2008 Purrs in our Hearts Christmas Auction for Paws Inn UPDATE UPDATE

[maryas]

Pleased that this thread has reimerged 
work work work always something to do 

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Hurry up Gill before it starts snowing 

Dawn - get ready for him this year and win 

Mary

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Pleased that this thread has reimerged 

Just save stuff to put on auction and am just waiting for main calendar rush to be over so can announce who gets the money this year.......must set the dates but need to go to post office to check final dates for posting and costs lol.

Work work work always something to do 

[Dawn F]

I think it might have been Dave who got my water fountain

[maryas]

OH i love the bidding wars 

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Wars indeed - I was talking to Leigh on the phone last night and he's still going on at me for the ornament I won against him last year!!     

Not seen anything of Dave either after winning the bracelet against him!!     

Mary

[CarolM (Wendolene)]

As long as there are Mugs me and Gwen will have a bidding frenzy - still using one of the pair we split last year but need more -

OH has commandeered the mug from the pair you split with me last year so I'll be in the bidding frenzy too

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

OH i love the bidding wars 

[Tan]

I love Auction time 

Tell ya wat wonderful Purrs folks, if you know of anyone, local shop or online cat site that may donate an item for our auction. ie anything cat related or not! That would be great to add more items and get more money for the rescue. oh and of course bidding wars 

Just be like Sir Bob and beg beg beg for auction items 

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

sounds great witty 

[Reynard]

I had better get me into the garage and start working if I'm going to have items ready for the auction...

My intention is to put in some handmade wooden witchy / pagan items; certainly a wand or two and a wood & slate athame. If I get the time (not guaranteed), maybe a set of runes as well.

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Thats wonderful Miss Cissy and please tell your meowmy to look at the new Zooplus thread in the members area 

[Liz]

Miss Cissy from the Clan Cats here - have been observing Mummy at this thing so thought I would give it a paw

This will be our first Christmas in a real home not out in a cold scarey barn with no humans so not sure what the auction is but the others are saying we get lots of nice things from it so we are hoping that there will be something for us.

I must say Mummy spends a lot of time in our study playing with this thing so it must be good she ordered something from Zooplus just for me I am getting a real sheepskin bed befitting an older feral lady least thats what Mummy said and Sweetie has one and also another radiator bed for our study so me, ragamuffin and Smudger can have one each instead of trying to share - heat is a wonderful thing you know it comes from radiators!

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

I have a couple of things that have been donated for the auction 

Its terrible but we are only about 6 or 7 weeks away from the start...........sigh

[Stuart]

weh hey !!! im sure I have a few things to donate, cant remember what though ??
oh yes I'll have some Memory for your pootars to auction off, and anything else I can remember   

[Tiggy's Mum]

Oooh, how exciting 

The boys will be donating a few things and have saved their pocket money to buy some new things too 

[Sam (Fussy_Furball)]

As long as there are Mugs me and Gwen will have a bidding frenzy - still using one of the pair we split last year but need more - don't tell Robin though he doesn't understand the Shoes, handbag and Mug thing!

Fear not Liz .... I have a couple of mugs already lined up for the auction 

[Liz]

As long as there are Mugs me and Gwen will have a bidding frenzy - still using one of the pair we split last year but need more - don't tell Robin though he doesn't understand the Shoes, handbag and Mug thing!

[Christine (Blip)]

Great news  I've saved a couple of items over the last few months and will get my bidding skills honed up 

[maryas]

 

Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Mary

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Hi to everyone on Purrs and especially the members who have joined us in 2008  

Purrs in our Hearts will be TWO YEARS old in November and this will be our 4th annual auction the  3rd one on Purrs. We made so much money last year for the lucky rescue  this is gonna be hard to beat   

Right to business, our annual auction will once again in be late November/early December with all the proceeds  going to a rescue on Purrs before Christmas and I would be sooooooooooo grateful if all you fantastic people would start saving things to be put up for auction. They can be cat related items or not and must be able to go through the post. If its not cat related we like you to dream up a sorta cat related description to make things lots of fun 

How does it work I hear all the newbies ask hehehehehe!

Well is really easy and just soooooooooo much fun. 

Everyone who has something to be auctioned takes a piccie if possible    and then posts it up  in the place we provide together with a description. And then all the peeps start to bid on it when I say start.   The highest bid wins as at the closing date and time...........we are very precise and the time finishes on the second by the Purrs clock 

The owner of the item pays the postage and the winner pays Purrs the amount they have bid and the postage.  Yes you added that up right the postage gets paid twice , cos its the only way we can make this work and it makes more money   for the rescue
Once the money is in then the person who has the item sends it to the winner and gets a certificate of posting. 

Anyway enough of all the little details, they will be put up in big detail much closer to the starting date which I still have to decide 

Also the rescue  to receive the money will be announced later but you will know who that is before the auction starts.   

If you want to see the fun that we had last year look under fundraising and the 2007 auction. People arent crazy here they are just mad.    We will be auctioning for two weeks again this year which is just the purrrrrrfectly right amount of time. 

We thought we did so well  last year and we were just stunned by the generosity of people and I hope that this year we can be stunned again and help a lot of needy cats for Christmas.   

So dont forget...........NOVEMBER 2008/DECEMBER 2008 ..............for the Purrs in our Hearts Auction.