Hello Listers,
As some of you who have read my posts over the last few years know I am from Canada. I also subscribed to a Podcast called "Apple Bite". According to the latest episode a former employee of the Apple Store at Vancouver's Pacific Centre Mall is called "Sam Sung". Apparently Mr. Sung is auctioning off his business card, a T-Shirt and lanyard for cherity on eBay with all proceeds going to the British Columbia and Yukon Children's wish foundation. In the Podcast they also pointed out that this is the only case where you see "Sam Sung" and "Apple" on the same business card *Smile*. Here is part of an article from the Vancouver Sun: The bidding for a framed business card belonging to former Pacific Centre Apple Store employee Sam Sung has surpassed the $80,000 mark on eBay. Sung, who became a social media celebrity a couple of years ago because he shares a name (sort of) with Apple's electronics competitor Samsung, says he will donate all the money from the auction to Children's Wish: B.C. and Yukon, an organization that grants wishes to terminally ill children. He reached his goal to raise $10,000, the cost of one wish, on the second day of the online auction which opened Tuesday. As of noon Thursday, the top bid was $80,200. "I had a great time working for Apple and would recommend it to anyone. I hope my old business card will go to another fellow Apple enthusiast with a sense of humour and the desire to help raise some money for a good cause," Sung wrote in his eBay posting. Sung, who now works as a permanent placement consultant with a recruitment firm, didn't pick his charity out of a hat. He's been volunteering at Children's Wish for more than a year. "He came to our inaugural gala last year and since then he has volunteered decorating gift boxes," said Jennifer Peterson, director of Children's Wish: B.C. and Yukon. "We give out these beautiful personalized gift boxes to the children before their wish is fulfilled and Sam got involved with personalizing the wish boxes." Peterson says the B.C./Yukon chapter of Children's Wish fulfills, on average, 70 to 75 wishes per year. She said Sung's donation, whatever it ends up being, will have a significant impact on the work the charity does. "I was thinking maybe he'd raise $1,000 and when it reached $1,000 . we were beside ourselves in the office," Peterson said. "We are cautiously optimistic that these are all legitimate bidders. There have been some hiccups along the way with phony bidders but Sam is working with eBay to make sure that these are all reputable bidders and all indications are today is that it's all good." The eBay auction closes Aug. 15. For those who think this is just a joke, here is the eBay link for the auction. Please feel free to bit at least $80,300 (as of the time when I am writing this) to have a chance to win this auction (*smile*: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sam-Sung-Apple-Specialist-Business-Card-Exclusive-Ch arity-Auction-/121403401377 I don't think we'll see "Samsung" pull anything like this, even if they have an employee called "John Apple" somewhere in their organisation. Regards, Sieghard -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
