Gregory was kind enough to make these 1 1/2″ Stainless Steel Single Flare TeamBME Bling eyelets while he was making the TeamBME Logo Plugs and Eyelets as well as the Dr. BME Plugs and Eyelets. I’ve decided to auction them off and donate the proceeds to charity. The bidding will run via the comment forum below and the winner will be contacted via email with a link to buy them through the shop. These are one of a kind and will not be made again!
Places your bids in the comments below, make sure to enter in your correct email address so that I can contact you January 1st when the bidding ends! Hope you’re all having a great holiday! I’m off to work on the year end awards!
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70 responses to “BME Bling for Charity!”
the most beautiful thing what i’ve ever seen! i think i’m in love 🙂
greg’s work stunning as always, if I had stretched lobes and money I would be bidding 🙂
If my lobes were that big i´d bid….awesome, really!
I’ll start the bidding at one penny!
$20
im broke, otherwise i would bid more….why do the good things always appear when i have 0 money!!!!
3 pennies!
50 bucks! i assume this is USD.
Yep, USD!
$55 USD
Chris
This is great timing. I was looking for plugs and they turn out to be the size I need. What are the odds lol.
Lets spice things up a bit:
$100
Beautiful! $101
I’m curious, what charity the proceeds will be going to?
$200
Corvin: I haven’t picked one yet.
You can give it to
R.O.M.P
You can give them to me free. That would be mine charity…..:) joking….. Dude Im from Bosnia. No one here is selling big earrings. I made mine from PTFE tape. I have 28 mm and 16 mm abov e……DONATE ME SOME EARRINGS…………..
You can give them to me free. That would be mine charity…..:) joking….. Dude Im from Bosnia. No one here is selling big earrings. I made mine from PTFE tape. I have 28 mm and 16 mm abov e……DONATE ME SOME EARRINGS………………
Rachel, are you looking for suggestions for charities or do you have a few in mind?
syohh – thats where online shops (ie. BMEshop) and ebay come in handy 🙂
I’m pretty sure i would want to know where the money is going to be donated, before i would even think of bidding. Maybe thats just me.
Seriously, a charity is a charity as long as it’s not going to the “Crack for needy kids foundation” I think your money is going somewhere good.
Kero, I agree completely. My ears aren’t big enough to bother making a bid, but I would definitely like to know where my money would be going to first.
I am sure Rachel will make sure its going somewhere that is needed. Rachel has my full confidence so please don,t worry.
Oh my god. $225. Please and thank you.
Oh, wait. I meant $125. Shit. I didn’t notice the $200 post. Agh! My apologies.
I love the statement “I’m not going to bid but I want to know where *my* money is going”. You aren’t bidding so it doesn’t really matter. I haven’t picked a charity yet. I could have just put these up to be auctioned off and kept the money to pay BME’s numerous bills but just like when I gave everyone a free month of IAM for the holidays even though the site is hurting, I stick to my word and I’ll be donating the proceeds to a charity of my choosing. The most likely candidate is a domestic violence charity. As soon as I pick one I’ll let you know.
those are sick. if i wasnt too big of a pussy to stretch to 1 and 1/2 i would deff go for these
I’m sure Rachel has enough common sense to pick a worthy charity.
$201
Is there a bad charity? Really. And a BME bills auction is a good idea, too.
I’d like to put the idea out there for a children’s charity, maybe towards children’s mental health? Abused/neglected children? Autism?
Wow, these are great! And I just got to inch and a half too, good luck everyone, I’m too broke to bid at this point!
I think we’re at merry with $201 as Lilly meant 125 not $225.
I’m leaning towards a domestic abuse charity as well. If anyone has suggestions, please post them in here. I’ve already been contacted about the BME scholarship but I’ve always donated to that anyway so it’s not necessary to add this auction to the pile.
Even though I can’t out-do $201, I’m happy to hear they’re going to a charitable cause. This is a great idea, and I’d love to see it happen more often! And gosh, especially for such pretty shiney things!
hahaha Jess ‘is the a bad charity’…you’ve obviously not been around much 😛
sorry, *is there
$300 Bob!
What charity are we speaking of? I always love donating.
I match your bet kind sir and raise you 20$.
I’m going to have to bid a solid 350!
Do you take paypal Rachel? Tis the season for giving!
I’m very proud to be part of such a kick-ass community! All you guys (bidding or not) are great! (Because, like me, you’re probably not bidding because you can’t outdo $350! I know I can’t! WOW! Some charity will be pleased! :D)
Lastly, Rachel will certainly pick a worthy charity! I love the lady to death, and can certainly vouch for that!
WOW!
Damn, the auction got too high for me =/
Yay for who ever gets the plugs and gets to help to a good cause!
I would never question Rachel’s ability to choose a worthwhile charity.
But I digress.
Gregory does stunning work and kudos to the highest bidder.
Those are fantastic, and that’s such a good idea to auction them off!
As far as charity suggestions remember, animals need help too! There are TONS of organizations, shelters, and rescues that are always in need.
If not for this auction, maybe another one in the future?
Dear Rachel, please READ my post before you comment to reduce the chance of future conflicts.
I had posted the fact i wouldn’t think of donating to a charity that had not yet been named. So your comment of “I love the statement “I’m not going to bid but I want to know where *my* money is going”. You aren’t bidding so it doesn’t really matter.” Is rather unfounded. If you had said before you decided to solicit money from people that it was going to aids research or even a charity to aid against domestic violence then i would have had no problem backing you 110%.. But please continue flaming me because i hadn’t agreed with your particular methods. Lame!
Kero: Please continue trying to be negative in a fund raising comment thread! I said in my post it was going to charity and that I hadn’t had time to pick one. Which charity doesn’t really matter because it’s a charity and knowing myself and BME, I wouldn’t donate to anything that went against what I believe in.
I didn’t direct my previous post towards you specifically but if you want to make this about you, feel free. Eyeroll.
Back to bidding! Looks like we’ve got $350, anyone willing to go over that?!
I’m sorry you think i came off as being negative. Greg makes awesome jewelry! I’m wearing a few pieces as i type this. I wish all the best to the highest bidder as well as a happy and prosperous new year to all bme’ers.
Cheers.
Rachel: Maybe not everyone believes in what you believe in? Yea, it’s pretty far fetched in this community of friends that are so well trained that they do almost anything BME wants to just to be a part of something, but there might be a person or two. Gregory does awesome work and they’re worth every cent, but it’s pretty silly to get pissy at someone who wants to know where a pretty big amount of an average worker’s monthly pay is going. Maybe someone thinks “FUCKING DOMESTIC ABUSE, I HATE THAT SHIT” and donates $900 willing to eat noodles for the rest of the month and then you go “Well community, I decided on Free Caged Chickens Foundation”.. Wouldn’t that person feel cheated?
Turkey: Yeah because I don’t always do the responsible thing. I put these up as a gesture for the community but instead it’s used as another opportunity attack me by anonymous users. I can’t say how many times I have said I am going with a domestic abuse charity but these were made by Gregory and we have been discussing which charity to auction them off for since day one.
But what do I know, I’m only losing everything I have to keep this place going with nothing in return. You can only love something so much and keep giving it everything you’ve got until you can’t do it anymore.
Greg is awesome. He does a great job with whatever he does. I wish the proceeds could go to supporting BME itself because it would great to be able to pay the bills, but that’s not the promise that I made.
We should do this again in a few months. We can take a poll of three diffrent charties and pick that way? I will be more then happy to make something new everytime so that its a total one off