How It All Works



HOME PAGE
On the top right you’ll see Auction Rules followed by How to Bid.

At any time, you can return to this page by clicking the “Home” tab on the upper left.


CATEGORIES & ITEMS
The other tabs will take you directly to the different categories of items.  Click on any one to see the individual items.

Once you’ve clicked on one of these Category Tabs, you can scroll down to see all the items in that category and the details about each item. 

A slide show of the items in this category will be running on the left of the page.  Clicking a picture on the slide show will only take you to the photo and not to the actual item description and bidding site.

Underneath the slide show on the right hand side of the page you will see each item listed.  If you don’t, you can click on “2011” under WHAT’S HERE and then on “November”, and the list will display.  You can click on the name of any item to go directly to that item.

At any time, from within any category, clicking HOME at the BOTTOM of the page will return you to the first entry for the category.  Clicking the Home Tab on the upper left will return you to the front page.

You can, of course, navigate around with your “back” and “forward” buttons on your browser.


SEE WHO’S BIDDING
To see who’s bidding how much, click on “comments” at the lower left of any auction item description.  The comment field will open and you can see what others have said. 


HOW TO SHARE
Know someone who’d love to have this item?  To the right of “comment” are several buttons giving you the option of sharing information about this item.

You can e-mail the entry to a friend, post it on your blog, tweet it, post it on your facebook wall or recommend it on google.


HOW TO BID / SIGN IN
Once you’ve picked your item, click on “comment” on the lower left of the entry for your item.  You’ll see what others have said, and you’ll post your bid here, in the comment field.

Type your comment and bid in the comment box that has opened.

You have a number of ways of identifying yourself
Select one of the following from: Comment as “select profile”

If you’re used to FACEBOOK bidding
Select the Name/URL option - Enter the name you wish to be identified by and your Facebook URL

You will then be asked a word verification to make sure it’s not spam adding comments.

If you don’t know your Facebook URL, you can go to your Facebook Profile Wall and copy it from your address field.  It will start with http://www.facebook.com/ 


Yours may be more cryptic if you haven’t chosen a personal one and could look something like this http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000642471232

If you need help, just ask me Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org


Other ways to sign in include:

1) Google Account - if you have one, simply log in when requested.  If not, you can choose to create one, but you don’t have to.

You will then be asked a word verification to make sure it’s not spam adding comments.

2)  Live Journal - enter your Live Journal username

You will then be asked a word verification to make sure it’s not spam adding comments.

3) Word Press - enter your Word Press username

You will then be asked a word verification to make sure it’s not spam adding comments.

4) TypePad - enter your TypePad username

You will then be asked a word verification to make sure it’s not spam adding comments.

5) AIM - enter your AIM username

You will then be asked a word verification to make sure it’s not spam adding comments.

6) OpenID - enter your OpenID username

You will then be asked a word verification to make sure it’s not spam adding comments.

7) Name/URL - Enter the name you wish to be identified by and your Facebook URL - if you don’t know yours, you can go to your Facebook Profile Wall and copy it from your address field.  It will start with http://www.facebook.com/ 


Yours may be more cryptic if you haven’t chosen one and could look something like this http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000642471232

As URL you can also use the url of a web site you “own”.

You will then be asked a word verification to make sure it’s not spam adding comments.

8) Anonymous - if you enter your bid this way, please be sure to identify yourself in some way that we can get in touch with you.  For example, include your email address as part of your name or in your comment.  Or you can choose to email me with the name you’ve used Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

You will then be asked a word verification to make sure it’s not spam adding comments.

We do have to reserve the right to delete any “Anonymous” bids if we can’t get in touch with you to verify it!!!!  Thanks for understanding.

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