Reef-A-Palooza CA- October 6th & 7th 2018- Anaheim Marriott

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Has the RAP2018 issue been resolved.

Where is the raffle and term sheet explained? Is there a stats page from last year of raffle tickets sold for Anaheim?
 
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Has the RAP2018 issue been resolved.

Where is the raffle and term sheet explained? Is there a stats page from last year of raffle tickets sold for Anaheim?
I'm not sure what you are asking? What terms? Are you looking to get a hotel room? You can follow the link on our website.

Here you go- https://book.passkey.com/event/49509621/owner/3712/home

Our block ends in 2 days, so if you would like to take advantage of the offer I posted above now is the time. Code is "RAP2018".

***Edit- Raffle tickets are sold in sheets of 25 tickets for $20.
 
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What is my 20 buckets worth for admission? Seriously without our admission no coral sellers would even be there.no spondors for raffle prizes. It not like it's your money. Might as well just do old school backyard style frag swaps. It's free.
Just one ticket for 4000 people who paid.
How hard is that seriously.


Do you really think people would spend extra money on them if we gave them away to everyone? I seriously doubt it.
 
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What is my 20 buckets worth for admission? Seriously without our admission no coral sellers would even be there.no spondors for raffle prizes. It not like it's your money. Might as well just do old school backyard style frag swaps. It's free.
Just one ticket for 4000 people who paid.
How hard is that seriously.
I think $20 to come to Reef-A-Palooza is a great value.
 

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Raffle for fun NON-Profit,
Every attendee gets a ticket, Raffle Prizes donated from Vendors...

Raffle for PROFIT - No tickets should be free. GOAL is profit and high volume sales, dilutes the chances of WINNING for everyone.

Like owning private stock in company and executives announce a sale of new shares lots, it dilutes all existing shares, not good ...

Because both MACNA and RAP are Raffles for PROFIT,
Diluting my chances of winning by ticket giveaways doesnt work for me... GLWR ;-)
 
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The first 250 people into the show each day will receive a free Marine Depot Tshirt, and a chance to win a Red Sea Nano MAX. No purchase necessary.
 
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Raffle for fun NON-Profit,
Every attendee gets a ticket, Raffle Prizes donated from Vendors...

Raffle for PROFIT - No tickets should be free. GOAL is profit and high volume sales, dilutes the chances of WINNING for everyone.

Like owning private stock in company and executives announce a sale of new shares lots, it dilutes all existing shares, not good ...

Because both MACNA and RAP are Raffles for PROFIT,
Diluting my chances of winning by ticket giveaways doesnt work for me... GLWR ;-)
Just so you know, 10 people have claimed the free raffle ticket promotion with purchase of a hotel room and it ends in two days. MASNA and RAP (SCMAS) are non profits. However, it costs a lot of money to run trade shows of this size. Thanks for your input though.

But buying raffle tickets is entirely up to you. I do hope you enjoy the show. There will be a lot to see.
 
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Raffle for fun NON-Profit,
Every attendee gets a ticket, Raffle Prizes donated from Vendors...

Raffle for PROFIT - No tickets should be free. GOAL is profit and high volume sales, dilutes the chances of WINNING for everyone.

Like owning private stock in company and executives announce a sale of new shares lots, it dilutes all existing shares, not good ...

Because both MACNA and RAP are Raffles for PROFIT,
Diluting my chances of winning by ticket giveaways doesnt work for me... GLWR ;-)
Youve been trolling RAP since 2015...10 people have taken advantage of the hotel combo, thats a whole 500 ticket dilution of what, 2000 people buying at least 1 sheet of 25 tickets...thats at least 50,000 tickets. Most people are buying 2, 3, 4+ sheets to win some sick prizes. Your argument is invalid. RAP is an awesome show. Maybe you and Kevin can get together and find a real issue to troll about..?


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Reef-A-Palooza CA- October 6th & 7th 2018- Anaheim Marriott

Fly5150,

I havent missed RAP in 15 years... Spend more than average every year too. I gave my 2 cents on Raffle... Also asked question on floor plan maintenance...
Would like to see floor plan red background color be a little lighter color as I cannot read black against red unless Zoomed In on my screen

NONPROFIT status means nothing in this conversation. Nonprofits often take in huge profits... After paying employees and operating expenses profits just need to be zero... Execs flying 1st class only, 5 star Hotels, Limos, 50k Golf club memberships, all operating expenses Some of the biggest financial frauds were Nonprofits ....

I hope the first amendment still allows me to give my thoughts on .... a RAFFLE ... Sounds from what I am reading, Raffles will be a significant topic among Macna and Rap organizers in future planning .... Democracy at work ...
 
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Yea, I just visited scmas 50k membership golf course last week, those guys all drive Bentleys too. All that money theyre making...


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Fly5150,

I havent missed RAP in 15 years... Spend more than average every year too. I gave my 2 cents on Raffle... Also asked question on floor plan maintenance...
Would like to see floor plan red background color be a little lighter color as I cannot read black against red unless Zoomed In on my screen

NONPROFIT status means nothing in this conversation. Nonprofits often take in huge profits... After paying employees and operating expenses profits just need to be zero... Execs flying 1st class only, 5 star Hotels, Limos, 50k Golf club memberships, all operating expenses Some of the biggest financial frauds were Nonprofits ....

I hope the first amendment still allows me to give my thoughts on .... a RAFFLE ... Sounds from what I am reading, Raffles will be a significant topic among Macna and Rap organizers in future planning .... Democracy at work ...
Is this really Kevin?

First amendment doesnt work here. This is a privately owned site. Your post can be deleted, modified, ....
 

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So your saying you guys aren't making money and that it cost too much to put on a show if it's non profit but your still charging vendors for the booth that doesn't offset the cost?
 
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So your saying you guys aren't making money and that it cost too much to put on a show if it's non profit but your still charging vendors for the booth that doesn't offset the cost?
Were not going to get into all that here. Thanks for your suggestions.


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Just a heads up... The RAP2018 room rate promo ends tonight at 11:59pm


Beyond tonight, the rate will be "best available".... meaning.... A lot more than the promo rate..
 

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