Charity Auction

1. Thanks so much to all of our bidders and creators for all of their hard work and generosity of time and money. We've donated $3,321.37 thus far!
2. I'm still waiting on quite a few confirmations. If you've already sent in your donation but don't see your name in the following list, please contact me privately and I'll confirm your donation.
3. I'll be out of town for the next several days so if it takes me some time to respond to you or update your bid please be patient.
4. I sent out messages for Art/Graphics, Fanfic, and Handmade items to check on donation confirmations. If your account doesn't allow for private messaging I left a comment on the bid. I'll go through the other posts some time this week. If you want to make a preemptive strike you can email me your donation confirmation and I'll update the list. (ceem.fandom at gmail)
5. DID I MENTION Y'ALL ARE AWESOME!?

( Paid/Partial Payment Update List )

We have come soooo far, people! :) Thus far we've collected $1,886.37 (+/- for people who have added extra donations on their own) for Planned Parenthood and people are still sending in confirmations and donations. Bidders make sure to check in with your winning bids and forward them the confirmation.

Updated confirmations as of right now.

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If you believe this to be in error please comment here, private message me, or email me at ceem.fandom at gmail

Cheers!

If you're not sure how many items you've won or how much you owe exactly I have a handy spreadsheet for just that purpose. You can reply here, DM me, or email me at ceem.fandom at gmail and I'll send you your bidding summary.

I can't believe you guys! You are so freakin' awesome.

We have a grand total of promised bids amounting to a total of

$5,127.37

Thanks so much to the people who have already submitted your donations. (y'all are QUICK!)
bdr28, cannedebonbon, eagle-of-idiocy.livejournal.com, fahrbotdrusilla, harper-m.livejournal.com, orbiting_saturn, tebtosca, the_rant_girl

If you're not on that list, I don't have anything from the person you bid on.

For those who aren't sure how the bidding process goes.

1. All winning bidders should already have been notified of their wins.
2. Bidders are responsible for making their donation to Planned Parenthood and providing their information to the recipients of their winning bids. If you win more than one item please just add up all of your winning bids and donate that total amount to the charity rather than several small ones. (The charity receives more money this way.)
3. Once the author/vidder/etc receives the confirmation of donation from the bidder, the author/vidder/etc needs to comment back on the offering post.

Easy peasy. If you have questions, let me know.

EDIT: Apparently some of you are having issues donating. This from a fellow bidder: "...credit card fraudsters often make small donations to charitable organizations first to check if a credit card works, so under a certain amount, they routinely decline the payment and check back with the card owner first." So check with your credit card to make sure they know it is you if you're having troubles.

Here's a quick links auction post with all of the offers in this current Planned Parenthood auction!

Fan Art/Graphics/Mix Offers
Fanfic Offers
Handmade Offers
Misc Offers
Podfic Offers
Vidding Offers

In just under five hours bidding goes live and all chances to offer your amazing goods and talents will sadly come to an end.

SO get those last minute offers up and help us raise some funds for Planned Parenthood!!

Hey LJ users. I appreciate your awesome-ocity in volunteering for this exchange. Some of you are not familiar with Dreamwidth or do not have accounts here. I'm going to attempt to make this slightly easier for you.

( Simple tutorial for OpenID WITH pictures )

FYI - Links and images will display as text only as DW has a policy preventing them being displayed as clickable links to prevent spam.

EDIT - You can fix fix the clickable links problem by joining the community. If you join, your links will be fixed retroactively so all of the posts you did in this comm before you joined will also be fixed. :) More info Here and thanks to somnolentblue for the heads up.

Please post your offers to create/do whatever.

Here's where you can get nuts. If you want to sing someone a song, do a dance on video, whatever... here's where you post it. If you don't think it fits in one of the categories but you still want to help, please leave it here.

Be sure to include the following.

Username:
Link to your work:
What you're offering:
Any notes for bidders:
Minimum bid:


I'm sorry, but the offers portion of the auction is closed. I really hope you'll offer something next time. If you have any questions please private message me or ask at the Q&A Post. Happy Bidding!!

Please post your offers to write fanfic here.

Be sure to include the following.

Username:
Link to your work:
Fandoms you're willing to write:
Word Limit (if any):
Any notes for bidders:
Minimum bid:

I'm sorry, but the offers portion of the auction is closed. I really hope you'll offer something next time. If you have any questions please private message me or ask at the Q&A Post. Happy Bidding!!

Please post your offers to create fan art, graphics, or mixes here.

Be sure to include the following.

Username:
Link to your work:
Fandoms you're willing to work in:
Any notes for bidders:
Minimum bid:


I'm sorry, but the offers portion of the auction is closed. I really hope you'll offer something next time. If you have any questions please private message me or ask at the Q&A Post. Happy Bidding!!

Here's where we're going to put ALL the Q&A for this community. Feel free to ask questions about anything and we'll try to help you out.

1. Where can I find more information on the current charity?

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/

2. Where can I donate for the charity?

Here.

3. Can I donate without being a part of the auction?

ABSOLUTELY! Please. Help in any way you can! I'm sure that the charity would love your help no matter when it comes to them.

4. What are the dates of this auction?

Posting of Offers Ends: 11:59pm EST February 13
Bidding Begins: 12:01am EST February 14
Bidding Ends: 11:30pm EST February 21

5. How can I link to you?

Use this link http://fandom-helps.dreamwidth.org/

( Use any of the images under the cut )
You can use this handy form to post to your LJ!

<center><a href="http://fandom-helps.dreamwidth.org/"><img src="http://www.marymo.net/lj/fandomhelpsbandom.jpg"></a></center> We are desperately in need of people willing to offer up their seriously amazing skills for charity!! More information at the comm here! <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://fandom-helps.dreamwidth.org/profile"><img src="http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png" alt="[community profile] " width="16" height="16" style="vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;" /></a><a href="http://fandom-helps.dreamwidth.org/"><b>fandom_helps</b></a></span> We could use really use your help. This round of the charity is to benefit Planned Parenthood so come lend a hand! :)

6. Can I post even though I don't have a Dreamwidth account?

Absolutely. Use open id to post - More Information Here! My tutorial here. FYI - Links and images will display as text only as DW has a policy preventing them being displayed as clickable links to prevent spam. Sorry :-/

7. When should items be delivered by?

No more than six months. Some things require a large amount of time to complete so if you think it will take longer than six months, put your time information in your notes to the bidder.

8. How does donation/confirmation work for this auction?

The bidder is responsible for going to the site and donating whatever your winning auction price is. Then you would email your confirmation email/screen (whichever is easiest for you) to the author/vidder/etc and they would post on your auction thread that you'd completed the donation.

9. Can I donate to a Planned Parenthood type organization in my own country instead?

Absolutely! If you don't live in the United States and want to support your country's family planning organization, that would be great.

Please see new post on this. Sorry for the confusion

Any further questions, comment below and we'll answer ASAP!