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Posted By: davidcycleback

Thinking about your auction, it made me realize that big established charities have to have donations beforehand in order to even have a charity auction. A reflective eBay bidder should realize that if 100 percent of the winning bid goes to the designated charity, the money for the eBay, PayPal and other costs has to come from somewhere else.

Trying to get cutthroat shippings cost from an eBay dealer is one thing, trying to get it from a volunteer charity is another (if someone makes 25 cents per hour of work, that's essentially volunteering). Makes you wonder why they were bidding in a charity auction in the first place.