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kpnuts
#1 Posted : 06 November 2021 21:43:19

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Hi all a friend of mine (who has gone on to be a millionaire and incredibly successful, let's face it he could sell freezers to Eskimos) (I mention that only to point out he knows what he's talking about when it comes to promoting stuff)

He asked me what I did with my models and I said they go in the shed in the garden and then get used for parts in new builds or in the bin. I said a while ago I gave a load away for spares or repair (the bloke who had them came from a long way away) he said have you thought of auctioning them for Charity and I said no, no one would want them, I put 2 1/6 bikes on ebay and they went for £4.70 for the 2vof them. I told him I would rather have set fire to them if I thought that's all they were worth.

He said if I had said the proceeds were to go to charity the result would have been very different, so to cut a long story short do you agree. Is it worth putting my models up for auction (the only one I have available atm is the 1/12 Airfix Bentley boat tail, which is covered in spray dust but could be cleaned off fairly easily)

What do you think.
Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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#2 Posted : 06 November 2021 22:00:17

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Hi Ken, my way of thinking would be putting your models up for auction is actually a good idea. After all, you've nothing to lose but charities will certainly gain regardless whether the donations are large or small. Give it a try, you never know, you may end up with a lovely surprise where charities gain and the bin gets nothing at all......

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Alan
kpnuts
#3 Posted : 06 November 2021 22:07:24

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Thanks Alan, next thing is how do I do it.
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