#98646 07-02-2009 11:25 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OP  OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | For anyone with too much money, or the desire to to buy that unique gift for someone, I am bringing to auction off bits of my old life to help OCF pay its bills on eBay. Megan will be helping put up over 50 items in the next 4 months on the world's biggest auction site. Things from handmade watches, art including a Picaaso etching, pre-Columbian ceramics, books, famous people 's signatures on important or interesting documents, early aviation one of a kind memorabilia, Native American artifacts from pre 1880, and more from of life of living too high on the hog that I don't care about anymore. Please don't judge me for the kinds of things they are, but maybe something will resonate with you. There will be uber expensive watches, a check signed by one of the Wright brothers, a photo and letter to me from the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound and WW2 ace Chuck Yeager, a note from Mark Twain to a prominent politician that could have been written this year given the subject and ideas, and tons of 10 dollar books on esoteric topics, just to name a few things. I hope to raise 50k or more for the foundation (which it needs) in 6 months.... and unburden, and simplify my home and life at the same time.
First item, a Monteblac pen. Brand new never taken out of the box, retails for over four hundred dollars and opening bid is $150. Not for everyone, but out of the million people a day that buy something on eBay, someone will fall in love with it... Item number: 220446635339. Watch for curiosity, buy for the OCF, marvel at how one guy can accumulate so much stuff he doesn't need....
Perhaps some of you have things that you don't use any more and it's time to eBay them. One man's junk is another man's treasure. You don't have to give all the money to OCF you can give as little as 2% of the selling price.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,004 | I just had to laugh at the first line..."for anyone with too much money" I wish I fit that bill!!
I've never used ebay but I will check it out if it's benefits OCF
Suzanne
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T1 SCC on right side of tongue
Age 31...27 when diagnosed
4 partial glossectomies
No chemo or radiation
Biopsy on 2/2/10-Clear
Surgery needed again...no later than April 2011
Loving life and just became a mother on 11/25/10
It's not what we CAN'T do..it's what we CAN do:)
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | Brian,
I posted a link on Twitter. Maybe one of my 'followers' will be tempted.
Great idea for a fundraiser.
- Margaret
Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | I have tons of NASCAR collectibles I bought off of EBAY,. And Brian, I have so many collectibles of different kinds, send a truck and you can have mine from here and my ex wifes. I also bought a lot of other things there.
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
--- Passed away 5/14/14, will be greatly missed by everyone here
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Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Brian , you should set up an Ebay store. Maybe we could have an OCF yard sale ;-)
Last edited by Gary; 07-03-2009 12:23 PM.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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| Hi Everyone! I would like to add one more thing to Brian's post. For those of you that currently list items on Ebay or are interested in selling any items to benefit The Oral Cancer Foundation, you can use this link to sell under and the final sale price will go to the foundation. http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=8117You can choose to have 10-100% of the final sale donated. If you have any questions or need help listing an item, please feel free to contact me at the office and I will be more than happy to walk you through it. (949) 723-4400 [email protected] | | |
#98951 07-07-2009 01:36 PM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 388 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 388 | Brian -
I sell and buy on EBAY and I was just told something by one of their "experts" that might be something for you to consider. She said that sales are slower in the summers because so many are gone, vacationing or at summer retreats, homes, planning reunions, etc. If you want the FULL value of the interesting things you are offering, think about waiting with some of your items until September or so, when folks will be in the market for unique Christmas gifts of "distinction", like yours! Just a thought. Warmly, Jane : )
Husband: 3 SCC gum and cheek cancers 2002, 2005, 2006: surgery only. Scans clear after removal of small, well differentiated, non-invasive cancers. No radiation. 4th SCC lip diagnosed 4/13/07 - in situ, removed in biopsy. More lip removed 2/8/08 - dysplasia. 2 Biopsies 3/17/09 no cancer (lichenoids)
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Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | Thanks for the info Jane. Truth be told, with no walks or fundraisers going on right now, and the economy where it is bringing down donations from our core group of supporters who have their own lives to pay for, OCF could really use a bit of cash flow RIGHT NOW. One thing we will be doing is having all the auctions end on Sunday evenings, something that someone else passed on to me. Everyone is at work or otherwise engaged if you end them during the week mid day, and therefore you miss out on some people who might drive the prices up a bit more. Anyway, we have to pay the bills, so we are starting out with some low buck things like books, a GPS, and all just to get the ball rolling.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | How are the auctions going? When I get time, I will check if Megan was able to redeem the matching gift from Verizon for the Bethlehem walk. It matches my donation that I gave for the walk. I also can do the company volunteer donation like last year.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OP OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | Sold a beautiful brand new Monteblanc pen yesterday for a few hundred bucks, small items like books on over the weekend, expensive watches start next week. It will help pay the bills in these tough donation times. Megan is getting really good at getting the auctions up. I just have to keep digging through my stuff and getting stuff photographed for her. When we get a little more experience under our belts we'll put up a really expensive piece with a reserve to see how the traffic is. It does take time and effort and getting the things shipped out afterwards.... hoping others will want to get on the bandwagon and sell some stuff and designate OCF as beneficiary of part of the sale. I'm trying to get Gywneth to get her husband to give us a piece of the band's memorabilia to sell.... we'll see.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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