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Wait, don't pelt me with rotten tomatoes just yet :evillaugh: I know it's early to mention the Chr*****s word :shoosh: but it's all in a good cause :wow:
For those new to Purrs here's a bit of background... Purrs the forum began very hastily in November 2006 as a result of CatChat having to close it's forum for a time - Tan and her OH, Chappie, got this site up and running within hours *insert halo icon* Gill and Tan had been planning a Christmas auction in aid of Ron's rescue at LostCatsBrighton and the small matter of not having a forum to host it wasn't going to stop them :sneaky: And so began the Purrs Annual Christmas Auction (PACA - just made that up :evillaugh:) in aid of a registered rescue on Purrs. Gill puts a huge amount of time and effort into the auctions every year to ensure they run like a precision watch and I'm sure this year will be no exception :)
The Purrs Annual Christmas Auction (PACA :evillaugh:) has gone from strength to strength, despite these tough times we find ourselves in, and we really will have a hard job beating last years amazing total.
The 2006 auction raised
The final figure raised is.............. £1656.50
for Ron's LostCatsBrighton rescue.
The 2007 auction raised
GRAND TOTAL THIS YEAR IS £1836.35
for Lesley's Eight Lives Left Cat & Kitten Rescue.
Last year's (2008) auction raised
TOTAL 2099.94
Plus any extra donation and round ups, less paypal fees
for Teresa's Paws Inn rescue.
Now, more specific info will be posted closer to the time but basically it works like this:
If you have anything in your home that is postable, that you think another Purrs member would like, and more importantly would be prepared to bid on and pay for then it can go in the auction :wow:
The person who is donating the item also pays the postage to send the item directly to the winning bidder but here's the good bit (did Gill used to sell timeshares? :sneaky:)... the winning bidder also pays the postage price added to their winning bid to Purrs and this all gets dished out to the chosen rescue :wow:
We've had some fantastic items donated over the years and absolutely everything is gratefully received - even down to a single teeny tiny mousey toy :)
Bidding can be fierce at times so this is not for the faint hearted :naughty:
Here's just a few examples of the many (over 170) items in last years 2008 auction - everything from super cool cat toys, beds, books, luxury cards, mugs - the list is endless.
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,20115.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,20125.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,20390.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,20385.0.html
The whole 2008 auction board can be found here: http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/board,88.0.html
Specific details will be announced by Gill closer to the time but the auction will begin around the 3rd week in November and will run for two weeks, so plenty of time to get the items in the post and to their new homes before Christmas.
That gives us all plenty of time to get together some bits and bobs to pop in the auction and to wrestle with ourselves about things we want to keep but know should go in the auction :naughty:
Phew.... Any questions, thoughts, comments then chat away :wow:
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Only 93 days left (including today) for Pressie shopping so get those mugs ready for auction!!!!!!! :naughty:
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Wonderful job Helen, thanks very much :hug: :hug:
What is frightening is we only have 2 months before it starts, so save save save and that is stuff for the auction and money to spend :shify:
Any questions ask here ;D
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I've just had a long sit down chat with the boys and they have agreed to give up their mint condition, used for less than 10 minutes, racing car bed that I fought so hard for in the last auction :innocent:
They were visibly misty eyed when I was explaining about the poor little cats that didn't have homes and how that if they donated their bed it would help the chosen rescue look after another little cat until he/she found their forever home :wish:
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Have you looked behind you to see what the boys are up to now :shify: :shify:
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Wait.... Nooooooo! They're in it :doh: Just kidding, will be removing it from public view very soon to prevent them deciding they need to keep it :evillaugh:
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Misa says he would donate his fishy at the top of the stairs (but it just is too awful to attempt to auction).
Its a dirty browny green, well licked and chewed and is still damp from a couple of nights ago when It was thoughly soaked by a Misaman.....so generous dont you think as he obviously loves it so much ;D
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Trigger and Tiffany have offered Tosker to the auction :(
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Have not posted about so many of my rescues this year but here are some links to some of the cats and kittens who were helped by last years Auction money. every single one was a deserving case and so many of these little ones are now in forever homes enjoying the second chance they have been given All Thanks to The Wonderful People who took part in last years Auction. Thank you All for your generosity and please save everything for this years Needy Rescue.
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,27681.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,27212.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,27314.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,26769.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,26722.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,25560.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,24045.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,21702.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,23316.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,23317.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,23314.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,22569.0.html
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,18945.0.html
These are just a small fraction of the numbers we have been able to help.
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You may see a mention on one of Teresas threads about a name from the auction, thinks its Charlie near the bottom.
You might wonder why a name from the auction, its because in the last two auctions have had a place where you can sponsor a name for a cat at the rescue who the auction is for. Usually we end up with a lovely long list at a £1 a name so if you cant afford some of the vicious bidding that goes on, it gives a place where you can put your pound ;D
In the auction every little helps and at the end of the auction it all adds up and nobody need to be ashamed that they can only give a £1, every £1 counts so much ;D
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Sugar and Spice dug out a revolting-looking mouldy toy mouse from under the sofa and dropped it at my feet this morning. I hope they don't want me to auction it :sick: But they look so darn pleased with themselves..............
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I'll will hopefully be able to add some things to the auction this year, I have a few cat themed items that are stuffed in a closet that someone may enjoy!
Though the cookie jar has always stumped me on how to package it!
Always a good cause! (yikes, only 90 odd days till the big C!)
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I will donate one of the car signs I make for Purrs, obviously of the winners cat photo, etc http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/catalog/personalised-cat-car-sign-p-161.html
Will have a nose round for other stuff to donate.
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oooh......my 2 are donatig a few things :yesss:
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The Clan Cats will have a wee lookee but as there are so many of us now we have decided parents have to buy us more stuff :naughty:
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Lovely to see some reminders of the little ones you've saved Teresa :Luv:
Trigger and Tiffany have offered Tosker to the auction :(
Lu is asking whether they would consider a swap for a different model with white bits on :naughty:
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The Siralots have been debating whether a piece of Art might be appreciated :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Hmmmmmmmmmm I think we would rather go to the Tate Modern :rofl: :rofl:
I am so pleased to see all the cats joining in cos its for maytes just like them who are looking for a home and so appropriate that ex and current rescues kitties should be offering their support :wow: :wow:
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Hobbes has agreed that he will donate his Panic Mouse that his meowmy fought so hard for last year and which he has studiously ignored ever since she first put it together :rofl: Dylan is having a think as to what he can donate but is sure he can come up with something ;D As they are both rescue boys they want to do what they can to help those cats less fortunate than themselves. :Luv2:
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A Panic Mouse :wow:
yessssssssssssssssssssssss, meowmy please, purrrrrrrrrlease meowmy
Sasa
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The Siralots have been debating whether a piece of Art might be appreciated :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
You could always call it a yuletide log! :innocent:
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So long as there's mugs :shocked:
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There will be mugs!
You , me , Tan, and everyone else who fight over have a bidding war over small postable items :rofl: :rofl:
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Bumping and stickying :wow:
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Don't forget teh Mugs :evillaugh:
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nooooooooooooooooo I can't bid. How horrid. So no-one is allowed to put up anything i really want cos that wouldn't be fair - right?
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We need a special section for BC so she can still bid and we can send her "little" posted items :evillaugh:
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That's a nice thought Liz. Maybe i should just bid items up then leave someone else to pay for them ;) :evillaugh: Oh wait. I did that last year and ended up winning quite a few things. Well, if they are not moving too rapidly, I promise to only bid on teeny tiny things that will cost next to nowt to post. Of course, I have the fiendish advantage of being on a different time zone so all manner of nasty things could happen :evillaugh: :evillaugh:
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As long as its not mugs! :evillaugh: ;D
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Or teapots :evillaugh: :rofl: I am so looking forward to unpacking my kitchen stuff and getting my teapot out to use!!! There is a great tea shop in Hobart that does the most amazing range of loose-leaf teas - I plan to work my way through them all ;D
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My goodness time zones and foreign postage...........I think you should come back for Christmas BC and then you can bid till you drop :rofl:
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I have just the thing for you BC :naughty: You'll have to wait til the auction to see what it is though :shify: :evillaugh:
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I have just the thing for you BC :naughty: You'll have to wait til the auction to see what it is though :shify: :evillaugh:
I may know what it is! :shify: :rofl:
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Bet you don't ;) :evillaugh:
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Thought it may of been something like what I won from you a couple of Auctions ago! :sneaky: :evillaugh: :hug:
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Oooh, hadn't thought of those :shify: That's two things that BC could win then :naughty:
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All these mysteries :shify: :shify:
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Oi you lot, chatting behind my back like that!! :scared: Now i am worried. Big time. Maybe I need to think of something I can auction instead. Like a portrait of Smidgen giving his demon-cat-from-hell look or similar ... :rofl: :rofl:
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Talking behind your back.....never, indeed we wouldnt........we just dont know when you are watching us :evillaugh: :evillaugh:
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Is she still looking? :naughty: :rofl: :hug:
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Proberly :shify: :shify:
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Hah! Caught you! You're doing it again!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Well, I'm little Miss Smart :bum: because I have 4 items ready and wrapped and weighed with the postage on :P :P :P
BUT, I forgot to take a photo of one of them, so I had to unwrap it!! :rofl: :rofl:
Can't wait for the fun to begin.
Mary :hug:
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So long as there's mugs :shocked:
Noted!!! I'm already on to it xxx
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Well, I'm little Miss Smart :bum: because I have 4 items ready and wrapped and weighed with the postage on :P :P :P
BUT, I forgot to take a photo of one of them, so I had to unwrap it!! :rofl: :rofl:
Can't wait for the fun to begin.
Mary :hug:
I was reading the first line and thought.......hope she took photos......and :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
We are so clever and foold ourselves :wow:
The auction is creeping closer and closer I feel it loomin right over me ......sigh..........Its very hard work and I miss it when its gone but this year has just gone so quick!
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Sam you know how to intregue my Mug Collection!!!!!!!
Of course the Clan cats are saving up their pocket money and I hope to have been working as well failing that we now have all the details for daddies Credit card - Sweetie Leader of the clan dictating - as usual :evillaugh:
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JO Ripley has had a chat with his Dad and they have decided to donate a half day off roading experience for 2 people, which can be taken at a variety of places over the UK. JO Ripley was going to donate Ikkle Donkey but he says it reminds him of Paws Inn and he isnt giving it away :Luv2:
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Wow that sounds great, thanks to JO Ripley and his Dad ;D ;D ;D ;D
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No, you can't take his donkey away from him :Luv2:
What's off roading???? :-: :doh:
Mary
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It will be something to do with taking Land Rovers and Range Rovers on off road tracks, (Steve works for Land Rover), I will get more details before the auction :briggin:
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OMG - no chance of me doing that :Crazy: ;) :rofl:
Mary
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Will there be tea sweets again :shify: They were such a hot item :evillaugh:
I really hope I'm employed by then so I can have as much fun as I did last year ;D
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I've tried reading all the other posts here but did not manage to find the answer...
Can I donate barely used stuff? I have bought various cat beds and cat toys over the last two years that my lot have turned their nose up at.
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I've tried reading all the other posts here but did not manage to find the answer...
Can I donate barely used stuff? I have bought various cat beds and cat toys over the last two years that my lot have turned their nose up at.
Oh yes, most definitely ;D All 'lots' gratefully received and bid on ;D
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I thought I had replied but maybe I got diverted and forgot, sorry :shify: :shify:
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Will there be tea sweets again :shify: They were such a hot item :evillaugh:[/color]
Hey Shona, stop taking the P*** - I won the teas sweets :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I thought my mum would love them as she loves her tea so much. I actually noticed there are still a few in the bottom of her sweet jar last week funnily enough :evillaugh: :evillaugh: Not her favourites :Luv2:
Mary
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It will be something to do with taking Land Rovers and Range Rovers on off road tracks, (Steve works for Land Rover), I will get more details before the auction :briggin:
OMG that sounds FABULOUS .... I'm sure that will raise lots. I would really love it win but I have a feeling the "boys" may be bidding big on this one!
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maybe some will be bidding on behalf of their boys :shify: :shify:
i would love to hsave a go but only drive an auto
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Do all items have to be for cats or have cats on. I have some small stock items left over from a toy bussiness I ran.Would gladly put in.All brand new and packaged sitting in boxes doing nothing.
Keep on looking for my Flump tday. Should get his ashes back soon and then Ill feel a bit happier
Sonja
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Hi Sonja,
Most items have a cat theme but any item is welcome. All the more potential money for us to raise :wow:
I'm sure Flump misses you too :hug:
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No everything does not have to be cat related but we like peeps to make a cat related story for them going in the auction :rofl: :rofl:
Nothing long or hard but say................My cats hate these, so am selling them :rofl:
The only thing to bear in mind is that you have to pay the postage going out and the winner also pays the postage and that goes to the rescue as part of the auction money.
Its the only way that we can make the auction work on postage and postage rates are sadly horrific >:(
It takes a long time to stop missing your best friend but in time it gets easier :hug: :hug:
I will be putting up the instructions for the auction shortly but still feel that summer has just arrived here despite the cold nights!
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Oh good ;D he would be v happy with me for getting rid of stuff. He used to like to carefully examine my stock in the spare room. Tippy toeing from one box to another and poking his head in open boxes. Climb up to the highest wobbliest box and fall asleep half hanging over the edge. I always remember finding him asleep on a rubber chicken egg!
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That sounds so cute ;D
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What will happen if the PO strike?
Play and Amazon are back up planning to use rival companies (or so i read)
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Hadn't really thought of that MM :shy: The auction is going to be around the third week in November, with stuff needing posting around 2 weeks later so roughly first week in December - do you know when any strikes are planned for/likely to be?
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We cant do that sadly and hope that they will not strike immediately before Christmas and if they do, things will take a bit longer to arrive but it makes the proof of posting even more important so that claims can be made if anything goes missing.
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I cant remember exactly what it said date wise but was going on about the massive problem it would cause for xmas sales for the big online retailers etc
Its going to be a big national one, all sorting offices full of mail that will just be left, they shouldnt be allowed to do it. In the current climate they should just be glad to have a job when so many have been made redundant :(
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Are they on strike already in some places. Hubby has got one of these http://www.cuddlykingdom.com/nici-snowcats-50cm-tom-cat-p-5251.html (http://www.cuddlykingdom.com/nici-snowcats-50cm-tom-cat-p-5251.html) arriving for me to put Flumps collar on. Its Flump all over ( apart from the hood and coat with pom poms and colur). But its the kind of thing he would of warn if available in his size at the time but only inside for fear of embarrassment and being beated up. Nice gesture from lovaly hubby aww :wow:
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Aww, that's really sweet of your hubby :) I think they're on strike in certain places already, just not a UK wide one which would really cripple the postal system. Looks like Mr Snowcat is coming all the way from Scotland so he might get delayed on his journey to you :hug:
I had my Tiggy's collar under my pillow for well over a year until I felt able to put it with the rest of her 'things', her two baby 'brothers' (kittens I adopted after losing her) used to love fishing it out and trying to play with it/chew it, they just didn't get why they were't allowed!
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Tiggy had lovaly markings :hug:. I had a ginger baby some years ago called George. I got him when my workmate went to pick a kitten from a house locally (living in Bucks at the time). Anyway got there and it was the kinda house you wipe you feet on the way out of.
It was crawling!! :shocked:
So my friend took a little l.h tabby and this little ging kitten came strolling up to me and started bopping me.
The lady whos house it was said we could have them as she was going to drown any she couldnt home. Within the next 2 hours we had rehomed about 5 kittens I think to fellow cat lovers.
George had really orange fur with a kind of 1960's abstract pattern in a lighter ginger on the L hand side. He only lived 2 yrs and died of luekemia.
Anyway we reported this woman to the RSPCA and the 2 pairs of cats she had where rehomed. Apparently she just let them have one batch of babes after another. Georgies mum was brown with flecks of white,ging in and she was so thin and scrawnie. We went and got some food whilst we where there and made sure she was ok b4 we left. That was yrs ago.
Im keeeping all Flumpets fav little toys and the snowcats going to be my purry substitute for now.
Sonja x
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Think thats a lovely thing to do :hug:
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I was looking through my old toy stock and have found some ickle items to put in the auction.Flumpet loved playing with them so Im gonna group some of these ickle things together in ickle bundles to sell. There will also be something for Mummy in the bundle.
By the way just like you all yo know that you have made the difference being there at the moment whilst losing my Flump.
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Thats very nice of you and we all know how a slave suffers whentheir best friend goes to the Bridge and if we can help a bit its our privledge :hug:
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I've been checking around and it looks like I cleared myself out of cat-related things to auction last year so I'll just have to BUY BUY BUY instead. Bring on the mugs and the teapots!
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Another bidding war me thinks :rofl: :rofl:
I am getting quite excited now.
We have a Purrs draw on the 31st, then the Purrs Birthady Party mid november and about a week or so later the auction will start ;D
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Thats very nice of you and we all know how a slave suffers whentheir best friend goes to the Bridge and if we can help a bit its our privledge :hug:
They become such a part of you and Flump was such a sweet little old soul X
Are teapots and mugs expensive to post..I think each of my ickle bundles ( and noone will ever guess what they are b4hand) will go in med juffy bags. And done up with loads of cellotape as the naughty people at the sorting office somewhere keep on opening our mail.
Had my Royal Canin book come tday for my membership :Luv: and the package had been ripped right open. Has anyone else had this?
Cant be much call for underhand cat encyclopaedias at the moment.x
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It all depends on the weight and size of the package and the they are so bloomin finicky....rates can be found on the Royal Mail website.
And on that site you can make complaints and I would if I was you and dont let them fob you off, make sure they investigate your sorting office.
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I went on BBC radio Kent sometime ago amd spoke to 2 managers from BM.They said that this type of thing never happens.
Anyway they took my details and investigated it for me.....I waited.
Then about 1001 yrs later they wrote to me with an apology in the letter, still claiming it doesnt happen and wait for it...a book of first class stamps. Anyway about 6 months later a postman in the district was done for stealing post.
Our postmans great though..he was wearing shorts today :shocked: Brrrr
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I have a Thing in a Bag I will donate
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Oooh, lots of lovely things :birth 2:
The boys have been buying cat related things with their pocket money and (begrudgingly :evillaugh:) saving them for the auction ;D
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We have a Purrs draw on the 31st, then the Purrs Birthady Party mid november and about a week or so later the auction will start ;D
oooh :star1:
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We have a Purrs draw on the 31st, then the Purrs Birthady Party mid november and about a week or so later the auction will start ;D
oooh :star1:
I would like to add to that :clap: :yesss:
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I have something for the auction - definitely a collector's item. Its unused - in fact was unopened until a few minutes ago when I unearthed the envelope from the depths of my office cupboard and wondered what was in it. Yes I feel sure people will be fighting over this disk version of the Purrs Calendar for 2007/8 :rofl: Just as well I bought a paper version as well.
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:rofl: I bet they would
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I have one of those bergan 5 in 1 turbo tracks which was only played with while I took photos and then catagorically ignored (in favour of a cardboard box!) for a few months before I gave in and packed it away.
Samson has also agreed, rather dismissvely it has to be said, to part with the small scratching post which he's perfected ignoring.
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i've been finding the most gorgeous little cats from various suppliers.... the only danger is that i may not be able to part with them.... i have one that is made from opalite - it almost glows its gorgeous!
i could get some other things too actually.... hmmm.... mug you all like... i'll see what i can find :)
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ok... found loads of stuff i think y'all would like... least i hope you do or i'll be stocking a lot of cat items!!!
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This is all sounding great ;D
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Lol Hannah! That's my prob, I fall in love with anything cat.... I would'nt be able to auction anything! :-[ :hug:
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I have found a lovely crystal paperweight with the outline of 2 cats heads, its beautiful so that will be going in :wow:
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That sounds fab ;D
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I'm sure that oor kitties won't mind us putting forward a couple of the personalised blankies like we have last couple of years... will ask them which they would like to offer up for auction! ;-)
I'm sure those who have won the embroidered blankies the last couple of years will be able to vouch for them! ;-)
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could one of the
old experienced hands advise a newbie to the auction like me what aremost required - sellers or buyers?
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buyers who are having a cat fight is best cos we get more money when thye like the same thing and really want it. :rofl: :rofl: :naughty:
We seem to have the right amount every year and we get a nice amout of money and it's just enough work for Gill to cope with.
So you can be a buyer or a seller - no one minds. :hug:
Mary
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr lost my post while getting this link to last years auction
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/board,88.0.html
We need sellers to get the buyers and look on the link at a long thread to see how the bidding works.
Its an art form all of its own and very sneakie and me and my helper hannah, try each night to keep the bidding going on as many items as possible for two weeks.
Blooming hard work it is too and the last hour of the last day is CRAZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :rofl: :rofl:
Instructions for the auction are being worked on right now by moi and I know who is getting the proceeds ;)
This will be announced in a couple of weeks and not taking bribes LOL
Others are working oon precuring goodies from compamies and think that with all your support its looking good ;D
Ummmmm what was your question trigger :innocent:
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What Gill really means is that on the last day SHE goes Crazeeeeeeeeeeee :rofl: :hug:
Iy's fantastic fun and such a good way of raising money for something we are all so supportive of.
Mary
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Last year I did cos my puter broke and had to rush 400 miles to get it sorted and was sitting behind a laptop trying to follow what was going on in tiny writing and was exhausted LOL
Didnt start driving home until gone 0400 in morning after no sleep and never ever again!
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Its sounds brilliant! I have finished the kitty blanket and I also have something pink and fluffy with a perdycat on to go in well.
And no its not a poodle having a bad hair day :shify: :evillaugh:
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Well done ;D
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The Mugs are still mine!!!!! :sneaky:
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The Mugs are still mine!!!!! :sneaky:
Don't be so sure :sneaky:
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:duel: :duel: :duel: :box: :box: :rage: :rage:
Hee hee - it's not even started yet :rofl:
Mary
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:shify: "Pink and Fluffy" sounds perfect! :Luv2:
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Help Help Help Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now heres what i need some help with.
We are moving house next Monday and I have found out from AOL that it will take 2-3 weeks to be re connected to the internet.
If the auction is within that period I then cannot put my items in.
If this is the case I would be happy to give them to someone else to put in and I will give them a cheque for the postage and get stuff to them b4 auction.
Im really annoyed with AOL!! I have perdycat wrapping paper and ribbons and bows all ready for wrapping :'( so when whoever wins it, its a nice little suprise.
So I must put my cat blanket in and the pink and fluffy item that is not a poodle having a bad hair day.
I have to do this for Flump, for his memory so please :help: :allears:
I will also not be on the forum for 3 weeks :'(
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The auction will start on Sun 22 Nov which is 3 weeks away but it runs for two weeks to Sun 6 Dec.
I can put your items into the auction for you but will need a photo of each, and a description, plus how much the P&P will be. To get this take to a PO and weigh it and get them to give you a price and remember with packaging it will be bigger and heavier.
With these details I can put it/them in for you or you can if you are back on line again.
Items come into the auction all the way through and bidding starts immediately the auction opens and carries on until the closing time on the last day, 2000 precisely by the Purrs clock LOL
If you want to do this please pm me and we can discuss ;D
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I will miss the first week of the auction cos going on hols but will be back to bid on the mugs (and hopefully a teapot) before it ends ;D
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I can put your items into the auction for you but will need a photo of each, and a description, plus how much the P&P will be. To get this take to a PO and weigh it and get them to give you a price and remember with packaging it will be bigger and heavier.
Just wanted to say that you don't need to go to the Post Office to find out how much they will cost to post (I know you have a little one so simple trips become a major expedition!). You can weigh the items on your kitchen scales and find out exactly how much it would cost here http://sg.royalmail.com/portal/rm/PriceFinder?catId=23500532&gear=pricingcalc
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Yes you can but very often you will find the PO scales are differnt LOL :shify: :shify:
And if its on a weight or size border line, they will always be over the line LOL
Seriously though the best estimate is all that is needed ;D
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:thanks: to both of you.
Im just munching my tea at the mo inbetween the boxes and the meyhem :) and a very stressed hubby. x
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I can imagine, cos 4 years ago at this time was about to move and the house was all boxes and then it took another 3 months for me to actually move!
I never want to live in rooms full of boxes again and I am hoping to move next year grrrrrrrrrrrr
I hope the move goes very well for you :hug:
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Flump loved moving and used to explore all the boxes and piles of stuff.
Back to the packing :tired:
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You are invited to read about the auction here ;D
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,28504.0.html
This year Sunny Harbour are the rescue to receive the target for the auction and you can read about it in the thread above ;D
Please do read all the way through, I know its long but its worth reading before you start asking questions :evillaugh:
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A very worthy cause :) Hope we can do as well as we did last year :wish:
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A very worthy cause :) Hope we can do as well as we did last year :wish:
We are having some items donated from our wonderful commercial sponsors again this year: we already have a dozen or so :wow:
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we are very honoured to have been selected :hug: :hug:
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A very worthy cause :) Hope we can do as well as we did last year :wish:
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We seem to do better each year - we're getting as good as Red Nose Day :rofl: :hug:
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If you have read the link , you will see that the money works different this yaer and the more we get the more the rescues are helped, so big incentive to get over the target figure............dont know what I am talking about read the link :evillaugh:
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:Crazy: :Crazy: :Crazy: ok im confused, can you enlighten me....we 'donate' a prize and soemone bids for it and if they win we sned direct to the winner? and the moneies raised goes to purrs..is that right?...
Ok I have a really really lovely bagpuss cross stitch framed its lovley....i would like to donate that if you would like it..i can supply a photo if you like...it was a present, but now i think it would do good to raise a few pennies twards this wonderful work you do here....let me know what you think...im on board!!!! ..i think???:shocked:
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Yes thats about right LOL
You will see when it starts exactly how crazy it is.
THis year the auction is for Sunny Harbour one of our 4 independent rescues so although initially the money comes to Purrs, its then block transferred to Sunny Harbour up to £2000, anything above this will be divided among the three other rescues although one of them is dontaing their share to Sunny Harbour.
If you are an auctioneer you take a photo of the item and once the auction is open you post your item with pic and description. Bidding lasts for just over 2 weeks and then we slam the doors at 1900 precisely by the Purrs clock and and the highest bidder on each wins.
Then the auction staff will formally tell each winning bidder what they have got and how much and we say what to do for auctioneers and winners, how to send the money will be there and all other details.
The p&p is paid by the auctioneer but we like it to be shown in the post for the item cos then the winning bidder alsompays the postage and that gives a bit more for the auction .
All clear :evillaugh: :evillaugh:
I hope so :rofl: :rofl:
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The Mugs are mine though! :sneaky: :innocent:
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Purrdy it sounds alot more complicated than it really is. Once it gets going you'll see how it works. It's all great fun and there are usually lots of bidding wars. As Gill says it gets frantic and highly addictive and without giving away too much I know there are some really lovely auction items ;)
Don't panic if you miss the first day or so ... as new items can be added at any time during the auction but obviously the longer the item is up the more bids it will receive.
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woohoo - have photo'd 7 items that will (hopefully!) be selling. is rather exciting!!! hope you guys like what i've found for you all! ;D
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This all sounding sooooo exciting ;D
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8 - 8 items. cant count apparently. :innocent:
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I thought I had all mine ready but I've found some more stuff so I'll be taking pics and paying a visit to the post office AGAIN :rofl:
Mary :hug:
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I thought I had nothing to auction after the big clearout last year but I've managed to find a few little things ;D
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Better and better ;D
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Is it wrong to auction live animals? :-:
I'm thinking of including Riley in one of the lots after he decided to chew threw the packaging and start eating a pastry case that I was foolish enough to leave on the work surface >:(
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:attention: I'll bid!! ;D
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We could arrange a 'buy it now' before the auction if you like :evillaugh:
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I think Riley needs to sell you :rofl: :rofl:
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Thats spooky - I was thinking of Riley this morning when OH opened the bathroom cabinet and a WASP crawled out ;D
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Thats spooky - I was thinking of Riley this morning when OH opened the bathroom cabinet and a WASP crawled out ;D
Eeek! :bee: :bee: :bee:
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:auc7: 2 HOURS TO GO :auc3:
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:boxer: 55 MINS TO GO :tongue 2:
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;D 9 MINS TO GO ;D
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Please help us promote the Purrs Xmas auction - we would love to be able to raise as much as last year which was well over £2000 :wish: We need people to bid on the items and also to donate items if this is going to happen so please help spread the word ;D Please feel free to copy my signature or even make your own ;D
If you want to copy mine just copy and paste the two lines below - you will need to take out the XXX at the beginning and end of each line, I had to put these in to display the code.
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To add a new signature click the Profile button (top middle) then click on Forum Profile Information (bottom left) then in the Signature box simply paste the writing - simples ;D
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Does the Auction finish on Monday 4th Dec? :-:
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There isnt a Mon 4 dec LOL its Mon 7 Dec
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Just keeping yer on your toes! :innocent: :thanks: :hug:
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>:( ban that naughty Horza from bidding she is sooooo NAUGHTY!!!! BAN HURRRRRRR!!!! :evillaugh: :evillaugh: :evillaugh: :evillaugh: love from Fern and twiggy.....xxx :rofl:
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>:( ban that naughty Horza from bidding she is sooooo NAUGHTY!!!! BAN HURRRRRRR!!!! :evillaugh: :evillaugh: :evillaugh: :evillaugh: love from Fern and twiggy.....xxx :rofl:
I think she is a HE :rofl:
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I know she is a HE - what's Rob done? :rofl: We love fight in the Auction :naughty: :hug:
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Horza is on a mission to win everything he bids on :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Mind you so are some others :evillaugh:
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OMG - Hope he doesn't want anything I'm after :scared:
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He wants one that I want ......sigh
And everybody else wants the rest :rofl:
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Dave is rather miffed his very generous offer of his gorgeous face on an EXCLUSIVE card has had not one bite. He says I'm not to post any more pics until people bid :naughty:
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When you first put them on I opened one of the links and it froze on my puter :scared: this puter I'm only using temp and no protection on so I didn't try again... but I did try, I'll try again later today :hug:
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This is a message for everyone, please do not bump threads, the only way they will be bumped is at night time when the night staff do just that. If everyone bumps threads then it will just be chaotic , a bit like x factor judging! :rofl:
The only other way of moving a thread up is bidding on it, if you want to chat about it please do it in here or on one of the other auction threads, cos there are loads lurking around. :shify:
Its very hard for night staff to do their job if threads are artificially bumped and we want all items to get the best bids they can :thanks: :innocent:
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Oh good, for once I managed to stay withing the rules without knowing it! Just making threats here me!
So I'm threatening again. I have today taken a very cute little video clip of Chilli grooming Dave but you lot ain't getting to clap eyes on it until you start bidding on the very exclusive, very desirable, Dave cards!
Don't make me deprive everyone now!
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Threats are not a good thing for auctions, may just be a language thing LOL, I hope so and havent checked the posts yet.
We do not want posts on the auction thread that are not items fro bidding and we do not want posts on any item thread that does not have a bid unless done my me, Hannah or Tan tonight.
Its very important now coming to the llast 3 days of bidding that we keep bids at the forefront and apart from the funnies that come with bids, no other posts.
The aim is to collect as much money for Sunny Harbour as we can and end up with a great last day.
On Sunday night the night staff will be completely changing the order of every thread ready for monday and also that will be the next total, so we roll into monday knowing how much we have and with a clean slate of bids.
Happy bidding ;D
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Did I say that there will not be another total until Sunday night?
Well if i didnt I have now :rofl: :rofl:
I notice signs that some are moving in for the kill now and they maybe right cos the list of items is so long, things tend to hide :rofl: :rofl:
On the other hand of course some will be really organized and be able to find them again :innocent:
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On the other hand of course some will be really organized and be able to find them again :innocent:
I wish! - takes me ages to plough through all the things I want already. ;)
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On the other hand of course some will be really organized and be able to find them again :innocent:
I wish! - takes me ages to plough through all the things I want already. ;)
Then make life easy for yourself Gillian and forget the shabby chic items :evillaugh: :duel:
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You gals forgot how to use yer bookmarks then? :sneaky: ;)
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You gals forgot how to use yer bookmarks then? :sneaky: ;)
Forgotten? What makes you think I've ever known :-:
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You gals forgot how to use yer bookmarks then? :sneaky: ;)
Forgotten? What makes you think I've ever known :-:
:evillaugh: I only remembered them today! :rofl: :hug:
Bookmark the page on the thread you are bidding on, then you dont need to be triple checking the sect to find what your bidding on! ;)
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:thanks: Bazsmum. Gillian's offline now so maybe she wont read this and I'll be able to outbid her when the real war starts tomorrow :sneaky:
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That's far too organised for me, also I'd never get round to deleting them once the auction ends.
I'll leave it up to fate on what I win :evillaugh:
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This time tomorrow the real war will have started I think and it may have been waging all day but I will be ready to go into count down mode for only one hour left :rofl: :rofl:
Tonight after the nights wind up I will sending out the battle call for tomorrow :evillaugh: :evillaugh:
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:thanks: Bazsmum. Gillian's offline now so maybe she wont read this and I'll be able to outbid her when the real war starts tomorrow :sneaky:
Don't be so sure about that LOL! ;) off to sort out me bookmarks :naughty:
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:waiting: 24 hrs and 58 mins :rofl:
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:waiting: 6hrs left
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Hot tip for tonight ;D
The auction closes at 2000 precisely going by the Purrs clock and any bid even i second past the time will be lost, so make sure your computer clock and purrs clock are the same or you know the difference :innocent:
The Purrs clock only refreshes when you refresh or move page or post so dont be caught out :scared:
:waiting: 5hrs and 27 mins to go
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Countdown is seriously on now :waiting: 3hrs 25 mins
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Hot tip for tonight ;D
The auction closes at 2000 precisely going by the Purrs clock and any bid even i second past the time will be lost, so make sure your computer clock and purrs clock are the same or you know the difference :innocent:
The Purrs clock only refreshes when you refresh or move page or post so dont be caught out :scared:
:waiting: 5hrs and 27 mins to go
Just checking! :sneaky:
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:waiting: 3 hrs left in the auction :shify: :shify:
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Dinner is in the oven ... going to watch xfactor during din dins and there had better not be a power cut between 7:30 and 8 .. we is on a mission!
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:waiting: 2 hrs to go let the bid fest begin :evillaugh:
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:waiting: 1 hr and 15 mins to go and am waiting for the elbows and the handbaggers to come out :rofl: :rofl:
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I HAVE to go out , and I bet I miss out on the two things I really want! >:( :'(
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Awww Kirst :hug: :hug: :hug:
As long as it isn't anything I'm bidding on :evillaugh: I'll be more than happy to bid for you .. just PM me the items and maximum amount and I can see what I can do :hug: :hug:
If you want ..
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so sorry Kirst :hug:
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On the final countdown :waiting: 60 mins to go
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:waiting: 45 mins to go and its getting serious now
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Right I am off out now!!! Whatever I gets , hope the auction makes squillions for Sunny Harbour! :Luv2: :Luv2:
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Only 30 mins to go.....get ready at your keyboards :shify:
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:waiting: 15 mins
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:waiting: 10 mins
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I got butterflies and I need the loo - Tan can I have some loo paper please :rofl: :rofl:
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I got butterflies and I need the loo - Tan can I have some loo paper please :rofl: :rofl:
You will have to bid on it! :naughty: :rofl: :hug:
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:waiting: 5 mins left only
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:waiting: this is your 2 min call
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60 secs
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THE AUCTION IS CLOSED
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Damn you Bungly and Janey, you have deprived a child of chocolate at Christmas! :P :P :P :P :P
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Sarah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :naughty: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hug: :hug:
Sorry Belle! :Luv2: :hug:
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I lost :censored: connection in the last 2 minutes I am sooooo :censored: off.
I think I might have something but Bonnie hasn't :'( :'(
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I've left Robbie out in the rain so I can get a last minute bid in! Good job he's forgiving!!!
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I think I may have won things I forgot I bid on, did that last year as well, ended up with half the auction :evillaugh:
Ah well, Granny dancer has sent me a wee bit of Christmas money and where better to spend it :)
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Sorry 925dancer - i am used to bidding on ebay -well i was when i had some money ! Not done that for a while now though .
Not sure if i actually made it for 8.00 -wonder if i was over time !?
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That's okay Bungly, I use ebay too but I'm not trying to frantically bid on five things at once all ending at the same time!
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Yep, I had five things on the go too - only got two of them - I think! :evillaugh: Flippin computer did a go slow just as I thought I'd got the pop up play train tunnels - the cats are very disappointed with my bidding skills :evillaugh:
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I have done that with 2 on ebay and its a nightmare -stuff i buy for the cats on there are usually buy it now or best offer - Winston has more outdoor cat houses than he knows what to use thanks to ebay !
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I missed one of the things I really wanted a stocking and candy cane catnip toy thingy, computer went slow and I was 8 seconds too late. 8 seconds! Not sure I got anything for the babies :-[ Best get myself to the supermarket for a lot of Dreamies :evillaugh:
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I had all the things the boys wanted open in tabs but it was going so slowly I didn't get a chance to put my final bids in on them all :( The boys are gutted, particularly about THEIR train and are asking if they can go and visit MM and her gang :evillaugh:
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Maybe those who missed out what they wanted could check ebay out -they have some good stuff for cats on there -only if they aren''t in the Purrs shop though !
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Sorry but server got overloaded right at end and I couldnt even post 2 min warning the first time ......sigh
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I do get a lot off ebay, got their tree from there. I just enjoy the fun of this and the fact it goes to a rescue of ours too.
Helen, I've just noticed you put a bid on the personalised blanket at exactly 8:00:00pm
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I actually missed the chocolate when i refreshed the page ! :(
Maybe not so good at bidding -but will blame the server for going so slooow ! :rofl:
Not even sure i got the calendar now !
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I got all my 5 things (3 had dropped off the radar :evillaugh: 1 everyone gave up on and the final one had to fight for!!) Was working on Kirsts when the server crashed ... was sooooooooo so so so so close to those earings.
:grrrrrr: :grrrrrr: silly server .. just needed those extra 20 seconds and would have had them!
Need to lie down now.
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I had all the things the boys wanted open in tabs but it was going so slowly I didn't get a chance to put my final bids in on them all :( The boys are gutted, particularly about THEIR train and are asking if they can go and visit MM and her gang :evillaugh:
Robbie-cute-bum notices you missed the moggy-coins but can't really comment as I had forgotten about them!
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I had all the things the boys wanted open in tabs but it was going so slowly I didn't get a chance to put my final bids in on them all :( The boys are gutted, particularly about THEIR train and are asking if they can go and visit MM and her gang :evillaugh:
Robbie-cute-bum notices you missed the moggy-coins but can't really comment as I had forgotten about them!
I missed them by 19 seconds :grrrrrr: I swear it was 19:58 when I pressed 'post' :tired: Oh well, I just won't be able to shop at Jollyes or Morrisons ever again thanks to Snarf :innocent:
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IHelen, I've just noticed you put a bid on the personalised blanket at exactly 8:00:00pm
Didn't you manage to bid spot on 8pm last year Helen? :-:
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I put that bid in at well before 20:00 so just goes to show how slowly it was going :evillaugh:
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Thankyou so much Den :hug: - Gutted about the ear-rings but you can't win em all I guess! :'(
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Hey Kirst, I saw an earring and necklace set briefly on ebay today ;) I didn't click through but it was definitely there.
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Here you go!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Silver-Cat-Necklace-and-Earrings-Set-925-Gift-Boxed-NEW_W0QQitemZ220508950351QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Jewellery_Watches_FineJewellery_CA?hash=item33575b8f4f
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Exciting news coming up on the Total thread ;D
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I had all the things the boys wanted open in tabs but it was going so slowly I didn't get a chance to put my final bids in on them all :( The boys are gutted, particularly about THEIR train and are asking if they can go and visit MM and her gang :evillaugh:
Robbie-cute-bum notices you missed the moggy-coins but can't really comment as I had forgotten about them!
I missed them by 19 seconds :grrrrrr: I swear it was 19:58 when I pressed 'post' :tired: Oh well, I just won't be able to shop at Jollyes or Morrisons ever again thanks to Snarf :innocent:
i missed one by 24 seconds darn slow laptop twarting my attempts! id thought you had the trolley tokens helen with the last second sniper bids, had the mymoggy site up to buy some ;D i think its the only thing i won :(
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I had all the things the boys wanted open in tabs but it was going so slowly I didn't get a chance to put my final bids in on them all :( The boys are gutted, particularly about THEIR train and are asking if they can go and visit MM and her gang :evillaugh:
Robbie-cute-bum notices you missed the moggy-coins but can't really comment as I had forgotten about them!
I missed them by 19 seconds :grrrrrr: I swear it was 19:58 when I pressed 'post' :tired: Oh well, I just won't be able to shop at Jollyes or Morrisons ever again thanks to Snarf :innocent:
i missed one by 24 seconds darn slow laptop twarting my attempts! id thought you had the trolley tokens helen with the last second sniper bids, had the mymoggy site up to buy some ;D i think its the only thing i won :(
Oooh, didn't realise they sold them on the mymoggy site :doh: I shall now be able to shop in Jollyes and Morrisons again as I will soon be the proud owner of a Mymoggy token :naughty:
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Soon be Christmas 2010 Auction Gill - I've got some bits ready :naughty: :rofl: :hug: :rofl:
Mary
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Oh mary I need some time to get over this one :rofl: :rofl:
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Please could someone who reads this ammend my total, please :shy:
Kirsts was added to my total owed, but I'm not the winner of the necklace/bracelet ... Kirst is.
Thankies!
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I changed it on the list with 2 little stars.
Your totals on the thread should be OK unless the knecklace was awarded to you......if it was let me know and will change that too ;D
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Oops, I changed it too - think we were editing at the same time :evillaugh:
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Thank you :hug: :hug: I know Hannnah must have been sooooooooo tired last night .. Tan had awarded the necklace to Kirst.
Also, my total is wrong .... it needs to be £36.47. 10p needs to be added to the digital photography book to make it £5.00. Then it'll match my spreadsheet :-[
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Your spreadsheet LOL.......try the spreadsheet for the whole auction.......hannahs air must be blue :rofl: :rofl:
I am going to check the list cos Hannah knows it was a bit out but at 0130 that was it for all of us. :shify:
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Hey, my spreadsheet was rather sophisticated thank you very much :P
I had 5 different tables, with varying combinations of items, with updated totals according .. so I could look at the different totals, know which was over budget and which was good to carry on bidding. Then I had all me post-its which each items maximum bid. Plus I had 9 tabs open in my browser - 1 for each item and one with all the items so I could keep track.
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oooh thanks Dancer - I shall go abidding! ;D
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It sounds like it was above my spread sheet power Den LOL ;D
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I put that bid in at well before 20:00 so just goes to show how slowly it was going :evillaugh:
Dylan was well miffed when I told him you had snatched his blanky from under his nose at the last second :rofl: :rofl:
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Next year will somebody PLEASE remind me to auction only items with a regular shape and definitely nothing that is fragile. All day the house has looked like a bomb site - bubble wrap, polystyrene chips, recycled jiffy bags, poly bags, cardboard boxes, brown paper, parcel tape, sellotape, tissue paper, shredded paper :phew: and in the middle of it this mad women muttering 'where's me scissors? wots 'appened to me labels? why's this lid off the mug with lid still 'ere when the mug's been packed :grrrrrr:? I think I'll go and lie down.
Forgot to add - when I went to post office with them all the lady behind the counter said 'Is this going to be a regular thing?' :faint: :rofl:
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Forgot to add - when I went to post office with them all the lady behind the counter said 'Is this going to be a regular thing?' :faint: :rofl:
To which the answer is 'regular, yes: frequent, no' :rofl:
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Oh that made me laugh Carol , especially after the story on the Pussy thread :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Forgot to add - when I went to post office with them all the lady behind the counter said 'Is this going to be a regular thing?' :faint: :rofl:
To which the answer is 'regular, yes: frequent, no' :rofl:
:lol2: I was far too frazzled at that point to think of such a sensible answer Christine. I think I settled for a wild-eyed NO.
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Carol, you sound a little stressed :evillaugh: :naughty: :rofl: :hug:
Must admit I've been saving bubble wrap and jiffy bags and tissue paper for ages.
I had all mine wrapped up before the auction - wrapped them up and wrote on the envelope what it was and went to post office and asked how much they would be.
Then all I had to do was wait for the final word from Gill and send them out. I'm just too purrfect for words aren't I?? :naughty: :P ;) :hug: :hug:
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lijoilifkdelkdjwiegow! Yes you are Mary! ;) :hug:
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LOL :rofl: :rofl:
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no need to go to Post Office - scales, tape measure and the Royal Mail website is all you need to work out postage
shame on you Maryas for being so inefficient :P :evillaugh:
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Carol, you sound a little stressed :evillaugh: :naughty: :rofl: :hug:
Mary
:lol2: Not really - it just took longer than I anticipated. It didn't help that OH had uncharacteristically recycled my carefully selected stash of cardboard boxes so I had to go out looking for replacements which all seemed to be either too big or too small. And of course I didn't have Korky to help me this year :(
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Mine are going to have to go out tomorow and no way of beating the queue, so could take 2 hrs!
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no need to go to Post Office - scales, tape measure and the Royal Mail website is all you need to work out postage
shame on you Maryas for being so inefficient :P :evillaugh:
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Too busy on Purrs to go on post office website :rofl: :very Busy:
Mary
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I decided to test the panic mouse before I packed it to make sure it was working ok. Put it together and switched it on and Hobbes decided it looked really good and could he have a play with it - this after studiously ignoring it for the last 12 months :Crazy: Told him it was too late and it was going off to another puss cat to play with cos he didn't want it :rofl: Cats - contrary creatures aren't they :rofl:
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DEfinately lol ;D