Charity raffle for my local hospital - Ebel Discovery, Hamtun Nanok, Traser Commander

[Wooster]

Dear fellows,

As some of you might know, I have had a nasty form of Covid recently. Spent two weeks in the local hospital, had a pretty complete package (thankfully avoided the ICU), lost about 15 kilos... Happy, very happy to be since a few weeks back home with family, and to slowly but steadily recover.

In the past 8 or 9 years, I have organised a number of raffles, all of them dedicated to Eddie's charities. A rather nice amount of money was gathered in each of them (there’s been a Breitling Aerospace, an Oris 65, and a few others). This time I'd like to organise a raffle dedicated to my local hospital (Spitalul Judetean Sibiu). The doctors there are doing an amazing job with limited resources, and, as the numbers are still exceedingly high over here, they asked for public support in getting additional funds for a modular 12 beds unit.

So here would be the rules of the raffle:

• The winner will receive an Ebel Discovery Diver, bought new by me a couple of months ago and worn maybe one afternoon (this was from when I was still doing this kind of impulse buys... seems the Covid experience has cured me out of this as well). The list price lies as about 1450 pounds. Comes with box, papers, original steel bracelet AND original rubber strap. Here's the official link to the watch: https://www.ebel.com/us/en/shop-watc...y-1216427.html Here's a pic shamelessly stolen from the net:

• Each entry ticket is of 10 pounds
• The payment is to be done in the following gofundme account: https://www.gofundme.com/f/wooster-booster. It’s been kindly organised by Mr Curta (many, many thanks Matthew for agreeing with this). He'll collect all the payments and then make one single big donation with the money collected. Considering Matthew's stellar reputation on the forum, I suppose you'll all feel comfortable with this process.
• The winner will be selected by my daughter, Thea, on Sunday, December 20, at 8PM GMT. She's 1 1/2 years old and practically incorruptible. I’ll send then the watch via DHL, so that it will reach the lucky winner before Christmas.
• If the raffle will be going rather fine (i.e. we achieve at least 1k pounds), I'll add a few more pretty cool watches to the pool.
  
  Thanks to Eddie for hosting us.
  
  Cheers,
  Christian

[Mr Curta]

A quick word about Christian's GoFundMe page, which is here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/wooster-booster

Due to the complexities of tracking donations to an individual or directly to the hospital overseas, we are using the highly reputable and trusted Crowdfunding site GoFundMe to collect donations. Donors are protected through a GoFundMe Guarantee. These can only be hosted in certain countries, hence my involvement.

Although there are no fees to set up or run a campaign, there are small transaction charges applied to cover the Credit Card standard payment processor costs. This is less than most other fundraising sites. I will cover all of these fees when I make the final transfer to the hospital as my contribution towards their needs. What you donate is what the hospital will receive towards their appeal.

Please do your best to support, not least because of the fabulous prize. Christian might not be in a position to run such a generous raffle without their TLC.

Many thanks,

Matthew


Final list of participants, at 20:00 20/12/20. The discrepancy between ticket numbers and total funds donated is due to some members who wish to support Christian's hospital but not participate in the raffle.

Please advise myself or Mr Wooster if there are any obvious errors or if you have donated and do not wish to take part in the draw. Massive thanks for the outstanding support.

1 mr.chef
2 mr.chef
3 JackW
4 JackW
5 Lampoc
6 Lampoc
7 Lampoc
8 Lampoc
9 animalone
10 animalone
11 animalone
12 animalone
13 Skip
14 Skip
15 bry nylon
16 bry nylon
17 Suds
18 Suds
19 devonpete
20 devonpete
21 Kirk280
22 Kirk280
23 sickie
24 sickie
25 zelig
26 zelig
27 Berty234
28 Berty234
29 Dazzler
30 Dazzler
31 Dazzler
32 Dazzler
33 MartynJC
34 linocut
35 linocut
36 linocut
37 paw3001
38 paw3001
39 Raffe
40 Raffe
41 Raffe
42 Raffe
43 Raffe
44 unclealec
45 badger1
46 badger1
47 Peck
48 Peck
49 Peck
50 Peck
51 Peck
52 Ralphy
53 Ralphy
54 Ralphy
55 bobc
56 Vilhelm Kaspar
57 Vilhelm Kaspar
58 rolex
59 rolex
60 rolex
61 stuie-t
62 Seabiscuit
63 Seabiscuit
64 Saint-Just
65 Saint-Just
66 Tuna1138
67 Tuna1138
68 SimonK
69 SimonK
70 Sulie
71 Sulie
72 External contact awaiting TZ registration to reopen
73 Alansmithee
74 Alansmithee
75 Alansmithee
76 Kaffe
77 SimonH
78 eoghan101
79 eoghan101
80 Dr Wolff
81 Kingstepper
82 Suds
83 RAJEN

84 RAJEN

85 RAJEN
86 Vilhelm Kaspar
87 Vilhelm Kaspar
88 CaptainRockNRoll
89 GavBaz
90 macdaddymac
91 macdaddymac
92 Devonian
93 Devonian
94 Devonian
95 Devonian
96 Devonian
97 s1wnw
98 sweets
99 sweets
100 Horologos
101 Horologos
102 ach5
103 ach5
104 ELJ25
105 ELJ25
106 Kaffe
107 Onelasttime
108 Onelasttime
109 inspector gadget
110 inspector gadget
111 dforgrieve
112 dforgrieve
113 dforgrieve
114 Carlton-Browne
115 Carlton-Browne
116 Carlton-Browne
117 Carlton-Browne
118 Carlton-Browne
119 notenoughwrists
120 luckyal
121 luckyal
122 luckyal
123 Craizeehair
124 Craizeehair
125 PhilT
126 PhilT
127 K9david
128 K9david
129 Sickie
130 Sickie
131 Carlton-Browne
132 tredders
133 tredders
134 gus
135 Seal-Dweller
136 Seal-Dweller
137 chris2982
138 chris2982
139 Psychomech
140 Psychomech
141 ktmog6uk
142 ktmog6uk
143 alexaff
144 alexaff
145 alexaff
146 alexaff
147 alexaff
148 Wimm
149 Wimm
150 techireland2000
151 gregory

[Lampoc]

Great gesture mate and I've been trying for 15 minutes to get a payment to go through with no luck! Anyone else having issues?

[Mr Curta]

I have just made a test payment, it went straight through so if anybody has difficulty making a donation please check the FAQ below and if call else fails send me a PM and we'll work out an alternative method.

https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-u...ouble-Donating

[mr.chef]

Glad you recovered and well done on an excellent gesture. I've just donated

[Wooster]

Great gesture mate and I've been trying for 15 minutes to get a payment to go through with no luck! Anyone else having issues?

Hi Jamie, many thanks for the intention and sorry to hear that. No idea what's going on, for Jack/ Mr. Chef it seems to have worked well. If it's still not working, please get in touch with Matthew/ Mr Curta, think he'll be able to assist.

Glad you recovered and well done on an excellent gesture. I've just donated

Many thanks Jack! For now you have very good chances to win the watch, as there's no other donation...

[JackW]

Glad to hear you recovered, Christian, and well done for organising. I just donated (in two parts, due to not reading properly ).

[Wooster]

Glad to hear you recovered, Christian, and well done for organising. I just donated (in two parts, due to not reading properly ).

Many thanks Hidde! :)

[Lampoc]

Sorted! Firefox doesn't like Gofundme for some reason so I tried another browser. Happy days :)

[animalone]

Put me down for two please.

Good luck with the raffle.

Ian

[Skip]

Well done on getting through it, and for this gesture. 1 ticket paid for.

[Wooster]

Many thanks Ian, many thanks Si!

Sorted! Firefox doesn't like Gofundme for some reason so I tried another browser. Happy days :)

Happy that it worked out after all, and good to know that Firefox seems to have been the culprit :)

[bry nylon]

I just bought a ticket - well done to Wooster and Mr Curta !
ps - didn't know you had a bad dose of the covid - hope you're back to full health soon..

[Lampoc]

Bump for this as Romanian hospitals are a subject that have been (literally) close to my heart and Wooster is a top chap who has personally donated loads to UK based charities.

[Wooster]

Thanks mate! I remembered your charity bid... :)

https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...ight=Constanta

[Suds]

Well chosen cause Christian - my daughter reckons I would look like a zip if I lost 15kg

[devonpete]

I’m glad that you are ok Christian. A brilliant cause to which I’ve donated.
Well done.
Pete.

[Mr Curta]

Wooster is a top chap who has personally donated loads to UK based charities.

I'd like to second that in a big way, unstinting support and very generous.


If anybody prefers to donate via PayPal you only have to drop me a PM and I'll assist.

And don't forget that you can make a contribution to this extremely worthy cause of any amount even if you just wish to help out and not participate in the raffle.

[Wooster]

Based on some wise suggestions I received, the participation for the raffle is now at 10 pounds (before it was 20). Hope this makes the participation to this raffle more enticing :)

I hope this is ok with the kind fellows who already donated. Of course, 20 pounds donated means two tickets for the raffle, etc.

We're past 200 pounds so far, and I hope lots of other donations will be collected. It really is for a very good cause... I've been treated in that particular hospital, the doctors are amazing, the conditions are decent (or good enough), but it reached a point where the capacity is overwhelmed by the number of people with serious forms of Covid. A modular unit making space for 12 more beds would make a big difference.

Many thanks,
Christian

[Kirk280]

I’ve just tried to donate and the gofundme page seems to freeze when you click ‘donate’? (Safari on iOS). Anyone have the same problem?

Edit: I just get 5 grey squares in a holding pattern at the bottom of the screen.....

Edit 2: I sacked off that page and donated £20 via Internet Explorer.

Wooster Booster FTW!

[sickie]

Donated £20.00

Don't know where to add my nick on there but I can pm you my email I used. If needed. I put Matthew as a referrer if that helps.

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[zelig]

£20 added for a good cause

Best of luck chaps

z

[Berty234]

£20 added for a good cause

Best of luck chaps

z

£20 en route from me :)

[Dazzler]

I'm in for a couple of tickets, always liked ebel.

Really pleased you've come out the other side Wooster, it's a terrible virus. Hope your continued recovery goes well.

[MartynJC (UK)]

£10 from me - worthy cause!

[Mr Curta]

I’ve just tried to donate and the gofundme page seems to freeze when you click ‘donate’? (Safari on iOS). Anyone have the same problem?

Edit: I just get 5 grey squares in a holding pattern at the bottom of the screen.....

Edit 2: I sacked off that page and donated £20 via Internet Explorer.

Wooster Booster FTW!

Thanks for persisting, there seem to have been a couple of browser issues but most do appear to work okay.

FTW!

Donated £20.00

Don't know where to add my nick on there but I can pm you my email I used. If needed. I put Matthew as a referrer if that helps.

I think that the comment feature is hidden away at the end after "Now help spread the word", however we can almost always quickly match the donor to a username if they also post in this thread.

https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-u...ation-comment-

[thebuffoon]

Best of luck and very glad to hear your recovering. Donation made without intent to enter as I really have too many watches thanks.

[sickie]

Thanks Matthew. I've added a comment with my nick in it

Thanks for persisting, there seem to have been a couple of browser issues but most do appear to work okay.

FTW!


I think that the comment feature is hidden away at the end after "Now help spread the word", however we can almost always quickly match the donor to a username if they also post in this thread.

https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-u...ation-comment-

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[paw3001]

Nice one Christian and super generous but that sounds like a pretty extreme way to lose 15 kilos.

You don’t mind if I don’t follow your method of weight loss and just donate to the fund?

£20 in from me.

Keep getting better

[Wooster]

In the words of Bon Jovi... Wooooooaaah, we're half way there :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk

We've made it past 500 pounds (there's also been a particularly generous donation - many thanks Steve!!), so things are looking promising. A big thank you to all who donated and a kind invitation for others to donate as well.

[Raffe]

Just donated, took three attempts and two browsers and now I cannot see my donation on the main screen. An odd platform, but a good cause and I am happy they saved our Wooster.

[unclealec]

I just popped in my Poor Pensioner's Pittance.

Matthew usually refunds me my donation if I don't win. Just sayin'.

[Mr Curta]

Just donated, took three attempts and two browsers and now I cannot see my donation on the main screen. An odd platform, but a good cause and I am happy they saved our Wooster.

Yeah it's probably not compatible with Netscape.

It usually takes a few minutes for the donations to show up. If you receive a confirmation e-mail then it has gone through. GoFundMe was selected based on a recommendation from friends using it to fundraise for their daughter's inoperable brain tumour treatment (search GFM for Unbeatable Eva if you want to read a heart-wrenching story), as a reputable platform with very low fees. Apologies that it has been a bit clunky for some supporters, lesson learnt.

I just popped in my Poor Pensioner's Pittance.

Matthew usually refunds me my donation if I don't win. Just sayin'.

You promised to keep that quiet.

[Raffe]

What's wrong with Netscape? Have been using it since 1995 and it has served me well all those years.

[Suds]

I realise it has been a difficult year for many, but a little bump in the hopes that this community can rally more support for Wooster's fundraiser - Christian has been extremely generous in his donations to other fundraisers

[notenoughwrists]

Great stuff - I’m in!
Might just PayPal through to you though Mr Curta, sir.


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[badger1]

I'm in for 2 tickets.

Pete McB

[ralphy]

3 tickets here.

R

[seabiscuit]

Going to be busy today but I’ll take a couple of tickets tonight. Wooster is a thoroughly decent guy and a credit to this community.

Two tickets bought just now. No problems with completing the transaction.

[Peck]

Hi - sorry I seem to have never read this thread properly until now. Put me down for 5 tickets please I will make the donation now. Great cause and thanks to you both for organising

[bobc]

Pleased that you made such a good recovery and in for a tenner.

[Tuna1138]

Great gesture and great effort Christian/Matthew
I'm in for 2 tickets

[Mr Curta]

Great gesture and great effort Christian/Matthew
I'm in for 2 tickets

You have just taken the running total past £800! Fantastic support everybody.

[SimonK]

A score from me (that's 20 pounds sterling, if you didn't know) donated from me. By the way, to get the payment to pass I had to pause Ghostery, so perhaps other adblockers also need to be paused when making a payment.

[Mr Curta]

A score from me (that's 20 pounds sterling, if you didn't know) donated from me. By the way, to get the payment to pass I had to pause Ghostery, so perhaps other adblockers also need to be paused when making a payment.

That's useful to know, thanks.

[Wooster]

Sorry that the payment platform is not quite friendly... But we're doing really good, many, many thanks fellows!

[Sulie]

Done .. two bought:) nice one Wooster and good luck to all :)

[Alansmithee]

Just bought three tickets (do we provide evidence in some way?)

[Mr Curta]

Just bought three tickets (do we provide evidence in some way?)

Thanks! No need for evidence, there is an automated e-mail and on the rare occasions where we've been unable to match a donor to a username the platform has a pretty efficient messaging system.

[Kaffe]

I've just donated. Though the hospital is hardly my local, a hospital is a hospital. Right?!.
Must admit that the watch doesn't particularly hit my fancy but that's irrelevant. All in a good cause. :)