So for the last 7 or so years I have been able to get a well known local jeweler to donate a $200 gift certificate to our school’s auction with no problem. I am not a big shopper at this jeweler just bought my husband a watch about 10 years ago and have taken my wedding ring there a few times to get it worked on. So the last two years the manager tells me he wants to donate something to the live auction and the committee tells me that they want to limit their I’ve auction items to keep it exclusive (they do a wine tasting w/a winemaker dinner, a dinner cooked by a chef, a dinner with the pastor, 4 preferred parking spaces that sell for $2500 minimum, a suite at Staples Center, etc.) and it just really ticks me off that they will not consider a live piece of jewelry to be auctioned off. Are these people stupid? I went to another local event and the same jeweler auctioned off a $2000 necklace, plus brought some of his stock to the event and then donated a portion of the profits to the charity. This isn’t the exact same crowd that would buy a $10,000 set of earrings and a necklace from a display case for charity, but it is close at the live auction probably raises $15k to $20k if not maybe closer to $30k on it’s own. I am sure someone would happily spend $1000 to $2000 on a $500 to $2000 necklace. Oh well just my bitch and this is my last year securing the $200 gift certificate (my daughter graduates this year) so in the future if they change their mind about expanding the live auction they will have to hope that they can get other donations elsewhere because I think they are stupid for limiting the live auction to just experiences; it used to be more expanded a few years back, but it got scaled back a few years ago.
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