The following items were all shipped out today. Sorry for the lateness, but I hope you enjoy them.
17. Brutal Legend - $8 darksonic
18. Borderlands - $18 Josh
52. World Series of Poker - $1 tommyboy8689
53. Need for Speed: Most Wanted- $1 Ninja
32. WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain - $1 Ninja
43. NBA 2K and NFL 2K - both disc only in generic case - $1 Abras
77. World Series of Baseball II (cracked hinges) - $1 Mendoza
114. Light Crusader - $5 HylianHero
130. Keith Courage in Alpha Zones - $4 Crabmaster2000
134. Crystalis - $7 anth0ny
118. Sewer Shark (Sega CD) - $1 Ninja
146. Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (sealed) - $8 weasels
147. Mega Man X Maverick Hunter (sealed) - $6.50 dsheinem
95. Barbie Super Model $3 Ack
96. Super Black Bass $1 Ack
194. Gamecube Gameboy Player (no boot disc) - $15 Ziggy587
275. Dragon Age: The Calling and Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne novels - $6 dsheinem
276. Gears of War: Aspho Fields novel - $1.50 Bradtemple87
dsheinem wrote:
Well they've had about 4 weeks to ship since all the payments came in (not 6+), but your point stands and I agree that missing the deadline is not good form. The shipping deadline was mentioned when I put out the call for items, I have emailed donors several times, and there's not much that I can do short of giving people a -1 for shipping late. Considering they were donating items for charity, I don't feel right doing that. That's the same reason I let some "late donations" come in past the deadline as well. Obviously anyone who doesn't get their items will get a refund.
Any suggestions for how to better handle enforcement of donating/payment/shipping deadlines for next year would be appreciated!
the auction had rules: donate items by certain dead line, no retracting of bids, pay by a certain time, ship by a certain time, etc. for the most part, everybody followed these rules. except with shipping. i could be wrong, but it seems more than half the members who donated did not follow the shipping deadline.
a list was made for the users who paid late, but where is the list of the members who shipped late? what makes the two members who haven't paid yet worse than the members who haven't shipped yet? i think that all rules should be treated equally.
some suggestions: next year have no anonymous donors. put the name next to the item that she donated. this way, if an item hasn't been shipped after 4 weeks the member can politely pm the donor and ask him what the hold up is. and also, the member who buys off a deadbeat, like nbsattorney, will know he won't be getting shit in mail.
in the last episode of seinfeld the whole crew had to sign a consent form that no word was going to be spoken about the episode outside of the studio. maybe next year make clear that if you going to donate an item you will take the responsibility of shipping the item in a timely manner - treat it like a consent form without the signature. and by timely, i don't mean day after. it just seems people really dropped the ball with the shipping part.
after reading this post it may sound like i am pissed. but i am not. i am just throwing out suggestions to make next year's auction a bit more smoother.
110. Genesis Action Pack - $17
194. Gamecube Gameboy Player (no boot disc) - $15 (has been shipped, just waiting)
225. Family Guy Seasons 1-7 Box Sets - $45
dsheinem wrote:
Well they've had about 4 weeks to ship since all the payments came in (not 6+), but your point stands and I agree that missing the deadline is not good form. The shipping deadline was mentioned when I put out the call for items, I have emailed donors several times, and there's not much that I can do short of giving people a -1 for shipping late. Considering they were donating items for charity, I don't feel right doing that. That's the same reason I let some "late donations" come in past the deadline as well. Obviously anyone who doesn't get their items will get a refund.
Any suggestions for how to better handle enforcement of donating/payment/shipping deadlines for next year would be appreciated!
the auction had rules: donate items by certain dead line, no retracting of bids, pay by a certain time, ship by a certain time, etc. for the most part, everybody followed these rules. except with shipping. i could be wrong, but it seems more than half the members who donated did not follow the shipping deadline.
a list was made for the users who paid late, but where is the list of the members who shipped late? what makes the two members who haven't paid yet worse than the members who haven't shipped yet? i think that all rules should be treated equally.
some suggestions: next year have no anonymous donors. put the name next to the item that she donated. this way, if an item hasn't been shipped after 4 weeks the member can politely pm the donor and ask him what the hold up is. and also, the member who buys off a deadbeat, like nbsattorney, will know he won't be getting shit in mail.
in the last episode of seinfeld the whole crew had to sign a consent form that no word was going to be spoken about the episode outside of the studio. maybe next year make clear that if you going to donate an item you will take the responsibility of shipping the item in a timely manner - treat it like a consent form without the signature. and by timely, i don't mean day after. it just seems people really dropped the ball with the shipping part.
after reading this post it may sound like i am pissed. but i am not. i am just throwing out suggestions to make next year's auction a bit more smoother.
I think this is all a bit harsh. Let's keep the whole thing in perspective here. Some members like Nickfil who donated 300 items might not have realized the huge undertaking in packing and shipping that kind of lot. Maybe they became unexpectedly busy during the days that followed and just couldn't get around to it. Not everyone has the same schedule.
I do understand where you are coming from and generally I agree that things should be provided in a timely manner. Especially for something like this. But, I think it is important not to leave a sour taste in the mouth of the people who participated. It doesn't really encourage people to participate next year if people are berating them.
I would hope that there is some communication going on between whatever donors haven't shipped and the buyers they are meant to ship to. I definitely agree that there really isn't an excuse to just leave them hanging without any kind of reasoning. I just want to point out that everyone who participated (that intends to follow through with their commitment) has still done a good thing. Maybe they haven't gone about it the best way possible but I doubt the soup kitchen complains too loudly about volunteers showing up late for work.
The people who haven't and don't intend to follow through with their commitments on the other hand should be banned from the forum as far as I'm concerned.
I had no idea how much time/money this would take to do. Sorry for the lateness. I spent 4 hours at the post office today getting everything in the mail. It should be about a week for US members, 2 weeks for canada.
Here is a list of everything that shipped today...
MrPopo
00. "So we have a metal collectors box of Half Life 2, Counterstrike 1 and Counterstrike Source all singed by Gabe Newell. Mark Laidlaw (writer of HL) also signed the box and I'm going to try and get Ken Birdwell also." - Valve Software - $2500 MrPopo
fedexin
163. Capcom playsystem II A board - $45 fedexin
164. Capcom playsystem II B board "marvel vs capcom" 2 player - $20 fedexin
165. Capcom playsystem II B board "dungeons and dragons tower of doom" 4 player - $20 fedexin
swiftzx
78. Virtua Cop complete in small cd case with loose Saturn Stunner - $8.50 swiftzx
mjmjr25
81. Shanghai Triple Threat - $5.50 mjmjr25
108. Genesis Sports and Games Pack: - $1.50 mjmjr25
NBA live 98 (boxed), Chi chi's pro challenge golf (CIB), Fifa soccer 95 (loose), Madden 94 (loose), Madden 95 (loose), Ceaser's Palace (loose), Wheel of Fortune (CIB, cut spine), Royal Rumble (no game)
final fight cd
123. Lot of 5 Sega CD Games - $30 final fight cd
Sherlock holmes/sega classic (CIB), Midnight Raiders (no manual), Colors of modern rock (CIB), power factory (CIB), Kids on Site (CIB)
122. Sega CD Action Pack of 8 Complete Games - $30 final fight cd
Sol Feace, Rise of the dragon, Eternal Champions, Stellar Fire, Tomcat Alley (broken case), Mega Race, Lethal Enforcers, Cadillacs and dinosaurs
xzeronature
121. Lunar eternal blue BOX ONLY and Dragon's Lair BOX ONLY - $8 xzeronature
videogameexperiment
120. Lot of 8 Loose Sega CD Games - $17 videogameexperiment
Sonic CD, Willy Beamish (with manual), The Terminator, Prince of Persia, The Animals, WWF Rage in the Cage, Ground Zero, Sewer Shark (with manual)
109. Genesis Character Pack - $10 videogameexperiment
Sonic (boxed), Animaniacs (cart), Bugs bunny double trouble (cart), Sonic 2 (cart), Power Rangers (cart), Kid chameleon (boxed), Lion King (CIB), Taz Esacpe From Mars (CIB)
56. Knights of the old republic (PH) (disc) and Splinter cell (disc) - $6 videogameexperiment
s1mplehumar
137. Bundle of 4 CIB Games - $11 s1mplehumar
Astyanax, Bump 'n Jump, Silent Service, and Yoshi's Cookie (weird box)
33. Soul Reaver II - $3 s1mplehumar
demonseed
125. Lot of 5 COMPLETE Sega CD Games - $14 demonseed
Prize Fighter, NHL 94, NFL's greatest 49ers vs cowboys, formula 1 beyond the limit, ESPN National Hockey Night
Xonticus
124. Earthworm Jim Special Edition (CIB) - $31 Xonticus
darksonic
111. Sonic (boxed) and Sonic 2 (boxed) - $4 darksonic
Ziggy587
110. Genesis Action Pack - $17 Ziggy587
Street fighter II special champ edition (loose), Shinobi III (loose), Streets of Rage 2 (loose), Revenge of shinobi (BOX ONLY), Art alive (CIB)
FiftyDollarCurse
107. GENESIS HOCKEY PACK - $5 FiftyDollarCurse
NHL 94,95,96,97/ Brett Hull hockey 95/ Wayne gretzky/ NHL all star hockey 95/ NHL Hockey/ NHL hockey 93 Some with manuals, all with cases
79. Virtua Cop 1 and 2 loose with Saturn Stunner - $10.50 FiftyDollarCurse
98. Bundle of 9 SNES non-sports carts - $15 FiftyDollarCurse
Urban Strike / Jungle Strike / Lethal Weapon / Super Alfred Chicken / Revolution X / Star Trek: The Next Generation / Cyberspin / Judge Dredd / Batman Forever
I Feel Asleep!!
99. Timeslip Complete (crushed box) $5.50 I Feel Asleep!!
aaron
100. World Heroes 2 complete (beat up box) - $5 aaron
103. Rainbow Islands? (no game, NTSC-J) - $1 aaron
AmishSamurai
102. World soccer? (boxed, NTSC-J) - $1.50 AmishSamurai
202. Super Game Boy (cart) - $11.50 AmishSamurai
GamerMON
68. Spiderman (disc) and Bushido blade (disc) -3 GamerMON
MrHealthy
69. Rampage 2 Universal Tour - $4 MrHealthy
70. Army Men Green Rogue - $3 MrHealthy
136. Bundle of 3 CIB Sports Games: John Elway's Quarterback, Magic Johnson Fast Break, and Bases Loaded - $5 MrHealthy
135. Lot of 2 loose carts: Mario/Duck Hunt/Track Meet and Raid on Bungling Bay - $4 MrHealthy
bdlou
97. Bundle of 11 SNES sports and wrestling carts $6 bdlou
Super Bases Loaded / Super Tennis / Super Black Bass / World League Soccer / Foreman For Real / College Football USA 97 / Frank Thomas "Big Hurt" Baseball / College Slam / Super Bases Loaded 3 / WWF Wrestlemania / WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game
201. High frequency' SNES controller - $5 bdlou
gtmtnbiker
206. XBOX Gamester Joystick - $12 gtmtnbiker
Ninja
54. Rainbow Six- $1 Ninja
anapan
187. 25 games in one "System". Generic games. Atari graphics. Worth a laugh - $6 anapan
rocketstail
55. Max Payne 2 $1 rocketstail
YoshiEgg25
44. Soul Calibur (no manual) and ECW hardcore (disc) - $1 YoshiEgg25
hooby3d
49. Viewtiful Joe (disc) - $3 hooby3d
HylianHero
87. Lot of 4 N64 carts - $30 HylianHero
1080 snowboarding, Mortal Kombat Sub Zero, Mischief makers, Pokemon Stadium
88. Lot of 5 N64 carts - $25 HylianHero
Goemon's Great Adventure, Lego Racers, Rugrats Scavenger hunt, Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Snap
timmyl33
154. Columns (cart) and Sonic 2 (cart) - $5 timmyl33
Well, Nick's post seems to take care of a lot of people. Any chance of finding out who the Animatrix was coming from? As of this past Saturday it hadn't arrived and I hadn't heard a peep from the shipper.
Hobie-wan wrote:Well, Nick's post seems to take care of a lot of people. Any chance of finding out who the Animatrix was coming from? As of this past Saturday it hadn't arrived and I hadn't heard a peep from the shipper.
yup- i just went back a few pages and PMed some of the people who were wondering where their stuff was. Sorry about the wait on everything everyone. It was a lot more intensive than i thought it was going to be. Going to tone down the donation next year.
Hobie-wan wrote:Well, Nick's post seems to take care of a lot of people. Any chance of finding out who the Animatrix was coming from? As of this past Saturday it hadn't arrived and I hadn't heard a peep from the shipper.
yup- i just went back a few pages and PMed some of the people who were wondering where their stuff was. Sorry about the wait on everything everyone. It was a lot more intensive than i thought it was going to be. Going to tone down the donation next year.
Don't beat yourself up over it. You did a good thing and by the looks of it the auction has a lot of it's success this year thanks to your generous donations. Sometimes people lose sight of the bigger picture. The important thing is that the kids who will directly benefit from it will be undoubtedly grateful.
