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<pre>Hello All,

I thought that you may be interested in the details of our Olive Oil recently at
a charity auction.

Regards, Mark McLean
Riverhaven Olive Oil
Waikerie South Australia
PRESS RELEASE 8/11/02

RIVERHAVEN EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL SELLS FOR $350 @ FARMHAND AUCTION

Last Friday evening (1/11/02) at a Coles producer dinner in Melbourne
(Australia) there was a charity auction for the farmhand drought relief appeal.
One of the items on offer was a bottle of Riverhaven Extra Virgin Olive Oil from
the McLean family at Waikerie S.A. The multi-award winning bottle of olive oil
was sold for $350. The evening raised in excess of $35,000 toward the farmhand
drought appeal.

This premium olive oil is available at various outlets in South Australia. For
further details visit our website: www.riverhavenolives.com.au or contact Mark
McLean on 0427 138 919.





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<pre>gee thats a bit close mate

theres a charity auction for aid for drought affected farmers and you
got a good price?

what else you got on special, T shirts, socks?

GIGO

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<pre>--- In OliveOil@y..., Roger Farquhar <rogfarlandsc@o...> wrote:
>
> gee thats a bit close mate
>
> theres a charity auction for aid for drought affected farmers and
you
> got a good price?
>
> what else you got on special, T shirts, socks?

yeah i agree, that post was tawdry and opportunistic.

in fact, i think that's one olive oil i will be staying away from
just on principle.

na
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<pre>Hi Nick,

I thought I'd make an attempt to clarify Mark's post about his oil selling
for $350.00 (I think).

In Mark's defence, his oil was part of a charity auction. The fact that the
promoters raised alot of money for his oil is a testament to the "charity
auction" organisers and the public who so generously supported the cause.
Quite clearly the oil is not worth that sort of money, I don't think Mark
was trying to say it was, just that the whole evening was a huge success.

I recently attended a charity auction for the local school, and saw a man
pay $650.00 for a signed Port Power jumper. (this was not worth it, in my
opinion).

My point is that he donated a bottle of his oil for a charity auction to
raise money for drought affected farmers. Obviously attendees were in a
giving mood and one generously donated $350.00 to the cause and received a
bottle of this excellent oil in return.

I don't believe we should be condemning him for this,

Kind regards

Lisa


----- Original Message -----
From: "sodium_9" <sodium@...>
To: <OliveOil@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:49 AM
Subject: [OliveOil] Re: re:Record price for Olive Oil


> --- In OliveOil@y..., Roger Farquhar <rogfarlandsc@o...> wrote:
> >
> > gee thats a bit close mate
> >
> > theres a charity auction for aid for drought affected farmers and
> you
> > got a good price?
> >
> > what else you got on special, T shirts, socks?
>
> yeah i agree, that post was tawdry and opportunistic.
>
> in fact, i think that's one olive oil i will be staying away from
> just on principle.
>
> na
>
>
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<pre>--- In OliveOil@y..., "LJ & LF Rowntree" <longridge@l...> wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> I thought I'd make an attempt to clarify Mark's post about his oil
selling
> for $350.00 (I think).
>
> In Mark's defence, his oil was part of a charity auction. <snip>

g'day lisa,

no worries, and really no offence meant to mark et al and apolologies
to all concerned if my post was a problem.

i understood that it was a charity function, i guess i was just
thinking that if it's a charity auction situation where prices are
unrealistic, then touting that as the price value of the product was
a bit of a fudge. still, storm in a tea cup, i had completely
forgotten about it.

and besides, who doesn't fudge from time to time?.

best,
na
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