Anonymous wrote:Our auctions at our kids schools have always been fun. I have also seen vasectomies and 1 hour consult with divorce attorney too. Craziest behavior I've ever seen was people stealing the bid sheets and then putting them back after the bids had closed. Another woman hovered so close to her desired item and angrily stared at anyone placing a bid. She scared off several people. But both of those incidents happened at a performing arts non-profit auction in the burbs.

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite was the anger management class offered at the auction. No one will bid on that, thought I. I mean, who'd write their names on the paper for all to see? Plenty of people, turns out.

Our school offered a botox treatment once. No one bid on it.

Botox does well at our school.

The vasectomy was a hot item at our auction a few years ago...

pics or it didn't happen!

Please don't misunderstand, the actual auction was for a certificate for the procedure to be performed later at a doctor's office. It's not like dads were whipping out their schlongs and getting snipped right there.

This is a fundraiser, not a Republican debate.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not in DC (thanks recent topics) but our school district's auction is tonight and one of the items is "Snip and Sip"--a vasectomy that comes with a bottle of bourbon and a bag of frozen peas.

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite was the anger management class offered at the auction. No one will bid on that, thought I. I mean, who'd write their names on the paper for all to see? Plenty of people, turns out.

Our school offered a botox treatment once. No one bid on it.

Botox does well at our school.

The vasectomy was a hot item at our auction a few years ago...

pics or it didn't happen!

Please don't misunderstand, the actual auction was for a certificate for the procedure to be performed later at a doctor's office. It's not like dads were whipping out their schlongs and getting snipped right there.

This is a fundraiser, not a Republican debate.

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Anonymous wrote:For publics/charters that have auctions, what is the typical amount the night brings in? Where are the auctions usually hosted (at the school?)?

Public DC elementary school - we raise over $100K each year with our auction. It is a great party - themed, catered food, DJ, all you can drink. Our school is a very strong community and the night is looked forward to by many and a lot of fun. With that said it is a huge undertaking and several volunteers put in a ton of work.

Anonymous wrote:Too many to count but some memorable ones include a bidding war between drunk moms in the live auction for the opportunity to talk to Steve Inskeep. IIRC they bid each other up into the thousands.

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Anonymous wrote:What I personally detest are the items where parents are solicited to contribute something that is bought at retail and then auctioned. Invariably it sells for less than the retail price. Looking at it from all angles:

* The PTA gets less money than if the donor had just written a check for the amount.
* The donor has to go to the trouble of buying something and hauling it to the auction, only for the PTA to make less than if they had just written a check.
* The buyer ends up with something they probably didn't want, and has to figure out how to get it home from the auction.

It's lose, lose, lose.

Pretty much sums up all the damn class baskets

Anonymous wrote:What I personally detest are the items where parents are solicited to contribute something that is bought at retail and then auctioned. Invariably it sells for less than the retail price. Looking at it from all angles:

* The PTA gets less money than if the donor had just written a check for the amount.
* The donor has to go to the trouble of buying something and hauling it to the auction, only for the PTA to make less than if they had just written a check.
* The buyer ends up with something they probably didn't want, and has to figure out how to get it home from the auction.

It's lose, lose, lose.

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite was the anger management class offered at the auction. No one will bid on that, thought I. I mean, who'd write their names on the paper for all to see? Plenty of people, turns out.

Our school offered a botox treatment once. No one bid on it.

Botox does well at our school.

The vasectomy was a hot item at our auction a few years ago...

pics or it didn't happen!

Please don't misunderstand, the actual auction was for a certificate for the procedure to be performed later at a doctor's office. It's not like dads were whipping out their schlongs and getting snipped right there.

This is a fundraiser, not a Republican debate.

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite are the items that are so restrictive as to be useless.

"1 Week Stay in our home in Palm Beach - unavailable from November - May"

"Spend a winter weekend at our home in Bethany from January to March!"

It's a great way of letting everyone know about your swell second house without having to go to the trouble of getting it ready for guests.

Anonymous wrote:My favorite are the items that are so restrictive as to be useless.

"1 Week Stay in our home in Palm Beach - unavailable from November - May"

"Spend a winter weekend at our home in Bethany from January to March!"