******* Donation Page *******

https://fundraise.cancerresearch.org/FlipForGoodJamesBondLE

******** Starting Bid *********

$14,406 (currently net to charity: $0)


******** Sweeteners *********

- All proceeds above what I paid being donated to the Cancer Research Institute
- Dollar for dollar match by me, up to $8000
- (if you'd like to add a sweetener to this auction, please drop a PM, and I will list here)

- $1000 donated from sale of my TS4 CE (thank you Joe!)
- $100 donation from John Merola (thank you John!)
- $250 anonymous donation (thank you)


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Folks, earlier this year I was fortunate enough to score a Stern Insider Rush LE.

With all the negative energy around LE flipping, I put it up for a charity auction, and with the help of the community here we raised almost $28k (!!!) for Cancer Research

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/flip-for-good-charity-auction-for-rush-le

I was fortunate enough to score a Stern Insider James Bond LE (fully paid for, being shipped to me directly from Stern). The flipping craze isn't what it used to be, but I am putting that up for charity auction to see if we can do some more good as a community.

Every penny above what I've paid to Stern ($14,406 USD after sales tax and shipping) will be donated to the Cancer Research Institute:

https://fundraise.cancerresearch.org/FlipForGoodJamesBondLE

To sweeten the deal, I will personally match the donation amount dollar for dollar, up to a maximum of $8000. By way of example, rounding to keep math simple, if winning bid is $16k and all in $14.5k goes to Stern, I will donate $3000 ($1.5k flip for good profit, plus $1.5k from me as a thank you to the bidder for digging deep) to the Cancer Research Institute.

If others feel moved to help sweeten the deal or donate something to the auction, drop a PM. Happy to pile on and do even more good. I will update this post with any sweeteners that folks are moved to contribute.

The recent price increase from Stern means less opportunity to raise funds with this sort of auction, but there is still good to be done. Hopefully this is a chance for a pinball loving James Bond/George Gomez super fan to do some good, and feel good about their LE purchase.

It is a long shot for us to hit $28k this time, but with the holidays here and what looks like an amazing game, I'm hoping the James Bond/Gomez fans will give the Rush/Borg fans a good run.

Let's dig deep folks, and Flip for Good!!

Ray



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Terms:

Pin is being delivered to San Diego California. Alas, because Stern has already taken payment, not able to change their shipping address.

Buyer to pick up or arrange shipping at own expense. I'm happy to work with you to get the pallet to your shipper. Sale complete as soon as pallet leaves my garage.

Bid by private message to me please. I will post top bid to the thread to preserve privacy of bidders (although if you want to post to the thread to show support, please go ahead...I will go by bids to my PM though)

Auction ends the moment when the pallet touches the ground in my garage. I will post with a pic to the thread so we have a timestamp set.

Payment by cash or bank transfer please (for clarity, bid is price net to me, so we don't eat into the donation value)

I will work with buyer to arrangement payment/pickup/shipping. I'll post final donation details here with a final thank you when all is said and done.

For any sweeteners being offered by others, so I'm not a middle man, winner to work directly with them.

If suggestions come through on how to improve this process, I'll check with top bidder if they're OK with the change, and if so, update these terms.

(Special thanks to Robin and the Pinside crew for signing off on this auction, and their support to help make it happen...thanks guys!)