Auctions

Otacon · 15 Sep 2005 at 10:02

The forum would be full of stickies dude, and look awful. This one is enough I think

VIRII · 15 Sep 2005 at 10:12

Will there be any cartels bidding might help get the prices up although would mean more work for the mods of course.
Sounds like a win win to me.

Mr Blonde · 15 Sep 2005 at 11:04

VIRII said:
Will there be any cartels bidding might help get the prices up although would mean more work for the mods of course.
Sounds like a win win to me.

Excellent idea.

How about a temporary avatar as well :

VIRII · 15 Sep 2005 at 11:42

Lol I like the avatar.

DRZ · 15 Sep 2005 at 11:45

£585 raised so far

Keep up the great work guys

Its just a shame I cant afford to bid on these

VIRII · 15 Sep 2005 at 11:48

DRZ said:
Its just a shame I cant afford to bid on these

This is why some cartels are needed to get the prices up.
I reckon £150 a pot is about as most as any of us are going to go as single bidders.
However if 5 people clubbed together to get 10k posts each we might see each pot go for £250 +

Von - what do you think mate ?

Mulder · 15 Sep 2005 at 11:49

We could raise so much more by auctioning them off in smaller quantities!!

I think most people would contribute £10 for 1000 posts, that would raise thousands!

VIRII · 15 Sep 2005 at 17:00

Mulder said:
We could raise so much more by auctioning them off in smaller quantities!!

I think most people would contribute £10 for 1000 posts, that would raise thousands!

It really is rather looking as though we could raise more cash by auctioning smaller quantities of posts.
I am sure lots of people would be in for £10 or £20 and there would still be several of us in for £100 or so.
Whether I get 10k or 50k posts doesn't make much difference to me and I'll still bid the same amount of cash regardless.

I understand it would require much more administration and work, I am more than happy to help if I can.

Mulder · 15 Sep 2005 at 18:11

VIRII said:
It really is rather looking as though we could raise more cash by auctioning smaller quantities of posts.
I am sure lots of people would be in for £10 or £20 and there would still be several of us in for £100 or so.
Whether I get 10k or 50k posts doesn't make much difference to me and I'll still bid the same amount of cash regardless.

I understand it would require much more administration and work, I am more than happy to help if I can.

Seconded

tiggy · 15 Sep 2005 at 18:21

Unfortunately I'm unable to bid the amount of money that I'd really like to be able to.

Perhaps joint bids could be put in and the post count of the auction if won by 2 or more members clubbing together could be shared?

Mulder · 15 Sep 2005 at 18:23

tiggy said:
Unfortunately I'm unable to bid the amount of money that I'd really like to be able to.

Perhaps joint bids could be put in and the post count of the auction if won by 2 or more members clubbing together could be shared?

That's the problem. I would happily bid £20 but that is not enough. If we could simply sell the posts for a set amount per 1000 (just for example)we could raise 100x what we are looking at at the moment!

Kell_ee001 · 15 Sep 2005 at 18:44

A penny a post!

Well, it would raise £3,379.98 in total - £563.33 per charity

rlm · 15 Sep 2005 at 22:06

I'd bid if this continues to October 7th or past, so I can get paid again first. The name of the last auction sounds so wrong

I thought wtf, how can people be selling babies in GD, they should know they are sold in members market.

PinkPig · 15 Sep 2005 at 22:20

How about a few auctions for fewer posts? I personally would be really happy to donate £10 or £20 or so, but as a student I really can't afford much more than that.

Whitewater · 16 Sep 2005 at 08:13

Auctioning smaller lots (worth £20-£30) will raise a lot more money but be hellish to administer. Besides, Bigstan keeps out bidding me

Pebbles · 16 Sep 2005 at 13:26

I just can't compete at the moment

Smaller auction amounts would mean money from me and many others I'm sure.

Mulder · 16 Sep 2005 at 13:30

Whitewater said:
Auctioning smaller lots (worth £20-£30) will raise a lot more money but be hellish to administer. Besides, Bigstan keeps out bidding me

I'm sure many people would help out as much as they can.

VIRII · 16 Sep 2005 at 19:23

I have one more possible way of doing this if anyone is interested.
Put down as much cash as you are prepared to put towards the auction ie your max bid.
Total all max bids.
Divide number of posts being auctioned by sum total of max bids.
This will give number of posts per £1 and then divide up accordingly.

In orer to keep the high punters in competiton allow 1 week to put your high bid in, you can change it at any time during the week. The more you bid the more posts you get.

This way everyone gives all that they can and no low bidders are left out but it is a royal pia for the mods.

Whitewater · 17 Sep 2005 at 13:03

Hows about placing lots of 1000 posts on a well-known "auction" site and allowing us to bid through that. The money then goes through the usual PayPal system, cheques, etc. to an organiser's account. No pain in the neck for da Mods. It really depends on how many of us use said "auction" site.

Tax Evader · 17 Sep 2005 at 15:32

Errr, haven't the auctions already started (and some of us bid!) and now you want to change how they work? Noooooo.