[meteorite-list] Re: Charity non-eBay Offers (Stan and Marcin)

[stan .]

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" <geoking at notkin.net>
>To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>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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