Radio 2 silent auction for children in need

magsmay | 16:01 Wed 14th Nov 2012 | ChatterBank

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Ok I must live on another planet .....all this week while mucking out my horses and listening to Chris gingerminger on radio 2 I have been wondering how anyone could contemplate bidding over £80,000 for 4 days in a hotel and a round or two of golf -one woman said it was an Xmas present for her husband. Where do these people get their money from? and how do they justify bidding so much , even for charity? Businesses are struggling and laying people off and yet this past week over £800,000 has been bid on various 'treats' for charity. Again -where do they get the money from??????

Who floats your boat...

Gets his OAP today.

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thetaliesin

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I can see where the OP is coming from. I've always found it distaste- ful, 'business' men bidding ridiculous sums for a dinner, a round of golf etc. Why not pay the people working for them a bit extra or quietly donate their money rather than indulge in this self aggrandisement.
A lot of the 'celebrities' who get involved in these schemes charge horrendous...

17:35 Wed 14th Nov 2012

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Mamyalynne

Well at least the horses are happy and you got the 'best answer' you wanted.

oldgreyweird

A Silent auction is like submitting sealed bids. You don't know what the other bids are so that you are encouraged to bid higher than you would otherwise. This auction for the rich only went on before Chris Evans; Terry Wogan started it. I don't listen, it infuriates me. I don't donate to Children in Need, they'll make millions anyway. There are plenty of other charities that need support.

magsmay

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mamyalynne // and you got the 'best answer' you wanted.//

Mioux..... oh I wanted a best answer did I ?

I picked thetaliesin as best answer because I am in agreement with their opinion-that's what you do isn't it? -it was a subjective not objective question so I'm hardly going to give someone best answer if i don't agree with them am I lol!

magsmay

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here here oldgreywierd -I don't give to them either - I give all I can to the Air Ambulance and if I ever won anything massive I would love to buy them a helicopter

vulcan

I would have thought making horses listen to Chris Evans and Steve Wright was tantamount to cruelty. :o)

magsmay

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you are maybe right Vulcan ;-)

friedgreentomato

bednobs - to allow us plebs a chance to attend these special event they now also do a raffle type thing - a phoncall or text for £2.50 and that gets you entry and then it is names out of a hat