INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PURRS GRAND CHRISTMAS AUCTION 2007 with all money going to
Eight Lives Left Cat and Kitten Rescue run by Lesley.
This is our third Annual Christmas Auction, the first was on our beloved Cat Chat and then Purrs was started to enable last years auction to run after CC closed its doors. Although it recently re-opened its doors it is now only for Rescue, Rehoming and Health problems and Purrs is proud to say that in the last year we have raised over £5000 for needy cats and kittens on this site.
A great big thank you to everyone
Please help and support the auction. It will be great fun especially if we can get all our CC mates to join us and support Lesley.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE AUCTION The auction will start on Sunday 25 November at 1500 hrs and close on Sunday 9 December at 1900 hrs which allows time for all payments to be made to Lesley before Christmas and a quick sprint to the Post Office to catch the last of second class or first class Christmas post.
How to auction All postable items can be put up for auction. No items can be listed until 25 November at 1500hrs.........when I will say open for bidding or some such phrase
Everyone with items to be auctioned, please start a new thread under the 2007 Christmas Auction section (a separate new thread for each item) as follows:
The subject of the thread needs to be the item name.
In the message box you need to give a clear description of the item, with a picture if possible (items sell better with a pic!), the start price if there is one and any other useful information!!
It is suggested that where it is not actually a cat related item you come up with a witty way of linking it to cats.
Remember dear peeps that the aim is to sell sell sell..........ummmmmm did I steal that no Tan did
..............and get as much money as possible.
Last year the auctioneers agreed very kindly to cover the postage and packing costs of the items to be sent to the winning bidders. The P&P stated by the auctioneer will then be added to the winning bid amount when the auctions close and this total will be paid by the winning bidder direct to Lesley to add to her funds.
Please could you post on each of your auction threads the cost of P&P of the item.
Thanks very much.
Postage and packing rates etc Letter
Length: 240mm max
Width: 165mm max
Thickness: 5mm max
Weight 0 - 100g 1ST = 34p 2ND=24p
Large letter
Length: 353mm max
Width: 250mm max
Thickness: 25mm max
Weight 0-100g 1ST =48p 2ND =40p
Weight 101-250g 1ST =70p 2ND =60p
Weight 251-500g 1ST =98p 2ND =83p
Weight 501-750g 1ST =142p 2ND =120p
Packet
Length: over 353mm
Width: over 250mm
Thickness: over 25mm
Weight 0-100g 1ST =109p 2ND =92p
Weight 101-250g 1ST =138p 2ND =120p
Weight 251-500g 1ST =184p 2ND =152p
Weight 501-750g 1ST =238p 2ND =192p
Weight 751-1000g 1ST =292p 2ND =230p
A certificate of posting must be obtained for any items where the original monetary value is under £25 and it goes by letter or packet post.
With a higher original monetary value or size putting it into a different category the P&P together with the cost of post office insurance to cover the value should be calculated, this is not much extra. Your post offices should be able to advise you on all aspects of this.
Rules for bidding Once the auctioneers start threads with the auction items, the bidding can commence as soon as an item is posted. Of course you must bid higher than the one before
The highest bid at 1900hrs on 9 December will be the winner of the item and all bidders undertake to pay the full amount immediately to Lesley, and on receipt of the money the item will be dispatched first or second class immediately so that it arrives before Christmas, subject to any snail-like posties!
On 9 December at 1900 hrs when all the auctions end, there will be instructions on how to send your money to Lesley and how to contact the Auctioneer with your address for your winning item.
At the end of each day Gill or Tan will summarize the top bids for each item and the current winning bidder in a separate summary thread or in the best way we can do it
Not only is this a serious auction for a great cause but it is of course total madness and we expect everyone to act accordingly, so loads of fun can be had by all, I am not mad but she is!!
Good luck to everyone, have a great time, lets see some great items up for auction and may the best woman win! Oooops did I say woman? I meant person , of course
Any questions ask Gill, noooooooooo ask Tan, well, whoever ! Our email addys are in our profiles if we haven?t deleted them from overuse .
Any public questions should be posted on the special Chatting about the Auction thread, as this one is for information only and will be locked.....................Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy MODS stay off this thread, back in your cages
Lets hope we can raise an amazing amount of money this year and thank you in advance to everyone who auctions and bids
