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imaginarycircus wrote in help_nz



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1. How do I donate?




2. Who determines the winning bid?






4. I'm broke, how can I help?


5. My comment is screened. Why is that?


6. When does the auction end?







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It is. But even another hour later would make it better.

Like I said, I didn't expect it to be changed, but it was worth at least asking.

I was wrong, it was help_pakistan. Either way, I would still maintain that an hour later would be better for NZ who are 12 hours ahead of GMT because it would be 6pm not 5pm when I would thought most people would be at work.

Am disappointed, but guess it'll save me money as the one I thing I can still afford will end up going to someone else.

Edited at 2011-03-06 08:10 pm (UTC)

If I move it forwards that will mean it is one or two am for me. I'm sorry, but we've advertised these times far and wide. We really can't change them now.

We're actually 13 hours ahead with Daylight Saving, so it will be 6pm here.

I'm genuinely sorry you're disappointed, but it's a real change for us to have something done on our time -- we *never* get the convenient option for anything; I can't tell you how many times I've had to get up in the middle of the night or at the crack of dawn to sign up for things, or submit entries or whatever.

And don't assume the worst, things may still go your way. Good luck!

That would be my bad - the time converter said 12 hours. But I'd still comment that 7pm is still better for NZ that 5am is for the UK. It's frustrating because Wednesday is the only day this week I don't have to be at 5.30am and I want my lie-in til 6.30am.

Every challenge I've ever run has had deadlines at 7am UK time. Which covers those NZ + Aus. :)

It won't, not with the people bidding on this. It would have just been nice if the mods had considered it rather than dismissing it completely.

Thanks though. :)

That's really considerate of you; it doesn't happen terribly often, at least not in my circles of fandom. That said, I do find UK deadlines easier to meet than US ones as a general rule. :-)

I find it easier. It means that the really awful times (so 2am - 7am) is over the Atlantic ocean and that it means most people are awake. Tis simple enough to do. :) And then no-one complains!

It's not an original thought - when I first got into fandom they were mostly American centric and didn't take anyone else into consideration. Then I saw a challenge at that time for those reasons and whilst you'll never please everyone it was definitely the best option and so I took it, and always follow it now.

Edited at 2011-03-07 10:57 am (UTC)

I can't change something we advertised far and wide by an hour because one person asked me to. This auction is to help people in New Zealand who lost their homes and family members. If you had brought up your time issue early in the auction I would have been happy to consider making a time change, but you simply suggested the idea too late in the game. This is my first time doing this sort of thing and I'll admit I've made a lot of mistakes, but it's for a good cause and I'm doing the best I can.

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