RE: I can't believe it still going on

First of all the out and out statement " you are wrong!" offends me very much. Second what the hell are you talking about, Charity auctions have put things up that are untouchable to most of us sense charity auctions began. For instance battered women just put up a pair of Brittany Spears pants up for auctions they went for thousands. Cancer has a celebrity auction every year and auctions off the belongings of the rich and infamous. PGA holds a charity auction to play rounds off golf with your favorite Pro.It wouldn't make sense to have and auction where the prize was worthless. Charities use unattainable stuff to draw higher bids. I am not apposed to a more fair raffle either I am just not wrong
 
Thanks for your input
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From: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com [mailto:owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of Wayne Kennedy
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 5:13 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: I can't believe it still going on

I second ...third .and forth..that....Bill........
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From: Bill VanIderstine <h*@pei.sympatico.ca>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: I can't believe it still going on

Dennis: I have kept quiet re my past with opinion. You are wrong ! If a person want's to make a donation
in any part of North America , they are free to do so. If you put a seed that is untouchable in our sport for
most growers, that's different. Its saying, if you can afford or wish the challenge, match or beat me with you
money. That'd not a charity, do you need a simple seed to entice people to give or get carried away with the
challenge. I think the raffle is far more humane & justified. That's the view from here.    Bill


At 11:01 AM 1/16/01 , you wrote:
>
>   The Seed auction
>
>   I was hoping this was going to blow over. I don't get it, I have gotten at
>least 100 seeds free this year. The list has been more than eager to give me
>and so many others free proven seeds. Charity (An institution, organization,
>or fund raiser for the help of the needy)( An act of good will or kindness)
>Those are just two of the definitions in the dictionary. Some of you out
>there make it sound like strong armed robbery. If someone has $100,000.00
>and wanted to give it to cancer research who is going to step up and say
>that's way to much the rest of us can't give like that. That's just the same
>as a seed auction except that the big donor wins the brass ring. SO WHAT if
>you bid just for the prize that makes it a lotto not an charity action if
>you don't have 300.00 to donate don't if you need seeds ask the list. And
>when you go to a charity action bid the cure and not the prize.
>
>d*@syix.com
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Thanks,
Bill Van Iderstine
P.E.I. Record Holder @ 862 lbs.
http://aggc.1wh.com/aggc.asp
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