A man who auctioned his ex-fiancée's honeymoon place for charity on eBay has been jilted for a third time.
John Whitbread, from Leicestershire, auctioned the £1,800 trip to the Dominican Republic in the hope of finding a female companion.
The highest bidder failed to pay the winning sum of £8,000, and now the second highest bidder has pulled out after offering to pay £7,900.
Mr Whitbread is now selling £10 raffle tickets for the chance to join him.
All of the money raised from the "Jilted John" raffle will go to Balls to Cancer.
"It's just been knock after knock after knock, but I'm not going to let it beat me," he said.
"Hopefully this is more foolproof.
"I've got to prove my friends wrong and get it over £2,500 to prove I've done the right thing."
The winner of the raffle will be drawn at 19:00 GMT on Sunday 25 January.
Jilted John redux
Jilted John redux
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Jilted John redux
After being jilted three times, a man who tried to auction his ex-fiancée's honeymoon place has finally found a holiday partner.
John Whitbread, from Leicestershire, put the £1,800 trip to the Dominican Republic on eBay in the hope of finding a female companion.
But the two highest bidders failed to pay the winning sum.
He instead sold £10 raffle tickets and the lucky winner drawn out of a hat has agreed to jet off with him.
The "Jilted John" raffle raised £1,420 for Balls to Cancer.
Mr Whitbread confirmed to the BBC the winner has agreed to accompany to the Caribbean.
The 32-year-old, who grew in up in Derbyshire, split from his fiancée six weeks before their weeding.
He was determined not to go on the honeymoon alone and so auctioned off his partner's place - to women only - on eBay.
After the top two bidders failed to pay, he decided to hold a raffle instead.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”