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  • 07-12-2008 5:43pm
    #1
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭


    For Sale: One Internet Bar, good turnover, popular with the locals, also serves food and has resident DJ.

    Yore Ma's is your typical Irish bar, ideally located in the Rec category, on the popular website, Boards.ie. The bar is spacious enough, with plenty of seating areas, including a unique snug, popular with some of the older clientèle. Another unique feature is the outdoor roof garden, though not yet finished, will be ideal for those long Summer nights we are so used to in this country.

    The clientèle range from your internet-aware 20-somethings, to your refined, 30-something professionals, with the occasional older, scoundrel/lecherous type who don't like to talk about their age, but love getting jiggy with the young people.

    It also comes complete with a fully fitted kitchen, with all modern conveniences and an experienced chef from Antwerp.

    It is expected that the current staff will remain in situ, seeing as nobody else would hire them, but that is open to negotiations.

    Why is the owner selling? Boards.ie has a popular charity, the Santa Strike Force, and all proceeds of this sale will go to that charity.

    The serious bit

    This is an auction for The Santa Strike Force. The winner of the auction will donate the winning amount to SSF and in return, get modship of BGRH for a week (or longer/shorter if we like/dislike you :D).

    How to take part in the auction - post your bids on this thread, serious bids only, please. If you would prefer to PM me your bid, I can post an acknowledgement in the thread for you.


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    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    :eek: Can see some serious bidders for this .


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    Heisenberg.
    Registered Users Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭Heisenberg.


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    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    15 europeans! Anything to keep it out of the clutch of one of them wimmens!


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    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    Ruu wrote: »
    15 europeans! Anything to keep it out of the clutch of one of them wimmens!


    €20 :P


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    #6
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    I am proxy-bidding for Lucy Lu who is in the US at the moment - €25.

    Edit: didn't see Saibh sneak in there. Bid upped


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,559 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    €30. I will reign with terror so outbid me or be banned...


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    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    *Sticks hand up * £50


    if only to say i once bid for yore ma's ;)


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    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    €55


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    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    latchyco wrote: »
    *Sticks hand up * £50


    if only to say i once bid for yore ma's ;)

    What is that in €s?


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    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    6th wrote: »
    What is that in €s?


    they must trade in £ in lapland


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    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Can you bid on someone elses behalf? Say I want to make a bid but if it wins I choose someone t o be the mod?


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    6th wrote: »
    Can you bid on someone elses behalf? Say I want to make a bid but if it wins I choose someone t o be the mod?

    Nope.


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    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    6th wrote: »
    What is that in €s?
    About 85 euros ....roughly ? ( i haz no euro sign on keyboard )
    Saibh wrote: »
    they must trade in £ in lapland
    Or reindeer meat


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    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,278 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    latchyco wrote: »
    About 85 euros ....roughly ? ( i haz no euro sign on keyboard )

    Closer to €58 actually.


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    nkay1985
    Registered Users Posts: 6,975 ✭✭✭nkay1985


    6th wrote: »
    Can you bid on someone elses behalf? Say I want to make a bid but if it wins I choose someone t o be the mod?

    You could get that person to bid with the promise of refunding them I suppose?


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    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Zaph wrote: »
    Closer to €58 actually.
    typo error ;) Think euros much stronger at moement .


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Zaph wrote: »
    Closer to €58 actually.

    At today's rates, yes, it approximates to €58. So latchyco has the leading bid at the moment.


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,559 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    so is the bid at 58 or not? can we stick to euros please?

    if so, €60. I've never been happy with the direction BGRH went
    after a good start, a blood letting would do it good. muhahaha


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    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    €65


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,559 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    Saibh wrote: »
    €65

    whats your gameplan Saibh? Reign of terror or
    reign of luvey duvey hugs and kisses for non-manly behaviour?


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    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    copacetic wrote: »
    whats your gameplan Saibh? Reign of terror or
    reign of luvey duvey hugs and kisses for non-manly behaviour?


    no game plan* but you will be the first to know

    *yet


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,559 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    ok then, in lieu of a firm reign of terror treaty.

    €70


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Wow, bid via that venerable messaging system, SMS. How quaint.

    Our anonymous benefactor wishes to bid €80.

    (Note: all PMs and text messages can be verified or shown upon request, this is all above board, seriously)


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    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    my final offer - €100


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,559 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    Wow, bid via that venerable messaging system, SMS. How quaint.

    Our anonymous benefactor wishes to bid €80.

    (Note: all PMs and text messages can be verified or shown upon request, this is all above board, seriously)

    whens the end of auction Tom?


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    #27
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Saibh wrote: »
    my final offer - €100

    Wow! Fair play to you.
    copacetic wrote: »
    whens the end of auction Tom?

    Probably Friday week, the 19th of December, I have to get onto to DeVore and find out when they plan the strike. It's usually the week/weekend before Christmas, AFAIR.

    I will update the thread title when I find out for sure.


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,559 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    right then, auction fever has died off based on that info. Will wait until last couple of days, can we make last bid a reasonable time of the day so people won't all be in the pub?

    Great idea, by the way. Maybe we could make in a boardswide thing??


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    #29
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    copacetic wrote: »

    Great idea, by the way. Maybe we could make in a boardswide thing??


    +1


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    I am proxy-bidding for Lucy Lu
    6th wrote: »
    Can you bid on someone elses behalf?
    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    Nope.

    Stirs, whistles innocently and sneaks away. :p


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    #31
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    copacetic wrote: »
    right then, auction fever has died off based on that info. Will wait until last couple of days, can we make last bid a reasonable time of the day so people won't all be in the pub?

    Yeah, good point. I haven't thought this through fully. :) I'll wait until I hear back from DeVore and see what he says.
    copacetic wrote: »
    Great idea, by the way. Maybe we could make in a boardswide thing??

    If the powers that be want to do it, not a bother. Again, I'll let DeV make the call on that one.

    If everybody put a link in their signature, it would help spread the word too.


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