YDC 114 Announcement Thread - 24th - 28th September 2013 Dorothy House Hospice

[Armstrongs]

Well, it's that time again folks!

YDC 114 Begins on 24th September 2013!

As the winner of YDC 113,

cornishmaid1961 has chosen

Dorothy House Hospice

as this month's nominated charity.

Everyone is welcome to join in and list for this fabulous good cause

YDC (Your Donation Counts) is the monthly round of charity auctions on eBid.net.
YDC has two aspects, the general fund-raising for good causes, and the competitive aspect where those who choose to can compete to win the right to select the next month's nominated charity.
The rules, therefore, also have two parts: the first part applies to all auctions which are to be part of YDC; the second part applies ONLY to those auctions which are to be considered part of the competition,
If joining in with the YDC monthly charity auctions you MUST follow the rules in part one. If you would like to be in with a chance of winning the competition, you are REQUIRED to also follow the rules in part two. If you do not wish to choose, you can ignore part 2, though you may find it still contains some useful ideas that are convenient to follow.
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Part one: Rules for All.
1. Auctions must run from the 24th to the 28th of the month.
2. Auctions must be listed in the Your Donation Counts sub-category of the Charity Auctions category.
3. Your items must be listed on eBid.net and must comply with all eBid's listing rules.
4. Your auction(s) must be for a charity or good cause.
5. YDC nn (the number of the current YDC) must be included in the auction title.
You can list as many items as you wish. You do not have to support the nominated charity, you are free to choose any cause you wish. If you would like to support the nominated charity, that's great. Please try to offer your auctions to as many international destinations as possible, for maximum YDC visibility.
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Part two: Rules for the competition.
1. Auctions should have a start price of 99p or less. (or local equivalent.) The website xe.com is a good place to check currency exchanges.
2. No item should have an expected value of more than £20.00 (or local equivalent). Higher value items are still welcome in YDC but should not be considered competition entries.
3. No reserve or Buy Now price should be used, nor should any listing enhancements such as Featured.
4. Please make sure your end time on the 28th matches your start time on the 24th, so that your auction only runs for exactly four days - no extending from very early on the 24th to late on the 28th, please.
5. YDC nn (the number of the current YDC) must be included in the title, preferably as shown with a space between the letters and the numbers.
6. Naturally, your items must be listed on eBid.net and must comply with all eBid's listing rules.
7. Your auction(s) must be for a charity or good cause and the description of your item must include the following text:
This auction is an entry in the YDC nn charity auction competition. All money raised by this auction will go to: charity.
8. Please do not charge more than cost price for shipping / postage.
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Any questions? Please just ask!
And finally, a big thank you to Gothicina for our YDC logos
- these are free for everyone to use: http://www.gothicina.co.uk/ydcteddies.html

[cornishmaid1961]

Yay ! I can't wait there are already so many lovely listings on.

It's so nice to see some new faces and also old friends returning.

[Armstrongs]

It's time to rummage through yer drawers and raise lots of cash for good causes.

[moonwitch]

Yay!!!!......the ticking fight begins again lol

[NuttyKrafts]

nooooooo! It can't be time again yet - I'm not ready!

[cornishmaid1961]

Not long to go, get those listings on. All newbies welcome, come and join in the fun and raise some money for a good cause. Every penny will help I had this email from Dorothy House :-

Hi Rebecca

Thanks for nominating Dorothy House for the funds. We will promote this on our website if we can. Do we need to do anything regarding the funds or do they come to you and then you send us the funds raised?

Thank you so much for fundraising on our behalf as you may already know that we only receive 25% of our funding from the NHS and need to raise more than £3.4m from volunteer income and legacies in this next financial year to sustain our present level of care.

Your support with the auction will help greatly.

Kind regards

Jen

[cornishmaid1961]

[meebo1]

Hooray! I can say something again! Yesterday I could not reply to anything in the forum. Still, I got some work done. And I have some more items to list.....

[cornishmaid1961]

Hooray! I can say something again! Yesterday I could not reply to anything in the forum. Still, I got some work done. And I have some more items to list.....

Lol, it's the only time I have known you quiet Private Meebo !

[LovesVintage43]

Looking forward to being involved with YDC for the first time ! Will be getting a couple more bits this weekend to put up for auction and have spied a couple of things I'd like to bid on too ...not long to go now :-)