Donated by TS Taylor (tsty): A t-shirt and ceramic beverage mug. Before you get all enthused about this there is more, yes, *more* to this than would ordinarily be considered. Photographically imprinted onto either will be the IMAGE OF YOUR CHOICE! And this image can be photographically printed onto either the front or back of the t-shirt .. or printed for a left-hander or right=hander on the ceramic beverage mug. And you receive your original image returned to you unscathed. Any computer image in jsut about any format ( i can convert about 40 different types) - Any photograph (not film negative, sorry, the transfer is exhorbitantly expensive) you have of any reasonable size, any film positive (like a large-format slide, larger than 35mm) will work just fine. The smallest real-life image that will fill the space available is approx 1.25 inches on it's shortest axis. (like the center section of a drug store print) For a slightly higher bid, you may also have two lines of text superimposed over the image, either across the top/bottom or up/down the left/right edge, as you should specify, or a combination up/left/bottom/down/right/top. don't worry about breaking anything ... the Borg has seen the ugliest mug in existence (last Nov. i think) and its stil intact after all this time. Ummmm, it had my face on it .... <g> ... and my email address, fwiw. You could choose a baseball cap, or 2x3 keychain, or 3 in round button, or a 1 Milliion dollar bill, or something else, but t-shirts and mugs seem to be the most useful. Two items total are hereby offered. These are really great for gifts or memorial thingies -or to display your own artistic creativities. [To clarify: The two highest bidders each get one item. -vm] TS -- What's the status of shipping these? Are you paying, or would the person buying the item pay for shipping?40 responses total.
$10
$12
as for delivery, if it's somewhat local to A2 the winnerz and i can work it out. remember, the winnerz have to get some sort of picture to me to print onto the mug or shirt. i guess i could split the shippng costs if shipping is required.
$14.
The two current bids are $14 from freida and $12 from aruba. The last bid was made three days ago.
$13.
BTW, TS made me a mug the other night with a whole bunch of signatures on it. It came out very well.
The current bids are $14 from freida, and $13 from denise. The last bid was made on 5-24.
<<hope that aruba's gift to a job-changing friend was a neat gift>>
It was. He liked it a lot, and so did everyone who saw it.
The bids from freida and denise will become final tomorrow. Going, going, ...
I bid $20. Am I in time?
Her bid was at 11 PM, yours was at 6 PM. No problem. The bidding remains open.
$$21.
Two top bidders will win. At #12 the top bidders were Chanur and Freida. At #14 the top bidders are Freida and Chanur. Am I missing something? What does Freida hope to gain by that higher bid?
I have no idea, but I'm not about to stop her. >8)
Non-equal bids are important, so if someone topped hers, there's no dispute over which of the two equal bids is second.
Well, it was my understanding that it was a t-shirt or a cup that we were bidding on. High bidder, in my assumption, gets the choice. I want the t-shirt!, therefore, I place the high bid to get choice...understand?
high-bid-gets-choice sounds reasonable to me. ummmm, this also could
add some confusion, perhaps.
ummmmmm ........ hmmmmm .... <think happens> ..... !lightbulb
what does the assembled multitude think of this:
the two high bids can each choose one of the objects de art?
that might result in 2 t-shirts being produced, 2 ceramic mugs or
one mug and one t-shirt. any of those three outcomes are acceptable
to me.
thoughts?
Sounds like the best way to do it.
The current bids ar $21 from freida, and $20 from chanur. The most recent bid was made on 6-2.
<<any of those outcomes *is* (not "are" <duh, dummy>) acceptable to me>>
$22 (sorry to enter late into this, but I just thought of something I want on a mug. I'm having several friends sign a piece of paper, and have that put on a mug, to give to a friend.)
That's just like the one TS made for me, Betsy, and it came out great.
The current bids are $22 from bentley and $21 from freida. The most recent bid was made on 6-7.
One day to go until bentley and freida get the items. Going, going, ...
I'll make a bid of $23.
$24
Current bids are $24 from freida and $23 from denise. The most recent bid was made yesterday.
While I decide whether to raise my bid or not, I have a question: What is the usual charge for transferring a photo/whatever onto a mug, anyway? (Yes, I know, the money is going to Grex, which is a very very good cause; but I might want to have more mugs done in the future, and I want to know whether I can afford to).
Yes, I would like to know the cost of doing same to T-shirts!
ummm, later for that info - (or email me directly) - and the reason for that is because this conference and this item is for the purpose of growing some grex dollars rather than using this platform for hyping my company and furnishing my bank account. i do appreciate the interest, sincerely, but this is notthe time nor place.
<robh appreciates tsty's efforts at keeping the conference "clean"> The most recent bid was made three days ago.
isn't it also theoretically illegal, or at any rate against many ISP's "fair use" policies, to advertise? (except, of course, on established Web channels) (or am i all confoozled about that?)
Most ISPs have no problem with advertising, if you're paying them. Most free Web page providers will slam you hard if you even try it.
Well, there's the point, I guess... if you pay the service, you can advert.
I wasn't asking for a public answer. I figured I'd ask, and if tsty felt like telling me, he would, either publicly or privately.
yes, i'll answer emailed questions. back to THE AUCTION-ACTION!
A little over an hour to go before the bids become final. Anyone?
And that's it! The bidding is closed, the item is SOLD to
freida for $24 and denise for $23. Congratulations!
freida and denise, make your check payable to
Cyberspace Communications and send it to:
Cyberspace Communications, Inc. ****************
P.O. Box 4432 * NEW ADDRESS! *
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-4432 ****************
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