Let's have a Cedar Fair ticket no-money bidding war! · 10:08pm Oct 8th, 2019
Because for some strange reason, eBay doesn't allow people to make offers in units of stupid.
Here's how it works. Thanks to my tendency to pointlessly enter contests on Coke's website, I've won something I can't use: a pair of open-access tickets to any Cedar Fair-affiliated amusement park, good for the rest of their season. (Here's a list of their facilties.) In practical terms, they're going to expire by November, and the local weather is getting cold fast.
I do have a park within driving range. However, in this case, that's still about eighty minutes away. Given the requirement to visit during the day, the possibility of the rehab center calling at any minute, and trying to go on water rides in autumn...
Additionally, it's a pair of tickets, and I'd be going alone. Pass.
I've won things like this before. Typically, I've traded them on swap sites for Amazon credit and last time around, I sold them off here: those who got them dropped a "tip" of appropriate size into my Ko-Fi jar as payment. However, that was when I had more than a single pair to work with. And I don't feel like dealing with eBay. I have a rich and storied eBay selling history, and it ended a long time ago because giving a site three commission fees on the same item began to feel strangely unfair.
But I want the tickets to be used. I'd like someone to have them. So...
* If you're going for the tickets, place your public "bid" in the Comments section
* You are not bidding with funds. You are bidding with an action. This is something you're willing to do in order to get the tickets. (This can be something you're doing for me. For yourself. For someone else. For the glory of love. I'm told people did it all for that.)
* If you feel you've been topped, you may rebid with something else.
* Auction duration is twenty-four hours from the time of blog post. I pick the winner. Upvotes/downvotes on comments may or may not influence me.
* Bid actions may be practical, humorous, or outright stupid. (Hey, who knows what I might find interesting?)
* The winner must actually perform their action before receiving the tickets.
So if you said 'I'll stand on my head for ten minutes,' then you'd better have proof of performance ready to go. Also documentation that it was in fact you. And if you said you were going to stand on someone else's head, then that person is probably going to want their own compensation. Or to kill you, which is a form of compensation and in no way my problem.
Also, standing on your head for ten minutes will not win. So don't bid that.
Once a winner is chosen with their action verified, I'll PM the ticket code and online redemption instructions to their mailbox. Please make sure you or your intended recipients live within range of a Cedar Fair park before bidding, or else you're going to have something you can't use. If there are no suitable bids or no one opts to play, I'll shrug and set the tickets on fire. Which means redeeming and printing them first, because the other option is 'melted Gmail server' and I have no idea where those are.
Two tickets. Several participating amusement parks. One really stupid auction format which will probably do no more than convince me that a one-penny Buy It Now option should have been my first choice.
Let's go.
Well then.. alass I do not want to drive 6 hours each way to go so I must pass on bidding. The gas costs alone if driving 12 hours..
That said suggestions for future bidders. Ice bucket fun, weird juggling, or turning all your pool water into Jello.
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I'd have an 18 hour drive each way myself. I think I may need to join you in the sitting this one out...
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...I'm going to assume you mean someone else's pool water. I know I've never said anything specific on the matter, but I feel like I've established a personal economic status of 'Does not own a pool.'
Also, as I know a few people who do, I'm going to assume this is not only more than the ticket value in gelatin packs, but the repair bills for the filters are going to be a significant multiple. And eating the stuff? You'll never get all the chlorine out!
Actually, as long as the topic is money sinks: as of this writing, the Previa was picked up about four and a half hours ago. It is now the property of the receiving charity. I will eventually get an extra mailed receipt, which may arrive at the post office around the same time I send the license plate(s) in. The insurance company has already been notified, with my rates adjusted downwards accordingly.
I watched it go. I gave it a little pat on the turn signal lights before it left. It did what it could, as best it could, under severe conditions, and it did that for a long time.
It also broke down more frequently than your average government, and with about the same level of expense. But at least it tried.
Going to a Cedar thingamabob is not even a possibility to me, but if I were to bid, it would be "getting senpai to notice me"
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This is where the proof of action would bite you. I'd need to see something indicating that Senpai existed, that Senpai had in fact not previously noticed you, along with an independent investigation proving that you and Senpai didn't cook the whole thing up for free tickets.
And besides, we all know how this would work. You'd be at the park, everything would be fine, the happy wandering passes the wet crowd exiting the log flume and one wet shirt later, Senpai's noticed someone else.
I rather think the costs of crossing an ocean and most of a very large country outweigh the benefits of going to a theme park for someone who doesn’t like rollercoasters. So no bid for me. If I was going to bid though, I’d probably do something involving reptiles. Like petting things that really shouldn’t be petted. I’m sure I could find an adder around here somewhere...
a number of them I believe closed memorial day weekend unless it also applies for their special events
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In this case, the special event is Halloween. Most parks in semi-warm environments dress up for the occasion.
I don't like waterparks and I can't/won't feasibly attend one, and while it isn't a bid, I would like to present for posterity one (1) tidbit of stupidity, which is the knowledge that there is a company on Planet Earth so desperate for a means of enticing additional customers toward a potential purchase of a niche product as to refer to the polyurethane leather/faux leather finish of a record player as "vegan leather."
Please. Make it stop.
The company, as it happens, is Crosley.
Hm, Worlds of Fun got bought out by Cedar Fair. Never knew that. And they have a Friday/Saturday night haunting thing until Halloween. Hm...
So it's like a game of Truth or Dare, but we're trying to outdo eachother?
I live far enough north that it's already too cold for waterparks, and I don't even own a swimsuit anymore regardless. Oh, and it's not like I even have a vehicle, and there's the whole "does that franchise even exist outside the US" and "would the tickets even be valid outside the US even if they do" and probably more problems that I'm forgetting or don't know about. Still amused by the idea of paying in self-inflicted stupidity.
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You noticed me. Your tickets are already dead.
Or they would be, in different circumstances.
It's ok though, the real treasure was senpai noticing along the way.
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They noticed me first, you liar.
I don't really want them, but I might post a bid just to get things moving...
Sadly I can’t use them myself, but I can vouch that Cedar Point is the best amusement park in the nation for roller coaster and thrill rides in general. Used to go once a year as a kid. Of course, they’re only open on weekends through the rest of October, and there’s probably a pretty cold breeze blowing in off Lake Erie while you’re at the top of that first drop, but still...
I will viciously attack several pumpkins with a homemade sword while wearing a fursuit head, and film it of course.
I would bid a photograph of my own intestines, as I'll be undergoing abdominal surgery next week, but:
So, no.
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If you can find a specialty store that sells rice paper in 8.5x11, that might only be somewhat horrible. The toner probably won't kill you but isn't going to be good for you, though.
Perhaps there should be clarification on where the line for self-harm is drawn in this contest.
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Also, Estee's stories are really long.
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While that's normally true, I'm pretty sure there are a few that are short enough to fit on a single page while still keeping the font large enough to read; especially if double-sided printing is allowed.
(Disclaimer: please don't actually eat that much toner, even with paper that's edible.)
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You're on.
Remember, I'm going to need some proof that, even with the fursuit, you're the one actually using the sword. I recommend the old 'print out a copy of your userpage showing the login window, then hold it up to the camera before starting' bit. Also, you'll need to upload and link the video.
Oh, and congratulations on getting the attention of the Pumpkin Defense League.
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Alright, it moght take a day as it's raining where I live right now, but the video will be be posted and linked for all to see by sunday.
And I have no fear of the Pumpkin Defense League., I work in retail.
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Would you consider using a pykrete dagger?
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An interesting offer. I kinda want to suggest something thematically appropriate. (So I'd better do so before the occasionally-mentioned peanut gallery suggests "Diaper Pale". Or "Enduriance".)
"Bitter/Sweet"? "My Little Nyx With Cupcakes At The Rainbow Factory"? "Naked Lunch"? "Princesses Can't Cook"? "Pinkie Pie vs. The Soufflé"? Or, to go with the water park theme, "Lazy River"?
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Welcome to the abdominal surgery club! Mine was late September, and the bleeding has not stopped (but nothing to worry about, they checked the stitches today).
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I'll photograph my scar as soon as possible.
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:boggles:
I’d get arrested, and just having it checked was painful enough.
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While this is my first mayor surgery, this is far from my first significant sport injury. Let say that
So, I'll be fine.
At last presented for the hopeful entertainment of random strangers on the internet, the merciless slaughter of two pumpkins!
Volume warning for headphone users.
And a clear image of the remains.
i.imgur.com/9ZAkza1.jpg
What in the wild world of Equestria am I reading here. . .
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Whatever it is, it's got to be better than reading the directions which Siri gave me a few hours ago.
It was the first time I'd seen her just completely screw up. Tomorrow, I'm going on a fairly long drive. A number of my mother's friends will be attending an event, she's lost contact with pretty much all of them, and I told her I was going up to let them know she was alive. I know the way by heart -- but I was curious as to whether the map function had a better route.
Siri sent me ninety miles past the exit and had me turn around at the capital.
...no.