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| Thread ID: 117028 | 2011-03-30 22:36:00 | Auctioneer scumbag | Zippity (58) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1190650 | 2011-03-30 22:36:00 | www.stuff.co.nz The man who donated a Don Binney painting for sale to raise funds for Christchurch earthquake relief is disappointed the auction house took a $16,200 commission from the sale |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1190651 | 2011-03-30 22:49:00 | I don't personally have a problem with that - did you even read the story you just linked? The man who donated the painting can do what he likes with the proceeds - he chose to donate them to Christchurch. The auction house has a standard fee, and can do what they like with that - in this case, noting what the proceeds were going towards, they opted to charge only 6% instead of their usual 10%. What this effectively means is that the auction house has decided, even though they have no obligation to do so, to donate $10,800 to Christchurch. Therefore... what you've just done is call somebody a scumbag for donating over $10k to the Christchurch relief fund. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1190652 | 2011-03-30 23:08:00 | No. I called them a scumbag for pocketing 6% :( I, along with many others was under the (mis)impression that the Auction House was giving its services free of charge. Charity begins at home - what a joke :( :( |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1190653 | 2011-03-30 23:18:00 | No. I called them a scumbag for pocketing 6% :(And what's wrong with that? They are an auction house, and work on a percentage commission - this is normal. Do you similarly vilify your local dairy for not donating 100% of their revenue to Christchurch? What about the company you yourself are employed by? If they donated 100% of their revenue to Christchurch, where do you think your next paycheck would come from? Taking this to an extreme, why have you not donated 100% of your own income? I, along with many others was under the (mis)impression that the Auction House was giving its services free of charge.What gave you this impression? Charity begins at home - what a joke :( :(Indeed... a very generous man has auctioned a painting and donated all the proceeds. The auction house was also generous, and donated almost half their commission. Maybe start appreciating that they donated something at all rather than complaining about the amount. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1190654 | 2011-03-30 23:25:00 | Not sure I see the problem here... guy wants to sell painting so he can donate the funds raised to charity, auction house likes the idea so reduce their fee by 40%. Done. Everyone seemed to love the idea when Air NZ was letting people fly out of Chch for $50 or whatever - are they scumbags for not doing that for free, too? |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1190655 | 2011-03-31 01:11:00 | FOR THE SLOW READERS ON PF1: Some people at my place of work were under the impression that the auctioneers were giving their services freely - nothing more, nothing less. Please don't shoot the messenger. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1190656 | 2011-03-31 02:46:00 | FOR THE SLOW READERS ON PF1: Some people at my place of work were under the impression that the auctioneers were giving their services freely - nothing more, nothing less. Please don't shoot the messenger. So some people had jumped to a conclusion and you passed the conclusion on as fact? Consider yourself shot with due cause! |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1190657 | 2011-03-31 02:55:00 | The man who donated a Don Binney painting for sale to raise funds for Christchurch earthquake relief is disappointed the auction house took a $16,200 commission from the sale I don't see where Zippity was disappointed at the auctioneer, though creating a thread with the title you did, would imply you thought he was a scumbag and therefore..... :xmouth: |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 1190658 | 2011-03-31 03:00:00 | I don't see where Zippity was disappointed at the auctioneer, though creating a thread with the title you did, would imply you thought he was a scumbag and therefore..... :xmouth: These are questions he should have asked before hand, I didn't donate any money through txt untill I found out that the telcos were giving 100% to the appeal. |
plod (107) | ||
| 1190659 | 2011-03-31 03:14:00 | That story has disappeared off the stuff website, as that link doesn't link up so can't comment. However generally speaking, often when something is being auctioned for charity, the auctioner will waive their fees. I think trademe does. Also if you watch the auction programs on TV they too often do. |
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