Rescue Strong Online Auction
Place your bids!!
Auction starts May 23rd and runs until June 1st till 8pm est. We are raising funds for both, South West Florida Horse Rescue and Horses Without Humans Rescue Organization, this month. All items have been donated by individuals and businesses who support our mission of saving the lives of our local horses. All funds raised will be split 50/50 between the two non-profit Charitable organizations. We are certain that this group effort fundraiser will be a huge success and we know that you all will, once again, rise to the occasion and help us to make sure it is successful.
Each item will have an image, a brief description and a starting bid. You bid by placing your bid in the comments, remember to place your bid in a new comment and not a reply to someone else’s bid, this way everyone can easily see who is in the lead. All bids are done in $1 increments, in other words, no cents please.
If you are an out of town/state/country bidder, we are happy to ship your items immediately after our Auction ends. Winner is to pay shipping cost and we ask that you PM us your shipping address in advance so that we can promptly ship all items the day after the Auction ends. Payment is made after the Auction ends but please be patient as we announce the winners, create our spreadsheet, sort items by winner and package for shipping. We will not know your shipping cost until we’ve return from the post office, we will then message each winner with exact total owed.
Not just horse items are in our auctions. Items for the whole family both household and out in town are also part of our auctions. We do ship so you do not need to be local. The time frame gives you 10 days to get your bids in on your favorite items.
All items are donated to our Rescue for our auctions, this allows us to raise much-needed funds to support the rescued equines of South West Florida Horse Rescue. When you see an item donated by a local or small business, please consider supporting them by checking out their website or doing a little shopping. If we all work together to support one another, it makes the world a little better place.
SWFHR ONLINE AUCTION INSTRUCTIONS & HOW THEY WORK
*** auction page address is https://www.facebook.com/Anniversary-Online-Auction-Page-111473577033231/
- Items are donated to the SWFHR by individuals and local businesses.
- SWFHR’s auction moderator “Tina Garrett” will usually offer a Sneak Peek album, generally a week or so prior to the event, to show folks some of the items that will be offered in the online auction.
- Auctions will usually start on a Friday evening and run for generally 10 days and end on a Monday evening. This provides an ample amount of time for everyone to have a fair shot of making a bid.
- On the day of the auction S
- SWFHR also ask that you ‘share’ the event and invite all of your friends to participate.
- In the Beginning, the items are listed (individually) on the event page with a picture, brief description of the item, the retail value of the item and a ‘starting bid’. When the auction begins, the bidding starts.
- If you see an item you are interested in, you simply POST YOUR BID IN THE COMMENT SECTION under the picture of the item. Someone else will most likely outbid you by posting a higher bid in the comment section under your bid. This goes on for the entire course of the auction so you have to keep up with the item(s) you are interested in, daily, to ensure you have the highest bid.
- At the End of the auction, the bidding will stop promptly at the time listed on the event page and no bids will count after that time. The persons with the highest bid listed under each item and with the latest time stamp on their comment will win the item. The host will begin to organize the winners’ items and will send each winner an invoice so that payment can be made. Shipping, if applicable, is to be paid by the winner of the item. Pick up of items will be available for local folks (this is something that can be discussed between the winner and the host.) Remember, there are usually several bidders and only one host (sometimes 2) so be patient when the auction ends, the host is working very hard at this point to ensure all bids are in ‘on time’ and posting winners on each item.
These online auctions are a LOT of fun and very entertaining. You don’t have to leave the comfort of your own home to participate and you are helping a worthy cause just by doing a little shopping. All organizations are different but most have a PayPal address for you to make payment online. Checks can be mailed to the organization or payment can be made in person if picking up your items from the organization. Again, all organizations are different but most are solely volunteer-based and ALL funds raised from these fundraisers go directly to the rescues currently in the Rescue’s care. These types of events are very beneficial to Rescue organizations as it helps to ease the financial burden of the mounting cost of animal rescue. It is a win/win for all involved and is a fun way to be a supporter of your favorite charity.
And always visit our event page… subscribe… and stay tuned for our next fundraiser.
We continually add items as the auction runs so don’t think what you see is it. Keep checking back to view the new items. Ofcourse you can like, share and comment on the auction album or even comment on a particular image with a bid.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
Click on...
"Photos" from the page menu on the left.
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The active Auction Album. This will only be seen when the auction is "Live".
FIND AN ITEM OF INTEREST
Click comment and post your bid amount. Please note that bids are only in whole dollar amounts.
