OK...I lied...
I think I might have just said that I would give you no more Steve Irwin stuff...but I lied...
I got this email from Scotty in Beerwah....thought it was worth sharing!
Caroline,
I had a look on eBay on Tuesday afternoon and was appalled by the amount of crap people were selling to try and make a buck on the back of Steve's death.
A bloke in Canada had done up some "In Memoriam" fridge magnets and was selling them for $6.99 each!
People were selling their copies of local and state papers with a starting bid of $10 each!
There were "autographed" photos of Steve; "authentic" pieces of Steve memorabilia left, right and centre.
So I got a bit pissed off and made my own listing. I wanted people to spend their money on a donation to Wildlife Warriors rather than giving their money to some bastard flogging off things like a Croc Hunter plastic drinking cup just to make a quick buck.
I added the listing at 545pm on Tuesday and within about 4 hours I had 250 hits. With many of those people leaving me a note to say they're wanted to buy something to remember Steve by but decided that leaving a donation on the Wildlife Warriors would be much better. A lot of them also told their friends about the listing and the Wildlife Warriors site.
I didn't do this for publicity, I just wanted to throw up an option for people to do something good with their money instead of wasting it.
But eBay, in their wisdom, decided my listing breached selling policy. So it appears eBay are happy to let people flog off any old bit of Steve Irwin-related "memorabilia" they might have laying around the house, but someone who is trying to bring some reality to the situation gets canned!
I've tried to shame these bastards into taking their items off eBay, but it hasn't worked. I was wondering if you could help bring attention to this terrible practice of profiteering from someone's death by making it public that this is happening. People can still buy Steve Irwin dolls, but why don't they buy them from the Zoo rather than at highly inflated prices from opportunists.
I hope you can help.
Scott Stephenson,
Beerwah
The original listing was under the title "STEVE IRWIN - WILDLIFE WARRIORS" and said:
DO NOT BID ON THIS ITEM, JUST READ THE INFO! Don't line the pockets of the sick people attempting to profiteer on the unfortunate death of Steve Irwin. Instead of wasting your money on some "autographed" piece of memorabilia, show you really care buy making a donation to Wildlife Warriors. I'm not asking you to donate money to me. DO NOT bid on this item. I just want to bring the Wildlife Warriors donation option to the attention of the people looking to buy something to remember Steve Irwin by. Stop encouraging profiteers, by buying their stuff. Make Steve Proud by making a donation to something that really matters to Steve & Terri. Go to www.wildlifewarriors.org.au and follow the links to make a donation. I don't work for Wildlife Warriors or Australia Zoo and I'm no relation to anyone who does. I am just an average person who wants to see the money go to the right place!
Well done Scotty!
I got this email from Scotty in Beerwah....thought it was worth sharing!
Caroline,
I had a look on eBay on Tuesday afternoon and was appalled by the amount of crap people were selling to try and make a buck on the back of Steve's death.
A bloke in Canada had done up some "In Memoriam" fridge magnets and was selling them for $6.99 each!
People were selling their copies of local and state papers with a starting bid of $10 each!
There were "autographed" photos of Steve; "authentic" pieces of Steve memorabilia left, right and centre.
So I got a bit pissed off and made my own listing. I wanted people to spend their money on a donation to Wildlife Warriors rather than giving their money to some bastard flogging off things like a Croc Hunter plastic drinking cup just to make a quick buck.
I added the listing at 545pm on Tuesday and within about 4 hours I had 250 hits. With many of those people leaving me a note to say they're wanted to buy something to remember Steve by but decided that leaving a donation on the Wildlife Warriors would be much better. A lot of them also told their friends about the listing and the Wildlife Warriors site.
I didn't do this for publicity, I just wanted to throw up an option for people to do something good with their money instead of wasting it.
But eBay, in their wisdom, decided my listing breached selling policy. So it appears eBay are happy to let people flog off any old bit of Steve Irwin-related "memorabilia" they might have laying around the house, but someone who is trying to bring some reality to the situation gets canned!
I've tried to shame these bastards into taking their items off eBay, but it hasn't worked. I was wondering if you could help bring attention to this terrible practice of profiteering from someone's death by making it public that this is happening. People can still buy Steve Irwin dolls, but why don't they buy them from the Zoo rather than at highly inflated prices from opportunists.
I hope you can help.
Scott Stephenson,
Beerwah
The original listing was under the title "STEVE IRWIN - WILDLIFE WARRIORS" and said:
DO NOT BID ON THIS ITEM, JUST READ THE INFO! Don't line the pockets of the sick people attempting to profiteer on the unfortunate death of Steve Irwin. Instead of wasting your money on some "autographed" piece of memorabilia, show you really care buy making a donation to Wildlife Warriors. I'm not asking you to donate money to me. DO NOT bid on this item. I just want to bring the Wildlife Warriors donation option to the attention of the people looking to buy something to remember Steve Irwin by. Stop encouraging profiteers, by buying their stuff. Make Steve Proud by making a donation to something that really matters to Steve & Terri. Go to www.wildlifewarriors.org.au and follow the links to make a donation. I don't work for Wildlife Warriors or Australia Zoo and I'm no relation to anyone who does. I am just an average person who wants to see the money go to the right place!
Well done Scotty!
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