The Great Grex Auction!!!

Dec 3 22:19 UTC 2002

The Grex Auction will be opening soon! We're accepting donations for 
the seventh (I think) Great Grex Auction.  The auction is to raise 
money for Grex, so your donations go to a good cause.

Some of the things donated previously include: a homemade scarf/hat, 
baby papyrus plants, pans of fudge, board games, a dream catcher, bath 
salts, and various and sundry machines.

Do you have any interesting items lying around your house?  Anything 
neat you know how to make?  Any skill you'd be willing to share with 
other Grexers during a few hours of donated time?

You can enter your donations here or mail auction@cyberspace.org. Our 
operators are standing by!

response 2 of 23:

Dec 3 23:22 UTC 2002

I need a little feedback on what to donate:  I can do a women's bracelet like
last time, a men's bracelet, and or a slightly more fancy version of other's
coin purse (all chainmail stuff).

response 4 of 23:

Dec 4 04:36 UTC 2002

hey maybe whoever has the grexbat now ought to re-auction it.  Surely it will
bring a better price now than ever before.  Because of course the grex bat
is like fine wine, it gets better with age!

response 6 of 23:

Dec 4 14:37 UTC 2002

Re #1: There will indeed be an auction conference.  But go ahead and declare
donations here, so that when the conference starts, we'll have a bunch of
items to front-load it with.

Minimum bid on all auction items is $5, unless the donor declares a higher
amount.

response 8 of 23:

Dec 4 14:44 UTC 2002

(When the auction conference starts up, you can use the same wording
as last time around -- item #51 in the old auction cf -- and add that
I was a semifinalist in this year's Old Time Piano Playing Contest
in Peoria Illinois.)

response 10 of 23:

Dec 4 16:38 UTC 2002

There's a board game called "Bismark" in our garage.  This was donated by
someone to a previous Grex auction, and deposited at our house with a bunch
of other games.  All the rest went away, but this one didn't.  I find it hard
to believe that it feel through the cracks of Mark's elaborate auction
accounting, but if it isn't supposed to go to anyone, maybe putting it up
again would be good.  At least it would be out of our garage.  We also have
two classic "Galactically Boring - Grex" mugs (dark blue with the slogan in
white figlet font).  This is unsold Grex store inventory from years ago.  Might
be good to auction off.

Have to look around to see if we have anything to actually donate.

response 12 of 23:

Dec 5 01:01 UTC 2002

Re #7 Will you travel anywhere?

response 14 of 23:

Dec 5 01:28 UTC 2002

Given enough time Jim could probably bike out to central Illinois, but I think
the auction of his time had better be just for Ann Arbor (or within 10 miles,
anyway).  He can also attempt to repair various appliances but no guarantees,
you just rent him by the hour.

response 16 of 23:

Dec 5 15:33 UTC 2002

Okay, consider Jim to have offered his services with a minimum bid of
$10/hour, and you can bid for one or more hours and he is available for up
to 5 hours and usually charges at least $20/hour.  He can split his time up
between two or more people if they provide lunch to compensate for
transportation time (vegan but cookies are allowed too).  He does not like
to work on cars but will attempt (no guarantees) to fix anything electrical
and/or mechanical including stoves, clogged refrigerators, dehumidifiers with
stuck fans (he has a parts collection), furnaces, water heaters (can replace
valves), thermostats, Christmas tree lights, phones and phone lines - best
to ask first before bidding if you want him for something specific.  Also tape
decks and turntables but not usually receivers or CD players or VCRs (they
tend to need expensive parts).  He can also assemble kids' Christmas presents.

response 18 of 23:

Dec 6 03:05 UTC 2002

Re. #4 i have done some extensive research and i have found the mickey
(micklpkl) purchased the grexbat from aruba for $25

response 20 of 23:

Dec 6 08:48 UTC 2002

muieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee de la hckeri
muie de la hakceri din ROMANIA

response 22 of 23:

Dec 6 20:11 UTC 2002

Mine! My prrrreeesssshhhh-uuusssssh....