I was contacted and asked if others can donate credits for the cause. The answer is YES! You are more than welcome to help out by donating more EC credits.
I am selling 4,000 5,000 6,000 Entrecard credits on eBay. The bidding starts from today (midnight central US time) and will end in 10 days.
All winning profits will be given to UNICEF, a charity that helps educate, feed and vaccinate children worldwide.
Why should you buy?
4,000 5,000 6,000 credits are hard to come by. If you average 300 credits per day, it will still take over 13 16 20 days to receive this amount. Also, it is for a good cause.
Why am I donating all the money to charity?
Because, it is my birthday and I am filling generous. It is a way to say “thank you” to everyone around the world.
Where is the auction?
The auction can be found here: EC credits for charity
How do you know I have 4,000 5,000 credits?
If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask within the comments.
Update: The auction is over and the UNICEF money is sent.
Written: Feb 2, 2008
Thomas L
February 2, 2008 @ 2:28 am
That is really great of you Gary!
Gary R. Hess
February 2, 2008 @ 11:54 am
Thanks Thomas,
Hopefully the word gets out and it starts getting some nice bids.
Øyvind
February 2, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
Happy Birthday Gary. Great initiative this is, I hope it works out well. I tried to digg this story but digg denied me, not sure why..
Gary R. Hess
February 2, 2008 @ 8:04 pm
impNERD is banned from Digg for ’suspicious activity’.
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CyberCelt
February 3, 2008 @ 7:43 pm
I wrote a blog post about the auction and I set the first bid. Thank you for doing this.
Gary R. Hess
February 3, 2008 @ 9:51 pm
No, thank you. I’m glad UNICEF will get some money, even if $9.99 turns out to be the highest bid in 9 days.
Thanks again.
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February 4, 2008 @ 2:36 am
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Mirjam
February 4, 2008 @ 2:37 am
Great initiative Gary, I do hope your EC´s raise a lot of money!
Gary R. Hess
February 4, 2008 @ 3:52 pm
Thanks Mirjam,
It sucks that I can’t update the title on eBay as it still says 4,000 EC credits. If they click directly through, they won’t be able to tell it’s 5,000 unless they read the “UPDATE” towards the bottom of the page.
That’s why I’m trying to get people to come here instead first now, eh… Hopefully everything works out.
Elite By Design
February 4, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
Good luck with the sale!
Gary R. Hess
February 6, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
Thanks. I’m going to need it
Marcus Hochstadt
February 6, 2008 @ 9:35 am
$9.99? You’re kidding, Gary… I’m confident your auction will surpass the $100 mark.
I added your action to my watch list. So watch out! LOL
Gary R. Hess
February 6, 2008 @ 12:08 pm
It’s now up to $20.50. A little better, but there is still 5 1/2 days left. Hopefully it’ll go a bit higher.
Hugo Santos
February 6, 2008 @ 11:49 am
very nice attitude of you.. i have donated some credits to help you increase the auctioned credits
Gary R. Hess
February 6, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
Thanks! All the credits/bids are welcome. I increased the amount to include your donation.
Sue
February 6, 2008 @ 2:33 pm
I have in the past donated artwork for various charities, if you know anyone at Unicef, if they do any sort of functions with silent auctions. I’d be happy to help!