NMB fund raiser aka the good the bad the ugly.

[Sunny]

11 minutes ago, nickm said:

550 it is

Heh heh

Sorry 

hee hee hee 

how clumsy of me

i meant

555

 

[nickm]

600

 For a mixture of the awesome idea to give a donation to the site and the above

[Stephen]

NO five dollar bids!

$25 min. increments please.

[Stephen]

Brian lowered it to 25 dollar bid increments thank you Nicholas for the high bed of $600 two days to go happy hunting everyone

[Stephen]

Snipers? Lol

[cju777]

Hey Stephen, I''ll give the snipers some more fodder. Shinny brass on the collar.

 

$650

 

Merry Christmas from this side of the globe.

[Stephen]

God bless you sir..just past the 24 hour mark.

[Stephen]

Six yes only 6 hours to go bidders. Can we make $700. 😁

[Brian]

It's a good cause folks! 75% of it will go right back into the forum.
The balance will go to hookers and blow.
Can't ask for a better cause than that!

[Mark S.]

36 minutes ago, Brian said:

The balance will go to hookers and blow.
 

Supporting the ‘local economy’ 

[Stephen]

Known Brian x number of years he don't smoke or drink. 

But you know Brian someone is going to believe that LOL

[Stephen]

2 hours left folks be sure to get you bid in under 12 noon CST cut off time. 

[PietroParis]

7 minutes ago, Stephen said:

Known Brian x number of years he don't smoke or drink.

 

indeed he didn't mention either tobacco or alcohol

[Stephen]

hour left folks be sure to get you bid in under 12 noon CST cut off time. 

[Stephen]

5 min last call Chris in Bangkok is high bid

[Stephen]

Congratulations Chris in Bangkok please contact Brian on payments he will supply us with your shipping address congrats again and thank you for your support

[kissakai]

Well done Stephen

I perfect storm

NMB members could contribute to the NMB

Brian gets some (and appreciation)

Chris gets a good deal

Nice

 

I just need Chris's address and I'll post it to him

 

[Brian]

Awesome, thanks guys! Especially Stephen
@cju777 you can message me, and drop your address and we'll get this sorted. Huge thanks for your support too, and some nice tsuba headed your way.
Grev, let me know if I can compensate for the shipping. The same goes to @christianmalterre Thanks go out to both of you.
Chris, you can do the payment via the link in my signature if you like.

Thanks all!

PS - Yeah, it's true. I don't drink any alcohol or do drugs at all. No other women either.
But trust me, I make up for the lack of those vices in other ways
 

[cju777]

Merry Christmas!

 

Woo-hoo, thanks again for starting this Stephen. I've sent the payment and my shipping info to Brian. Besides two pieces I have that came via koshirae I've not gotten into fittings much so these will make a great start.

 

Cheers to all!

[Ken-Hawaii]

[Stephen]

Brian on or upcoming greet n meet lets git logistics together am I bringing the blow or finding the hookers?

[cju777]

@christianmalterre’s has arrived. Thanks so much! 

[cju777]

@kissakai’s has arrived. Thanks so much! 

They look great out with my blades are getting no ready for the group photo whenever the last package arrives. It’s been here at least once before the post office sent it elsewhere…

[Stephen]

Figures USPS fail

[cju777]

And all are in hand - thanks again!

 

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/38839-tsuba-starter-set/

[Brian]

Wow! That was agonizing. Sheesh. Glad you got them all, and thanks again to those involved.

[Stephen]

A bit of grave digging so give me a pass please. 

 

Looking for something else I came across this.

 

My how we as a group came together. 

 

Miss them days.

 

Any chance we can get back to yearly raffle @Brian

[Brian]

Just got back from the trip, feels like I got hit by an elephant riding a bulldozer
Not even sure I am awake right now or where I am.
I will need a few days to get back into the swing of things and soooo many messages and posts to go through.

To answer, yeah...I would LOVE to do the raffles again. They were a major part of our fun raising, and one that is only partially covered by subscriptions etc.
My biggest problem remains Paypal, as we can't use them for raffles. This is the easiest way to do it. But I'm looking into any other options for ticket payments. Maybe the sale of a decent eBook that comes with entries for free, or payment via wore transfer. Been a problem for the past few years and is why we haven't done a raffle since.
The other issue is that I am not sure if prize sponsorship is as guaranteed as in the past. New members, loss of some old ones, people who didn't experience the old raffle vibe etc.
I may have to reach out tentatively to see how viable it would be. Something I would definitely love to do again, it was fun and we had lots of support, prizes and winners.
I'll be continuing this subject the next few days.
Now I need to go look outside and see where I am and what I am doing here
Thanks Stephen.

Brian