[meteorite-list] Re: Raffle, The Tally Fail

From: Notkin <geoking_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 21 11:51:12 2005
Message-ID: <7EF5EF56-2AB7-11DA-AF7B-000393593854_at_notkin.net>

Marcin posted:

> Sorry list by my charity auction was removed second time by eBay, so I
> must
> stop doing this becouse it have no sense.

Dear Marcin and List:

Thanks to you, Marcin, and Stan Turecki for trying to run these
meteorite charity auctions on Ebay in conjunction with our raffle. Ebay
closed down Stan's auction as well. I haven't seen so many petty
regulations since I was at military school in England : )

It is possible to set up charity auctions on Ebay, but you have to do
it their way (surprise) which is through MissionFish. I agree with Stan
that MissionFish appears to be a *for* profit entity, and that smells
very MissionFishY to me.

I think we all know what Ebay's top priority is, and it ain't charity.

Thanks for trying.


Best,

Geoff N.
Received on Wed 21 Sep 2005 11:50:55 AM PDT