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November 20, 2005 Link to this post
Blow Me Away Wrapup
You may notice that the Katrina links on the right side of our main page have disappeared; these are gone because we've officially closed the books on the Blow Me Away charity auction. (It's not that helping hurricane victims is any less important than it was yesterday - it's that there are many, many good causes that need your help, and now that we're not actively participating in one of them as an organization, it makes less sense for us to promote one over any others.) This auction was a fantastic success - we raised just under $11,000 for hurricane relief. Congratulations to EVERYONE involved! You can see the financial breakdown on this page. Two personal notes - I'd like to apologize to Phil Shiel, who is, at this point, the only buyer who hasn't yet recieved his winnings; it's nobody's fault (turns out that shipping a nearly-life-sized statue of a gun-toting, armor-wearing figure across international borders is not as easy as it once was), but it's still no fun to be waiting this long... and I'd like to point out to the rather large number of people who sent us mail that we were going to be ripped off, that most of the buyers had no eBay feedback and were using brand-new accounts... EVERY SINGLE AUCTION was won by someone who paid the price they'd agreed to pay. There were a number of hold-ups in payment - but in every case, it was PayPal being a bit... overzealous, not someone trying to rip us off. Overall, this was a really positive experience, and it gives me a warm feeling to think that we helped donate a five-figure check to folks who need help pretty badly... and all of it prize generation, selling, buying - it was all done by gamers. (Louis Wu 16:39:11 UTC)
