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Tomorrow about noon, I will post a numbered list of silent auction items.  At 6:00 PM, I will post the same list, but this time with “Buy it now” prices,  If you would like to purchase an item for the buy it now price send an email to sarahhensonbenefitfund@gmail.com stating the item number, the description, and the buy it now price.  Upon receiving the email, we will send a runner to the bidding area and mark the item “sold” and reply to your email.  In the event that someone else has already done the “buy it now”, we will reply to your email and tell you that also.

Tomorrow about noon, I will also publish the final list of “live” auction items.  If you would like to bid on any of these items, you will have two options.  First, Any time tomorrow before 8:00 PM, you can send an email to sarahhensonbenefitfund@gmail.com with the maximum amount that you would be willing to bid.  We will have someone bid for you at the auction.  In the event that you are the winning bidder, you will only be charged for the amount necessary to be the winning bidder.  For example, if you were willing to bid $500 for the fishing trip, but you were the highest bidder at $300 and no one else wished to bid more, then you would get the fishing trip for the price of $300.

The second method of bidding is as follows:  At 6:00 PM, I will publish a list of cell phone numbers.  If you wish to bid by telephone, you may call one of the cell phone numbers at 8:00 PM when the auction starts and make arrangements to be called back when the item you are interested in is being sold.  This will let you participate in the auction action as it happens.

Following the  live auction, I will make a shameless pitch to sell “Sarah Days” for $50 a day.  This is the amount that it takes to pay for one day of mortgage.  At any time you can email us with donations to buy “Sarah Days”  We will mark each of these days on the calendar as they are pledged.

Doug Bratland has been providing all the technology behind with website.  Doug will be on the computer during the event to accept bids and donations.  I really want to publicly thank him for his work.  We had over 500 visits to this site on Thursday.  Doug will be taking pictures during the event and posting them on the site so you can see what is happening.

Thank you all for working with us to make this an incredible event!

Be sure to get your donations in by November 12.  On Thursday, a crew will start getting things ready for the auction.  we will decide which items will be on the live auction and which will be on the silent auction.  We will be making up a bidding sheet for each item on the silent auction.  we  will have each item numbered along with a brief description.  I will try to have a cell phone number availabie with the list in case you have questions about a particular item.

At the silent auction, each item will have a “buy it now” price.  If a bidder chooses to “buy it now” the item is considered sold and is no longer available for bidding.  At 6:00 PM Central time, we will repost the numbered list of auction items, along with the buy it now prices.  If there is an item that you are interested in, you can send an email with the number, your name and address information and the confirmation of the “buy it now” amount.  If you need to have the item shipped, we will ship it to you and you will be responsible for the shipping charges for the item as well as for the “buy it now” price.  This will let you participate in the auction excitement.

We will have about 15 items on the “live” auction.  If you are interested in bidding on any of these, you can send an email prior to the auction with the highest amount that you are willing to bid.  We will have an on-site bidder bid for you, just the same as if you are at the auction.  In other words, if the bidding on the floor doesn’t go as high as your absentee bid, you will be the winner of the item for a price lower than your maximum amount.  In addition, I will get several cell phone numbers that you could call during the live bidding if you wish to actually bid yourself during the auction.  If any of this is unclear, please feel free to email us with your phone number and someone will call you back and explain further.

Finally, during the live auction, I will be asking people to buy one or more “Sarah Days”.  A “Sarah Day” costs $50 and will pay for one day of her mortgage.  We will have a large calendar on stage and we will mark the days and weeks as they are paid for.  If you would like to buy one or more “Sarah Days”, you can also do that by sending an email with the amount that you would like to purchase.  Thank you all in advance for being a part of this wonderful event.