. We will then contact you (either by phone or email, by your preference) about payment information. We can accept credit card information by phone. Or you can mail a check. Or, if you do want to pay online, we can email you an invoice for a "donation" amount.

So in the end, you can still purchase your raffle tickets online. There is just one additional step we'll need to go through. I apologize for any inconvenience and I hope people still choose to support the museum through this raffle.

I want to make it perfectly clear that this does not affect in any way tickets purchased previously through PayPal.

In order to set up the submission form for the raffle tickets, I've moved the raffle page to a new address at:
http://raffle.scottishtartans.org

Thanks!

[artificer]

That's a d@mned shame. Hopefully Paypal will conduct some sort of internal review in the near future to allow for this type of situation.

[Jack Daw]

I'm IN!

[MacGuffin]

Thank you for the information Matt. Happy that this problem was resolved quickly. Can't wait to buy a raffle ticket (and support the museum at the same time).

[Woodsman]

That's fine. The extra step makes no difference to me. I'm in.

[Heming]

This may be a stupid question - but do you allow overseas entries? If I should happen to win, I'll pay for shipping ...

[Detroitpete]

Hmmmm..is it me, or is the added 'difficulty' actually making this even MORE tempting( as if it could be)?

[KFCarter]

I'm in...

Now that I own a "Tewksbury" I couldn't possibly pass up the chance to have another...

and support a good cause at the same time!!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

This may be a stupid question - but do you allow overseas entries? If I should happen to win, I'll pay for shipping ...

Sure, overseas entries are welcome, but depending on the shipping charges to your particular location, we may ask you to cover any additional expenses.

Domestic shipping will be free, of course.