*BATW*CAN'T KEEP/SAVE YOU GARAGE SALE"

WELCOME TO THE BUGS AMONGST THE WAVES SPONSORED
"CAN'T KEEP/SAVE YOU GARAGE SALE"

The Bugs Amongst the Waves (BATW) group has decided to help kick start our fundraising campaign by organizing a sort of online garage sale. For those of you who have read about the group yet, we have just joined forces under the leadership of Don (dwhite76) to raise funds to help 10c members in need. The idea is to help out those of us who have hit a rough patch and could use a little helping hand. We decided to start with things like gas cards, grocery cards…things to help make ends meet. We are excited to see where this goes, and there is no telling what the scope of the things we might be able to do for each other. BUT- WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! (You can read details about what the BATW group is by visiting this thread: http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=156048)

What we need from you for the garage sale to be a success
We are putting the word out that we would like anyone who has stuff to sell to consider donating the proceeds (or a portion of the proceeds) to help us raise funds. This can be items such as: CDs, vinyl, posters, t-shirts, DVDs, any misc PJ merchandise, basically anything you have that you don’t need/want that you think someone else may want to purchase. We aren’t going to keep it to just PJ stuff- ANYTHING will be great and be very much appreciated!

WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEND US YOUR STUFF!!! We want to run the sale off of the forums here, and have the sellers mail items direct to buyers (we think this simplifies the process considerably and also saves money on shipping the item twice).

Here is how it will work:

For SELLERS:
1- Please PM Kelly (GivenToLukinKP) with the following information (PLEASE DO NOT POST IT ON THE THREAD! We want to keep one list going to keep it accurate and simple):

- What the item is that you are pledging to donate proceeds from - How much you would like for the item to sell for - What percentage of the sale proceeds you will donate to Bugs

We hope sellers will include the shipping in the price of the item. However, we understand that if the item is unusually large or expensive to ship and you are giving 100% of the proceeds to BATW, you may not want to be out of pocket for shipping too. If you give us a heads up, we will be sure to make it clear on the list of items for sale that shipping will be extra and paid direct from the buyer to the seller.

2- Once you PM Kelly that info, she will add your item(s) to the list for the sale, along with your forum user name.

3- You will be contacted directly by interested buyers.

4- Seller will send Kelly a PM and let her know that an agreement has been reached.

****If you are donating 100% of the proceeds to BATW, then we will notify you once we receive payment for your item so you know you are good to ship it.

****If you are donating a percentage of the sale price, then payments will be made direct to you, and you will forward the BATW pledged amount to <!-- e --><a href="mailto:BugsAmongstTheWaves@gmail.com">BugsAmongstTheWaves@gmail.com</a><!-- e -->. When you make payment- PLEASE send it labeled as a gift and include the following information: Seller's forum user name, e-mail address (if its not the one attached to your paypal address), buyer's forum user name, and name of the item sold (so we can mark it off of the list)

For BUYERS:
1- Take a look at the list of awesome stuff for sale!

2- PM the SELLER DIRECTLY for anything you are interested in. This lets you ask them questions about the item (condition, shipping charges, photos, etc) PLEASE DO NOT PAY US UNTIL YOU COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SELLER. If the seller comes back to us and says they haven’t approved the sale, we will have to do refunds and we want to keep this as clean cut and simple as we can!

3- Once a deal is reached, you will give your shipping information to the seller and payments will be made via PayPal.

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If the seller is donating 100% of the proceeds to BATW, then payments can be made direct to <!-- e --><a href="mailto:BugsAmongstTheWaves@gmail.com">BugsAmongstTheWaves@gmail.com</a><!-- e -->. Please send as a "gift" on paypal (so we can avoid fees) and include the following information on payments: Seller's forum user name, your e-mail address (if its not the one attached to your paypal address), buyer's forum user name, and name of the item sold (so we can mark it off of the list)

***** If the seller is donating a percentage of the proceeds from the sale of the item, then you will pay them directly. They will in turn forward to us the percentage they pledged to BATW.
The second post in this thread will be the "GARAGE SALE" list that we will keep up to date.

Sounds easy, right? Please, if you have any questions, PM me and I will be happy to clear things up!!

If you don’t currently have any items to contribute to the sale, we are also accepting cash donations. Even a buck will help!! You can send all donations to <!-- e --><a href="mailto:BugsAmongstTheWaves@gmail.com">BugsAmongstTheWaves@gmail.com</a><!-- e -->. Please include your forum name, email address (if it’s not the one used for paypal), and that it is a cash donation (so we don’t think you are trying to buy garage sale stuff). Please send all money labeled as a “gift” to Bugs Amongst The Waves so that we can minimize fees and help people out as much as possible!

AND FINALLY...
If you got this far in my message, THANK YOU for staying tuned Your help, support, shout-outs and bumps are very much appreciated!!