So many good causes ... so hard to choose ... to easy to give all to the huge charities and ignore the smaller needy charities to whom any donation means so much.

I still say let the winning bidder nominate the charity for that auction, or if raffled, let the raffle winner nominate.

If I *KNOW* that my winning bid will go to my chosen
charity then I *WILL* be willing to bid more. Everybody
works a little harder for the cause close to their heart.

Raffles have a BIG advantage - obviously more people can participate, there are other advantages to the raffle too (eBay contact me for details)

It also relieves eBay from the awkward job of deciding
which charities are 'worthy' and which are not.