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nod · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 3558

It should be banned Rolling Eyes

Thankfully I avoided it Very Happy

ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

I entirely agree
Luckily I don't listen to Radio 2 on a Sunday
Nevertheless I expect we'll be stuck with CIN related matters all week
Time to retune to Smooth me thinks and not just for breakfast Smile

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Eric Shone · Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Posts: 63

Well said. Surely all these rich people can afford a computer and do some kind of eBay style auction instead of having Wogan (as lovely as he is) playing auctioneer.

ColinB · Guest

Yes, I avoided it on my drive back from Devon today.

Minx · Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:39 pm Post subject:

Not enjoying Jodie Prenger on with Paul O'G tonight either. Just witter, witter, witter. Crying or Very sad

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Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19334 Location: Cheshire

Enjoyed Johnnie Walker in his slot, thought he did it really well.

Had a request as well for a good friend who is a great JW fan.

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Eric Shone · Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Posts: 63

Toggy · Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 1239

I concur with the original post.

Schizoidman · Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex

I've avoided R2 all day, though looking at the playlist for JW's prog I see that someone requested a Led Zeppelin song: 'Stair....' yes, you've guessed which one.

Have the masses no sense of originality? Still, it's all for charidee, mate.

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kengeo · Joined: 21 Sep 2010 Posts: 278 Location: Gloucestershire

Evans was doing the same this morning.

I would imagine 95% of the Radio 2 audience feel totally alienated, by said auctions. Obviously the recession has not hit those at Radio 2 Towers.

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Rachel · Guest

The £1.50 raffle- could go two ways. It could be a good thing- it could be a not so good thing.

If they make zillions from the £1.50 raffle, that would be a good thing but it will make the auctions look like a ridiculous self-indulgence, which they sort of are, really.
A few very wealthy people trying to outbid each other to spend a day with this person or that person- it’s not pretty.

If the £1.50 raffle is a big flop, which would be a not so good thing, then it sort of justifies the auctions but only in the money making sense.

There’s a danger of the £1.50 raffle winners feeling like token “poor people” at the event, especially if they are identified at the event. “Raffle Winner’s Table?” Oh! It’s over at the back. Or worse, at the front.

It’s a mad, bad, sad and brilliant idea all in one and when you pull the pin, any one of those could go off big style. How exciting!

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RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

I think you have to set aside the feelings of envy against the people with seemingly deep pockets who bid and win all the special and celebrity stuff in the auction. Console yourself with the knowledge that, in market terms, they're overpaying handsomely for that dinner with Sarah Kennedy or spin with Stig and that all the proceeds are going to a British children's charity which would, were it not for such largesse by wealthy people and big business, raise a tiny fraction of the figure that is achieved.

I'm not really bothered with auctions and raffles, the chance of winning ranks somewhere with that of being struck by lightning anyway; I'm happy to donate what I feel is appropriate and affordable. Do so likewise, or not at all, if you don't want to. Just don't bleat about it.
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In the last year I have given approximately 6 days of my professional time to a charity that has helped my family greatly. It isn't all about coughing up loads of cash - something I remind those who rattle collecting buckets under my nose down at the pub at this time of year.

kengeo · Joined: 21 Sep 2010 Posts: 278 Location: Gloucestershire

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The most precious thing you can give is your time. Money is just a means to an end, without time, money means nothing.

ruddlescat · Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester

As I may have said before a person who gives to charity out of genuine motives does so anonymously and in private
People who take part in so called charity auctions are doing it for the wrong reasons so they look good to their friends and can show off the fact they are apparently rich
Celebrities do not help either
Instead of hassling ordinary people to part with their hard earned cash they should give away some of their own millions but I don't see much sign of it happening
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essexlady · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 348 Location: Essex

What a load of grumps! Thank heaven for wealthy people who give large sums to charity, whether anonymously or not. I have mega rich people in my family (obviously not me) who are very generous to family, friends and charities Smile

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

The people who can't afford the big auction items were able to ring a premium rate number costing £1.50 which £1.10 goes to CIN. This could cost more from mobiles, standard geographic charges apply. This is for a table at Chris Evans Dine and Disco. Just thinking more of a chance for CIN to make money.

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SantaFefan · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:18 pm Post subject:

I had to endure a section of the Breakfast show as I trundled off to the Plumbing supply... Evans and some toff banging on and on about Ferrari's and huge sums of money.. it just doesn't seem right to me..
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gazmando · Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 560 Location: Huntingdon

I really can't see the problem people have towards people making large bids on the auction.
It makes loads of money for CIN and the people who make the bids get a great day that they couldn't get otherwise.
I'm only on £7 an hour and don't feel resentment towards people who have made money in life, good luck to them. I know I would bid if I was loaded.
Also like the fact that not just one person wins the bid this year which I think is a lot better than previous years.

Rachel · Guest

It is an odd world where someone who wins the lottery is an instant hero but someone who works hard to make a few million is a hate figure but there it is. Odd. Giving to charity is good, I don’t care where the money comes from but the money is just a tiny part of the whole charity package, you could, if there were enough charitable people and organisations around, run a charity without any money at all. The money is used to buy products and services from people and organisations that aren’t charitable in any way at all- cos they want paying for everything , that’s why charities need money but even the biggest heap of money in the world is worthless without the people to put it good use.

It would make a lot more money for CIN if every bid for the auction was donated to CIN, not just the winning bids, surely if you’re happy to bid £90K for a day playing Golf, you’d be happy to give £80K and have a really nice holiday for yourself with the other £10K – stuff the Golf.

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Eric Shone · Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Posts: 63

The whole paying even if you don't win seems a bit harsh, but maybe having a system similar to that of "madbid" where you have to pay money just to bid would be appropriate. Let's say (since they're all paying tens of thousands) each bid costs £50, and "only" £25 if you bid again on the same item, having been outbid. That'd probably stop "the peasants" putting in early bids of under a thousand Laughing

Best solution for all concerned: on-line auctions - no alienated listeners, and the rich still get to throw their money away.

Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19334 Location: Cheshire

How do you know there are so many alienated listeners Eric?

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Angus McCoatup · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:07 pm Post subject:

Just think what a difference some of our Premiership footballers could make if they donated a months "hard earned" wages.

That would be £1M from Wayne Rooney, who, as far as I can make out has done nothing since before the World Cup apart from paying over the odds - so I understand - for a romp with a prostitute.

CIN has been fairly low key this year and that, thankfully, is the only good thing to come out of TW's Breakfast Show departure.

Cherskiy · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:18 pm Post subject:

Whilst it might have been low key, it was still rather nauseating to hear CE banging on about someone "only" being £401 short of possibly winning a place.

People on minimum wage don't even earn that a week and for the rest of us "normal" people, with cuts looming and belts inevitably being tightened, with many no doubt losing their jobs, well, it left a nasty taste in my mouth.

In fact, this year I've decided not to donate any money to CIN at all, and will pass what I'd intended to shell out to a much smaller, possibly as equally deserving but definitely not as well-advertised charity. And I'll feel as though I'm achieving much more than entering into the money-fest that CIN seems to have become.
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