aag

You mean you *don’t* want a sex toy annex?

I’ve read your blogs for a while now and I think you’re fabulous. I appreciate the line you walk between ‘horned-up-sex-kitten’ and ‘dotting-yet-gonna-hurl-a-large-appliance-thru-a-glass-surface-if-I-hear-MOMMEEEEE-one-more-time’. As a single mother of two little girls (I affectionately refer to as Thing One and Thing Two), I love the juxtaposition of your two lives.

Ummm. so anyway, about the toys. Yes, I’d bid, but I doubt they’d go as cheaply as you assume. I have a suggestion from an artsy-fartsy blog I read…she announces she’s got some free shit and asks readers to write a comment below, she then either picks one reader at random, or chooses the recipient based on the best comment.

Or we could bid and you could feel really guilty make an obscene amount of money off of second hand sex toys as our families starve as a result of Dubya’s fucked up economic policies and your dealings in blackmarket sex gadgets.

Just kidding…not on the Dubya part, however.

I can imagine you opening the closet and being swallowed up by an avalance of silicone, jelly and lube…..

Annex / Wing, such plans AAG. Would the Orgy Annex be one room?

A Blind Auction would be a fair way to divvy up the goodies.

Good luck

Bidding is wonky for just postage unless you do it as a ‘buy me now’ thing. Contests are a good idea. Some wacked out contest would be even better (fingerpaint your rendition of your genitalia, for example, winner chosen at random from all entries received), but in lieu of that, I’d just make a post of ‘lots’ (the best way is to pile everything up and make each as evenly pleasurable as possible) and say “here’s the postage cost, first to send the postage gets the box”… Be sure to include packing materials into shipping costs.

I think that as long as you ensure that our items are sterilized, people will have no problem buying it. Especially from you.

And What, I would ask, is wrong with making a few bucks off of a surplus of something that other people want & need?….I think there needs to be a line there,,not just to cover postage, but to maybe make an electric bill payment?..I dont believe that your beloved readership would deny you this….

If you’re not looking to make money, then I’d suggest a combination of your idea to divvying them up into lots and melissa’s idea of a random drawing through comments.

You could start an AAG’s $50 (or monetary amount of your choosing) deal of the day/week/hour/whatever.

Post with a description of the item or group of items. Give it 24 hours, then randomly select the winner from the comments of those interested. Winner sends you $50. You cover the postage, and donate the rest to the food bank/charity of your choosing.

The idea being … one of us lucky readers gets a toy/videos/books hopefully worth significantly more than $50, you get space for your orgy annex, and the food bank/charity gets some much needed cashola.

If you use my idea, all I ask is that I be the first in the winner’s line if you ever have another one of these lying around :)

http://janesguide.com/wpmu/toys/2008/04/11/lattachino-love-baton-from-xxxglass/

I like Missy’s suggestion: You cover the postage, and donate the rest to the food bank/charity of your choosing. The only drawback is that, if you are donating the proceeds to a local charity, you really could not use the auction to publicize your online persona without jeopardizing your privacy.

May I suggest that AlwaysArousedGirl award the proceeds of the auction to a charity that would be delighted to know that its coffers were not the only place to be happily filled: Desiree Alliance, which is hosting its annual conference this week in Chicago.

Is it just me that thinks that using a toy that’s had the hot little hands of AAG all over it would add a little bit more excitement to things?

I like Missy’s idea too, if you’re going to put a cap on the price. That way, those of us latecomers wouldn’t be at a disadvantage of having the price already be met before we got here. And it also keeps with your idea of keeping the price low.

Share the love, AAG!

:D

I like the contest idea, myself.

Can I just state that it is totally unfair you have excess free sex toys when some of us have to ay hundreds of dollars for stuff like this.

And then can I say that whatever you decide I’ll be entering and I want to try a glass or steel dildo because those just look awesome but the price tag is too high for this poor college student.

I like Missy’s idea also…and I too will partake in whatever method you choose to share the wealth.

The contest idea sounds great. We’d play.
I’m sure you’re aware that you would Make Scads of Dollarz if the toys in question had been given admittance into your holiest of holies
Just an observation.
Cheers,
sss

I think it’s OK to go with Scads of Dollarz. I mean, how are you going to open your own Dildos R Us franchise without a little seed money?

missy’s idea sounded excellent - but would it cover P&P overseas?

I would guess that the Sex Toys that have crossed the line would sell for an unhealthy price tag. Any charity picking up the proceeds would have a Cheshire Cat smile for weeks? ;-)

I love Missy’s idea, and if it just goes to bidding, I’d bid too…so exciting!!

I think it’s a great idea. I’d definitely be in!

I think it’s an awesome idea! Like a sex toy Ebay!

I would check with the companies who gave you the products before selling them. They may not be happy about you turning a profit on their ‘donations’. It could be seen as a purchase stolen from them.

share the wealth aagirl
the world needs sex toys
peace

Blue Light special on Aisle 7!

Kochanie said: “The only drawback is that, if you are donating the proceeds to a local charity, you really could not use the auction to publicize your online persona without jeopardizing your privacy”

I dont think this would necessarily be an issue. If once a month, aag pulls out whats left from the postage fund and writes a check a charity.. they aren’t going to have any idea that the money came from a sex toy drive :)

Why not just accept a flat rate bid to pay for shipping for all items and take them into a random picking order? That way its completely fair, the companies still make their monies and you don’t feel like you’re ripping anyone off.

However, you could also double the shipping price and thereby make some money off the deal but not enough to feel like a bad person doing so buuuuut…require a review that gets guest posted on your site for it

while i like the idea of auctions, and the donations to a local charity, and the holiest of holy holes, hosting a “get to know party” for interested would be pretty interesting too….sort of like a see and try the tupperware - but if you try it you known it! Of course, you could parse them out to others if they commit to write a review for posting to AAG….

I think that $50 would cover postage to just about anywhere in the US for a decent sized box. And even if it doesn’t, its highly likely that the dildo you shipped the week before was only $8

You could always ask for an extra $20 to ship off the continent.

Hi AAG,

Sell them. You need the bucks.

As a per-fesser, I have my own rule regarding books sent to me — if I didn’t ask for them, they’re mine to do as I wish.

Asking and then selling — that’s a bit of fraud.

Chuck

As for shipping costs - you could go with a priority flat rate box, which ships anywhere in the US for $9.80 no matter the weight. I realize that doesn’t account for all your lovely readers outside the US, but it’s a good jumping off point (and they’ll send you the boxes for free from the postal service website!)

I hope you do this, I love the idea of a high end sex toy grab bag!

Missy:

The reason that donating the funds to a local charity is a drawback, IMO, is that I do not think that aag wants to write reveal her online identity to anyone in her locale. Therefore, she could not promote or publicize her blog or her writing under the persona of aag when she presents the check to a charity. And using a charitable gift as the occasion for self-promotion is a popular marketing ploy. The check probably would be issued under her real life identity, not aag, and she would be reluctant to connect the two. Therefore, a prime marketing opportunity would be lost.

Well, if the idea is kind of a giveaway, I like the contest idea. Come up with something for people to comment on below and pick up a random winner or you decide who the winner is, let’s say in a sexiest haiku contest =) Whoever wins ponies up whatever shipping fees would be involved. I know I’d love to enter, but I live in Brazil AND would be willing to pay for the postage down here. The fixed price + charity idea is cool as well. Charity is always good karma, marketing opportunity or not. To cover the “I don’t know how much shipping would be”, you could limit it to US residents only, which would make me very sad, but would make it very practical to get an accurate idea on shipping costs.

Maybe you should be more creative with the way you use your toys before you decide on what to part with.

For example:
http://bp3.blogger.com/_jW0fHcfb-L4/SH4VZY9-V0I/AAAAAAAAEDs/3f2x_L9Xs-s/s1600-h/alternative_vibrator_1.jpg

:)

Whatever you do, make sure that you post pictures of everything you’re getting rid of and where to get them so the rest of us can get your expert opinions on some quality toys. I also suggest having some sort of “where are they now” forum where the recipients can put their opinions of their toys if they wish.

I personally like the bidding for charity combination idea. Of course, being a poor college student, I’d be out of it, but I always like to see money going to good organizations. Also, if you picked something that has to do with sex — like GSA or an HIV/AIDS organization, you could advertise and write the check from whatever account you use to receive money for the ads on your webpage. I’m sure you have a better way to keep your privacy than I.

I think you could:
Offer them in contests or drawings but winner pays shipping! That way, they get the goods, and you get the traffic, but don’t have to pay the costs!

I think that the toys would get bid waaay out of my (and it seems most of your reader’s) price range too quickly otherwise…

I wish I had your problem!

I would *love* a sex toy giveaway or cheapaway. I’m a college girl on a budget like SunBunny and I have ONE vibrator. That’s it. Who can thrive in such sexual poverty?

*sigh*

I was wondering if there were poor, frustrated women/men in China that don’t have any sex toys and here you are with an over abundance!

Unless you can donate them to charity for the tax write off, an auction would be good.

you know - nitebyrd has something with that charity event. I know a few folks who would LOVE going to the spring fundraiser if it has THESE as the auction items!

You can give them to me to review. ;)

But if you want to do an auction and prices remained low enough I’d for sure be a part of that (though I don’t have Paypal).

Can’t wait to see what you’re giving up! :)

Have you made any decisions on this? I just recently started reading, and am going through archives. This is one thing I don’t want to miss! (Unless I already did!! Yikes!)