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How many Springleap Tshirts is an Xbox worth?
A while ago I was asked to share my one matchstick story with 700 of our brightest students at the Student Village Womens Leadership Conference. That led me to trade with Alon and Pepe for my flights to Durban and Cape Town to present at the conference there.
At the Johannesburg conference, Charlene and Krilona from Microsoft were in the audience.
Charlene contacted me a few days later asking if I would share my story again with her, her colleague Vis, and their team at Microsoft. I said "YES! As long as we trade for it!"
They said "YES!" too! And I had such fun chatting to them all :)
One Xbox 360 Arcade on offer
I have on offer a super duper brand new Xbox 360 Arcade with 256MB of memory so you can store your favourite games and play more!
Need I say more? For those that need the details, check wiki here.
Charlene and Vis have given me the Xbox to trade for 5 of my Springleap T-shirts. I need to find someone who wants the Xbox and will put up the cash for the T-shirts.
Now since Charlene and Vis started talking with me, I sneakily mentioned online that I thought I was going to get an Xbox to trade on, and some of my friends and followers have already started contacting me to trade with me for this Xbox! It's in hot demand!
So: even though the team at Microsoft only want five T-shirts for this Xbox, I am going to trade with whoever offers to pay for the most T-shirts for the Xbox. We're going to have a one matchstick Auction (bidorbuy style!) where the currency is Springleap T-shirts!
Bear in mind that this Xbox is worth R2499.00.
Each T-shirt is worth R183 and then there is shipping too (R36 for first 5 T-shirts, and then additional R5 per T-shirt).
So- opening "bid" in the currency of Springleap T-shirts is five T-shirts (which, with shipping, is a value of R951).
Bid increments is one Springleap T-shirt (R183 plus extra R5 for shipping of that T-shirt) which is a value of R188.
Other rules:
Auction opens now, and closes today at 17:00.
Bids must be placed in writing.
Highest bid received by 17:00 today wins.
If two or more people place the same bid, timing takes preference: whoever places that bid first will count.
If the winning bidder defaults, that is, doesn't pay up within 48 hours, then they are disqualified and it goes to the runner up bidder.
Get it?
I have a super duper brand new Xbox 360 Arcade with 256MB of memory.
Opening bid is five T-shirts.
Who will give me five T-shirts?
Five T-shirts?
Going?
Going? To the highest bidder!
To place your bids you need to contact me in writing by:
Tweeting me @telana
Leaving a comment on this post.
Sms'ing me on 0837302979
Emailing me on onematchstick@gmail.com
This one matchstick auction ends 17:00 today! So BID NOW!
Once we've finalised the value of the Xbox, as in how many T-shirts the winning bid is, then:
- the winner will put up the cash and get the Xbox,
- The team at Microsoft will get the Springleap T-shirts
- I'll have less T-shirts to trade on!
Super duper fly!
At the Johannesburg conference, Charlene and Krilona from Microsoft were in the audience.
Charlene contacted me a few days later asking if I would share my story again with her, her colleague Vis, and their team at Microsoft. I said "YES! As long as we trade for it!"
They said "YES!" too! And I had such fun chatting to them all :)
One Xbox 360 Arcade on offer
I have on offer a super duper brand new Xbox 360 Arcade with 256MB of memory so you can store your favourite games and play more!
Need I say more? For those that need the details, check wiki here.
Charlene and Vis have given me the Xbox to trade for 5 of my Springleap T-shirts. I need to find someone who wants the Xbox and will put up the cash for the T-shirts.
Now since Charlene and Vis started talking with me, I sneakily mentioned online that I thought I was going to get an Xbox to trade on, and some of my friends and followers have already started contacting me to trade with me for this Xbox! It's in hot demand!
So: even though the team at Microsoft only want five T-shirts for this Xbox, I am going to trade with whoever offers to pay for the most T-shirts for the Xbox. We're going to have a one matchstick Auction (bidorbuy style!) where the currency is Springleap T-shirts!
Bear in mind that this Xbox is worth R2499.00.
Each T-shirt is worth R183 and then there is shipping too (R36 for first 5 T-shirts, and then additional R5 per T-shirt).
So- opening "bid" in the currency of Springleap T-shirts is five T-shirts (which, with shipping, is a value of R951).
Bid increments is one Springleap T-shirt (R183 plus extra R5 for shipping of that T-shirt) which is a value of R188.
Other rules:
Auction opens now, and closes today at 17:00.
Bids must be placed in writing.
Highest bid received by 17:00 today wins.
If two or more people place the same bid, timing takes preference: whoever places that bid first will count.
If the winning bidder defaults, that is, doesn't pay up within 48 hours, then they are disqualified and it goes to the runner up bidder.
Get it?
- Opening bid is 5 T-shirts – R951
- Next bid would be 6 T-shirts – R951 + an extra R188, totalling R1139
- Next bid would be for 7 T-shirts – R1139 + an extra R188, totalling R1327
- Auction closes at 17:00 today- that's 17h00 on Wednesday 6 October 2010
- Highest bid wins.
I have a super duper brand new Xbox 360 Arcade with 256MB of memory.
Opening bid is five T-shirts.
Who will give me five T-shirts?
Five T-shirts?
Going?
Going? To the highest bidder!
To place your bids you need to contact me in writing by:
Tweeting me @telana
Leaving a comment on this post.
Sms'ing me on 0837302979
Emailing me on onematchstick@gmail.com
This one matchstick auction ends 17:00 today! So BID NOW!
Once we've finalised the value of the Xbox, as in how many T-shirts the winning bid is, then:
- the winner will put up the cash and get the Xbox,
- The team at Microsoft will get the Springleap T-shirts
- I'll have less T-shirts to trade on!
Super duper fly!
Longest Prize Giving ever!
This must be the longest Prize Giving ever!
Steven Tu won the one matchstick T-shirt Challenge last year, and over the last few months we've been meeting up to give him his prizes.
He won this Swatch Watch donated by my late friend and mentor, Craig, which I gave to Tu when we first met up at a Mugg & Bean last year.
He also won R1000 to spend on bidorbuy.co.za, which Andy gave to him at the Johannesburg Premiere of the one matchstick Movie and Tu has had fun spending it already!
His Prize Giving hasn't ended yet, though. He's still gets 10 VIP tickets to the Springleap Party- which Springleap will be throwing when I finish trading all the T-shirts.
I've so enjoyed getting to know Tu over all these get-togethers. He's witty, fun-loving, warm and the kind of guy who gets excited about things. Like this bag: he's really, really, REALLY excited about this bag. He's been known to say: "Better to be excited about nothing than have nothing excite you." And I can't help but agree, Tu!
I reckon too that if there would be a person first in line to receive more "time" if someone ever invented a way to give us more hours in a day, it would be Tu. If he's not socialising, working, designing a new T-shirt, travelling, blogging or twittering, he's kickboxing! The only way he managed to finish the design for the Mission: Not Impossible T-shirt was to stay up till the wee hours of the morning.
Which I am so glad he did. Because it's an awesome design. Tu said the last time we met that there are some designs that you just can't imagine on a poster, or billboard, or in a magazine. They only seem to fit on a T-shirt. And that's where he puts them. Check out some of his other designs here, and if you like his latest one on Springleap.com - go vote for it!
Congratulations once again Tu for designing the official one matchstick T-shirt: Mission: Not Impossible, and thank you all your continued support for my project. You rock!
Steven Tu won the one matchstick T-shirt Challenge last year, and over the last few months we've been meeting up to give him his prizes.
He won this Swatch Watch donated by my late friend and mentor, Craig, which I gave to Tu when we first met up at a Mugg & Bean last year.
He also won R1000 to spend on bidorbuy.co.za, which Andy gave to him at the Johannesburg Premiere of the one matchstick Movie and Tu has had fun spending it already!
His Prize Giving hasn't ended yet, though. He's still gets 10 VIP tickets to the Springleap Party- which Springleap will be throwing when I finish trading all the T-shirts.
I've so enjoyed getting to know Tu over all these get-togethers. He's witty, fun-loving, warm and the kind of guy who gets excited about things. Like this bag: he's really, really, REALLY excited about this bag. He's been known to say: "Better to be excited about nothing than have nothing excite you." And I can't help but agree, Tu!
I reckon too that if there would be a person first in line to receive more "time" if someone ever invented a way to give us more hours in a day, it would be Tu. If he's not socialising, working, designing a new T-shirt, travelling, blogging or twittering, he's kickboxing! The only way he managed to finish the design for the Mission: Not Impossible T-shirt was to stay up till the wee hours of the morning.
Which I am so glad he did. Because it's an awesome design. Tu said the last time we met that there are some designs that you just can't imagine on a poster, or billboard, or in a magazine. They only seem to fit on a T-shirt. And that's where he puts them. Check out some of his other designs here, and if you like his latest one on Springleap.com - go vote for it!
Congratulations once again Tu for designing the official one matchstick T-shirt: Mission: Not Impossible, and thank you all your continued support for my project. You rock!
and the Winner is....
Voting for the official onematchstick T-shirt ended yesterday.
10 designs were submitted, and by golly - each one was unique and brilliant! I want to write more about each of the designs over the next week or two, but for now, a big THANK YOU to all the designers who took part and came up with such creative and wonderful designs. Thank you!!
The top 2 designs were so close to each other, so very close!
It is with great delight that I announce that the winner is Tu's design entitled Mission: NOT Impossible.
Congratulations Tu- you've won the Prize worth R5300, including the R1000 to spend on bidorbuy.co.za
TRADE DAY- 18 September 2009
Today is also the day I've coined "T-shirt Trade Day" and it marks the final stages to my tenth trade. I've received 116 pledges from people saying they will trade with me for one of the 375 springleap.com T-shirts. So I'm looking now for 259 more people to trade with.
The official onematchstick T-shirt is now available as one of the T-shirts to choose from to trade with me. This T-shirt is about to go into production, so if you choose to trade with me for the official onematchstick T-shirt, delivery will take a few weeks. But don't let that stop you- it's an AWESOME T-shirt. And there will be a very limited number made, so this is your only chance to own one. There is also going to be a limited time that this T-shirt will be available too- so you better move fast if you want one.
Back to Trade Day. The 116 people have been patiently waiting for today to trade one of my 375 T-shirts for some of their cash. They've needed the official onematchstick T-shirt to be available, and also the special CODE. So here it is, what you've been waiting for - the code that you need to use in the "coupon" section on springleap.com when you make your purchase, so that Springleap.com can track the sales that are to be counted for my 10th trade on onematchstick, is:
10 designs were submitted, and by golly - each one was unique and brilliant! I want to write more about each of the designs over the next week or two, but for now, a big THANK YOU to all the designers who took part and came up with such creative and wonderful designs. Thank you!!
The top 2 designs were so close to each other, so very close!
It is with great delight that I announce that the winner is Tu's design entitled Mission: NOT Impossible.
Congratulations Tu- you've won the Prize worth R5300, including the R1000 to spend on bidorbuy.co.za
TRADE DAY- 18 September 2009
Today is also the day I've coined "T-shirt Trade Day" and it marks the final stages to my tenth trade. I've received 116 pledges from people saying they will trade with me for one of the 375 springleap.com T-shirts. So I'm looking now for 259 more people to trade with.
The official onematchstick T-shirt is now available as one of the T-shirts to choose from to trade with me. This T-shirt is about to go into production, so if you choose to trade with me for the official onematchstick T-shirt, delivery will take a few weeks. But don't let that stop you- it's an AWESOME T-shirt. And there will be a very limited number made, so this is your only chance to own one. There is also going to be a limited time that this T-shirt will be available too- so you better move fast if you want one.
Back to Trade Day. The 116 people have been patiently waiting for today to trade one of my 375 T-shirts for some of their cash. They've needed the official onematchstick T-shirt to be available, and also the special CODE. So here it is, what you've been waiting for - the code that you need to use in the "coupon" section on springleap.com when you make your purchase, so that Springleap.com can track the sales that are to be counted for my 10th trade on onematchstick, is:
onematchstick
Ha! Would it have been anything else? Remember though, that the code is case sensitive- so make sure you use all small letters and one word.
Contact me when you've made your trade so I can track the progress with my 10th trade. And email or call me on 0837302979 if you have any queries
Thanks!
Again, Well done to Tu! Check out the official onematchstick T-shirt here.
Thanks also go to the fabulous team at Springleap.com for running the competition for me, and to the super duper sponsors for the Prize, being bidorbuy.co.za, springleap.com, and poken.co.za
Vote for your favourite onematchstick T-shirt
So the designs are in. They are all listed on springleap.com. And they are all fab!
So fab that you need to help by casting your vote for which one you would wear, so that the most voted for T-shirt will then become the official onematchstick T-shirt.
And the designer of that most voted for T-shirt will win the prize valued at R5300, including the R1000 to spend on bidorbuy.co.za, the poken, the swatch, the coaching, the VIP tickets and the T-shirts!
So to vote all you need to do is:
1. Go to and register with the funky site springleap.com.
2. Make sure you're logged to springleap.com.
3. Click on "vote" from the top menu, or go to the voting page here.
4. In the section "One Matchstick t-shirt design competition" click on one of the onematchstick T-shirt designs - any one for now.
5. If you're logged in, you'll see the voting options: thumbs up- thumbs down and 3 other options in between.
6. Vote by choosing one of the thumbs!
7. It'll then bring up the next design for you to vote for, and keep going until you've cast a vote on each of the designs.
Easy peasy!
You can also leave comments for the designers in the "shout back" section. I'd love to hear your comments, and I'm sure the designers would too!
Cool. So go vote!
Let me know if you have any questions :)
VOTING CLOSES THIS THURSDAY 17th September- because Friday 18th is T-shirt Trade Day- the day I officially start trading the 375 t-shirts with 375 people!
So fab that you need to help by casting your vote for which one you would wear, so that the most voted for T-shirt will then become the official onematchstick T-shirt.
And the designer of that most voted for T-shirt will win the prize valued at R5300, including the R1000 to spend on bidorbuy.co.za, the poken, the swatch, the coaching, the VIP tickets and the T-shirts!
So to vote all you need to do is:
1. Go to and register with the funky site springleap.com.
2. Make sure you're logged to springleap.com.
3. Click on "vote" from the top menu, or go to the voting page here.
4. In the section "One Matchstick t-shirt design competition" click on one of the onematchstick T-shirt designs - any one for now.
5. If you're logged in, you'll see the voting options: thumbs up- thumbs down and 3 other options in between.
6. Vote by choosing one of the thumbs!
7. It'll then bring up the next design for you to vote for, and keep going until you've cast a vote on each of the designs.
Easy peasy!
You can also leave comments for the designers in the "shout back" section. I'd love to hear your comments, and I'm sure the designers would too!
Cool. So go vote!
Let me know if you have any questions :)
VOTING CLOSES THIS THURSDAY 17th September- because Friday 18th is T-shirt Trade Day- the day I officially start trading the 375 t-shirts with 375 people!
onematchstick T-shirt Design Challenge
So do you think you can design a T-shirt inspired by onematchstick? I bet you can.
And I bet it'll be such a funky one that people will vote for your design.
Then you will win the Awesome Prize valued at R5300, including the R1000 to spend on bidorbuy.co.za!
So you know my story, right? Then just go ahead and design a T-shirt inspired by the onematchstick story, and enter this Challenge. And because it's a challenge, I DARE you to enter!
If you don't know my story, then you can give me a call and I'll tell it to you with pleasure. And with enthusiasm. Then you can let your imagination run wild designing an awesome T-shirt.
Or just watch this little amateur video I made to help explain this T-shirt Challenge.
To enter, you need to submit your designs to Springleap.com by the 7th September 2009 - that's a Monday. You can download the T-shirt Template Kit from Springleap.com to get going.
Read more about this challenge and the terms on the Springleap.com website here.
May the best onematchstick T-shirt Design win!
The Prize for the T-shirt Challenge
If you don't ask... the answer is 100% "no!"
If you do ask, the odds go to 50% "no", 50% "yes". I asked, and got more yes's than no's.
When I finalised the trade with Eric and Eran, and learnt more about the cool website Springleap.com, I realised that I needed to find an splendid prize for the T-shirt Challenge. Otherwise there wouldn't be much incentive for peeps out there to design a remarkable Tee and enter.
So I started asking people and even put out a tweet saying I was looking for sponsors. One of the things that keeps me going with this project is the warm response I get from people.
5 people stepped forward and answered my question. 5 awesome people!
Eric and Eran offered me 10 VIP tickets to the Springleap Party- the one they are going to hold once we've finalised our trade and they have the voucher for DJ Al.
And they are also throwing in 3 of the winning T-shirts.
Andy offered R1000 to spend on bidorbuy.co.za, and they have a heap of items to choose from.
So I am delighted to present the prize for the onematchstick T-shirt Challenge. It's a fabulous bundle of things to the value of R5300 and can be enjoyed by anyone in South Africa (and even abroad-you'll just have to come to South Africa for a visit for the party):
If you do ask, the odds go to 50% "no", 50% "yes". I asked, and got more yes's than no's.
When I finalised the trade with Eric and Eran, and learnt more about the cool website Springleap.com, I realised that I needed to find an splendid prize for the T-shirt Challenge. Otherwise there wouldn't be much incentive for peeps out there to design a remarkable Tee and enter.
So I started asking people and even put out a tweet saying I was looking for sponsors. One of the things that keeps me going with this project is the warm response I get from people.
5 people stepped forward and answered my question. 5 awesome people!
Eric and Eran offered me 10 VIP tickets to the Springleap Party- the one they are going to hold once we've finalised our trade and they have the voucher for DJ Al.
And they are also throwing in 3 of the winning T-shirts.
Andy offered R1000 to spend on bidorbuy.co.za, and they have a heap of items to choose from.
So I am delighted to present the prize for the onematchstick T-shirt Challenge. It's a fabulous bundle of things to the value of R5300 and can be enjoyed by anyone in South Africa (and even abroad-you'll just have to come to South Africa for a visit for the party):
- R1000 to spend on bidorbuy.co.za- Africa's largest online market place
- A "Disco Vibe" Swatch Watch
- A poken
- A 2 hour Breakthrough Coaching session
- 10 VIP tickets to the Springleap.com Party
- 3 of the winning T-Shirts
So that's the prize. What are you waiting for? Check out the onematchstick T-Shirt Challenge details here and enter now!
Ssssht! Don’t tell bidorbuy.co.za...
... that I sneaked into their offices and twisted someone's arm and got a copy of one of their adverts... Well it's a radio advert bidorbuy.co.za made but never flighted on air! I think Andy Higgins chickened out, feeling it was too risqué or something... I heard about it at the bidorbuy's Sellers Awards evening on Saturday.
I think the "ad" is quite a laugh though! So hence my sneakiness to get a copy and share it here with you:
But remember- don't tell bidorbuy, as they don't know I'm sharing it with you! They think I'm just playing it for my mom at home.
I think the "ad" is quite a laugh though! So hence my sneakiness to get a copy and share it here with you:
But remember- don't tell bidorbuy, as they don't know I'm sharing it with you! They think I'm just playing it for my mom at home.
Tag :
bidorbuy,
I've been made more offers!
Well two offers and another half an offer.
I posted a listing on the market place on Facebook- and received a note from a guy saying "I'll give you what you want for R3000". Really?? Well I replied saying "I want title deeds for property that I can use as offices. Do you have any of those lying around that you'd swap for R3000? If not, what else would you offer me for the 3 grand?"... I haven't heard back from him yet... maybe he'll come up with a counter offer.
Then on bidorbuy I listed a classified advert- and got this offer:
hp ScanJet 7650 with ADF hardly ever used. Condition as new. Value R7999.
The other offer is from Martin- he's offering a o2 (oh two) super easy to use PDA which is in very good condition- you can see all the specs of this on my offer page here.
Interesting- seems that bidorbuy and facebook marketplace are useful ways for me to get exposure, and also interesting that all the offers so far have been electronics.
Remember I also still have an offer of a laptop from Resh, a HP NX7300! And exciting thing is I've been made an offer on an offer (a first for onematchstick!)- Andrew has offered me a Panasonic video camera, it’s a NV-GS200!
So if you would like a laptop, a scanner or a video camera- NOW is the time to shout, get hold of me and convince me on which offer to accept, as I work through considering the offers to date, and seeing if the splurge of internet activity that I did recently brings in any more offers!
Later!
T
I posted a listing on the market place on Facebook- and received a note from a guy saying "I'll give you what you want for R3000". Really?? Well I replied saying "I want title deeds for property that I can use as offices. Do you have any of those lying around that you'd swap for R3000? If not, what else would you offer me for the 3 grand?"... I haven't heard back from him yet... maybe he'll come up with a counter offer.
Then on bidorbuy I listed a classified advert- and got this offer:
hp ScanJet 7650 with ADF hardly ever used. Condition as new. Value R7999.
The other offer is from Martin- he's offering a o2 (oh two) super easy to use PDA which is in very good condition- you can see all the specs of this on my offer page here.
Interesting- seems that bidorbuy and facebook marketplace are useful ways for me to get exposure, and also interesting that all the offers so far have been electronics.
Remember I also still have an offer of a laptop from Resh, a HP NX7300! And exciting thing is I've been made an offer on an offer (a first for onematchstick!)- Andrew has offered me a Panasonic video camera, it’s a NV-GS200!
So if you would like a laptop, a scanner or a video camera- NOW is the time to shout, get hold of me and convince me on which offer to accept, as I work through considering the offers to date, and seeing if the splurge of internet activity that I did recently brings in any more offers!
Later!
T
What would you do for R50000 cash?
Well, I made a movie!
bidorbuy is giving away R50 k and I'm hoping my movie will help me win it!
If you think my little flick is the bomb, then how about voting for me!
You can watch my movie and vote for me by clicking here.
And then the question becomes: What will you do for R3000 cash? Make me an offer, and perhaps I'll vote for your suggestion!
bidorbuy is giving away R50 k and I'm hoping my movie will help me win it!
If you think my little flick is the bomb, then how about voting for me!
You can watch my movie and vote for me by clicking here.
And then the question becomes: What will you do for R3000 cash? Make me an offer, and perhaps I'll vote for your suggestion!
Auctioning the Holiday!
Time to be even more creative!!
The last weekend in Utopia is now up for auction on bidorbuy! I have a plan, so time to convert the weekend into cash! Auction ends next Monday night- I wonder what it will go for??
Check out the auction and take part by clicking here.
Later!
T
The last weekend in Utopia is now up for auction on bidorbuy! I have a plan, so time to convert the weekend into cash! Auction ends next Monday night- I wonder what it will go for??
Check out the auction and take part by clicking here.
Later!
T
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