28 May 09

Gabberflasted and awed

I’ve donated a lot of bags to raffles and silent auctions for nonprofits I like to raise a lot of money. I’ve been lucky to attend some of them but unable to attend them all. Generally, as these things go, the bags sell for maybe half of my retail price. I accept that they’re just not going to bring in what they’re “worth”. But I’m glad that I’m able to help an organization raise a little bit of money and feel satisfied that the bag is going to someone who feels like they got an amazing deal.

But this past weekend, my dear friend Amy asked me if I would donate a bag to a fundraiser for some friends who have a beautiful child who needed a very expensive operation. Well, generally, any friend of a friend is a friend, if you know what I mean. And since Amy is a good friend I was happy to help her out. So with the help of Andrew I got a bag to her before he left for our trip to San Francisco (which I promise to talk about soon). The fundraiser happened on Saturday while I was shuffling around the house grunting and trying very hard to wake up and stop feel like I was still moving in a car at 75 mph. And Amy tells me that the fundraiser went great.

Amy also tells me that the bag sold for more than the retail value I had listed. Quite a bit more. It’s a new bag that I’m excited to be able to add to the site soon. But I rushed production of one so she could have it for the event and now I’m slowly making the rest of the run so I can post them in the shop. But Amy tells me that a number of people were bidding on the bag and they took my business cards.

Because I’m always amazed when people like something that I like, I’ve decided that if you really liked the bag that I donated, and if you are interested in purchasing one of the new ones, I’ll donate half of the actual retail price to the surgery fund. Just leave a comment or drop a line and I’ll give you a special way to buy the bag. And if you liked the bag, but decide that you like one of my other bags better, I’ll still make a donation. And this way, you’ll get to feel like you’re the one who got an amazing deal.

Comments

  1. You are entirely too awesome. Did you know that?

    — amyc on May 29, 04:37 am

Commenting is closed for this article.

  ·