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RE: NFC: RE: Time for an Auction....
Aquabid is fine with me.
And, I'm for a public auction personally, because of the exposure.
And a Free membership with $17.00 or above winning bid is a nice idea
as well. I think it should apply to all members too as well as
prospective new members.
Instead of making the auction on the NFC LIST a every so often thingy,
just encourage members to post auctions on the board at their will.
Thoughts on continuous auctions :
Members wishing to auction of items for NFC donations will need to go
to www.aquabid.com and register. Might as well post an item or two
and tell us about it.
Of course Rules for Aquabid will need to apply.
Standard rules for NFC should apply, what ever they are, such as a
portion of proceeds be sent to the NFC when sale is complete.
Overall management on the HONOR SYSTEM? (my opinion is yes, but, I
suspect that auctions would be easy enough to watch, but keeping track
of actual donations is most important.)
Checks sent in donation to NFC needs to carry item # on it, then the
Treasurer can keep track simply by recording the check, who it's from,
item number and amount :)
I would allow list members to email their auctions to the list, so
members can be made aware of such auctions. So, just items would be
mentioned on the list!
Well, I'll sign up and setup a couple of items with Daphnia and algae
and let you know what happens... All to the NFC minus
shipping/handling,
I do see Charles A's point of view too. So, how about, one more
regular NFC auction, and regardless, Aquabid becomes the home of NFC
Auctions at large...
Prelim NFC Auction :
NATIVE FISH CONSERVANCY AUCTION (MANUAL ADDITION)
START: SATURDAY, 090101 at 12:01 AM
END: SATURDAY 090701 at 11:59 AM
BIDS are made by email to mailto:nfc at actwin_com and use the item # to
place a bid on that item.
Seller's are responsible to receive payments from winning Bidders, and
forward donation to NFC.
Reports of bids will occur once a day.
Items presently posted:
100% to the NFC Price Includes delivery...
ITEM #1 (1) 2lb worm pack includes delivery retail $28.95 (100% to
the NFC Price Includes delivery...)
Item # 2 (1) Hardcover Book brand new Inland Fisheries ecology and
management retail
$129 isbn# 92-5-104545-3 (100% to the NFC Price Includes delivery...)
Item #3 (1) Lot of 10 Blue Gill(They're suppose to be anyway) 1" to 2
" Average size. Minimum Bid $10.00. Shipping and handling
responsibility of buyer - $5.50 box + actual shipping charges for at
least 2 day delivery either FedEx or UPS to your location. (all
proceeds to NFC minus Shipping & box)
Item #4 (1) Plankton Start up kit:
Including Daphnia magna starter culture, 200 micron screen with
handmade sieve, powdered plankton feed, and eye dropper. Minimum bid
$8.95 - price includes shipping. (all proceeds to NFC minus Shipping)
70/30 Split 70 being the seller items....
Please submit your Auction items ASAP :)
Feel free to add/donate items....
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Sachs Systems Aquaculture
1185 Thompson Bailey Road
St. Augustine FL 32084
PHONE: (904) 824 - 6308
ICQ : 4216428
EMAIL: Mailto:Deano at AquacultureStore_com
web : http://www.AquacultureStore.com
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Sachs Systems Aquaculture
1185 Thompson Bailey Road
St. Augustine FL 32084
PHONE: (904) 824 - 6308
ICQ : 4216428
EMAIL: Mailto:Deano at AquacultureStore_com
web : http://www.AquacultureStore.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nfc at actwin_com [mailto:owner-nfc at actwin_com]On Behalf Of
robert a rice
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:17 PM
To: nfc at actwin_com
Subject: Re: NFC: RE: Time for an Auction....
Nice research Paul....
Looks like a private auction on either site would be good. So shall we
make it an NFC only auction ? Or perhaps dare I say a public auction
that
include memberships say for all bids over 17$ ? Just some things to
bounce around...
In reality the manual auction while fun for many causes list
membership
to drop dramatically due to the volume of posts that non bidders have
to
sort through...So I'd like to try an auction on one of the two sites
and
see how it goes. I'd prefer Aquabid because I figure Mark has done a
fair
amount to help us over the years so we should send him some business
if
we can...
Robert Rice
NFC president
www.nativefish.org
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:30:49 -0400 "Paul Sachs"
<deano at aquaculturestore_com> writes:
> I've looked over Aquabid and just finished EBAY. Either are usable
> options. We can use ebay or Aquabid, and some thoughts on the
> matter
> are below.
>
> #1/2 Ebay can be set up as private auction or general and the
> category that fits is "Home & Garden > Pet Supplies". It would
> make
> things easier overall doing it this way.
>
> #1 If we use Aquabid (Ebay), then each "seller" should register
> themselves, and submit their items.
> We could demark those items by using the PREFIX "NFC" to start the
> subject line (item description) and the terms(Unless made
> private)...
> 30/70 split, all to NFC or such, as well as shipping cost is added
> to
> the item individually.. If we use the same prefix, we should be
> able
> to pull up all the auctions for NFC using either's search
> capabilities.
>
> #2 bid made would be kept up and noticeable at a glance :) no
> extra
> work.
>
> #3 items can go on sale at the will of the seller.
>
> #4 Exposure to NFC would be excellent.
>
> #5 Downside: Aquabid makes their money off of postings as well as
> Sales? Then this will add cost to the items. Of course if this is
> similar to EBAY, then why not just add that to the price or
> handling,
> or donation.
>
> #5a Seller's will need a credit card (I know for Ebay, but Aquabid
> probably too.)
>
> #6. Does Ebay carry live animals? I'll go look. They do: go
> look:::
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1268439642
>
> That is if a private auction can be done, or only bidders from NFC.
> If that's possible, then why not do it that way, and each seller
> can
> post their own items, and bids will be updated automatically
> (whatever
> Aquabid (Ebay does.) Or, if we desire more exposure, then it
> would
> generate exposure to NFC.
>
> I'm all for supporting Aquabid as well.
>
> Last comment: If a manual auction is desired, then I will be
> posting
> once a day to the list.
>
> Manual Auction to start 090101 12:01 AM and go until 090701 11:59
> PM
> :)
>
> If Ebay auction or Aquabid auction then let's discuss a little
> more..
> Or we can do a pilot auction and see. I haven't look much at
> Aquabid,
> but I will sign up this evening, and explore a bit more.
>
> I remember you mentioning Aquabid before RR. If so, any light on
> the
> above content from that quarter? Or, open the auction to the
> public,
> and go for the advertising as well?
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Sachs Systems Aquaculture
> 1185 Thompson Bailey Road
> St. Augustine FL 32084
>
> PHONE: (904) 824 - 6308
> ICQ : 4216428
> EMAIL: Mailto:Deano at AquacultureStore_com
> web : http://www.AquacultureStore.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nfc at actwin_com [mailto:owner-nfc at actwin_com]On Behalf
> Of
> JCapelle
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 5:03 AM
> To: nfc at actwin_com
> Subject: Re: NFC: RE: Time for an Auction....
>
>
>
> Wait until the auction you'll see.
> >I vote for manuel, more fun that way....
>
> >Who's Manuel?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fiesta Cranberry" <FiestaCranberry at webtv_net>
> To: <nfc at actwin_com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 11:42 PM
> Subject: Re: NFC: RE: Time for an Auction....
>
>
> > >I vote for manuel, more fun that way....
> >
> > Who's Manuel?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Robert Rice
NFC president
www.nativefish.org
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