I’ve been part of the MTG community for several years now and am in a large group on Facebook dedicated to raffling mtg cards. Are there any pages like this dedicated to Pokemon? Would anyone be interested in starting one if Not? I know typically these kinds of groups are set to secret to avoid scammers so maybe I’m just not finding one due to that.
Just in case someone isn’t sure how it works, someone will post a card up at its projected market value with an amount of priced “spots” equal to the value (i.e. 50 spots at $2 each for a $100 card) people will call spots until they’re full at which point everyone pays the seller for their amount of spots, someone takes the list of everyone and there spots and puts it into a list randomizer and the one on top gets the card(s). This is very beneficial to sellers because you are able to sell an item at its full market value fairly quickly with an active group and buyers have the chance of getting insanely good value from a win with the downside of only losing a couple of dollars.
I see people do this on instagram. I can’t give any names though, I don’t really pay attention to that stuff. Other people here might be able to list a few accounts
Such raffles are often conducted in violation of state laws, which is the real reason why the groups are set to secret. I don’t think we should be discussing them here, and am therefore locking this thread.