As some of you know i had my TANTIVE replaced after it was badly damaged. MINIATURE MARKET sent me a replacement but I dont need the duplicates of 'unique' cards and so I'm ebaying them off and giving away the funds raised to CANCER RESEACH

I will cover the listing fees and free postage to anywhere in the world (standard post) but I will have to take ebays final listing fee out from the winning monies as if they go for a reasonable amount they will hopefully go for a lot.

FFG please i hope you forgive the breach of forum rules, its a good cause, and if you're board member reading this please dont report it!

You can find the listings here:

C3PO

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Star-Wars-xwing-miniatures-game-TANTIVE-crew-card-C3PO-PROCEEDS-GO-TO-CHARITY-/321533661831?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item4adce65287

HAN SOLO

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Star-Wars-xwing-miniatures-game-crew-card-HAN-SOLO-PROCEEDS-GO-TO-CHARITY-/321533665076?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item4adce65f34

LEIA

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Star-Wars-xwing-miniatures-game-crew-card-LEIA-ORGANA-PROCEEDS-GO-TO-CHARITY-/321533663017?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item4adce65729

R2D2

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Star-Wars-xwing-miniatures-game-crew-card-R2D2-Droid-PROCEEDS-GO-TO-CHARITY-/321533664188?hash=item4adce65bbc

RAYMUS ANTILLES

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Star-Wars-xwing-miniatures-game-card-RAYMUS-ANTILLES-PROCEEDS-GO-TO-CHARITY-/321533666787?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item4adce665e3

If you chaps see other auctions of my stuff you like (probably wont be much left of my own stuff) feel free to bid but remember i'm only donating the proceeds from these five cards

Not sure if it is just me, but the first link above goes to the C3PO auction, the second to fourth link all go to the Leia auction, and the last link goes to a "eBay Login" area.

Pretty sure the last 3 links are wrong.

Want to bid to help charitable causes, but need correct links.

Correction: 1st link goes to Raymus Antilles, 2nd link goes to C3PO, 3rd and 4th go to Leia, and last goes to Login Screen.

****, ok i'll check now and correct but you can find all of them from the Leia auction

Why did you capitalize Cancer and Research? Is that code for "My pocket"?

Thats a bit crass mate, no, not at all.

Cancer Research are a charity. I dont mean 'cancer research' in general i mean the registered charity 'Cancer Research.

if you think for one minute im on the ******* take when my best mate is dying of this you've got it very wrong.

I'm also not going to put links up on facebook pages and make it crystal clear who i am if im pulling a fast one am I.

I dont know why i bloody bother some times.

I *could* have sold these and made a few quid for myself but instead I thought i'd try and raise some cash for a charity that can help others suffering from cancer. Its too late for my mate as his case is terminal, it might not be too late for someone else.

If that was supposed to be a joke then you could have at least put an emoticon on it. If its not then its incredibly poor taste of you.

i've been transparent about the situation with my tantive, my friends illness and the lot of it with FFG, MINIATURE MARKET, everyone on this board , the whole lot...

Yeah, people can be rather insensitive on internet forums. I doubt anyone would have said that to your face. On the internet, though, people feel like they don't need a filter because no one knows who they are. Their true faces are revealed.

Anyway, my condolences, Gadge.

I put up some nice sized bids on these.

Hope this money will help someone!

Ortaggen

hey crabby, he posted a dog ate my x-wing thread a while back. it all sounds very sincere...

if I could figure out how to cut-n-paste on this forum I would link the other thread....

sorry to hear about your friend Gadge.

I can ensure you it is all sincere.

The thread is here

http://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/121756-arrrrgh-disaster/

If im on the take then its a very risky and long winded scam job

@ Gadge -I don't think anyone who's read your postings seriously thinks your running a scam, sour crabapples aside.

I linked this thread in my local X-Wing community Facebook page. So hopefully will get you some more activity on these auctions. Good luck with it! Keep us posted.

Cheers last time i looked 3po was going for about £16, the others are still on quite low bids

I expect R2D2 to get some interest but less so Leia, Han and Raymus

But you know may as well put the lot of them on.

Cool idea! Thanks for posting! I, for one, am definitely interested in some of the non-Threepio cards. Much as I love the golden butler, I don't have a reason to fly Fat Han builds that much.

I don't think you're scamming, Gadge, but in Crabbok's defense it did look odd. I think you should put Cancer Research UK so us Americans can differentiate it as a proper noun and not a general term. I don't think most of us instantly recognize that organization.

Well its a very well known charity in the Uk. Hence i put company names all in block capitals.

Proper nouns are written in title caps, not all caps.

Im trying to make a point that they were companies i was trying to highlight.

FFG for being really kind, Miniatures Market likewise and Cancer Research as its the intended recipient.

It's ok to put things in all caps sometimes

Jesus there are some sceptical folk out there ! Kudos for the effort for charity.

I hope your charity effort is working out. If it is still running, this post hopefully bumps it to page 1 again.

Best wishes and strength to your friend!

Just to keep you all updated.

Auctions close on Sunday and so far 3p0 is doing well. Leia, R2 and Han doing ok, understandably Raymus less so.

Once they have ended i'll work out what they come to minus ebays final vlaue fee and I'll go into the Cancer Research store in my town and donate that amount in cash. I'm also going to take a photo of the receipt and put it up here for the cynics

Then i can expect them to apologise for being cads

Gadge ...

Don't spend too much time using software to create that receipt ... and make sure you send it through the wash to give it that real worn flavor ...

Just kidding. I have been monitoring the bids ... good luck, and I think what you are doing is very thoughtful.

hehe, i was just going to paypal Cancer Research but i thought if i made a cash payment to them and have the receipt its more open.

Update.

As of Friday morning

3p0 is at £22.50

Leia is at £5

R2D2 is at £4.75

Han Solo is at £5.50

Raymus Antilles is at £0.70!!

Ok chaps

In total the cards went for £42.20

(3PO £22.50, R2 and Han at £5.50 each, R2D2 £7.50 and Raymus £1.20)

Final vlaue fee in total for them all was £5.96

So i'll be popping into town this afternoon to make a donation of

£36.24 (well i'll actually round it up to £40)

I'd like to thank MINIATURE MARKET for replacing my Tantive and making it possible for me to auction my duplicate cards.

I'd also like to thank all of you who bidded generously

No thanks at all to the cynics who thought i'd exploit a mate having cancer to make a few quid, shame on you....

Anyway, photo up later of the receipt!

Here we go. Receipt of donation, for obvious reason i've obscured some of my personal details.