August 03, 2007

Update on the softball auction

The Marvel ball is still ahead, but there's only three bids. Is anyone from this board bidding? C'mon...that'd be so cool, if somebody here got it. Tell you what: If somebody here is the winning bid, I'll send you the hat I wore while pitching, and I'll sign the brim. (See the entry below for the link.)

UPDATE, 8/5: The Marvel ball is currently at over a hundred bucks while the DC ball is at just over fifty.

UPDATE, 8/6: With three hours to go, the Marvel ball is up to $167. Anyone from here in the hunt? (The DC ball hasn't moved.)

PAD

Posted by Peter David at August 3, 2007 09:08 AM | TrackBack | Other blogs commenting
Comments
Posted by: Ebonstone at August 3, 2007 02:28 PM

Hmmm. Has the hat been washed?

Posted by: Little Wolf at August 3, 2007 03:08 PM

PAD, I am not sure, much as I would value the signed hat, the hat is that much of an incentive.

Posted by: Peter David at August 3, 2007 05:20 PM

Well, I'm not giving away the Madrox t-shirt, so...

PAD

Posted by: Elton at August 3, 2007 08:19 PM

Okey doke... i'll stick in a bid. But be warned that you'll be paying that postage over to Ireland if i win... that'll be a least 7 bucks!

Posted by: Sean Scullion at August 3, 2007 08:41 PM

Wait, you mean you only have ONE Madrox T-shirt?

Posted by: Kathleen at August 3, 2007 09:05 PM

Sean-
No but we need enough for everyone in the family to wear them at the same time.
Kath

Posted by: SPB at August 4, 2007 04:12 PM

Well my bid is in.

Posted by: jcpetersen at August 6, 2007 10:38 AM

Well, I was immediately outbid on the Marvel ball, but I'm still the top bidder on the DC one after a whoole weekend.

I was expecting a bit more parity, but I guess the PAD hat offer is a bigger incentive than I thought. :)

Posted by: Denis at August 7, 2007 06:11 AM

Dammit!

When I saw you talking about the Marvel ball I immediately check ed it out! When I saw it was still stupidly cheap, I put a $155 bid on (username quaidrayne) and was in the lead for ages. The I got slightly outbid, so I pushed my bid to $165, but got immediately outbid. I figured it would end up going for far more once it got closer to the time, but it didn't! It went for $167.50!

Arg! I wouldn't even have bothereed to bid in the first place if it wasn't for the fact that the money was for charity, but now I wish I'd checked the bidding closer to the end. Seeing it so low might have encouraged me to push my own bid a little more.

Rats. Anyway, now that I've found heroinitiative on ebay, I have them tagged as a favourite seller, so hopefully I'll get something some other time!

Thanks for the heads-up on it, and keep up the great work!

Denis.

Posted by: johnlock at August 9, 2007 10:39 AM

So when it's gone, Marvel has no balls....on eBay....on this day.....