Charity auction lunch with Warren Buffett goes for $2.7M

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/business/warren-buffett-dining-ebay.html

by paladin314159 • 9 years ago

25 14 9 years ago

cperciva• 9 years ago

Stories like this make me wonder if a startup will come along and establish a marketplace for this sort of thing. I certainly don't have millions to offer, but there are people I'd be happy to donate to charity in exchange for a few hours with (dinner or otherwise).

arkadiyt• 9 years ago

Sounds like https://21.co/

jonafato• 9 years ago

I was going to ask "does this need a marketplace?" and link to a list someone was maintaining a few month ago of folks who offered to match donations made to the ACLU, but it looks as though someone turned that into a little web app, anyway: http://matchingdonations.us/. That said, the harder part of this is probably getting people to make that offer to begin with. If this becomes a common thing, I'm sure someone will build a platform around it. If someone told me they'd donate to a charity of my choice in exchange for having dinner or coffee, I'd probably jump at the chance and match their donation, as well.

nathancahill• 9 years ago

I believe clarity.fm started that way. It's now pivoted to a broader audience.

theprop3• 9 years ago

Yes, I think they were thinking of a way to pay potential startup mentors/advisors initially as a marketplace, then pivoted to general startup advice.

theprop3• 9 years ago

Great idea about a marketplace for this! I think it could work for celebrities...I think fans would pay a lot to lunch with someone they're a huge fan of.

21.co looks cool & a nice idea!

logiciel• 9 years ago

like Omaze?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaze

goatherders• 9 years ago

Kill me. We don't need a "startup" for every last little thing.

TheSmiddy• 9 years ago

Outside of HN everybody just calls these ideas websites "someone should start a website where..."

theprop3• 9 years ago

I remember when it was $25 to 50k and thinking that was a "steal"...but $2.7 million is ridiculous, though the money does go to a great cause :-).

phaser• 9 years ago

A more appropriate headline would be "Donating $2,679,001 can will get you a dinner with Warren Buffet" but who would click that bait?

hueving• 9 years ago

It was an auction for dinner with Buffet. The headline is appropriate.

xiaoma• 9 years ago

This title makes it sound like he's so full of himself that he'll only eat with the ultra wealthy and those foolish enough to spend millions they can't afford.

In reality, he does a charity auction and dines with the "winner" who is essentially a philanthropist with a bit of self-interest thrown in.

dang• 9 years ago

Ok, we edited the title to reflect that.

Charity auction lunch with Warren Buffett goes for $2.7M

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