About That Tricky Tray.. I Just Want To Say_Chapter 12 (Closed)
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Does anyone know which are the best ones?
The Dover child care really do welcome children. Be prepared to be tolerant of overtired kids.
Our Lady of Mercy is pricey to get in but excellent baskets and limited attendees. St Huberts is already sold out so get on that one faster next year.
Wish the many good events that schedule for first Friday in June would consider spreading out so we don't have to choose. There are 3 other Fridays in June or even Saturdays. Are the organizers listening? Wouldn't you rather have more attendees and more money for your efforts?
2nd raffle with each duplicate marking each as A or B. The losing ticket got to pick from a junk table. The prizes were not so great either. I would pass on this one next year.
They did not even offer a listing of the baskets.
The ticket calling was fast. Prizes were very nice. We are looking forward to next year.
Great Job!
Does anyone know who to contact at Disney World for a donation?
Thank You for your help!
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
The newly installed parking meter situation was unfortunate and the group graciously offered a large prize ticket to compensate. Maybe, possibly there is another location they could use next year?
It was run very well and went smoothly. There were about 360 trays. We had a program. The callers did a great job and only called the numbers, which was greatly appreciated and made it possible to get out at 11:15pm. There was NO intermission...the way it should be. They had two callers!
We didn't win anything but will go back next year.
Sitting through the number calling is torture.
I think I've had it with TT's. You don't have to tell me....I won't be going to any for a long time, if ever.
to those who are bored - You make it sound like such a painful burden that it makes no sense that you are going at all. Exercise your right not to go. Find a new hobby that makes you happy! Your friends will be happy for you.
tricky tray is coming up July 29th. I don't think they have lots of tickets left but if you can go you should. Every year when we make suggestions they listen and change for the next year. After we complained about the location and apace they moved where they were having it to give up more elbow room. I don't know of many tricky tray organizers who listen to us all and really changes almost every reasonable suggestion we make. So I want everyone to enjoy as much as we will. Like I said I'm not even were tickets are left but it could not hurt to try.
Also wanted to mention St. Elisabeth's Tricky Tray that took place on 7/29/09. The first caller took way too much time. I also thought the container they used to put the tickets in was too big with a narrow opening. It seemed too cumbersome and some of the ticket pullers look liked they were having a bit of difficulty. The big bowl that St. Barbara's used was a much better idea.
Other than that, very nice prizes with reasonably priced tickets. I will definitely attend again next year.
Sat October 10, 2009
Is part of Verona Fire Departments 100th Anniversary/Wetdown!!
20 or more great baskets!!!
We have a large kids basket, ipod with speakers, gift cards, candle baskets and more!!!!
Check our website for times of our event. The wetdown starts at 2 and we will be drawing tickets about 4:30!
Also come nad bring the whole family, large parade starting at 12, activities for kids, food, drinks, music and fun!!!!!
www.veronafd.org
Thanks to the pp who liked our tricky tray last year - hope to see you again next month!
Hoping for some input as we get this year's Giving Network Tricky Tray rolling - what higher end ($100 and over) prizes do you hope to see this year?
1. How should I or the students solicit donations from local businesses?
2. How long should the auction be open before the numbers are called?
3. Do i need to offer door prizes and if so, how does that work?
4. How much should I sell the tickets for and in what increments?
5. Do I need places for people to sit?
This is just the things that I can think of. Any other advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
~Jackie
jet5034@psu.edu
1. How should I or the students solicit donations from local businesses?
2. How long should the auction be open before the numbers are called?
3. Do i need to offer door prizes and if so, how does that work?
4. How much should I sell the tickets for and in what increments?
5. Do I need places for people to sit?
This is just the things that I can think of. Any other advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
~Jackie
jet5034@psu.edu
Your questions can be answered if you take the time to go to tricky trays yourself.
Some of your questions are so elementary...such as "do I need places for people to sit?" Dah!
Personally, I don't think you are ready to take on this big task yourself.
October 10, 2009
Parade-12-2
Wetdown/tricky tray- 2-6
Verona Community Center Verona, NJ
16 Baskets with items including:
Ipod
Altec lansing speakers
Black and Decker items
Crayola
womens baskets
mens baskets
2 Isxflags tickets
circus tickets
bath and body items
Candles
and more!!!!
Tickets are $8 for a sheet of 10, $25 for 40 tickets and $50 for 100 tickets
For more information check out: www.veronafd.org
Let me say I am not obese but yes many people in America are overweight and for you to be the national voice of the thinner people in the world SHAME ON YOU! How can you even be so rude as to do this here. Go preach weight loss on the street somewhere else! I say maybe next time since you are so upset with the heavier people you need to go to the mall or something like that. Stay away from the TT's and leave the extra seats for my heavier fellow Tricky Trayers that I love as family! STAY HOME!!!!!!
Maybe you should blocked your website from the blog. I hope no one purchases any of your items. You are dirt....
I'm new to the world of TT. I just joined the PTA for my school and we have NO money at all. It's very depressing. I thought this would be a great idea to raise money for our elementary school. If there are any organizers that could please give me an intro, do's and don'ts, good prizes, bad prizes, how to get prizes. It would be greatly appreciated. please email me.
lauralilyan@gmail.com
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Wishing Everyone A Lucky & Safe "Fall Tricky Tray Season"
Mr. Tricky Tray
Pros: upper prizes were very good and there was a decent amount of good prizes, free coffee/tea and cake, audio was good, served refreshments throughout the evening, and ample seating.
Cons: started at 6 pm and we left at 11:30 pm and the 50/50 and $100 bill hat were not even called yet, too many low quality baskets consisting of used books and puzzles and other basement/attic junk, no list was supplied of what the baskets were or what was in them to refer to while the 300+ low level baskets were called.
The emcees were proficent but with the extraneous amount of baskets it made the event drag on.
in Riegelsville, PA for today. So a bunch of us drive from NJ at least a hour and a half away to get there to be told that it was a basket bingo not a TT. Everyone said they didn't post it on tt.com didn't know what we were talking about even showed them the print out and was told "Well what would you like us to do about it!" It was this over priced bingo with there 20 prizes in Longaberger Baskets. We had no interest in this. They started at 2 not 2:30. They didn't have any of the prizes you had listed on this website there. It really was a waste of a good day and I some how think they duped people to get them there. They have had tt's before and they know how good the turn out was so they posted it as a tt. I know it's hard for some people to believe a church would do this but they do it just like other people would. I think the worst part was that no one would man up to doing this. Mr. TT I don't care what kind of events they have again I would hope you would take this into consideration and not post anything for them anymore. There were other people there who drove in from NJ and they were told the same as us. You knew who they were because they would walk in look around and stare at the 20 little prizes. SO IF ANYONE CARES A BASKET BINGO IS NOT A TT! THIS SITE IS FOR TT'S unless you now are promoting that as well. If you are then these people should be honest. I'm sure someone is going to claim oh it was just a little mistake. It wasn't there was intent here. Also everyone who got up early drove out there. Our time is just as valuable!
The FREE refreshments consisted of cheese and crackers, fruit salad, veggies and lots of sweets! The sheets of tickets were only $4.00 each. No Admission charge! No dumb door prizes to waste our time! No intermission either!
We had a great time again and will be attending again next year.
These organizers certainly know what they are doing. I wish more TT's were run like this one.
Oh, by the way I have no affiliation to this group.
was very disappointed.They charged $15 admisson and all you received was one sheet of tickets for cheap gifts. They even charged you $1.00for a cup of coffee. The first level prizes were not so cheap they would have even been bad as door prizes. They other levels were so over priced. Would never go again.
i think it is okay to post events related to tricky trays--that have a tricky tray compomant--but t should be made clear in the ad what kind of event it is
Thnaks,Elaine
Mr TT will know where that posting info came from
updated info is avaiable at:
givingnetwork.bravehost.com
FYI - Advance admission is still available for a few days (and you can reserve a table for 8-10) if your check is postmarked by Oct 15.
How did it work out last year? Was it enough time? Thanks in advance for your responses!
BUT...the tricky tray was one of the best i have gone to and the cause was great. Next year i will bring even more money and my ear plugs!!
Additionally, I was surprised to see that the containers had no covers on them. I did not see what the above poster saw (the old lady sticking her hand in), but having open containers surely can lead to cheating. I have heard stories about people sticking their hands in and grabbing a handful of tickets and put them in another container so that they have a better advantage of winning. I also have heard of people grabbing tickets and just throwing them away. I was shocked, but apparently there are people who find all sorts of creative ways to cheat. If someone from Castle of Dreams reads this, please consider using covered containers next year.
Other than that, the event itself was well organized, ticket sales went smoothly and it was very nice that they gave small consolation prizes to the people who did not win anything.
For 2004's best Tricky Tray, I expected a lot more. There were two prize tiers of 100 prizes each. The bottom tier's prizes were almost all completely useless and repetitive junk.
A lot of repetitive junk again among the upper prize tier, with a few bright spots.
The grand prize tier was not even worth getting tickets for. They were afghans, wooden chests, tickets to go to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and a big stuffed animal Blue's Clues dog -- that show hasn't been on TV in three years.
Also, the $5 entry fee did not include any tickets -- but a gift basket that contained a mug and a handmade fabric thing to hold shopping bags. The mug is appreciated.
The refreshments were good. The layout of the event was also good -- no narrow aisles that obese people could block entirely.
The audio was great and the overall technical prowess of the event was superlative. A big screen projected a power point presentation that showed each prize as its number was called. If only the large majority of the prizes were worth looking at...
The calling and prize distribution was exceptionally efficient -- calling out over 200 prizes in less than two hours. The second caller in particular was a very funny nun.
Overall, this event had the potential to be great, but completely dropped the ball when it came to the most important thing -- no, not funding a good cause -- the prizes!
-- PSH
Giving Network Tricky Tray will have tickets available at the door; doors open at 6:30 this Sat at the Manville VFW.
We've got about 175 baskets - pretty good odds of winning, as we only anticipate about 200 people attending!
Hope to see you there, and good luck!
Was this seriously a comment?????? Whoever wrote this is an ignorant ass and is probably as ugly outside as they are inside. Shame on you!!! Why don't you post your name to stand by your comment?
It was my third time attending this event and I finally won a prize! The 100 regular trays are valued at $100.00+ each. The 50/50 was $1700.00
They had at least twice as many people attending this year.
The free refreshments were plentiful and good quality. As usual they had no admission fee. I have no affiliation with this school. I found out about it 3 years ago on TT.com.
Most people won at least one basket; the ratio of people to prizes was definitely in the attendees favor at this one!
Already looking forward to next year's and ondering what those 50/50 sellers will dress up as NEXT year!
Lovely set-up: round tables with tablecloths and comfortable chairs, goody bags and dessert treats at each table, buffet with hot appetizers, cheese and fruit trays, veggies, and AMAZING desserts as well as hot & cold beverages -- all included with the $15 entry (which also included a sheet of tickets) -- quite a bargain!
The 50-50 sellers were hysterical ("Mother Nature" and an unidentified inflatable critter -- you had to be there...) and the callers/pullers were fast, fair, clear, efficient, and funny! Friendly staff and crowd as well.
Definitely one to catch again next year!
I was surprised at how many baskets there were! And the prizes were nice, too! It was really organized.
I don't really get why the 50/50 ticket sellers were dressed up (one as Mother Nature and some weird ostrich costume) but it was kind of funny.
The callers were clear and quick. I think we were finished before 9:15pm; it was great!
I won an "Elite" basket, enjoyed some great food, and had a very nice evening. I'll definitely go to this one again next year.
All in all, a great event for a great cause!
was supposed to be tonight as per an ad in the Star Ledger. I like this one since I am disabled and its not too crowded.
i avoid the larger events because of the people ripping their tickets at the prize table and going against the flow of traffic..causing major delays--i can't stand that long and using the wheelchair is less convenient..
so i check their website...Nothing
i check TT.com--nothing-
io drive a half hour tehre--and--nothing...just a sign on the door saying it was postponed until March....
Now--because I am disabled-I am low income-i don't have money to waste--on gas and tolls--not to mention time..i am mostly housebound--it is a major endeavor to get out of the house....
I understand things happen...but they could have at least posted a message on their website..and I know tehy have used tt.com in the past--they should ahve tried to get a message here
It appeared they sold around 350-400 tickets, yet there were only 200 prizes to be won. Do the math - not good. I also felt that even though the baskets were very nice, the ticket prices were on the high side. Another TT pet peeve of mine is starting the drawing late. Although the poster above me referred to it as "they kindly waited" to pull the tickets until everyone got through the incredibly slow-moving lines for the first level baskets, I don't see it that way. I got there exactly at 6:00 p.m., got my tickets, ripped them BEFORE I got in line (hint, hint) and got going. I was done by 7:15 p.m. and ready for them to start the drawing at 7:30, as were a TON of other people. Heck, they didn't even cut off ticket sales for the Level 1 baskets until 7:45 - 15 minutes AFTER they were supposed to have started the drawing!
Don't get me wrong - we had fun, won a couple of baskets (4 baskets between the 8 people at the table) and had a couple of laughs, but all in all, it was a little disappointing. I guess not everything can live up to the hype....
post on www.freecycle.org
or if you know any restaurant owners--ask if theywill pick some up for you--
or try calling a place called RESTAURANT DEPOT (NJ)
try www.freecycle.org to ask for the containers
dollar tree also seels online by bulk
www.dollartree.com
If anyone has baskets they are looking to unload, let me know and I will come get them (if not too far, I am in Long Valley.) Please feel free to email me directly at kccollins@verizon.net. Thanks!
Overall, it was a very nice Tricky Tray. Nice prizes and fair prices. Good job.
(not 6:30 & 8:00)
Sorry
Some prizes work very well being contained in a basket. Those prizes that come in their own boxes, do not need to also be put in a basket.
Our organization sponsored an event with a tricky tray auction. We purchased tickets from Auction-tix and have about 4,000 sheets of tickets which are unused. We would be interested in selling all or a portion of these unused tickets which come 30 to a sheet.
Harold Klein
Downtown Millburn Development Alliance
Telephone: 973-379-2341
Email: hklein@downtownmillburn.org
Lately I've been to several events that had discount coupons as main prizes. Really bad - Its no prize if you think you won $100 GC only to find the fineprint that you have to spend $250. Several small business's are providing these discount offers and there are those in the community that would be happy to win them. Please, make sure that it is clearly noted that a purchase is required and consider that it is a discount and maybe shouldn't be put out there as one of your super big prizes.
Making me wonder if the economy has taken the thrill off going to tt's. hellooooo is anyone out there, and did you win?
A few things like small statues, crocheted doilies etc.
Tiny tiny hall too, if you could call it a hall.
So very disappointed.
Enjoy Thanksgiving Day! Best holiday wishes to you and your family and friends. So far,
2009's been a great year for Tricky trays!!! Here's to those of you who share a smile, a kind word, and cheer when others win. You're the best!
How many events do you see bins of extra tickets sitting around unwatched at the end of events? When leftover tickets are offered to other fundraisers, how often do you think they make sure the tickets are going to legit committees? Cheaters do not have to buy bundles of sheets or rolls of tickets. Sometimes they pick up extras offered in this blog, off freecycle or at garage sales. TT cheating fever can be caught while working as a volunteer for one fundraiser. It's really sad what people in line will tell you about how they manage to cheat at charity events. Somehow its ok because its perceived to be victimless crime as the fundraiser does raise funds someone has to win all those prizes. And then stressed committies get all uptight that no one would ever cheat at their event. Bernie Madoff had no problem taking money from nonprofit organization - of course there are cheaters at tricky trays.
Before I start, please know that I am not a SOS member, just someone so touched by the humanity, dedication, humility and consistency of what they do. I go to many TTs, and while all are worthy organizations, SOS changes the lives of abused women. You can feel the spirituality of its members, the hope in the eyes of its residents, the fervor of its supporters. SOS holds such a special place in my heart, I felt compelled to share these feelings with TT.com bloggers. We all attend TT's to find some enjoyment in our day, but how much more special was last nite's event because of the quality of SOS and how it helps vulnerable women revive their lives and once again find their place in society. My hat is off to SOS, Sandra, Lauri, the Board and staff...thank you for having your TT. I will be wtih you again next year.
No other prizes all night & then they called MY number!
So I am a very happy camper right now!
Organizers...you cannot let this happen...it is not fair, and it reflects poorly on your event. I was shocked! and I will think twice about going out to Hackettstown next year.
It is a shame they can not coordinated so they can be on different days.