posted on September 22, 2001 01:55:06 PM
Just read on MSN, regarding donations to New York - that this:
The Internet auction site eBay said its "Auction for America" would raise $100 million in relief funds from its 34 million registered users buying and selling goods to raise money for charity. The eBay Foundaton chipped in the first $1 million. Tonight Show host Jay Leno is auctioning off a prized Harley-Davidson motorcycle signed by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Good luck eBay sellers, if this is eBay's intend to push these auctions till they raise 100million!
posted on September 23, 2001 11:33:07 AM
They also claim to be able to make so much profit and so many sales overall. The war will take easily 5 years so maybe they can do it.
I don't see this as something that competes with regular selling. I would never take part in a charity auction. If I choose to contribute I do it directly. I expect the economy to boom as the result of the war and that should increase business.
My take on this is that the organizations will raise many millions this year to aid in the relief.
"I don't see this as something that competes with regular selling."
Unfortunately it is killing business. We had a decent sell through until last Thursday [when the AFA auctions started catching on] and now bids are extremely slow. I don't think we have had any new bids so far this weekend.
I hope that this bad idea dies before we go out of business.
[ edited by outoftheblue on Sep 23, 2001 11:41 AM ]
posted on September 23, 2001 11:54:33 AM
People are in the malls shopping. It depends on what you are selling and the allure of AFA will wear off very shortly as people settle down.
posted on September 23, 2001 06:26:47 PM
By the time this thing ends,most E-Bay Sellers will be selling elsewhere or will have give up and went to work somewhere.
posted on September 23, 2001 06:40:19 PM
So who are the Independent Auditors of A4A?The World Trade Center Disaster Fund is a registered charity No. 1088442. Registered office: 7th Floor, Bank Buildings, Princes Street, London, EC2R 8EU. The trustees are Lord Levene of Portsoken, Chairman of IFSL and Vice-Chairman of Deutsche Bank and former Lord Mayor of London, Sir Edward George, Governor of the Bank of England and Peter Mimpriss, a senior partner of Allen & Overy.
posted on September 23, 2001 06:55:55 PMTonight Show host Jay Leno is auctioning off a prized Harley-Davidson motorcycle signed by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
If you want my spin on it, Meg better hustle her carpet bagging butt off finding people like Leno to put expensive stuff like this up for auction, cuz I think she done got the message her little, everyday peons that make her salary ain't gonna kick in no $100 million bucks.
Either that, or she's gonna look like an idiot... eBay might need a new CEO if she can't pull this off.
posted on September 25, 2001 10:07:59 AM
I am ALL for giving to charity, and to the holocaust in New York. BUT I don’t want to be forced to give through my “work place,” be it an office or eBay.
I particularly resent having to compete with auctions with “emotional” appeal, and no shipping.
We are doing well on niche auctions, and will do little or no posting on eBay till this eBay PR, “Charity for New York,” auction spin, is over.
You do realize eBay created a great PR program, and is expecting YOU, the seller, to give, promote, and make this a success – it really isn’t costing them; without YOUR permission, they set you up to pay for their PR!
I won’t involve myself, and support a firm who is creating competition against me.
[ edited by jwpc on Sep 25, 2001 10:09 AM ]
on it, Meg better hustle her carpet bagging butt off finding people like Leno to put expensive stuff like this up for auction, cuz I think she done got the message her little, everyday peons that make her salary ain't gonna kick in no $100 million bucks.