Steven, Stephen,Skippy,Skippie, no matter how you spell it your the best rat I know.
Guess that makes you the best and worst rat we all know? :wink:
Steven, Stephen,Skippy,Skippie, no matter how you spell it your the best rat I know.
Hey Mike!! You make it sound like I'm the Bad Guy here!!
I may be a rat, but I have feelings ya know!!!
OK Skippy. I won't bump it.
Mums the word !!:wink:
The thread is getting bumped along with his bid ..... I can go no higher ... just like the pen Brad auctioned.
I promised I wouldn't bump it.
Smitty is not a wealthy man and I did buy the last one....you guys all have my blessings for this one and my sincere wish is that it does at least as well as the one I won.Well I gave it a nice bump.... maybe Smitty will let me have this one. :tongue:
Go ahead, outbid me... I dare you. :biggrin:
Here, there has to be a connection between the seller and the bidder - just throwing in a bid when you don't want to win, isn't a shill bid but might make a lot of folks unhappy if you do win and then don't pay.Well I gave it a nice bump.... maybe Smitty will let me have this one. :tongue:
Go ahead, outbid me... I dare you. :biggrin:
You didn't last long.
Be very careful of artificially bumping the bids. If you don't want it then don't bid.
Artificial bid bumping is called Shill Bidding and is illegal.. In the UK it can earn you a ÂŁ5000 fine .
If it's ok to do this in USA then I for one will never take part in an IAP auction again. Raising funds for a good cause is one thing, but breaking the law is another.
RFLMAO!!!! :biggrin:
I must be getting old!!! I switched from my Kindle Ebay account to my laptop account and managed to outbid myself!!!:biggrin:
Of course, big big thanks to the CC gang and Roy!!!
Smitty is not a wealthy man and I did buy the last one....
Perhaps my wife 'penned' that sentence. OOPS another bump.Smitty is not a wealthy man and I did buy the last one....
Referrering to yourself in both first and third person in a sentence that short... Thats quite the feat!!!
I promised I wouldn't bump it.
I always knew that you were a man of his word, Mike!!:biggrin:
Bumping the thread is fine, but someone will have to actually bid past my top bid to knock me off my perch. :wink:
I can't afford to bid higher than my top bid, ( less than it's worth, BTW ) so lets see who really wants it.
Or are you all just mouth???:tongue::yawn:
Very generous of you Roy :biggrin::biggrin: Thats just pushed the value of the pen up to 500 bucks
Thanks Brad and Thanks Stephen!!!
The bid is now at $250.00 with Skiprat in the lead to own this beautiful pen and more importantly, help the Oklahomans who lost so much to the deadly tornado.
But Wait...................... There's More!!!!!
Our own Oklahoman, Roy Robaldo, has sweetened this pot to the tune of $250.00!!!
The winner of this auction will receive, in addition to this beautiful pen, $250.00 Store Credit at The Classic Nib!
This auction, in essence, is starting over!!!! Skippy's $250.00 bid is now a break even deal thanks to Roy and The Classic Nib!!
So, whatever your budget was for this auction add $250.00 and place your bid!!!!
Thank you Roy!
Congratulations John!!! Thank you for your winning bid of $405.00. 100% of your bid will be sent to GlobalGiving Oklahoma Tornado Relief Fund. In addition to this fine looking pen you will also receive $250.00 store credit to the Classic Nib compliments of Oklahoman.
Thank you to all who bid. Team 8's generosity has moved other teams to donate their CCC pens to this cause as well so there will be another auction posted soon.