Bid on a DPC Membership for Charity

06/17/2008 05:46:56 PM · #1

In another thread, here, Mark Simms,

simms, is raising money for charity by asking DPCers to pledge money for each pound that he loses in his effort to drop 46 pounds. The proceeds will go to a very worthy charity, The Rose McGill Tribute Fund, which was set up to raise money for The Clatterbridge Cancer Research Trust. So far, through your generosity, he will raise over $1100 if he reaches his weight-loss goal. As an incentive to encourage folks to pledge, Mark offered a one-year membership to a randomly chosen DPCer. I was that lucky person.

In an effort to 'pay it forward', I asked Mark if I could offer the membership to another deserving person. At the suggestion of Andi McGill,

ecce signum, we are offering that membership to the highest bidder on ebay, with the proceeds of the auction going to the same charity. The wonderful part of this is that ebay will match the winning bid, and donate that as well.

Would you please consider making a bid for the free year-long membership? If you are already a member, it will extend your membership for a year. Remember, your bid will be doubled, and the money will go to help fight cancer! You can bid here. Even if the winning bid is simply the cost of the membership, basically a break-even for the bidder, the charity will still get $50. And, you can still pledge money for Mark's weight loss, too!

Thanks,

Steve

p.s. thanks for Mark for donating the year's membership, to Andi and

talj for setting up the e-bay auction!!

Tom

06/17/2008 06:43:35 PM · #2

Nice! I just placed my bid. Good luck with your charity

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

06/17/2008 06:46:24 PM · #3

Originally posted by Tom:

Nice! I just placed my bid. Good luck with your charity

thanks for your bid, Tom!

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

06/17/2008 06:47:50 PM · #4

I bid. What a great idea. :)

Sony Sonnar T* 35mm F2.8 ZA

06/17/2008 07:43:38 PM · #5

Originally posted by idnic:

I bid. What a great idea. :)

Thanks Cindi!

salmiakki

Sony Alpha a7R III

06/17/2008 07:44:07 PM · #6

bid is in. This is a really great idea.

06/17/2008 07:46:15 PM · #7

Originally posted by salmiakki:

bid is in. This is a really great idea.

thanks Sarah!

06/17/2008 10:27:28 PM · #8

I just want to say thanks to Steve and Mark for all they are doing to help raise funds for Rose's Tribute Fund, and to all DPC'ers for continuing to support our fundraising efforts. You're all stars!

Originally posted by brownsm:

Even if the winning bid is simply the cost of the membership, basically a break-even for the bidder, the charity will still get $50.

I'd also like to mention that not only will eBay double the winning bid on the DPC Membership Auction but an anonymous company will also match the winning bid!! So, if the membership went for $25 then Rose's Tribute Fund would actually receive $75!

Thanks again to all of you for your support :o)

Happy Bidding! :o)

Sony Sonnar T* 35mm F2.8 ZA

06/18/2008 03:23:14 AM · #9

Well I made the jump bid last night only to find I had been outbid (a good thing) this morning. So, had to make another bid.

ETA: Not sure how it works (thought I did, have bid on stuff before) or if it has changed, but I put in a bid but it entered it lower than I bid and called the actual bid I entered my 'maximum' bid. Oh well.

Message edited by author 2008-06-18 07:36:54.

salmiakki

Sony Alpha a7R III

06/18/2008 03:55:40 AM · #10

Originally posted by CEJ:

ETA: Not sure how it works (thought I did, have bid on stuff before) or if it has changed, but I put in a bid but it entered it lower than I bid and called the actual bid I entered my 'maximum' bid. Oh well.

The next bidder will now have to put in a bid higher than your maximum bid to become the highest bidder. (Make sense?)

06/18/2008 04:24:47 AM · #11

Kind of...but still confused. last night I put in a 10 bid and it entered it as 10. This morning I put in a 20 bid, but it entered it as 17 and called 20 my max. I guess that is why I am confused - why it handled the bids differently.

hopper

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

06/18/2008 04:31:36 AM · #12

the last highest bid must have been 16, so only 17 is required to win. You'll be high bidder until someone goes over 20, then it will appear as 21 even though that person may have bid 10,000

Originally posted by CEJ:

Message edited by author 2008-06-18 08:31:58.

Sony Sonnar T* 35mm F2.8 ZA

06/18/2008 04:49:24 AM · #13

Chris, thanks for your generous bid!

Keep it up folks. so far, the auction is set to raise over $100 for charity, after the matching funds!!

salmiakki

Sony Alpha a7R III

06/18/2008 05:28:58 AM · #14

Originally posted by brownsm:

so far, the auction is set to raise over $100 for charity, after the matching funds!!

And there's still 9 days to go!

Ecce_Signum

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

06/18/2008 08:46:02 AM · #15

Originally posted by salmiakki:

Originally posted by brownsm:
so far, the auction is set to raise over $100 for charity, after the matching funds!!

And there's still 9 days to go!

Steve (

brownsm), many (many) thanks for offering your winning membership for auction and, of course a big thanks to Mark (

SIMMS) for offering the prize draw!

Peeps! just in case you didn't notice this auction is in UK pounds sterling not dollars!

Current bid is 66.00 British pounds sterling = 129.13 US dollars - your all stars! (nb, this includes MissionFish and our mystery donation matcher)

Message edited by author 2008-06-18 12:47:11.

06/18/2008 09:00:26 AM · #16

Originally posted by Ecce Signum:

Current bid is 66.00 British pounds sterling = 129.13 US dollars - your all stars! (nb, this includes MissionFish and our mystery donation matcher)

Am I looking and bidding on the right auction? I just checked and the current bid was 22.00 Bps.

ETA: Well, I didn't like the number 22.

Message edited by author 2008-06-18 13:03:07.

06/18/2008 09:21:38 AM · #17

Originally posted by CEJ:

Originally posted by Ecce Signum:

Current bid is 66.00 British pounds sterling = 129.13 US dollars - your all stars! (nb, this includes MissionFish and our mystery donation matcher)

Am I looking and bidding on the right auction? I just checked and the current bid was 22.00 Bps.

ETA: Well, I didn't like the number 22.

Yes, you got the right auction :o) The figure Andi is quoting above is the current highest bid + eBay's 100% match of the highest bid + our mystery donaters match of the highest bid! Does that make sense? Any problems send me a PM Chris ;o)

06/18/2008 10:51:31 AM · #18

No problems...just seem to be easily confused lately.

06/19/2008 12:31:28 PM · #19

keep up the good work, everyone. The current bid stands at 26 British pounds. With the matching funds, that works out to about $160 to the charity! If you would like to increase the bid, here's the link. DPC Membership Auction

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

06/26/2008 09:11:04 PM · #20

Just over 15 hours to go in THE AUCTION!

The highest bid is currently Â£26 which means Â£78 or almost $160 will go to Rose's Tribute Fund! This is fantastic but it would be even more fantastic to see it get a few more bids in the last few hours! :o)

Thanks to all who have taken part so far :o)

Ecce_Signum

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/27/2008 10:55:32 AM · #21

Last bump of the auction, its gone up a fiver today and currently standing at Â£31!! thats approx $62 and with the bid matching the total will be almost $190.

Big thanks to Mark

Simms for the prize draw and to Steve

Brownsm for offering to auction his prize.

Less than 2 hours if you still want to bid folks ;)

zymurgy

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

06/27/2008 12:45:42 PM · #22

well, you did say i needed to renew my membership magoo ;)

Ecce_Signum

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/27/2008 12:52:29 PM · #23

Originally posted by zymurgy:

well, you did say i needed to renew my membership magoo ;)

Hey Duffers! your a star so I'll let you borrow the 100-400 for 30mins on Sunday ;)

Now all you need to do is start submitting :)

06/27/2008 12:53:03 PM · #24

SOLD! To dfitc (if your here, shout up) :o)

The highest bid was Â£32 ($64). Thanks to the eBay charity donations policy and our 'mystery' company that actually means that the total about the auction raised is Â£96 ($192)!!!!

Another BIG thanks to Mark

Simms for the prize draw and to Steve

Brownsm for offering to auction his prize.

Our fundraising total now stands at a fantastic Â£8,167.86!!!!