St Jude bidding !!!

[Herdbull]

The more people that get envolved, the better it is all the way around. Events like this often spark the gift of giving in other aspects of life that we may never know. So have fun with it, and take pride in anyway you can help. Mike

[Bowwild]

Lots of folks give via other methods as well.

I remember just bidding on an item to get something started last year. I had no interest in another one of the devices.

Then I got sort of a nasty note from the one who put it up for sale. He thought I was trying to get his item too cheap. Sheesh, maybe we should start with the high bid and work back?

 This year I'm not bidding on anything that I don't want.

[ronp]

Originally posted by Herdbull:
The more people that get envolved, the better it is all the way around. Events like this often spark the gift of giving in other aspects of life that we may never know. So have fun with it, and take pride in anyway you can help. Mike

X2.  Very well said!

[Brian Halbleib]

Don't be so hard on Graps, he's just trying to get folks to understand this is a time to help the kids and not a time to bargain shop.

I've been here since the first year of the auction, hell, since the beginning of TradGang, and I have donated some items and bid on a bunch every year.

There used to be a ton of quality hunts in the auction every year but I noticed the last few years guys have quit offering them. The hunt on my Ohio farm is one of only a handful still being offered. I think that is part of what Graps is trying to get everyone to understand.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I understand where you are coming from Graps.

I used to get bent out of shape when some of my items went for below what I anticipated but then I realized, Its an item I could afford to donate and any money raised is a bonus.

If I had an item I felt would get a better price on the classifieds, maybe I would consider selling it in the "off season" and just making a monetary donation to St Jude.

In the end,its for the kids and anything we can raise is better than thinking about what we could have raised. Its spilled milk at that point.

I like Izzy's idea and one year I bought an item back. It would have cost me more to ship it than to double the top bid so thats what I did.

   

[gregg dudley]

It is hard not to be connected to a donation because you want it to reap as much as possible for the charity, but it doesn't pay to be emotionally attached to an auction outcome.  Just give what you can and expect that others will do the same.  Most people do the best that they can.  Don't drive yourself crazy worrying about those that don't.