i need advice from you all, please

[excelsior-1]

i'm about to launch a postal quiz, to raise funding for the christmas lights in my town (st ives - cambridgeshire).

ordinarily i'd post it on here too, however, part of the first prize would be for a child of the winner to accompany santa on stage to throw the switch turning the lights on at the festivities.

naturally there would be no point in any AB'ers entering this if they live in other parts of the country and would never come over this way.

so ... do i not bother launching on here or do i go ahead with it and hope that those of you who are not local would have a go anyway just for fun and to be generous? (£1 per sheet).

thanks in advance for your valuable opinions.

[Nibble]

We all love a quiz for good causes on AB, the more the merrier, and no IMO it doesn't matter where the quiz is based/in aid of. I'm sure that the inhabitants of this site will agree.. ☺

[excelsior-1]

thank you nibble - most kind.
i'm off to work now, i'll look at this thread in few days to see who else has responded

[rockyracoon]

I would go for it. When I do a quiz on here, mostly Stamford Richards ones for Macmillan, I do so in the certain knowledge that I won't win, still do them as I love them. Do me a favour though and try to arrange for the quiz to be downloaded online and pay a £1 on entry, or use Justgiving. I never, ever send off for quizzes with an SAE as I've never got stamps.

[quinie]

I agree with Nibble.

[Mamyalynne]

I would happily enter and ask that if a winner, the prize be raffled off to a local.

[jim45]

i'll second mamyalynne

[chelle7272]

I'll third mamya :)

[jim45]

please make it so you accept photocopies with payment ,as i get copies for friends and they pay on return .

[smouse]

If its a good quiz the prize doesnt matter but echo everyone else and please make it downloadable pay on entry or paypal or something
When stamps increase if you send for a quiz and then send a SAE to get the answers when you send it in a £1 quiz is going to cost £3 in total so feel something has to change especially if like me you do on average 20 a month

[excelsior-1]

thank you all (except oldgeezer) for your kind and generous responses .. they have persuaded me to post the quiz here, therefore, look out for it next month.

i will respond now individually to two of you :- firstly, jim45. of course you are welcome to make as many copies for your friends as you wish, the more the merrier.
secondly, rockyraccoon. i do not have a pc (i'm using my mobile) also i do not have the knowledge & skills to do as you ask however, just for you - and you alone - i suggest this ... you post your name and address on here for me and i will send you a copy plus my own sae directly, would that be satisfactory to you?

once again, thanks all

[rockyracoon]

Lol excel, in view of your wonderful generosity, I will make a special effort to buy some stamps. Couldn't possibly put my name and address on here, who knows what stalkers will crawl out of the woodwork ;)

[excelsior-1]

as you wish rocky, thank you very much. as i've said already, watch for the launch of the quiz next month

[excelsior-1]

thanks folkes again, for your responses a few weeks ago. i've just now launched the quiz on the may round-up segment in the editors blog.

[smouse]

What a shame you have made it all anagrams I would think the anagram site will solve them all without needing to think

[excelsior-1]

smouse. not necessarily, you could try working them out yourself. however if are now put off by this - then you need not enter.
thnks anyway for your interest ... then and now

[smouse]

I didnt mean to upset you I was just making a comment
Dont worry a lot of people on here wont use the anagram site they will just ask for the answers

[starone]

If it was to far to come you could give the prize to the next one drawn out. I have no children available for example and I live in Bristol, but I would still like to do the quiz. As Nibble says, we all love quizzes and ifit for a good cause all the better. I would not send the answer in, just do the quiz for the sake of it.

[starone]

OMG three typos. I am getting very careless with my proof reading.

[excelsior-1]

thank you starbuckone. good luck with it, when you get it