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Date Posted: 02:22:51 08/12/01 Sun
In reply to:
audrey
's message, "Re: auction" on 16:10:51 08/11/01 Sat
i agree. i dont even think it would be bad to let them know. look at the dent and how toricon sets theirs up. they do it at tori con and online.
>i personally think that we should have both auctions
>going on at once. it wont be confusing because
>NEITHER groups will know the other exists. people
>bidding on ebay won't know about the auction we're
>having at the event, and people bidding at our event
>won't know about the one on ebay. it's pretty simple
>if you don't Let it get confusing. i mean, writing it
>all out makes it sound more confusing, right?
>
>so here's what we'd do:
>we'd put up the ebay auctions a few days before the
>event. (they would be scheduled to end on the same
>day as the event or a couple days later.)
>during the event, we want everyone to bid throughout
>the night, which means, if it's 11:00 PM and there are
>still five people left, and they want to bid, we
>ENCOURAGE them to do so, so we can get the max out of
>everyone. we tell them that we will be calling the
>winners within the next couple days to let them know
>they won. we don't mention that we're doing this on
>ebay.
>if the event "winners" have been outbid by the ebay
>bidders, then we just don't call them.
>if the ebay "winners" have been outbid by the event
>bidders, then we just personally outbid the ebay
>"winners". it's not like we haven't done that before.
>:P
>
>i know it sounds ultra-confusing, but it's really
>not... and i think it utilizes the items to their full
>extent, and in the end, RAINN will be getting more
>money out of it. because you know some of those
>items, like the Henry Rollins book and 3eb CD, will
>sell for a lot more on ebay, considering only 200 -
>300 people will be looking at it at the event (two of
>which may actually give a damn), but millions of
>people may look at it on ebay. :PP but the gift
>basket stuff (the ones not going towards the raffle)..
>people on ebay probably wont care AS Much. but who
>knows!
>
>it works, i swear to god. :P
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