clarkzac
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- Oct 31, 2010
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Live auction results
1) Framed 1987 World Championship Poster (if you looked closely there was lots of damage to it) - $1700!!!
2) Joe Mauer Jersey (if you looked up the mlb hologram, it says Game Used, they had it listed as team issued - $1700 (steal IMO)
3) Twinsfest Bat (this thing was 5-6 ft tall, very cool) - $850
4) Memorial Day Package (Perk GU jersey, Deduno Hat, Lineup Card) - $450 (steal)
5) Zac Brown Band Autographed Guitar - $850 (in the words of Bo Dietel...really?......REALLY?)
6) 2013 Opening Day Base - $725
7) 2014 Home Run Derby Tickets - $2000!!! (WTF?)
8) 2013 All Star Ballot - $400 (ugliest thing on auction, should have went free to tbtwinsfan being it was signed by Perk)
9) Joe Mauer Game Used Bat - $2200 (makes my Mauer bat look like a steal at 1k)
10) Twins Hall of Fame Package (11 signed balls and a poster) - $1300 (people just pissing 100 dollar bills)
11) Glen Perkins Package (jersey, hat, ball) - $500 (good value)
OK now the real nut burgers come out
12) Jim Thome 574 Home Run Base - $3100 (OK I see the significance behind the base, but not 3100 wise, but the buyer has some of the deepest pockets in Twins collecting)
13) 2014 All Star Tickets - $3000 (same buyer as the HR derby tickets. Yes, one dude paid 5k for unknown seat location at Target Field, NNFFC!!!)
14) Buxton Bat and Ball, Sano Bat and Ball all signed - $1450!!!!! (Mind you these are NOT game used or inscribed, if you stood in line and bought plain bats and balls, would have cost you under $200, people just tossing Benjamins around)
15) Wooden Ball Case (holds 30 balls signed by current and former players) - $1500
Total of the craziness ----- $21,725
~really~These people don't care, charity auctions aren't about getting great value.
~really~
Great value or not, I commented on the stupidity of the realized prices as I saw them first hand.
Ok you are right. Happy?...and I stated they're not stupid because the point of the price is not to just acquire an item. They are donating to the community fund.
Yes you can. But let's say for those all star tickets, bidder paid 2700 over value, bidder does get 2700 back by "writing it off", it ends up being a percentage.If it goes to charity, aren't you allowed to write off anything over the actual value?
Ok you are right. Happy?
Yes you can. But let's say for those all star tickets, bidder paid 2700 over value, bidder does get 2700 back by "writing it off", it ends up being a percentage.
The Twins do seem dedicated to providing a quality experience. They had multiple volunteers walking around asking people's opinions on their experiences at the event. I was thrilled with how everything was handled. The people managing the Mauer line should be recognized, as managing a line is the most thankless job at Twinsfest and these people shuffled more people through the line than I could ever imagine in an hour and a half.
The Twins did a hell of a job with Twinsfest this year, given the space constraints.
POSITIVES:
The auto stations were extremely well managed, well, the two I went to on the suite level, I did not go to station 3 or 4 so I cannot attest to those.
The interaction of players with fans was amazing. Having them play pop a shot or bags or in the batting cages with the kids, how freaking awesome is that for them? You rarely ever had this at the Dome.
Loved the radio show location. In the Dome, all it did was echo if you were not close by, the stages back was to the floor, so you had to be in the seats to see or hear. At TF, they faced out to the people walking by and you could actually hear them.
Having access to parts of Target Field that you may never get access to again was great. Seeing all of the memorabilia display cases of Twins greats was wonderful.
Having access to the Champions Club to rest your feet was nice. The player interaction in there was also above the Dome.
I thought the higher admission price and having to buy a specific day would be a negative for me, but in the end it was a positive, as it kept the crowds down on Friday and Sunday which was nice. I hated the Dome as there were 3x the amount of people there typically and was a nuisance to navigate around the masses, at TF, that was not an issue.
The movement between floors, I know people were complaining about having to use the elevators, but I never had to wait more than 2-3 minutes to get on one, so I didnt see any issues here.
Having the field lite up Friday night when it was snowing was very very cool. You could go outside of the Legends Club and take pictures.
NEGATIVES:
The Sports Card and Memorabilia Show, was dark and cooler down there, not a ton of room to navigate. Word is, they will adjust this for next year.
The Yard Sale, too small of an area to have this. They should have had this in a bigger room to navigate people in and out.
Overall, I think TF was a great alternate location.
Anyone that thought the Twins were going to get it 100% right the first year were kidding themselves.
The Twins will take the feedback and adjust for next year.
I give the overall event (based on being there Friday and Sunday) a grade of B.