UPDATE: I regret to inform you all that eBay has removed my listings. Seems they are being greedy by forcing sellers to go through their "charitable" sales process, therefore requiring us to pay more fees, meaning less money that goes into the pockets of the victims and more money for eBay. I am not giving up though. I still plan to find a way to "recycle" these stamp sets into good, hard cash for the victims. I will post them to some of the mail groups I belong to and sell them that way. I was just hoping that a big site like eBay would generate higher prices. Oh well...on to Plan B!
My original post:
I hope it's appropriate to post this here.
I've been struggling for days about how I can help the victims of Katrina from way up here in Virginia. Cash is tight for my family right now, and from what I'm hearing, that's what they need most. Goods aren't helpful because there is no way to get them there. The Red Cross is taking donations and converting 100% of them into debit cards that are being distributed directly to the victims so they can purchase what they need. So, here's my plan, and I want to challenge all of you to do the same:
I have gone through my retired stamps and pulled out 10 sets that I'm going to sell on eBay. I'm giving 100% of the final sales price to the Red Cross.
Now, when you go to eBay, you will see that they have set up a page where you can list your item and the proceeds go to an organization called MissionFish that gives the money to a charity of your choice. The problem I have with this is, they charge a $3 fee per item, plus a % of the final price, so the average $10 sale only amounts to about 67% that gets to the victims. I plan to just state in my listing that I'm donating the money, and I am going to accept only Money Orders as payment, and have buyers mail the money order to me, but make it out to the American Red Cross. When I receive payment, I will ship them the item and mail the money order to the ARC.
So.....I'm listing a few sets today and more over the weekend. I challenge all of you to do the same. Some of you may not have many retired sets to sell, and that's OK. Do whatever you can. Just remember, if you are a demo, you can ONLY sell RETIRED sets!
I know from my 6 years with Stampin' Up! that this is a very giving group of people. I am quite sure that SU will do something on the corporate level as well, but I want to help personally, and I know all of you do too, so let's clear those old stamps off our shelves and help those who need it!!!
Here is my first listing:
See what you all think, and use it as a "template" if you like:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=8216371296
How stampers can HELP KATRINA VICTIMS
