Thread: 2006 Pen Swap Giveaway

Hey

My thoughts are that we send them all to someone linked to a service club - lions/apex etc - and get them to have a stall where they can sell them and then use the funds for a good cause - toys for a hospital ward or similar.

I imagine there would be someone among us who would belong to a club like this.

Cheers

dazzler

Awww... do we have to? I've grown attached to them...










Just joking. I like the idea of donating them to a club for fund-raising as they see fit. I'm not particularly interested in selling pens per se and don't go out of my way to sell mine. Most are sold simply on a chance remark... "Nice pen! Where did you get it?"

Mind you, I have had to duplicate some from the penswap as I wasn't sure what was going to happen with the originals. One or two I could've already sold a dozen times over.

We could sell them to Forum members if there is enough interest and then donate money to a charity

What about a Ronald Mcdonald house for the kids to draw with while they are sick for another idea to throw out there.
Toni

At a stall you'll get market (as in trash & treasure) prices. Maybe better for one of our ebay sellers on this forum to sell them there - noting it is for charity. Then all we have to do is work out which charity or charities. Personally I like kids with cancer - but I'm not particularly fussed.

service clubs might be a go... because they usualy have business people in them that appericiate nice stuff like a real good pen.

No matter what we need to make sure that the sellers understand the quality and value of the item and arent going to flog them off at $5 each.

Some of us will have used up market mechs or done clever stuff...... on the other hand some of the pens might be......"interesting".
We need to have some method of establishing a reasonable value and selling price.

cheers

Maybe better for one of our ebay sellers on this forum to sell them there - noting it is for charity

not really fused one way or another, however the ebay way would help share the cost of getting them to the buyer - each of us responsible for the mailing after 'someone' cordinates the money side of things. Keeping the payments in one place would be a good idea IMHO.

service clubs might be a go... because they usualy have business people in them that appericiate nice stuff like a real good pen.

this also has merit - particularly if the service club members have had a few 'liquid refreshements', who knows how much they might sell for!!

One or two I could've already sold a dozen times over

me too, but maybe not a dozen - don;t have that many friends - just joking, when I've taken them to work to show the real wood workers they have been ohhed and arred at.

JD

I've never tried selling pens on ebay..... occurs to me there may be better ways...... also fees will chew up some of the funds.

cheers

My Building here at work is holding a craft display on 1 November. I wouldn't mind having some of your amazing pens on hand to compliment my leather notebook covers.

I could pre-purchase the pens and then on-sell for the same price. Or something similar perhaps?

cheers
Wendy

How 'bout we all just post 'em to Dazzler and leave it in his lap. He's the one who's responsible for getting us hooked in the first place, after all...

But seriously, I think it'd be best if we could convince someone to volunteer to be in charge of sales/distribution. No matter whether we each sell our pens and forward the cash on to them, or just send 'em our pens so they're all in the one place.

Volunteers, anybody? Now, everybody whose name doesn't start with "Daz" and end with "ler," take one step back...

One other option is to chew on it bit by bit.
Wendy recons she could shift some pens.... so lets nominate a charity and let her nominate how many pens she recons she can shift.... then get some pens to her.

Ok Wendy how many pens do you think you can shift and any ideas on a suitable charity.

cheers

Originally Posted by soundman

any ideas on a suitable charity.

cheers

I still reckon the charity should be for kids. Sick kids or disabled or sporting wheelies
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Toni

I like all the ideas so far....how diplomatic.

I will speak with my brother who is in a service club and see what they could do.

cheers

relzzad

Here's a thaught.

I recon anyperson willing and able to sell the pens for a reasonable rate should be able to put their case forward, and the proceeds should go to the charity they nominate...all proper paperwork provided.... and donours agreeing.

cheers