**CALL FOR DONATIONS-2011 CHARITY AUCTION**

[YoshiEgg25]

Ill be on it as soon as i get my ass back home on the 22nd.

^^^

Also, I may decide to draw something for this year too. Maybe I'll draw better? Probably not.

I have an idea of something to do but I dunno how awesome I can make it.

[aaron]

i have some stuff. nothing huge this year, but i definitely have some stuff to donate. some of it may not qualify as "not junk" and that's fine, so i trust dave's judgment on this one.

[chasethechuckwagon]

Repros are fair game on GameGavel

Ahhh, deadlines! Hopefully I can get everything together in time.

Dsh, Game Gavel wont have a problem with the repro carts, right?

[Ziggy]

Awesome, because these repros are gonna be EPIC!

[MrHealthy]

Last year we had some digital downloads as mystery prizes tied to bidding higher then a certain ammount on certain items. I don't think that worked too well as it ended up encouraging low bids on a lot of items that otherwise would not have been bid on. In the end it pushed the cost of shipping up but did not add a whole lot to the profits.

However, I have a bunch of digital gifts that I have been saving for this, so I was just wondering if there are any plans to improve that system at all, or even replace it with a better system. Maybe a raffle of some sorts, buying in for really cheap to get a chance to win one. Or maybe as prizes given out to people that cause us to pass certain money milestones (ie. the person who causes us to pass the $500 dollar mark gets his choice of digital game, even if he doesn't win the item he bid on that caused us to pass $500).

I don't know, just thinking about some stuff. Thoughts would be appreciated.

[Ziggy]

You can do it like radio, where the 29th (or some random number) caller wins, but make the number a secret.

[dsheinem]

so far we don't have many donations - we need a good amount to make this worthwhile!

Start sending me your lists and pics!

[Hobie-wan]

I'm still compiling and brainstorming.

[dsheinem]

This is the last week for donations...we have very few so far

Impress me this week people!

[aaron]

what's the word for the "special" item i asked you about last week? i have some other things but i'm waiting on the yea/nay for that one.