[Groop]Mark's Dilemma - SOLVED!!!

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 21:12:14 -0500 (EST)

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 Hi Larry, While I like your idea but I'm hesitant to say yes. Before I'd give an OK to this Mark would have to give his &amp; Sergio's full approval.As for the bids. If it was approved I would want the bids placed on the groop with the titla of "BID". That way everyone could see who bid what &amp; what the final price was. This way the winner could be made fun of in a Grooish fashion. :)It all depends on Mark's reply to your idea. Thanks,Dan --- On Tue 02/18, Larry Steller &lt; mrgrooism@yahoo.com &gt; wrote:From: Larry Steller [mailto: mrgrooism@yahoo.com]To: groop@groo.comDate: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 09:06:27 -0800 (PST)Subject: [Groop]Mark's Dilemma - SOLVED!!!First "Rat" wrote:&gt; &gt; &gt;Hi Mark, I bought one of those (not licensed)&gt; standing Groo statues a few years ago ... &gt; I'd like to sell the piece (and) donate all&gt; the proceeds to the Comic Book Legal Defense&gt; Fund under your's &amp; Sergio's name... To which ME replied:&gt; ME: I think I'm going to say no
 . That statue should&gt; not have been&gt; produced, sold or purchased. I'm not going to&gt; confer any legitimacy&gt; on it by saying it's okay if it's for a goodcause...So Larry's Solution is:Let's have a GROO Destruction Auction!!!Who is willing to donate money to the Comic Book LegalDefense Fund in the name of The Groop for the right toDESTROY this illegal knockoff statue?It's purely a symbolic gesture, it's not like we candestroy them ALL, but it sounds like fun to me!Winning bidder pays shipping, plus must be willing toshow "before, during &amp; after" pictures of the statue'sdestruction. If Mark says ok to this, I'd suggest we hold theprivate auction by Groop Email. RAT would determinethe bidding dates and parameters, and would decide whowins in case of a tie. I'm hoping Josh could post these pics on www.groo.com;if not, then perhaps Eric's GROO Forum is anappropriate spot? Before anyone suggests it, I would NOT suggest furtherauctions of this type, for instance destr
 oying theknockoff GROO Clocks, because I don't want there to beany chance of us rewarding someone by buying aknockoff so that we can destroy it. I would limit this auction to this piece only,although if others out there already own GROOknockoffs that they are feeling guilty about, furtherauctions could be considered with Mark's blessing!Sound good?=====--------------------------------Larry "Mr. Grooism" StellerMendicant Second Class__________________________________________________Do you Yahoo!?Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Dayhttp://shopping.yahoo.com_______________________________________________Groop maillist - Groop@groo.comhttp://mailman.newdream.net/mailman/listinfo/groop

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<table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=100% bgcolor=white><tr height=200><td width=100%>Hi Larry, While I like your idea but I'm hesitant to say yes. Before I'd give an OK to this Mark would have to give his &amp; Sergio's full approval. As for the bids. If it was approved I would want the bids placed on the groop with the titla of "BID". That way everyone could see who bid what &amp; what the final price was. This way the winner could be made fun of in a Grooish fashion. :) It all depends on Mark's reply to your idea. Thanks, Dan --- On Tue 02/18, Larry Steller &lt; mrgrooism@yahoo.com &gt; wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 7px; MARGIN-LEFT: 7px; BORDER-LEFT: orange 2px solid">From: Larry Steller [mailto: mrgrooism@yahoo.com] To: groop@groo.com Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 09:06:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Groop]Mark's Dilemma - SOLVED!!! 
 First "Rat" wrote:&gt; &gt; &gt;Hi Mark, I bought one of those (not licensed)&gt; standing Groo statues a few years ago ... &gt; I'd like to sell the piece (and) donate all&gt; the proceeds to the Comic Book Legal Defense&gt; Fund under your's &amp; Sergio's name... To which ME replied:&gt; ME: I think I'm going to say no. That statue should&gt; not have been&gt; produced, sold or purchased. I'm not going to&gt; confer any legitimacy&gt; on it by saying it's okay if it's for a goodcause...So Larry's Solution is:Let's have a GROO Destruction Auction!!!Who is willing to donate money to the Comic Book LegalDefense Fund in the name of The Groop for the right toDESTROY this illegal knockoff statue?It's purely a symbolic gesture, it's not like we candestroy them ALL, but it sounds like fun to me!Winning bidder pays shipping, plus must be willing toshow "before, during &amp; after" pictures of the statue'sdestruction. If Mark says ok to this, I'd suggest we hold theprivate auct
 ion by Groop Email. RAT would determinethe bidding dates and parameters, and would decide whowins in case of a tie. I'm hoping Josh could post these pics on www.groo.com;if not, then perhaps Eric's GROO Forum is anappropriate spot? Before anyone suggests it, I would NOT suggest furtherauctions of this type, for instance destroying theknockoff GROO Clocks, because I don't want there to beany chance of us rewarding someone by buying aknockoff so that we can destroy it. I would limit this auction to this piece only,although if others out there already own GROOknockoffs that they are feeling guilty about, furtherauctions could be considered with Mark's blessing!Sound good?=====--------------------------------Larry "Mr. Grooism" StellerMendicant Second Class__________________________________________________Do you Yahoo!?Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Dayhttp://shopping.yahoo.com_______________________________________________Groop maillist - Groop@groo.comhttp://ma
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