[carowindsman6654]

I'm gonna donate. $20 is heading your way.

[derek_lentz]

My donation is in.

[tarheel1231]

I couldn't get the money to donate, but I felt like I had to give something.

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I know it's not much, and I'm sorry if this is offensive that I could come up with was a poorly-drawn picture. I thought maybe it could be taped to the empty seat. Or you could just leave it empty.

[MarkD]

It appears that we may only have one shot at getting a seat. Now the question comes down to which seat and do we go for the big seats and lose that one shot if we get outbid.

Very good question. If this Dan, auto-bid because I'm too lazy to keep up with it guy, is who I think he is, he has got some very deep pockets. I almost registered to do an auto-bid of my own just to see where Dan slows down. My luck I'd win and have to forfeit because I surely don't have that kind of money.

It is kind of like a game of poker, you don't want to show what you got until you have to. Hopefully we will have a bit more in donations by the time action is needed.

[DT3]

I couldn't get the money to donate, but I felt like I had to give something.

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I know it's not much, and I'm sorry if this is offensive that I could come up with was a poorly-drawn picture. I thought maybe it could be taped to the empty seat. Or you could just leave it empty.

That is actually pretty amazing! If I had it my way, I would have it embossed

[Wormy]

Very thoughtful - thanks tarheel

[coasteraddict]

Now, it is my understanding that Max loved the front row, so are we shooting for that spot? Also, I think it needs to be train 1. What are everybody else's thoughts?

[coasteraddict]

Also, I had another idea. My girlfriend and I are already platinum pass holders, but we wanted to give back last December. We were fortunate enough to have the winning bid for those 4 Season Gold Passes, 4 Dining Passes, and 4 Fast Lane Plus passes. We have some friends and family who wanted to go in and get some passes, and I thought this was a great way to do that collaboratively. But, we will have a season pass left over (maybe 2) and 2 dining passes. While I have not gotten the passes from the park yet, I'm told they should arrive within a few days. So, I'm thinking of selling a season pass for 75 (instead of the 96), and I will pledge that $75 to this cause in addition to a donation later. Also, if you know anybody looking for a dining pass, I am willing to sell one of those under cost to put towards this if that may be of interest. Please let me know your thoughts - this is a great cause!

[Jonathan]

Obviously first train first row would be ideal, but if it looks like it's going to be close near the end we just want to make sure we get a seat period. I think first train is probably a lock given how much we've already raised.

[Jarsh]

It appears that we may only have one shot at getting a seat. Now the question comes down to which seat and do we go for the big seats and lose that one shot if we get outbid.

Very good question. If this Dan, auto-bid because I'm too lazy to keep up with it guy, is who I think he is, he has got some very deep pockets. I almost registered to do an auto-bid of my own just to see where Dan slows down. My luck I'd win and have to forfeit because I surely don't have that kind of money.

It is kind of like a game of poker, you don't want to show what you got until you have to. Hopefully we will have a bit more in donations by the time action is needed.

He's got $1240 tied up on train 1, rows 1-3 right now.

[coasteraddict]

Not to drive the bids up, but I tested a bid for seat 3, and he already seems to have it on auto bid at 500. It makes me wonder if he has a higher autobid above 500 or not, but who knows. I did see that seat 4 was max bid at 200, so I am sitting at 210, but I do not plan to drive that higher. The goal is to get Max a seat. I'm confident someone will outbid my 210. If not, that can be Max's!

Bidding tips ==>> When it is time to place the bid on Max's behalf, be sure to put an odd max bid number. That tends to help fend off last minute suitors trying to outbid before it closes! Of course, I'm sure mostly everybody here knows that, but I still wanted to put that out there!

[Chris]

Also, I had another idea. My girlfriend and I are already platinum pass holders, but we wanted to give back last December. We were fortunate enough to have the winning bid for those 4 Season Gold Passes, 4 Dining Passes, and 4 Fast Lane Plus passes. We have some friends and family who wanted to go in and get some passes, and I thought this was a great way to do that collaboratively. But, we will have a season pass left over (maybe 2) and 2 dining passes. While I have not gotten the passes from the park yet, I'm told they should arrive within a few days. So, I'm thinking of selling a season pass for 75 (instead of the 96), and I will pledge that $75 to this cause in addition to a donation later. Also, if you know anybody looking for a dining pass, I am willing to sell one of those under cost to put towards this if that may be of interest. Please let me know your thoughts - this is a great cause!

I'll take it. Shoot me a PM.

[bgwfreak]

I looked last night at the auction and the closest bid right now to us is $500. Let's keep up the momentum though!

[Homey G.]

Say what you like, but if you're aware of the cause we are shooting for and try to outbid for selfish reasons, then in my opinion you are complete trash.

[tarheel1231]

He's got $1240 tied up on train 1, rows 1-3 right now.

Does that mean he owns the first 3 rows?