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As most of you are aware, we have arranged for a PS2 complete POD for Great Ormond Street Hospital to go with the Gameaday prizes which are being donated by some of our winners.
We now propose to AUCTION A PLAYSTATION 2 FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY to your door. Any amount received over and above £250 will be given to St Clare Hospice Trust, which runs a hospice for terminally ill children at Hastingwood.
The auction will close at midnight on Sunday December 17th, so if yours is the highest bid then you will get your PS2 before Christmas. Bids placed after the deadline will not be accepted.
You can only place your bids under this topic, on this forum. Do so by clicking Reply to any message on this topic.
Genuine bids only please.
Please state your bid clearly with words such as I BID £amount.
Amounts in round £10 numbers such as £320, £330 etc.
In the event of a tied bid the earliest bid will win
GO FOR IT
We now propose to AUCTION A PLAYSTATION 2 FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY to your door. Any amount received over and above £250 will be given to St Clare Hospice Trust, which runs a hospice for terminally ill children at Hastingwood.
The auction will close at midnight on Sunday December 17th, so if yours is the highest bid then you will get your PS2 before Christmas. Bids placed after the deadline will not be accepted.
You can only place your bids under this topic, on this forum. Do so by clicking Reply to any message on this topic.
Genuine bids only please.
Please state your bid clearly with words such as I BID £amount.
Amounts in round £10 numbers such as £320, £330 etc.
In the event of a tied bid the earliest bid will win
GO FOR IT
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I BID £370.
I BID £370
There is in fact more than one reason for charging cards in advance, for items not yet released.
The main reason is that ALL of our back orders are paid for. Any other system would mean that SOME (e.g. cheques) were paid for and some were not. This would cause an extra layer of work further down the line, and could cause errors.
Secondly, the card would need to processed more than once for multiple orders. This would lower our transaction rate and increase the percentage payable to the credit card company. There's also the time taken to process it and the possibility of errors.
Thirdly, what if the card is out of date by the time the transaction takes place? We would have to contact the customer for new details prior to despatching the goods.
The cost of everything here HAS to be passed onto the customer. We do everything possible to keep prices down. We want to be efficient and accurate and we don't want to put up prices.
The main reason is that ALL of our back orders are paid for. Any other system would mean that SOME (e.g. cheques) were paid for and some were not. This would cause an extra layer of work further down the line, and could cause errors.
Secondly, the card would need to processed more than once for multiple orders. This would lower our transaction rate and increase the percentage payable to the credit card company. There's also the time taken to process it and the possibility of errors.
Thirdly, what if the card is out of date by the time the transaction takes place? We would have to contact the customer for new details prior to despatching the goods.
The cost of everything here HAS to be passed onto the customer. We do everything possible to keep prices down. We want to be efficient and accurate and we don't want to put up prices.
Mr Trimmer
We're giving time, effort and promotion to this, and a modest sum from the proceeds. What are you giving?
We're giving time, effort and promotion to this, and a modest sum from the proceeds. What are you giving?
> You tight gits! Give it all to charity. Unbelievably! But then
> this the company who take your money from your credit card well
> before you get the game!!!!
Only if you pre-order an unreleased game!
I personally prefer it that way, because at least then I know exactly how my credit card balance stands.
I hate it when I pre-order stuff (from other companies) and they charge my card two months later when the game is released; I suddenly get my statement through with a load of charges that I'd forgotten about!
Of course, if you don't like your card to be charged in advance, don't place your bloody order until the game is out - simple, really!
> this the company who take your money from your credit card well
> before you get the game!!!!
Only if you pre-order an unreleased game!
I personally prefer it that way, because at least then I know exactly how my credit card balance stands.
I hate it when I pre-order stuff (from other companies) and they charge my card two months later when the game is released; I suddenly get my statement through with a load of charges that I'd forgotten about!
Of course, if you don't like your card to be charged in advance, don't place your bloody order until the game is out - simple, really!
Our part is mainly to promote this and to make the arrangements
I hope that's acceptable to those taking part
I hope that's acceptable to those taking part
I think SR are being charitable enough. They've already sorted a PS2 for GOSH, and some of us are donating our Gameaday prizes to the cause too.
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