CHARITY AUCTION 2013 (old thread)

Post by **dsheinem** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:00 pm

New thread coming close to Thanksgiving time...

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Post by **Bradtemple87** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:16 pm

Awesome Dave! I will be donating again this year for sure

Post by **dsheinem** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:47 am

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WE NEED MORE STUFF!!!

PLEASE FOLLOW GUIDELINES BELOW

Since 2008, we’ve held an annual fundraiser or charity auction to help out and show our support for a variety of noble causes. We’ve raised more than $10,000 over the years, and would like 2013 to be the biggest year yet!

This year our charity is the Jacobs Johnson Foundation (http://www.jacobsjohnson.com), a charity suggested by forum regular Stark, whose daughter is being treated for Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and who has received some help from the small but important organization. Here’s his thoughts:

I spoke with my wife and we feel that this money would be best appropriated by going to a charity/foundation that is dedicated to either the research of HLH as a disease, it's only been looked at since 1985, or something like the Jacob Johnson foundation, that helps with housing for patients undergoing a transplant procedure and need help with housing. I'd be happy to help with the process of finding that charity, although I'm not sure how much time I'll have in the next few months.

I feel so blessed to have found a community such as this that is willing to help out one of it's own in such a powerful manner.

mjmjr25 spoke with their president – here were his findings and thoughts about the organization:

The charity is run by (2) families...(the Jacobs...and the Johnsons) both of whom lost family members to similar conditions. 100% of all donations are used for patients and families. None of the family members take a salary and all of the costs in running the charity are paid for by the family themselves - they do not ever take donations to pay supply, maintenance, or utility bills. Last year they helped (4) families. This year, Stark’s family is the (6th) family they've helped. They help based on donations received of course. Accommodations are generally 2K per family, sometimes more and sometimes less. They also donate 2K/month to the Seattle Peds-Growth House anonymously. This is a home, similar to Ronald McDonald House, that provides clean accommodations for families with pediatric children.

It was really exciting speaking with the president - she has such joy at the thought that we would help them out, and such joy that Stark had recommended them. I feel really good about this being something our community could get behind.

Here’s how the donation process will work this year:

1. PM me a list of items you are willing to donate to the auction. If you can also attach a link to pictures of the item(s), it would be ideal (though not required). Be sure to provide all relevant description information (e.g. If game is complete, region information, the system smells like socks, etc.). I AM LIMITING THE AUCTION THIS YEAR TO 100 ITEMS TO BID ON (some items may be lots) which means that it is likely that NOT ALL DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. This is so we can emphasize the high quality of the items/lots up for grabs to a wide variety of sites and drive up the prices on fewer items. It’s an experiment, and if it doesn’t work well, we’ll go back to the older model again next year. The auction will be conducted in the forums in a dedicated thread.

2. Items that you can donate are not limited to games. You can also donate systems, accessories, movies, etc. You can also choose to donate bundled packages (e.g. a bundle of 3 games and a system, 10 movies, etc.). Live animals, weapons, personal favors, and other unmailable items are generally not auctionable – but feel free to be creative! We’ve had some interesting items donated over the years and would love to see more this year! Please don't just use the auction to unload your junk - I do reserve the right to refuse items.

3. In your PM, let me know if you will cover shipping costs on your own. If you aren't able to do so, please provide me with your PayPal address so that we can send you the shipping costs when they are collected. We would strongly urge you to consider covering shipping as part of your donation if you are at all able to do so. Remember, you will be shipping the items directly to the winning bidders.

4. As part of the new changes this year, all items will have preset minimum bid amounts in the auction. These amounts will be low, but will be designed to reflect fair starting values for the items (especially considering that shipping costs domestic bidders nothing). If you have a suggested minimum bid, please let me know. I won’t promise to implement it, but I will promise to consider it!

A sample PM might look like this:

I am donating:
CIB Top Loader NES (picture here: http://www.photobucket.com/yourpic)
Radiant Silvergun sealed for the SAT (NTSC-J) (picture here: http://www.photobucket.com/yourpic)
My custom-made life sized Superman 64 action figure (picture here: http://www.photobucket.com/yourpic)

Shipping:
I will cover domestic and international shipping for the first two items, but I will need to split the cost with the buyer to cover the cost of shipping the action figure (approx. $50 each in the U.S.).

My PayPal address is:
charitablegamer@racketboy.com

Suggested minimum bid:
Item 1 - $40
Item 2 - $30
Item 3 - $100

Remember, I only need a PayPal address if you will need some reimbursement for shipping costs.

So, take a look around and see what items you might be able to donate. Please submit your list of donations for the auction to me by SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7th. Remember: please be selective and donate items that you think will fetch high bids! Following a media blitz, the auction will begin in its very own thread on this site in early December.
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Let me encourage people to share this thread via their social media feeds. While I know we can get great items from within the community, in the past we've also had community members reach out to friends, relatives, and other contacts asking for item donations and in the process yielded some pretty cool and valuable items. So if you have a retro store nearby that you think may want to donate something cool, a friend in the industry who can offer signed or unique items, or friends on other retro gaming sites that you think would be interested in the cause, please let them know to get in touch with me either via PM here or via email at [my username]@yahoo.com.

Post by **s1mplehumar** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:56 am

Expect a PM from me...eventually. Maybe a donated Vectrex this year.

Post by **Luke** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:12 pm

Please add a link to the foundation.

I'm capable of using google, but we've got some lazy ass members here.

Post by **Stark** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:31 pm

Luke wrote:Please add a link to the foundation.

I'm capable of using google, but we've got some lazy ass members here.

http://www.jacobsjohnson.com/

Post by **Luke** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:47 pm

Stark wrote:
Luke wrote:Please add a link to the foundation.

I'm capable of using google, but we've got some lazy ass members here.

http://www.jacobsjohnson.com/

Thanks Stark, and hope things are getting better with each day.

Dave, please add this link to your op.

Post by **dsheinem** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 2:41 pm

Luke wrote:
Stark wrote:
Luke wrote:Please add a link to the foundation.

I'm capable of using google, but we've got some lazy ass members here.

http://www.jacobsjohnson.com/

Thanks Stark, and hope things are getting better with each day.

Dave, please add this link to your op.

done

Post by **Luke** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:47 pm

Not promising a thing, and maybe this should be a different thread, but please post items that you guys and gals are looking for.

I say this as I have a way of getting Gamestops to send games to my local store, be it from across the road or from LA to NC. Doesn't always work, but I have copies of the .hack series, Rule of Rose, the Persona series, the Suikoden series, the Shadow Hearts series plus more because of good contacts.

Hopefully I can find the game you are looking for.

Post by **dsheinem** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 1:50 pm

bump! we need stuff!

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