Wednesday, November 19, 2008

w@w auction experience

The items up for bidding are products and/or services donated by various wedding suppliers to help us raise funds for mounting the upcoming W@W Christmas party (happens this Friday!) and our 10th Anniversary Celebration in March 2009. The annual auction is open exclusively for W@Wies who are given the chance to get the donated items at a fraction of its actual market value.

Being a w@wie, this announcement from Ms. Benz immediately caught my attention in one of her messages. I told Tim that since i don't have access to the internet 24/7, he needs to helpme with this.

Ms. Benz provided a list of suppliers and items that we can bid on. Here are some items that I'm interested in bidding:

Threelogy Digital Video
Full Wedding Video Coverage
55,000

Phoeben Teocson Videography
Full Wedding Video Coverage
45,000

ParkerShot Digital Photography
2 PreNup Session in MM with JR Sebastian
10,000

Events by Clarice
50% off on OTD Coordination
12,500

Nice Print Photography
Photo Package Labor only
12,000

Unity Coins
Two Tone Set
2,300

Val Villarin
7 Trial Hair & MakeUp
1,500

Since the photo and video is not our priority, I disregard the items for Threelogy Digital Video, Phoeben Teocson Videography, ParkerShot Digital Photography and Nice Print Photography. And since we haven't decided if we'll get a coordinator for our wedding, the OTD from Clarice is also scratched off the list. The unity coins.. well, we can still get that next year. So that leaves me with the item from Val Villarin.

During the week of the auction, I actually contacted Val with regards to having my trial hair and make up on Dec. 18. Since Tim and I will be attending a wedding of Joyce (fellow w@w) and Basti (tim's hs barkada) on this date, might as well, put the make up into good use. Sayang naman if wala akong pupuntahan after kong magpa-ayos. Unfortunately, Mama Val's not available on the said date (hmm.. baka sya mag-aayos kay Joyce).

When I saw that the trial for Val is included in the auction, I told myself, I would really try to win one of the trials. The rate for the trial right now is Php1,500, any amount lower than that is good for me.

I called Tim around 7am to wake him up. Initially, he'll only bid of Val Villarin's trial make-up, but later on I told him that I'm also interested with the pre-nup from Parkershot and the photo only package from Niceprint. We both agreed with our ceiling price for these items. I told him to concentrate first with Val Villarin since it's the first one to close. He said yes and that he'll try his best.

I was watching the bidding process while at work. I saw 2 items for Val closed already without me winning it. Oh noh! 5 more to go and the clock is ticking... I was watching if Tim will bid... When the last item is closing already and I still cannot see Tim's bid, I took matter in my own hands and bide for the next amount. As soon as I hit "Bid" the auction closed and I was the highest bidder! Yahoo!!!Ü I was so happy I called Tim right away. He was so sad and saying "sorry" that he did not win. I told him I won! He asked how and I explained that I bid in one of the items since I cannot see his bids. We were so happy about it, but I reminded him that the next item on our list is closing as well, so we have to go back to our computers and bid. This time, I told Tim I'll do the bidding myself.. ang bagal kasi ng computer nya.. hahaha!Ü The original price of the item is Php1,500 and I was able to get it for Php800.

The second item we won was the pre-nup for Parkershot Photography. I visited their website and immediately fell in love with their shots. This was really no contest, I just bid higher than the last bidder and waited for the item to closed. The original price of the item is Php5,000 and I was able to get it for Php1,500.

The third item on our list is the Niceprint photo package only. If you're wondering why we're interested with the photo only package instead of the regular package with albums, here's the only reason: Tim's dad is a photographer (and member of a photoraphers' club) and he knows how to do album lay-out and knows where to have it printed. I saw a sample album that he created and it was the same with the other wedding albums that we see in bridal fair.

Although I was hoping to get this package, the last time I checked the auction, the highest bid is already 3K and there still 10 hours left for the bidding. I told Tim he has to bid on this item since I will be sleeping already by this time. The actual price of the package is Php12,000 and I told Tim he can bid up to Php5,500 (kuripot ko noh?Ü).

By the time I woke up, I read my only message from Tim and it only states.. Mahal.. I was pretty sure we didn't get the item with the way Tim texted me. I called him and I was asking for some info like how much was the highest bid and if he had a hard time bidding. He cut me off and told me we won. What! I was so happy I suddenly sat up and asked him "how??". He said he bid during the last 40 seconds and by the time the system accepted his bid, the auction closed. Wow! Talked about good luck and right timing..Ü I was really happy because we won all the items that we wanted.

Here's the breakdown:

Original price
Val Villarin - Php1,500.00
Pre-nup by Parkershot - Php5,000.00
Niceprint photo package - Php12,000.00
Total amount: Php: Php18,500.00

Auction price
Val Villarin - Php800.00
Pre-nup by Parkershot - Php1,500.00
Niceprint photo package - Php5,500.00
Total amount: Php7,800.00
Discount of: Php10,700.00

I really love w@w!!!

Thanks Sir John and Ms. Benz!Ü

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