I have and I have,suggesting we band together with donating sales for x amount of time until we reach x amount of dollars for whatever charity or organization we would all deem worthy would be a huge undertaking.
I am not saying this is the way to go but it could be a starting point
You are better known in the uk than elsewhere so here in Canada specifically on my end as we do fundraisers 6-7 times a year for different hospitals and organizations form cystic fibrosis to charity golf tournaments where we auction off autographed sports memorabilia I could talk it over with my husband and maybe we can think of a way to
1 put up an ebid banner at events
2 donate our proceeds,that is our own cost as that is what the charity gets it for so whatever it sells for after that is theirs so if we give a charity a piece that costs us 400$ and it sells for 1200$ charity makes 800$ we could maybe donate some of our costs for a certain amount of items during the course of 2-3 events on behalf of ebid to that certain charity
It certainly could not hurt and again I would have to talk this over with my husband but we do a lot of charity work ourselves so I do not think it would be an issue with him,the only problem I forsee is working out the details and making sure we would be allowed a banner to be placed somewhere so as it does not affect the charity banner,it would garner some attention of that I am sure
Now where to find a banner and how to butter up the hubby lol.
Our last event was for comedian joey elias who was making a dvd and we were asked to bring some items for auction purposes to raise money for cystic fibrosis it went quite well and that was about 5 months ago our next one is in 2 weeks,and after that we have a summer back to back golf tourney for cancer then chrons disease hopefully we can put something together by then as these do get some coverage by the media and if we throw the auction as donating part surley it would be good exposure
Again just spitballing but I really am trying to find a way to spread the word of this place I was thinking of sticking my ebid t-shirt once it arrives for auction over there with the title brand new auction t shirt no fees no charges 1 size fits all or something like that but talked myslef out of it
I am open to suggestions,the more input we get the more likely something will start to happen on a broader scale
we all know what this site has to offer buyers and sellers,we have to find a way to reach those buyers and sellers who do not look for other options than what they are used to,the ones who do not look at what auction sites are running #1,2,3 etc the ones who are content in their discontent(that make sense)to sit back and think their are no other alternatives. those are the ones we have to get on
Again just my 2 cents and I am sure to hear from a wide array of folks who think this would not work.
How many members do we have on here,let's just say that 60% of them print up a pre set up flyer and post 10 of them each in their busiest mall shopping centre what have you if 1 of each of those 10 gets looked at seriously good start,if that 1 that got looked at brings in a member better start,if that member brings along others even better
I have flyers that I printed up and have them all over the place promoting ebid as a great place to set up,
Again these are just thoughts and ideas and would love to hear some more.
Thanks
Laur