I really appreciate, that Saleh got to do her thing and SJ made it happen. But to me this post kind of crosses a line. A business, posting as a business, not only initially promoted the auction, but now is self-writing, for free, a small PR piece.

I may be off base here, and won't belabor the point, but I think this falls under the "Promotional Content" area of the policies, and think it skates too close to the margin.

I hate when a business toots its own horn like this.

Thanks for pointing out. I really never did study the
policies (will check out) but I do see commercial plugs
sprinkled throughout PDD.

Most of these are plugs for saloons and coffee shops hosting
bands (Starfires blowout sale seems pretty commercial to me
also). Granted a bit more indie then my jewelry store but all
a call for action (spend your money, drink our suds, coffee, buy
my threads, etc).

I will continue to use other media for crass commercialism
but every now and then will experiment with the many new
forms of alternative media to try to keep our name in front
of the public.

I don't know how charities work, but it sounds like in this case...

A local business auctions on ebay, gets public recognition in whatever shape or form for the donation, and then gets "bigga" tax break.  Is that pretty much how it works?

Just a guess.

Jay is a nice guy.

And they are very nice to their delivery drivers.

kudos.

Blatant PR crap like this makes me less likely to read PDD. I'm just sayin'.

I also think when a business posts they need to use their business name if the post has to do with the business/commercial enterprise. I expect that. I figured out secjewl as being Security Jewelers now, but I never would have made that connection before.