thekismeme
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posted on October 12, 2001 09:14:20 PM new
WEll ~ Jay Leno is doing his part to get Meg to her Auction for America goal.........his auction is at $210,000+ ~ and sure to go much higher. I bet it goes for 1 to 2 million. I know that is only 1 to 2 percent of the goal ~ but a couple of hefty licks like this one and she might make it.
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Zazzie
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posted on October 12, 2001 11:03:40 PM new
Is that his motorcycle??
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bunnicula
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posted on October 12, 2001 11:08:58 PM new
Yes. They plan to keep getting more autographs on it until the auction closes, too.
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furkidmom
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posted on October 12, 2001 11:22:23 PM new
go and look at all the retractions. Silly people......wanting to be able to say they bid on a Leno Auction.....
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bunnicula
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posted on October 12, 2001 11:35:58 PM new
Yes. But still, it's up to $210,100! Hopefully the rest of the bidders are legitimate.
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professorhiggins
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posted on October 13, 2001 04:35:50 AM new
Perhaps a little OT, but I know that this charity auction will carry no fees with it.
However, can anyone calculate (just for fun)
what the fees would be if this was a legit auction?
I believe the Insertion Fee would be based on the opening price of $20,000
Assuming the FVF fee was based on $210,000
(if it ended right now)
What would be ebay's total take on the sale?
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rgrem
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posted on October 13, 2001 05:40:35 AM new
I think I saw the high bidder place the bid last night. It was James Woods. He probably won't retract.
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just4laffs
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posted on October 13, 2001 05:49:54 AM new
Ya gotta love the marketing with this one. The high bidders "me" page is all about his tobacco-less (is that a word?) chew and snuff products.
S
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RB
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posted on October 13, 2001 12:46:17 PM new
Why would anyone want a Harley with a bunch of scribbling all over it????
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joice
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posted on October 13, 2001 12:50:15 PM new
Hello Everyone,
It's okay to discuss this high profile auction and it's even okay to provide a link to it, as we can make an exception in this case.
What is not okay, is to discuss the seller or the buyer in any way. Just discuss the auction.
Thanks for your cooperation,
Joice
[email protected]
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sadie999
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posted on October 14, 2001 08:21:47 AM new
Here's the url for the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1472490188
Current bid: $217,069.69
Rounding down to $217,000.00, if I'm remembering the fee structure correctly, and my brain is actually working w/only half a cup of coffee in it, FVFs would be about:
5% of $25 = $1.25
2.5% of $975 = $24.37
1.25% $216,000 = $2700.00
Total FVF's = $2725.62
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mballai
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posted on October 14, 2001 06:46:29 PM new
What happens when this bike gets wet?
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auctioncow
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posted on October 14, 2001 11:14:34 PM new
I don't know... high value item and (0) feedback seller with sunglasses. Afraid I would not bid. Might be a fraud.
AuctionCow.com
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bunnicula
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posted on October 14, 2001 11:38:39 PM new
I believe they are using paint pens to make the autographs. But in any case, if you spent that much money on it, would you be riding it all that often? 
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ubiedaman
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posted on October 15, 2001 12:19:53 AM new
Wanna talk about AFA?????...WHO is the eBay employee that can afford to give THIS away for a song???......HMMMMMMMM 
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1646112940
Keith
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
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ebaypowersellergold
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posted on October 15, 2001 03:17:57 AM new
Keith, there are plenty of eBay employees that can afford to give these away (i.e. it's not necessarily Meg's). Just check the insider stock sales for the last few years (hint, it's billion$$ with a CAPITAL B)
Virtually everyone involved with eBay since the start is filthy rich (at least on paper) and more and more are "cashing out" while the cashin's good. With the options they handed out at the IPO, there are probably maintenance workers with Porsche's for each day of the week plus a few spares in case one has to go to the garage. You'll note that this one had a ding on it -- it was clearly no good & they had to go out and buy a new one anyway. LOL.
Also, the tax write-off they'll take will probably be more than they could have sold it for. I doubt it's a very good sellers market in Silicon Valley these days...
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RB
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posted on October 15, 2001 04:17:54 AM new
I just bought a second Porsche for my dentist 
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