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 How long will the auction run? The auction will go live July 11th and run through August 3rd. The drawing, which will be posted live at board.barenaked.net will be held the weekend of August 6th. The results will be posted here on board.barenaked.net. Where will the money go? 100% of the money collected goes to the Joe Self Help fund to assist former BNL security guard Joe Self and his family. To learn more about his situation, visit joeselfhelp.com. How do I make a donation? Click on the banner and make your donation directly to the Joe Self Help Fund. They will send you an email confirmation which will include your name, address, email, amount of donation, and a transaction number. FORWARD this email directly to DaWezl@aol.com and note where you would like to apply your tickets. Any donations made to this fund from it’s inception until the end of the auction will be eligible. How will I know that my confirmation note has been received? You will receive a confirmation directly from Nancy L. (DaWezl@aol.com) within approximately 24 hours, depending on the amount of bids made on a given day. (In the initial rush of bids, it may take slightly longer for me to process all of them) I will specify the amount received, as well as the items that your tickets have been applied to. If any of this information is wrong, please reply to this email to correct it. How will I bid for specific items? When you forward your confirmation email, make a note of the way you would like your tickets distributed. For example, Susan would write: Item #2 – 3 tickets Item #7 – 2 tickets I just want to make a donation—I don’t need to get any tickets. That’s fine, and we are truly grateful for your assistance towards a good cause. But, even more fun is when you go onto one of the BNL boards and find someone who doesn’t have money to bid, and assign your tickets to them! You end up doing TWO good deeds! If you would like to assign your tickets, just make a note of it on the form, and you will receive further instructions on how to assign the tickets to another person. Can I change my mind about the items I’ve bid on? Until the auction closes on August 3rd, most changes WITHIN REASON can be accommodated. Email me at DaWezl@aol.com to discuss. After the 3rd, the actual drawings will be physically prepared, so no changes can be made. I only have $20 to bid right now. What if I get $80 next week? If you donate additional amounts, you are credited for your total overall donation, so in this instance, you would have 25 additional tickets to apply to items. How many people bid on the item I want? I will be posting regular updates on board.barenaked.net with overall ticket totals for each item. This will give you a sense of your overall chances for the items you are bidding on. But remember! Since it’s a random drawing, everyone has a chance at winning, even if they only put one ticket into the pool! I live in the UK. Can I bid? If you live outside of the US, you may bid on any item. There will be no additional charge for shipping to other countries. Donations must be made in US$ however. Wasn’t this done before? Yes. In January 2005, we held an auction to raise money to help Tsunami victims. $3100 was raised for Unicef. In September of the same year, another auction was held to help out victims of Hurricane Katrina, and $2850 was raised. There is an archive of the second auction at www.dawezl.com/auction.html How will I know if I win? Winners will be notified via email immediate after their names are drawn. The email will specify who will be shipping your item, and will provide a contact email address for that person. Please make sure that the email you provide is one that you can receive mail at. While every attempt will be made to establish contact prior to the drawing via the confirmation email, we cannot be held responsible if the email provided is non-functioning. What’s this I hear about 2nd Chance Prizes? It’s true! A small number of additional prizes are drawn from all of the tickets entered. These are surprise items, and may or may not have a BNL connection. I have a great item! Can I donate it to the auction? Once the auction goes live, it’s too hard to add major items to the auction. If the item you have is valuable, you can always auction it off on Ebay and donate the proceeds, or you can keep an eye out to see if we do another auction in the future. If the item is on the smaller side, it would make a great 2nd chance prize. Email me at DaWezl@aol.com if you are interested. Is the drawing going to be webcast? Probably not. I’m not saying “No”, but it’s unlikely, as it’s hard enough to set up all the drawings, plus I don’t have a working web camera. If you are set upon this being fully live, and you are within 40 minutes of Hartford, drop me a line and we’ll chat. |
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