I mentioned this idea to Josh a week or so ago, and he said it was fine for me to attempt, so here it is:
This is a TFO auction. I am going to start it with something simple, and if all hell doesn't break loose, maybe we'll try it again with something more substantial.
This auction is for 10 pounds of cactus pads, grown right here with me. These are thick pads (1/2" to 1" thick), not the 1/4" crap that local supermarkets sell that turns to mush on day 5. To place a bid, you reply right here with a price you are willing to pay. SHIPPING WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE YOU PAY, so if the winning bid is $20, you get 10 pounds of cactus shipped to your door with no additional shipping cost. Shipping alone on this would be between about $12-20 depending where you live (and the cactus should be worth at least $20). A retail price on this should be in the $40-45 range since it includes shipping, so let's start the bids at $1. The auction will run through Sunday night ending, say 9PM Pacific (midnight Eastern) for shipment on Monday. The winner can pay through PayPal or CC/Debit, doesn't matter to me.
If the winner of the auction backs out, that person would be excluded from any future auctions I do. For a bid to be counted, the bidder needs to have at least 10 posts to their name. I don't want anyone creating a separate account to mess with these results. This offer is available only within the 48 states. Please keep the chit-chat down in this thread unless your post contains a new bid. Just trying to keep it easy to follow.
Photo is from last winter of some of our cactus plants. That's my rabbit wrangler, Bella. She's 130 pounds, so you can see the size of the pads.
This is a TFO auction. I am going to start it with something simple, and if all hell doesn't break loose, maybe we'll try it again with something more substantial.
This auction is for 10 pounds of cactus pads, grown right here with me. These are thick pads (1/2" to 1" thick), not the 1/4" crap that local supermarkets sell that turns to mush on day 5. To place a bid, you reply right here with a price you are willing to pay. SHIPPING WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE YOU PAY, so if the winning bid is $20, you get 10 pounds of cactus shipped to your door with no additional shipping cost. Shipping alone on this would be between about $12-20 depending where you live (and the cactus should be worth at least $20). A retail price on this should be in the $40-45 range since it includes shipping, so let's start the bids at $1. The auction will run through Sunday night ending, say 9PM Pacific (midnight Eastern) for shipment on Monday. The winner can pay through PayPal or CC/Debit, doesn't matter to me.
If the winner of the auction backs out, that person would be excluded from any future auctions I do. For a bid to be counted, the bidder needs to have at least 10 posts to their name. I don't want anyone creating a separate account to mess with these results. This offer is available only within the 48 states. Please keep the chit-chat down in this thread unless your post contains a new bid. Just trying to keep it easy to follow.
Photo is from last winter of some of our cactus plants. That's my rabbit wrangler, Bella. She's 130 pounds, so you can see the size of the pads.
