Hello,

Thanks for stopping by to read my guide, I want to first of thank the many generous ebayer who donate their auctions to charity on ebay.

Most people do not know that when you make a charity listing up, the seller who has donated the item for auction has many more expenses involved then just the item. Sellers take their time to photo and write up the auction and then pay to list and pay end of auction fees, as well as paypal fees, packing supplies(bubble wrap, tape, labels) and in most cases the gasoline to mail it. Now ebay does have a program called Mission Fish but not all people register to sell their items through this system because there is a minium $5.00 donation, and the charity has to pay fees for processing.  There is a way to not pay the minium and it is to ask the director of the charitable Mission Fish account to register you as a direct seller.

The draw back to this is you need to record and pay the charity yourself and you can not donate a portian of the proceeds. Which means you pay all the expenses, on the up side ebay does donate the listing and end of auction fees directly back to the charity.

Mission Fish has a wonderful directory of legitimate charitable causes listed and you can be 100% sure that your bid supports the charity directly. It does not cost anything to look and there might be a charity you wish to support already registered. last year I donated a couple of listing the Red Cross in Missippi, and felt really great knowing the money was going right to the location needed.

Please take the time to check out the great causes listed and email me (through my messages) if I can help you with any other information.

Yes I do have a personel favorite right now it is  The Baldwin Highlander Music Patrons,Inc. to help a outstanding Marching Band, approx. 170 reach Macy's 2006 Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Thanks for your time in reading my guide. Please let me know by voting if you thought is was informative.