Be a winner
Follow these helpful tips to place winning bids in the United Way auction at RRU:
- The auction is hosted at 32auctions.com
- You will need to create an account to participate (you may already have an account from last year)
- We suggest you create an account early in the auction. You don't want to miss out!
- If you create an account using your RRU email address, you will have access to the auction without needing to wait for administrative approval
- If you create an account using a non-RRU email address, one of the administrators will need to approve your access to our auction so add something in the comments to help us identify you for quick approval (more info below).
- Once the auction starts, you may want to bookmark the link so that you can get there directly.
- Like many (most?) auctions, there is a 3-minute sniping rule (aka extended bidding) in effect (not new). Here's some information about extended bidding.
Share the auction link with local friends or family
This is a great way to spread the love and grow our impact! When you do share the link, please ask them to request permission to access and state which RRU staff member they are connected to.
Why do you need approval to access the auction with a non-RRU email address?
...to reduce the possibility that someone may join accidentally or someone who lives far away might join (because we are not set up to ship items).
Oh! If you create an account using a non-RRU email address, you'll see a message indicating that you need to request permission to access the auction the first time you click on an item to view.
Click on that link... then then tell us who you are in the space provided like this: "Cecilia from IT Services"
That way, we'll know we can let you in right away.