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popcorn
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Auction Recap
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Aug 27 19:03 UTC 1996 |
Now that it's all done, what did you think of the Grex auction?
It brought in about $1100 of income to Grex. It gave a lot of people who
don't do JCC sales a way to support Grex.
Also, I thought it was fun.
I suppose it goes without saying that anything that brings $1100 in to Grex
is a Good Thing. I'd like to know what we can do to make the next auction
even better.
Did you join the auction conference? If so, thanks! If not, what would
have convinced you to go look at it?
If you joined the auction conference, did you donate and/or bid on anything?
If you did, thanks much! If not, what would have convinced you to do it?
Thanks again to everybody who donated something to the auction and everybody
who bid on things in the auction. A special big thanks to Mark Conger, for
doing lots of extra treasurer work, to Rob Argy for dealing with lots of
auctioned-off stuff from Grex's JCC pile, to Jan Wolter, for keeping running
totals and other statistics, and extra-big thanks to Rob Henderson, for many
things, including doing an amazing job of keeping track of which items were
available, closing, or sold.
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popcorn
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response 1 of 31:
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Aug 27 19:03 UTC 1996 |
(This item is now linked from coop 105 to auction 79.)
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bjorn
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response 2 of 31:
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Aug 27 19:07 UTC 1996 |
I believe that this conference was run just fine as it as. I had only a
little trouble actually receiving the item I bid on, and donating was easy.
Though I do think it might be better if merely entering the item of donation
were permissible.
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jenna
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response 3 of 31:
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Aug 27 20:18 UTC 1996 |
No more group items ??? those were confusing. Maybe I'd have donated
some money if I had some money to donate. But I'd be more likely
to buy a membership if I did. Stil I thought it as run pretty well,
and I'm glad it masde so much money, and I think you should definitely
do it again next year.
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scott
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response 4 of 31:
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Aug 27 23:11 UTC 1996 |
The auction was Great! I just wish I'd had something cool to donate.
Thanks to Valerie and Robh for doing this. :)
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selena
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response 5 of 31:
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Aug 28 00:26 UTC 1996 |
I didn't join, 'cause I thought it was tacky.
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carl
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response 6 of 31:
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Aug 28 00:55 UTC 1996 |
I missed it, since I was catching up on other conferences. All the
things I would have bid on were sold by the time I caught up. I'll
definitely tune in for the next one!
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popcorn
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response 7 of 31:
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Aug 28 02:01 UTC 1996 |
Re 3: Definitely! Having one item with a bunch of Stuff was confusing.
Next time we'll put the Stuff into separate items.
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scg
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response 8 of 31:
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Aug 28 03:53 UTC 1996 |
I liked it. Unfortunately, I didn't have anything cool to donate, but I bid
on lots of things (all of which I got outbidded on, meaning that I was able
to increase the amount of money that went to Grex without actually having to
pay anything. Cool!).
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nephi
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response 9 of 31:
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Aug 28 05:13 UTC 1996 |
Heh. I still have money to pay . . . A copule hundred dollars, I think.
(Yipes!)
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tsty
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response 10 of 31:
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Aug 28 08:24 UTC 1996 |
ooooh, thakxx for the reminder .. ahve to go read auction again.
from what i remember, it was great!! thankxx to all who kept reading ...
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tsty
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response 11 of 31:
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Aug 28 08:43 UTC 1996 |
hmmmm, missed a thing or two by my absence and a +$0.50 late bid that
was let stand. oh, well.
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adbarr
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response 12 of 31:
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Aug 30 21:01 UTC 1996 |
I still owe $7.51 for a book, but paid all else.
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denise
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response 13 of 31:
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Sep 1 21:34 UTC 1996 |
Hmm, I participated!! And will be going up for my week in WVa
this fall sometime, I hope! Though I didn't send in the rest of
my payment for my other items yet--too much else going on and I
forgot til just now. I'll see if I can find the address yet again
[I still owe $31.50] and assume I will get my remaining items after
I send in my $$. Sorry about the delay!!
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popcorn
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response 14 of 31:
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Sep 2 03:15 UTC 1996 |
The address to send payments to is:
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 ****************
Thanks!
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arthurp
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response 15 of 31:
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Sep 9 03:18 UTC 1996 |
It was great. The group items were hard to follow. It was fun, and I would
have bid on an XT if Steve had put it up. ;) The stuff doesn't have to be
cool in your eyes. Someone will want it...
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snafu
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response 16 of 31:
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Sep 9 04:10 UTC 1996 |
true, true. I enjoyed following it.. saw a few things I would have bid on, but
got there too late. oh well. I'll have to keep up on things better next time..
There will be a next time, right? Oh, a suggestion for group items: put each
thing for sale in it's own seperate item, even if you have two of one thing.
better to have a few more items to read than having to try to sort all of them
out...
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janc
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Sep 9 16:34 UTC 1996 |
I think multiple identical things in the same item works fine. Lots of
people would be confused by separate items, accidentally getting two of them
when they only wanted to be sure to get one, and if the users followed the
opitmum strategy (always placing your bid in the item with the lowest current
high bid), then it would end up being almost exactly the same as a single
item, only more difficult to follow.
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bjorn
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response 18 of 31:
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Sep 10 17:17 UTC 1996 |
I'm still waiting on confirmation of someone's payment, sos I can ship the
item he won to himm.
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robh
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response 19 of 31:
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Sep 10 18:16 UTC 1996 |
I'm waiting on several payments for these games that are still
sitting here in my living room.
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popcorn
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response 20 of 31:
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Sep 10 20:27 UTC 1996 |
We need to sit down with the various lists and figure out who still needs to
send in money for which items....
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tsty
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response 21 of 31:
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Sep 11 17:34 UTC 1996 |
i JUST heard fro freida ... i'm guessing i wil send the pics back to her
even though someone wanted to see them first ... oh, well.
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freida
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response 22 of 31:
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Sep 12 14:14 UTC 1996 |
Yup! Freida finally made it back after being in MD working on the mural for
6 weeks! Robh, have your sis give me a ring or write me a letter or email
me about what kind of painting she would like to have. Or she could send me
several photos which could be incorporated into a painting...remember to tell
her that I do not do people yet! Otherwise, anything else is okay.
Denise, please feel free to let me know when you would like your week's
stay...I'm looking forward to it!
I thought the auction was run really well and I was happy I could donate and
purchase stuff to help out grex. I agree that there should be no multiple
listings...like with the books. Each item should be seperate...yet, I also
agree with janc, that like items should be listed in the same item. I had
lots of fun participating in the auction!
BTW, robh, your sister could look at my paintings on the web...nephi scanned
some of them in for me and you can see them at
http://mike.accessus.net/pics/freida
If anyone does look at them, you will have to let me know what you think!
GREAT JOB on the GREAT GREX AUCTION! Again, thanks!
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srw
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Sep 17 07:16 UTC 1996 |
Freida! welcome back.
I looked at a few of Mike's scans. Those are big scans. i didn't have time
to d/l too many, but I really liked the 3-d cinder block effect that I saw
in #20. Cool. What an interesting treatment.
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russ
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response 24 of 31:
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Sep 17 15:03 UTC 1996 |
I looked at a few. My impression: nice artwork, but the photographer
needs to learn about lighting and glare.
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