HW: Promo Single

[Colin Allen]

I would also point out that "my" share of the profits (if any) from Sonic
Rock 2005 will also be going to the same cause, as will any profit from the
Litmus/Underground Zero gig at the Standard on October 7th.

Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Mather" <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 6:13 AM
Subject: Re: HW: Promo Single


> On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 01:13 +0100, Cyberkrel wrote:
> > Personally, I would be surprised if that made a jot of difference - a
> > collector will pay what a collector can afford regardless of where the
> > money's going to. Better to give it to Colin's good cause than the Clear
> > Channel!!!
>
> I'm not sure how Clear Channel got into the picture, but I agree it
> probably doesn't make much difference mentioning any charitable
> intentions on an eBay auction---mainly because of the poor reputation
> eBay is earning regarding a place to get scammed/ripped off, leading
> people to be sceptical of a "this is for a worthy cause" plea in the
> item listing.  (I'm not saying this reputation is justified, just it is
> becoming more prevalent.)
>
> I guess (like I said originally) I was generalising from other music
> mailing lists I've been on, where memorabilia has been auctioned off for
> charitable purposes.  But, those auctions have been conducted through
> the lists themselves.  One case in point was a guy who was diagnosed
> with kidney cancer.  He had no medical insurance, and the hospital
> wouldn't operate until he could pony up a good chunk of cash up front.
> He started offering up his own kollectables for sale on the list, to
> raise money, and this triggered a kind of flood of other people offering
> up theirs, with the proceeds to go to this guy's medical fund.  It was
> nice to see people bidding over the going rate, knowing they were
> helping out a good cause.  Some amazing rarities came out of the
> woodwork, and the guy did eventually manage to get his operation.
>
> To tie what you said with what Jill said (and Colin observed): I'd be
> surprised if REAL Kollectors actually bid on his item.  Surely they'd
> know they could get one for free anyway.  I would presume the
> casual/uninformed fan would be the one to bid, not realising it could
> potentially be obtained as a freebie.
>
> It's a shame to see Colin getting hassled over trying to help out a
> worthy cause. :-(
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
> --
> e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
>
> "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
>  deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
>         --- Frank Vincent Zappa
>