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Post by kpnuts on Nov 6, 2021 13:58:01 GMT -7
Hi all a friend of mine (who has gone on to be a millionaire and incredibly successful, let's face it he could sell freezers to Eskimos) (I mention that only to point out he knows what he's talking about when it comes to promoting stuff)
He asked me what I did with my models and I said they go in the shed in the garden and then get used for parts in new builds or in the bin. I said a while ago I gave a load away for spares or repair (the bloke who had them came from a long way away) he said have you thought of auctioning them for Charity and I said no, no one would want them, I put 2 1/6 bikes on ebay and they went for £4.70 for the 2vof them. I told him I would rather have set fire to them if I thought that's all they were worth.
He said if I had said the proceeds were to go to charity the result would have been very different, so to cut a long story short do you agree. Is it worth putting my models up for auction (the only one I have available atm is the 1/12 Airfix Bentley boat tail, which is covered in spray dust but could be cleaned off fairly easily)
What do you think.
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Post by leon on Nov 7, 2021 8:29:15 GMT -7
It never hurts to try Ken! I say go for it.
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Post by RetroSpectKustoms on Nov 7, 2021 17:46:46 GMT -7
Try it with one, see what happens. Could always cancel the sale (say it was lost or broken) if they only fetched a few dollars...
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Post by Deano on Nov 7, 2021 23:57:25 GMT -7
Be interesting to see if it makes a difference, the thing is proving that the money actually goes to charity I imagine???
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Post by kpnuts on Nov 8, 2021 11:00:26 GMT -7
Yes that is a problem I thought about I can't really prove its for charity. I wonder if I offered the model to a charity for them to auction themselves.
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Post by Deano on Nov 13, 2021 13:34:04 GMT -7
I suppose the downside to that is them having someone willing to do it and who understands that models require a light touch and careful packing to send. People are also less likely to look there for models? I'm not sure how that works. Maybe you need to "auction" 1 off to someone you "know", donate the money and get a receipt for it that you can then post on line to show the money did go to charity??
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