FW as a door prize? I must belong to the wrong guild!!!
If the owner is gungho about donating, then there's nothing wrong with someone buying the machines and the money from the purchase being donated.
I just don't see this as being a big deal. There are lots of people who would not want to win an old sewing machine as a door prize anyway. I could understand the fuss if the machines had already been donated, but that is not the case here.
Also, like the woman mentioned donating simply because she wants to get all the stuff out of that house and that is the easiest way to do it. If she finds that selling the machines is just as easy or easier, it might be her decision to sell rather than to donate.
Last edited by Prism99; 01-15-2013 at 09:23 AM.