charity auction question

[kakashisenseiphil]

hi, me and my friends have all started collecting autographs and we all (ok mostly just me and a couple others) love giving to charity so we want to have a charity auction benefiting africa's children. we can't do ebay cuz we r only teens so what's the best way to have a live auction?plz reply
thank you,
kakashisensei

[20vt]

Get your parents to set up an ebay account would probably be the best bet.

Dave

[kakashisensei]

i would but i've been on ebay and tried to have my mom put up an auction but it takes money to.we don't know if any1 will buy it or not so i don't wanna waste money putting one up if no1 buys it.

[TheCollector]

Hi kakashisenseiphil

You really need to choose a charity to collect for, and then approach them direct to discuss it with them.

They might be able to advise you as to whether they can auction the photos you collect for you. Otherwise, if you want to do it totally off your own back and auction the items - then give the money to charity - you will have to pay the fees upfront, and deduct them from the cash you make.

To give you an example, a basic listing with no reserve on Ebay is only a few cents/pence.

Hope this helps!

Ian

[kakashisenseiphil]

umm...well...that sort of made no sense. who is they?i told my mom and she is thinking about where we could hold it

[RobinTreksPeru]

What Ian was saying was that YOU have to choose a SPECIFIC CHARITY to benefit rather than just a general one to help African Children.

Once you have chosen one, you contact them and ask if they can help auction the items for you, if not you have to list the items yourself and then deduct the costs of listing from your sales.

Listing an item starting at 99p in the UK with no reserve costs 15pence with an equivalent conversion into other currencies. Why don't you list ten items and see what happens? At worst you will have lost £1.50

Good Luck!!
Robin

[TheCollector]

Thanks Robin

That was exactly what I was trying to say

Ian

[kakashisenseiphil]

thanx robin!now i get it. the charity i chose was 'keep a child alive'
also i live in the US so i dont know anything about UK currency. sry

[celebrityfan]

Hey, I'm going to 'translate' Robin's last message into dollars for you.

Listing an item starting at 99p ($1.68 ) in the UK with no reserve costs 15p ($0.25) with an equivalent conversion into other currencies. Why don't you list ten items and see what happens? At worst you will have lost £1.50 ($2.54)

Hope this helps!

[RobinTreksPeru]

thanks celebrityfan...i meant to do that. i tell you, if my head wasnt screwed on...