The Northampton section of the Walk4Matt team are pleased to announce a FANTASTIC auction
Saturday 10 October 2009 Northampton
Saints 31 Munster 27.
Were you there?
Does seeing that still send a tingle down your spine?
Would you like an extra special memento of that day?
Well you can, because...
The Saints have generously donated the 23 shirts
worn for
the Munster Heineken Cup home game to be auctioned to raise funds for
theWalk4Matt
Fund. Since the game was played the shirts have had the names of the
individual
players added to make them even more memorable. Each shirt (where
possible)
will be signed by the player too.
The auction will be open to all and links to the
COYSDC
website will be put on the official site as well as being mentioned in
the
first available match day programme and hopefully in the press and local
radio.
All shirts will start with reserve price of £50.
Bids should be emailed to me at thetacklebag@aol.com and
should be in
‘round pounds' no pence please.
Your highest bid will be entered against the shirt
(i.e if
the bid for the shirt stands at £50 and you bid £100, that is what goes
against the shirt, not
£51)
These bids will be updated regularly for all to see,
no
names will be displayed only initials of the current highest bidder.
If 2 or more bids for a particular shirt are
identical, then
the earliest one placed holds precedence.
At the end of the auction winning bidders will be
notified
by the organiser (Clive Fleckner aka ‘Jazzman').
Payment has to be made through the ‘Just Giving' link
on the
website NO EXCEPTIONS
No shirt will be handed
over unless payment has been made.
NO EXCEPTIONS
Those winning bidders who wish to have their shirt
posted to
them will be expected to reimburse for postage and packing costs
(probably in
the region at an additional £5)
In addition to the
shirts they will also have a signed photo from the match (this has kindy
been donated by Claire J) The photo in question is an action shot of
Shane G and includes Ben Foden, Besty and Dylan. This signed photo will
also be auctioned.
If you have a problem agreeing with any of the above,
please
do not bid.
The auction closes at 5pm on Sunday 18 April with,
following
payment, shirts being available for posting during that week or for
collection
with suitable identification at the Saracens game on the 24 April.
Please see post below for all latest bids and change in format No bids will be accepted on this thread, only via email as above.
It is up to you to check whether you have been outbid. I will update all bids as soon as I can after receiving them.
After the end of the auction, would winning bidders please wait until they have heard from me before paying.
Many thanks.
I have found out that the Saint's Shop charge £3.50 for posting out a shirt and I have been promised a quantity of postage bags from them for this purpose. So that will need to be added to any winning bid and paid direct to me.
But please as stated above, wait until you hear from me after the auction has ended.
Edited 35 time(s). Last edit at 2010:04:16:12:50:10 by Jazzman.
With 10 days or so to go to the end of the auction there has been a flurry of bids and enquiries including a couple of corporate ones and international too. (and not from the usual suspects on Brazil/ Maine or NZ...yet)
The total bid so far is in excess of £2300, for which I thank you on behalf of the rest of the team. I know some are waiting 'til the last day, even in some cases the last few minutes to place a bid. However I would still urge you to get your bids in early, taking into account you might possibly be delayed (still drunk in Limerick after great win, getting lost on the way home, etc, etc.)
I did state in the original post that shirts would be signed 'where possible' and I think it is safe to say that all shirts will be signed (Mark Hopley is organising this) with the possible exception of Santiago Bonorino's. I did offer to fly out to Argentina (at the Saint's expense) to get it signed but to date have not heard anything.
I am updating bids as soon as I see them, but I take your point. Come Sunday I expect a flurry, nay a deluge and I expect to be updating constantly.
I would hope that people would be prepared to bid what their maximum is, not to see how cheap they can get something for,as it is such a worthy cause.
Come the end of the auction and your bid it timed at 4:59:59pm or earlier and is the highest bid on an item you will win it. Although the final list may not be up before 5:30pm.Hopefully I cannot be fairer than that.
I would add though, that will be no updates between about 3pm and about 7pm on Saturday. Not that I shall be FG though but at a wedding (bad planning by the groom methinks.) Mind you, hopefully all prospective bidders will be at FG!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010:04:14:14:19:30 by Jazzman.
Yep appreciate that Clive. As with any auction as the price rises on something you have your heart set on more often than not people find an extra few quid to go over their maximum once they are outbid and you might find the flipside is that the charity gets more money.
I have been asked a couple of times why I decided to do the auction this way and updating very regularly, rather than putting it on Ebay where updates are automatic. London Irish recently auctioned off the shirts worn on the St.Patrick's Day game (v Sale I think). These were on Ebay and did indeed raise a lot for Walk4Matt and possibly others.
I took the decision that although on Ebay the auction would reach a wider audience and possibly raise more money... I felt that the true supporter could be outbid by memorabilia type stores who would sell on the shirt(s) for a greater profit.Also the ability to own a bit of Saint's history could be denied to the average supporter.
We shall see, come Sunday with the final total, whether my decision was the right or wrong one.
Absolutely the right one, Jazzman. Saints fans (and some Tigs) have already proved their generosity with money in the bucket shake they now have the chance of seeing a return for their money, not seeing "our" shirts going for astronomical prices to collectors rather than fans. It is a fine line to walk between raising as much as possible for charity and still being inclusive for the average chap and chapess!
Wasn't questioning the way you've done it all Clive, well done on that, just stating the fact that peoples 'maximums' usually rise when they've lost. I'll be bidding a 'max' on Sunday but should I be outbid later in the day then i'm sure i'll find a few more quid somewhere to increase that offer, My purse loses the kids don't eat but charity wins all round, thats why I initially asked about updates on Sunday. i'd hate to bid my max then lose by a single quid or so when off line.
It has been suggested that with the auction ending at 5.00pm on all the shirts some bidders could miss out on buying any of the shirts, if they had been outbid on their first choice. I can understand this and so have changed the auction format to allow everyone multiple chances in getting a shirt, and also (hopefully) raising more money for the Walk4Matt coffers.
The format now is:-
I will accept any bid on any shirt/photo and update it on the website up to 16.45 (4.45pm) on Sunday 18 April.
The following list shows the times an auction on an individual player’s shirt will end.
These are the current bids
17.00 15 Ben Foden £270 S.R..
17.05 14 Chris Ashton £501 C.G.
17.10 13 Jon Clarke £150 P.B.
17.15 12 James Downey £215 R.M.B.
17.20 11 Bruce Reihana £210 S.S..
17.25 10 Shane Geraghty £250 C.H.
17.30 9 Lee Dickson £150 C.D.T.
17.35 1 Soane Tonga'huia £275 K.C.
17.40 2 Dylan Hartley £175 R.J.H.
17.45 3 Santiago Bonorino £70 L.G.
17.50 4 Courtney Lawes £145 B.A.
17.55 5 Juandre Kruger £200 B.R.
18.00 6 Phil Dowson £150 M.H.
18.05 7 Neil Best £225 K.C.
18.10 8 Roger Wilson £140 A.J.W.J.
18.15 16 Brett Sharmam £150 T.S.
18.20 17 Regardt Dreyer £80 P.S.R
18.25 18 Brian Mujati £100 C.K.
18.30 19 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe £220 K.C.
18.35 20 Mark Easter £75 P.S.R.
18.40 21 Alan Dickens £55 A.M.
18.45 22 Stephen Myler £150 H.E.
18.50 23 Chris Mayor £80 L.G.
18.55 Signed Photo £100 D.L.
In the 5 minutes preceding the end of that player’s shirt auction I will accept bids only on that item.
The bids will be updated regularly on the website by myself and my helpers.
I will reiterate that it is up to you to see whether you have been outbid. If you bid on a shirt and your email is timed as received on my computer before the end of that particular auction (and of course you are the highest) you will win it.
Please bid with your maximum bid. Please think ‘What can I afford to pay’ not ‘How cheap can I get it for’.
Please bid within your means DO NOT BID WHAT YOU CANNOT AFFORD
I would appreciate if in the subject line of your email bid you state the name and number of the shirt, your maximum bid and your initials
For example:-
15 Ben Foden £250 ABC
This will allow me to post up quickly who is the current highest bidder, without opening the email.
If you are fortunate to win one of the auctions, please do not pay until you receive an email from me after the auction.
All other rules still apply. If you have problems accepting any of the above please DO NOT bid
In the light of some of the bids coming in, and I believe some possible (hopefully) big bids tomorrow, if you are considering (providing you win of course) having your shirt posted to you. The insurance included by Royal Mail within the £3.50 charge is I think fairly minimal. Please consider paying extra for special delivery and increased insurance cover. This can be agreed and calculated once I have the shirts packaged and weighed on Monday/Tuesday.I can only guess but I would think that an extra charge of £3 (bringing P&P to about £6.50 would be sufficient.
Edited 18 time(s). Last edit at 2010:04:18:16:44:32 by Jazzman.
The shirt auction is just fantastic. I just wanted to post this short clip featuring Hambo that shows the kind of difference your generous support of the auction and walk will have. SpecialEffect is one of the 3 causes benefiting from the walk and the clip shows a young girl from near Cosgrove that is helped by the charity being able to play a computer game for the first time with an eye control computer under the project inspired by Hambo.
Did we invite Sarries to bid for Tiny's shirt......as that was the only thing they were going to get!!!!!!!! No hard feelings......something special is happening at Saints! Keep going boys, Tigers in the final!
Many thanks to Clive for the time he has spent doing this. It is all to a good cause and supported by true Rugby fans. Perhaps we could get Saints to support this at the end of every season? for nominated causes? Well done everyone!!!!
Well that was fun, I am off for a glass of vin ordinaire. I will colate all the winning bids and list them with winner's initials later.
Thanks to all who bid winners and losers alike. I will be in touch via email re paying/collection later.
15 Ben Foden £352 MAD
14 Chris Ashton £501 CG
13 Jon Clarke £175 JD
12 James Downey £215 RMB
11 Bruce Reihana £365 SAS
10 Shane Geraghty £250 CH
9 Lee Dickson £175 IH
1 Soane Tonga'huia £295 LOM
2 Dylan Hartley £225 JG
3 Santiago Bonorino £135 RJLD
4 Courtney Lawes £160 RJH
5 Juandre Kruger £200 BR
6 Phil Dowson £202 MH
7 Neil Best £225 KC
8 Roger Wilson £177 AJWJ
16 Brett Sharmam £150 TS
17 Regardt Dreyer £95 RJLD
18 Brian Mujati £100 CK
19 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe £220 KC
20 Mark Easter £75 PSR
21 Alan Dickens £66 SDJ
22 Stephen Myler £196 PB
23 Chris Mayor £123 CT
Signed Photo £100 DL
Total £4777.
Clare/Lis that'll get you another boat!
Do you know, I have had enough sitting in front of a PC for today! Vin ordinaire is calling me to Foyle's War!!
If you think there is anything amiss above and you don't recognise your initials or you feel that you got your shirt too cheap and wish to pay more please contact me via email asap.
I'll do your emails about paying tomorrow.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010:04:18:19:44:48 by Jazzman.
Well done all who have bidded - sadly the two Limerick trips have stretched the budget past the point where I could bid. Great news and nearly £5k in the pot for charity.
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