actually i tried on my own to meet the ebay red tape rules regarding the
auction on my own to put the auction back up - you dont HAVE to go through
mission fish if you have prior written permission from the charity to use
their name in your auction. even though I explained to the red cross rep
that I finally spoke with that the auction I was running would raise a
minimum of 6k$ and it was being held in conjunction with an effort that was
already raising a substantial amount of money they LITERALLY said 'thanks
but no thanks' - they didnt want to take the liability of being associated
with a third party selling merchandise to raise funds for them! and thats
not the topper either! i talked to a buddy of mine and he said that the case
number listed in the emails I got from ebay was indicitive of a complaint
someone lodged with ebay - meaning most likely someone from the meteorite
community (who else is going to look at an auction for a 6,000$ piece of
space rock) actually complained to ebay about my sale! needless to say I was
seeing red when I had found out about this.
I really didnt want to dedicate any more time and effort to such a cluster
$%^& so I offered the slice to the first person who had originally emailed
me about it - he immediately purchased it and once the funds clear I will
contribute the proceeds to a katrina charity - but NOT the red cross. Many
thanks to Geoff for offering to handle the matter, in retrospect I guess
that might have been a better way to go about things, I hope I didnt
disapoint any of the many people who had been watching the auction by just
selling outright, but I had posted to the list about the problem and no one
came up with any alternate solutions at the time so I guess the early bird
got the worm on this one :)
From: "Notkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Charity non-eBay Offers (Stan and Marcin)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:18:29 -0700
Greg posted:
I would suggest that Marcin and Stan to do a "Best Offer" type of deal for
the items they want to donate for charity. Just post a minimum price (if
any) they want to accept and the top offer takes it, then the proceeds go
to the charity of their choice. No eBay red tape or MissionFishY
regulations.
Dear Greg:
Now there's a sensible idea, thanks.
Marcin and Stan, if you'd like to try something like that, email me the
photos and specs of your pieces, and minimum price, if any. I'll put them
on the raffle page, post to the List with the URL, and anyone who wants to
email an offer can send it to me. Winning purchaser can PayPal me, and I'll
send along to the Red Cross, along with our final payment.
Any interest?
Geoff
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