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Subject: The Bungie/HBO Auction!

i keep my posts clean, please do the same =].

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Good Painting Bungie! I'm bidding

  • 10.27.2005 11:29 AM PDT
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Yes its nice you are doing this bungie but don't forgot about the victims of wilma yea they had a beating

  • 10.27.2005 12:09 PM PDT

Thats really cool that you are doing this for those people in need.
Keep up the good work.

  • 10.27.2005 12:44 PM PDT

July 15, 2008... The day the timer stood still.

awwwwwwwwwwww, man. i want all that stuff! too bad i just blew away $50 on battlefield 2!

  • 10.27.2005 12:45 PM PDT
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awesome
i call dibs on the poster!!!!

  • 10.27.2005 12:45 PM PDT
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On the "jam board" there's a little design that says "Spartan Oddball." That would make an amazing shirt. Why don't you put that on a hoodie and put in the Bungie store?

  • 10.27.2005 12:50 PM PDT
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HAHAHHAHAHAHA!
SOMEBODY IS GONNA MAKE MONEY OFF THIS!
LOL
Quote: "90% of the final sale price will support American Red Cross"
I wonder were the other 10% goes to?

hell, if a painting makes 100,000, who is gonna get 10% of it?
lol

  • 10.27.2005 12:57 PM PDT
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FIRST POST!!!!

  • 10.27.2005 1:01 PM PDT
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wow great suff you guys got there, im gonna try to bid on the big master chief art cause thats tight. Its cool how bungie does all of this charity. btw i got my 29 in ts today

  • 10.27.2005 1:01 PM PDT
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good luck on it though. I find it funny that only 90% is going to the red cross. O well, bungie has to make a lil money off there stuff right?

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  • 10.27.2005 1:07 PM PDT
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You should always sell bungie's rare stuff for charity, It's not like you've got a shortage of people who want to buy your stuff!

Do a new auction every month for a different charity every time. you can claim that idea if you want, go on, you know it makes sense.

  • 10.27.2005 1:12 PM PDT

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DARN! I wish i had 10 grand to buy all of them! MUAHAHAH

You can tell that the ebay account is someone from bungie or HBO. oooooo

  • 10.27.2005 1:22 PM PDT
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Oooh Martys going to be angry with you guys. He might even be mad enough to go throw a fit in that little sound proof booth of his (or at least ill bet thats what you guys are hoping)

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  • 10.27.2005 1:32 PM PDT
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I want to buy just this box:

Halo 2 Collector Tin (Includes Halo Master Chief and Halo 2 Master Chief)

Where can I get it? Please help.

  • 10.27.2005 1:51 PM PDT
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Right now, time for me bungie fan boy to start buying some of this stuff, i will use my 360 money, and some $1000 i haver in the bank to buy i few things, not the toys thorugh, beacuse I have them all Up to date :)

  • 10.27.2005 1:55 PM PDT
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Well, I work for eBay.

The 10% is the typical amount most charity auctions folks/entities take to cover their costs. It is an estimated percentage since there is no way to really determine how much the actual cost will be. Also, when the item is listed they need to specify the % from the very beginning.

Can you imagine the example you gave, something sells for 100k and there is no provision to cover the cost? The person auctioning the item will have to come up with at least $1500 + just for the final value fee. They said the shipping is free. But can you imagine you having to pay $1000.00 to ship the statue to somewhere in Japan?

The thing is, the higher the dollar amount goes, the more there will be a left over after covering costs with the 10% not given to charity.

"edit: in the past" The charity option did not include the option to not donate a certain percentage. So the person/entity auctioning the stuff would have a lot of costs besides the time spent and the actual cost of the goods they were donating.

If you think getting 10% to cover costs is too much you could do things better. You could buy everything and relist them for charity and donate 100%. Then absorve all the eBay, PayPal and shipping costs besides the actual cost of the item being sold.

All I can say is that it sucks all that cool stuff is going to sell for so much I cannot even think about purchasing anything. Only the wealthy or totally crazy nerdy fan will be able to spend money to buy any of that stuff. What makes me feel good about it though is that the money from the sales is going to average people like me who got affected by a natural disaster.

Good job bungie and HBO!!!

I'd be more than happy to help any way I can.
Posted by: John____________
good luck on it though. I find it funny that only 90% is going to the red cross. O well, bungie has to make a lil money off there stuff right?


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  • 10.27.2005 2:02 PM PDT
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Dude.
If I had money like my parents do, I would totally buy lots of that stuff.
Unfourtunately, I'm only 15 years of age, and I've never done anything really in my life to get myself some money.

  • 10.27.2005 2:13 PM PDT
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I was thinking but i dont have that much money.

  • 10.27.2005 2:15 PM PDT
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Next, have an auction where the lowest bid wins cool stuff.
That way... uhm... I could get something.

  • 10.27.2005 2:31 PM PDT
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Man...I want some original concept art...all well I know I'll never have one. Thanks for making me jealous bungie!! =(

  • 10.27.2005 2:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: OKI TI MATA
Well, I work for eBay.

The 10% is the typical amount most charity auctions folks/entities take to cover their costs. It is an estimated percentage since there is no way to really determine how much the actual cost will be. Also, when the item is listed they need to specify the % from the very beginning.

Can you imagine the example you gave, something sells for 100k and there is no provision to cover the cost? The person auctioning the item will have to come up with at least $1500 + just for the final value fee. They said the shipping is free. But can you imagine you having to pay $1000.00 to ship the statue to somewhere in Japan?

The thing is, the higher the dollar amount goes, the more there will be a left over after covering costs with the 10% not given to charity.

"edit: in the past" The charity option did not include the option to not donate a certain percentage. So the person/entity auctioning the stuff would have a lot of costs besides the time spent and the actual cost of the goods they were donating.

If you think getting 10% to cover costs is too much you could do things better. You could buy everything and relist them for charity and donate 100%. Then absorve all the eBay, PayPal and shipping costs besides the actual cost of the item being sold.

All I can say is that it sucks all that cool stuff is going to sell for so much I cannot even think about purchasing anything. Only the wealthy or totally crazy nerdy fan will be able to spend money to buy any of that stuff. What makes me feel good about it though is that the money from the sales is going to average people like me who got affected by a natural disaster.

Good job bungie and HBO!!!

I'd be more than happy to help any way I can.
Posted by: John____________
good luck on it though. I find it funny that only 90% is going to the red cross. O well, bungie has to make a lil money off there stuff right?

glad to see some bungie rep or ebay rep noticed this and desided to explain the "90 %" ordeal. That is of course, if your from ebay, which you and i know anyone can make a claim there someone on cyber space. Not that i am doubting you of course, since your explanation is very logical. To bad all the fees it takes to run the auction could not be free as well to make sure that it was 100%. :/
To bad eh? None the less, it could be argued that people have to make a living some how.
What postion do you work in if you dont mind me asking. I was very close to getting some of the stuff, but since i saw the 90% goes to charity deal, i was a little uneasy. Hell, i am single and on my own, with a lil under 5 grand for holliday -blam!- in a now ended CD. But i am still a little uneasy after seeing it.
Thx for reading this,
-John__________
EDIT: was some spelling errors that i could catch >_<
Remember kids, if your a bad speller, it does not always mean your gonna not have a very successful life. ;) :)

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  • 10.27.2005 2:38 PM PDT
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Why not auction off playing time against the bungie team for a special Hump Day Challange? I'm sure that would be fun for all and be quite valuable as well.

  • 10.27.2005 2:43 PM PDT
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I'd pay to see that. Even if it was 10% to charity. I just wanna see frankie run around and scream ^^)

  • 10.27.2005 2:45 PM PDT
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If you thought about buying some of the stuff I'd say you have an eBay account. If you want me to prove I work for eBay send me a message with your user ID. If you want I can call the number on the account. If it has a caller ID it should show eBay. If it's a cell phone number it will now show eBay of course.

  • 10.27.2005 2:58 PM PDT
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i so wish i had the money to spare to buy some of those cool items

  • 10.27.2005 3:17 PM PDT

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