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    Ed Mack

    Hello LEGO fans, collectors and resellers…

    Many of you may already know who I am, but for those of you that may have just learned about Brickpicker, my name is Ed Maciorowski and I would like to ask you for a few moments of your time. Over the past five years, my brother Jeff and I have operated the BrickPicker site at no cost to members and fans. All we ever asked from members was to click on affiliate links to help pay for the site expenses, which cost members little or no out of pocket money. Many of you have gained valuable information and insight from our data and forum community that enabled you to make money from LEGO collecting and reselling. Often, people would ask how can we help the BrickPicker site and its creators and we would say thanks for the offer, but no thanks, we felt uncomfortable taking donations. Well, we have a way for all of you to help out not only me, but over 150 children and their families.

    Let me introduce you to the St. Paul School of Burlington, NJ…

    My son, Max, is a member of the Kindergarten class in St. Paul School. He has attended the school since September and adores it. My wife, Jane, and I also adore the school. It is everything a school should be. It’s a school where everyone knows your name and there is a sense of pride and respect not found in many other larger schools. I cannot explain it, but there is an ambience of goodness in the building. Sounds corny I know, but as a person who has the word “evil” in his email address, I can tell you that I know when something deserves special recognition as a “good” thing. But it’s not only me who recognizes a great school. St. Paul School was voted the “Best Private School” in Burlington County, NJ and won numerous other awards. St. Paul School’s graduates constantly excel in high schools throughout Central NJ, with a large portion of graduates appearing on the National Honor Society and finishing top in their classes as Valedictorians and Salutatorians. To find out more about the St. Paul School, you can check out their website

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    So here is the situation. St. Paul School is a Catholic school and as many people know, Catholic schools always have a hard time paying the bills to remain open. While St. Paul School and other Catholic schools welcome all religions and people, they are not funded by state or federal tax dollars and must adhere to many policies of the Catholic church and their Dioceses. Unfortunately, due to the weak economy and other forces outside of their control, enrollment in Catholic schools is down, putting more and more pressure on the school’s and local church’s budgets to remain open. This is an ongoing battle and fundraising has become an annual ritual in every Catholic school in the nation and most likely, the world. Everyone has to do their part to help out and Jeff and I are doing ours. Here is our plan…

    Jeff and I are going to personally RAFFLE OFF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF RARE AND RETIRED LEGO SETS! These sets are from our personal collections and they include the:

    • 10188 Death Star
    • 10228 Haunted House
    • Sealed Case of 64 Series 10 Collectible Minifigures (MR.GOLD might be in there!)
    • 10224 Town Hall
    • 10225 Ultimate Collector Series R2-D2
    • MORE SETS HAVE BEEN ADDED!!!

    That is well over $2000.00 in LEGO sets. All are retired and appreciating in value as we speak. I will personally ship them to anywhere in the world at my cost and in a proper shipping container. There will be one winner for each set and you must buy tickets for each raffle separately. One person can win all the sets if they enter all five raffles. There are discounted tickets available and the raffle will be run on the www.rallyup.com website, which is a very reputable and trustworthy fundraising site. They will automatically pick the winners at 11:59 PM on January 31, 2016 and will notify the winners. I will then ship out the winning LEGO sets to their new owners. The raffle and link to share can be found below:

                                               https://rallyup.com/stpaul-2016

    Each ticket costs $10.00 and enables you to enter one LEGO set raffle of your choice. $50.00 will cover all five iconic LEGO sets. ALL OF THE PROCEEDS (besides the commission to www.rallyup.com) goes to St. Paul School and to its corresponding church, The Parish of Saint Katharine Drexel, which helps the school operate. Tickets can be paid with any major credit card and the site is secure. Unfortunately, PayPal does not get involved with “raffles,” so PayPal can only be used for direct donations. I know that is a minor inconvenience, but if their is an issue, contact Jeff or I and we can see what we can do about transferring money to our PayPal account and paying for your raffle tickets. If we get a great response from people, we might add a few major sets or collectible and rare items to the raffle contest.

    On a personal note, I just have to say that I feel awkward asking people to help and for money, but the St. Paul School kids, faculty and community are worth it. They need to raise $200,000 by the end of January in order to keep the doors open and I am pulling all of my strings to help get them to that goal. I need your help. Period. If you value quality education and teaching children morals and respect, then supporting a school like St. Paul is paramount to the future well being of this planet. To the BrickPicker community...Show the LEGO world that we are more than just a bunch of Quick Flipping Low Lifes….that we care and have a heart, even though we buy all of Little Timmy’s LEGO sets up to resell. LOL. Honestly, this is important to Jeff and I and I want to be proud of our community that we have built over the past 5+ years. If you want to repay us for all of the efforts we have made over the past five years, buy a ticket...or two...or five. My son and 150+ other kids and families, faculty and friends of the St. Paul School will thank you…

    CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNDRAISER

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    OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS!!

     

    If you are interested in just making a donation and want to use Paypal, you can.  Just click the purchase link on the right side bar.  On the next page you will see a checkbox that will allow you to just make a donation.  Check that box and you will then see options for payment.  Paypal is not available for buying raffle tickets, it is against their terms.

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    6 minutes ago, ravenb99 said:

    I'll do a 3 pack today for him if that's true ,  #freehxckid88

    as for another bundle with TP , I'd have no shot at that, exciter will buy all the tickets!!!

    I needed some of the TP to cleanup hxckid's messes from time-to-time.

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    14 minutes ago, ravenb99 said:

    I'll do a 3 pack today for him if that's true ,  #freehxckid88

    as for another bundle with TP , I'd have no shot at that, exciter will buy all the tickets!!!

    You are a nice person.  Unfortunately, you would have to donate a lot more than that to get him back on the site.  The stress he has caused me recently is worth a $1000.00 donation...minimum.  :money:

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    I'll do a 3 pack today for him if that's true ,  #freehxckid88

    as for another bundle with TP , I'd have no shot at that, exciter will buy all the tickets!!!

    You are a nice person.  Unfortunately, you would have to donate a lot more than that to get him back on the site.  The stress he has caused me recently is worth a $1000.00 donation...minimum.  :money:

    I sure do miss those posts of his.

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    Finally managed to get in on this. I constantly have to fight my need to procrastinate. 

    I think I'll buy another $10 ticket for each item I sell for the rest of this month, since Brickpicker has done a heck of a lot to get my sales to where they are. I'm not all that big time, but average about 5-7 sales a week, so I'd like to get 3x tickets for each item at least :)

     

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    6 hours ago, Ed Mack said:

    Yes.  We wanted to thank people who did give.  If you gave and didn't receive one and want one, please contact Jeff or I.  Sometimes the emails don't match our records.  

    P.S.: Mods and Admins cannot get the badge because of their icons.  

    This only for raffle? Would like to have one

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    Yes.  We wanted to thank people who did give.  If you gave and didn't receive one and want one, please contact Jeff or I.  Sometimes the emails don't match our records.  

    P.S.: Mods and Admins cannot get the badge because of their icons.  

    This only for raffle? Would like to have one

    I will have Jeff add one tomorrow.
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    I know some of you have said that the Series 10 sealed case of Collectible Minifigures was of no interest to you, but after seeing the Mr. Gold hit $1500.00, how can you ignore the potential of that item?  If you are lucky enough to get a Mr.Gold (and there are still plenty unaccounted for), that's $1500.00 plus the other 63 random series 10 bags selling for $10.00+ each.  It could be a $2000.00 score!

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    7 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

    I know some of you have said that the Series 10 sealed case of Collectible Minifigures was of no interest to you, but after seeing the Mr. Gold hit $1500.00, how can you ignore the potential of that item?  If you are lucky enough to get a Mr.Gold (and there are still plenty unaccounted for), that's $1500.00 plus the other 63 random series 10 bags selling for $10.00+ each.  It could be a $2000.00 score!

    That's where I put my tickets! Totally agree. I used a different email when I contributed than the one I've registered here, but I'm on board and really sincerely wishing you guys all the best. It's great what you are doing.

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    I know some of you have said that the Series 10 sealed case of Collectible Minifigures was of no interest to you, but after seeing the Mr. Gold hit $1500.00, how can you ignore the potential of that item?  If you are lucky enough to get a Mr.Gold (and there are still plenty unaccounted for), that's $1500.00 plus the other 63 random series 10 bags selling for $10.00+ each.  It could be a $2000.00 score!

    Absolutely! And if I won that one I'd be inclined to reraffle Mr. Gold.

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    decided to not pull the trigger this week on jokerland today and instead bought 7 chances for a town hall and 7 chances for a mystery box.  jokerland isn't going anywhere anytime soon.......I hope.  I like this website and the cause a little more than a beast boy and star fire minifigure anyhow:)

    do I get a giving back thing underneath my name and if so, how?  sorry, I am a noob at this stuff.

     

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    54 minutes ago, waydog said:

    decided to not pull the trigger this week on jokerland today and instead bought 5 chances for a town hall and 5 chances for a mystery box.  jokerland isn't going anywhere anytime soon.......I hope.  I like this website and the cause a little more than a beast boy and star fire minifigure anyhow:)

    do I get a giving back thing underneath my name and if so, how?  sorry, I am a noob at this stuff.

     

    Thanks.  I still have some surprises up my sleeve, so don't stop buying.  

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    If you cannot afford to donate, then sharing this LINK is a good way to help out as well...Post is on LEGO sites or wherever else it might be considered useful.  I don't think anyone posted on Reddit or Eurobricks, so if you are reputable members there, it could really help.  Thanks.

     

     

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    St. Paul School kids "rallyup" to let people know that there is a choice! And that together, we can make change in a positive way!! One lego at a time :).........! stpaulbrl.org 

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    My prayers and gratitude to all who have and will supported this cause.

    I am teacher at SPS and have been teaching in Catholic School for many years....Catholic School changes lives and through your support, we will be able to continue this very important ministry. I BELIEVE 

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    14 hours ago, Ed Mack said:

    If you cannot afford to donate, then sharing this LINK is a good way to help out as well...Post is on LEGO sites or wherever else it might be considered useful.  I don't think anyone posted on Reddit or Eurobricks, so if you are reputable members there, it could really help.  Thanks.

     

     

    There's a popular Lego group on Google+ with more than 50,000 members, where I just now posted about the raffle too! :) 

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    To the BrickPicker Community...

    We are about half way through this charity raffle for my son's school and there have been a lot of very generous people that have helped out and donated to a wonderful cause.  I thank you from the bottom of my heart.   That being said, I am a little disappointed with the amount of people who have bought tickets for some great LEGO sets.  It's not like these are just your regular LEGO sets.  We have been seeing tremendous traffic on the site over the past two months, with easily 10,000 to 20,000 unique people on the site on any given day and we have gotten 317 supporters as of this writing.  A little underwhelming in my opinion.  We can do much better.  

    I am looking for suggestions.  Are people looking for different types of sets, maybe some Friends, CITY, Ninjago, Legends of Chima, Super Heroes or other more common sets.  Should I make the "Mystery Box" a "Grab Bag" sort of deal, where winners can pick 5 to 10 sets from a large list of varied themes and set types?  Should tickets be lowered for some of the lesser packages?  I am planning on adding some more options, but I would appreciate some feedback to maximize donations.   

    Thanks...Ed Mack

     

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    14 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

    To the BrickPicker Community...

    We are about half way through this charity raffle for my son's school and there have been a lot of very generous people that have helped out and donated to a wonderful cause.  I thank you from the bottom of my heart.   That being said, I am a little disappointed with the amount of people who have bought tickets for some great LEGO sets.  It's not like these are just your regular LEGO sets.  We have been seeing tremendous traffic on the site over the past two months, with easily 10,000 to 20,000 unique people on the site on any given day and we have gotten 317 supporters as of this writing.  A little underwhelming in my opinion.  We can do much better.  

    I am looking for suggestions.  Are people looking for different types of sets, maybe some Friends, CITY, Ninjago, Legends of Chima, Super Heroes or other more common sets.  Should I make the "Mystery Box" a "Grab Bag" sort of deal, where winners can pick 5 to 10 sets from a large list of varied themes and set types?  Should tickets be lowered for some of the lesser packages?  I am planning on adding some more options, but I would appreciate some feedback to maximize donations.   

    Thanks...Ed Mack

     

    Ed, don't forget the Dark Side of the Force ... it's called Procastination :) Keep hammering these messages at folks and more importantly, put up a "Only X days left" banner everywhere. I'm sure that will entice some ....

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    10 minutes ago, Phil B said:

    Ed, don't forget the Dark Side of the Force ... it's called Procastination :) Keep hammering these messages at folks and more importantly, put up a "Only X days left" banner everywhere. I'm sure that will entice some ....

    Yes, I am hoping that has something to do with it.

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