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Tim Cook Auctions Apple HQ Lunch Meeting, VIP Passes to Apple Keynote for Charity

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For the third year in a row, Apple CEO Tim Cook is participating in a charity auction through CharityBuzz, offering whoever bids the most the chance to enjoy lunch with him at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino. This year's auction also includes two VIP passes to an Apple keynote event to watch Apple unveil new products.

Two people can have lunch with Cook, and the experience will last for approximately one hour. Lunch is included in the auction price, but the winning bidder will need to cover travel and accommodations. The exact date of the lunch will be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon time after the auction ends on May 6, 2015.

Join me for lunch (and a keynote!) and help a great cause. @RFKHumanRights is working toward a more just world. https://t.co/QxaKne4itb - Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 15, 2015
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The auction has an estimated value of $100,000, and bids are currently up to $37,500. This is the third year that Tim Cook has auctioned off an opportunity to spend time with him, offering a coffee meeting in 2013 that sold for $610,000 and a lunch meeting in 2014 that sold for $330,001.

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Proceeds from the auction will once again benefit the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, a charity that aims to achieve a "just and peaceful world by partnering with human rights leaders, teaching social justice and advancing corporate responsibility."

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would be better if they sold tickets to a raffle, so anyone could buy one.

How many people are going to have $100,000 or more for the winning bid?
 
ButteryScrollin said:
would be better if they sold tickets to a raffle, so anyone could buy one.
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I agree. They would easily make 100k.. probably a lot more.

And then the opportunity may go to someone who isn't a millionaire businessman/woman.
 
You know how 99% of statistics are made up on the spot? That $100,000 estimated value is one of them. How, exactly, does one put an estimated value on attending an Apple Keynote and lunch with Tim Cook?
 
ButteryScrollin said:
would be better if they sold tickets to a raffle, so anyone could buy one.

How many people are going to have $100,000 or more for the winning bid?
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I agree. People willing to pay that much can probably get a meeting with Tim Cook anyway. It would truly be philanthropy if he gave anyone a chance to win that meeting.
 
avanpelt said:
You know how 99% of statistics are made up on the spot? That $100,000 estimated value is one of them. How, exactly, does one put an estimated value on attending an Apple Keynote and lunch with Tim Cook?
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Could be his salary in relation to the time of the lunch, tickets to the keynote, and the lunch?
 
ButteryScrollin said:
would be better if they sold tickets to a raffle, so anyone could buy one.

How many people are going to have $100,000 or more for the winning bid?
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How many people are willing to buy tickets though? Can you say that 100,000 people would buy a $1 ticket to meet Tim Cook. I kind of doubt that. Or 10,000 at $10, maybe.
 
Shaun said:
Q. How much is dinner with Tim Cook worth?

A. Diddly squat - the guy's a muppet.
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I hate it how the British use "muppet" as if it were a bad word. The Muppets are awesome!!
 
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kewl... lunch and a keynote to boot


Two dinners for the price of one :D


Never say no to lunch.
 
I am not in a big hurry to have lunch with him, but I want him to tell us all why he didn't take Apple private with its top 10 investors (and foreign subsidiaries) when the stock was at $490 pre-split (883.19 equiv today).

If being public has some PR value he is exploiting, then why even buy back stock when he could go on an acquire and spinoff binge instead. He could buy about 1/4 of the S&P 500 outright.
 
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