<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;">Greetings,</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;">This is a reminder that our Mini Auction Fundraiser ends tonight, Wednesday February 19, at 6 pm PST. <br>See part way down our homepage for the auction plants</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2" style="">: </font><font size="2"><a href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com">http://www.sacredsucculents.com</a></font><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span><span style="font-size: 13px;"><i>Make sure to email all bids by 6 pm</i>! </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">We honor the email bids as first come first serve, so if we don’t respond right away—do not worry, we will honor your bid in the order it was received. </span></span></h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Our Specimen Plant listing has been updated for February, see below the auction on the homepage.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">We are still working on getting caught up with emails and orders. Again, gratitude for your patience!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">((((((Ben)))))))</span></span></div>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Sacred Succulents Mini Plant Auction Fundraiser</strong></div>(Plants are available to US customers only)<br><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: center;"></p><p></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">This is a unique chance to obtain new introductions, rarities, specimens and mother plants. This is a one time offer for most of these plants–they will not be available again!<span> </span><br> Know that auction purchases will directly fund nursery repairs; constructing new nursery benches and rebuilding several shade structures, ongoing tech upgrades as well as our continual research and conservation work.</p>
<p><strong>Bidding process is the same as last auction & simplified from early auctions.</strong> <br><strong><span style="color: #800000;"><em>With this auction what you bid is exactly what you will pay if you have the winning high bid when the auction ends</em>.</span> This differs from our first four auctions where the high bid was hidden and determined to be just $1 over the previous bidders high bid.</strong><br><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">For example for the current auction:</span> If the current bid on a plant is $35 and you bid $50 the high bid price is then moved to $50 (NOT $36 like the earlier auctions) and the next bidder has to bid over that ($51 or more) -- if you have the highest bid when the auction closes then you win that plant and your high bid is exactly what you pay (plus shipping).</p>
<p><strong>To place a bid- ( <em>please read fully before bidding!</em> )</strong><br>Email us ( benkamm@monitor.net ) with “SS auction” in the subject header. <br>In the body of the email list -<br> 1) The name of each plant you are bidding on with the amount you are bidding next to the name (must be equal to or greater than the “minimum starting bid” or current “high bid”). <br> 2) Your full name and complete shipping address.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><em><strong>Placing a bid is binding, so please do not bid unless you are committed to buying! Again please do not bid if you are not 100% committed and do not bid beyond your means.</strong></em></span></p>
<p>We honor the email bids as first come first serve, so if we don’t respond right away—do not worry, we will honor your bid in the order it was received! Towards the end of the auction can get hectic and we may not be able to notify you in a timely manner if you’ve been outbid during this last phase–we recommend checking the website periodically to see the current high bids.<br>The auction closes 6 pm PST Wednesday, February 19. You will be contacted by email that evening for the auction plants you have won. Our regular shipping costs apply. Placing a bid is binding, so please do not bid unless you are committed to buying! Payment (cash, check, money order or Western Union) will need to be sent promptly on Thursday February 20. Your plants will be shipped as soon as payment is received.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Shipping and Handling for Auction Plants</strong><br><strong>First class priority mail</strong> = $8.50 for the first plant $2 each additional plant. Express mail = Inquire for current costs<br><strong>*Plants</strong> marked with a single asterisk are large, heavy and have special shipping charges = $15.00 for the first plant $2 each additional plant.<br><strong>**Plants</strong> marked with double asterisk are extra large and/or heavy. We charge you the actual USPS postage cost plus an $6 handling fee on the total order. Please note: Shipping costs for these will be significant for folks in eastern states (for example a 36” Trichocereus sent to the East Coast would be around $40+ shipping but less than half that for the West Coast). You may inquire the approximate shipping cost by emailing us your zipcode.<br>California residents add 7.25% sales tax. Sonoma county residents 8%.<br><br></p>Sacred Succulents<br>
PO Box 781<br>
Sebastopol, CA 95473 USA<br>
<a href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com">http://www.sacredsucculents.com</a><br>
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