Dear Friend and fellow EI Survivors,

As some of you may know this website started off as a few personal pages detailing my personal struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and related illnesses. Since then it has grown into an archive of approaching 4000 pages and now receives 75,000 visitors every month from all over the world.

Unfortunately with this growth comes huge increases in the costs involved in maintaining the site. For this reason I have been looking for a way to raise funds that will benefit both the site (and the experience for its visitors) and visitors directly. As if on cue I was approached by an organisation that has been helping charities such as The Red Cross raise money. The name of this organisation is Dubli.

Dubli is an auction and shopping portal with a difference - which will be explained. I have chosen to work with Dubli because by visiting The Environmental Illness Resource Dubli portal you can not only help to ensure this site continues to provide the services it does but you can also grab yourself some amazing bargains on a huge range of products as well! A win-win situation.

There are 3 ways to support us and grab yourself a bargain. Here's how it works:

Xpress

All articles are displayed with one starting price that is valid at the outset of an auction. The actual price is concealed until you place a Credit. With each Credit placed, the price decreases, so the actual price is always less than the starting price - often considerably!

As soon as you have registered, you can buy various Credit packages (see above).

When you place a Credit, three things happen:

1. The actual price decreases by 25 cents
2. The current price will be displayed to you
3. You now have the possibility of purchasing the product for the price shown

Don’t hesitate for too long, or someone else may snatch up the item at a more favorable price.

Unique Bid

All auctions are presented for a limited time only. You can bid using any number of 25-cent increments (i.e. US$1, $1.25 , $2.50 etc.). The user who has placed the sole lowest bid acquires the item.

An example: Several bids have been placed for $0.25, $1.00, $1.75, $4.25 and $5.00. The amounts of $1.75 and $4.25 were not yet placed, whereas if you placed the last and only bid in the amount of $1.75, prior to the close of the auction, then it would be both the lowest and sole bid, and is therefore awarded the auction item. However, if another user also places a bid of $1.75 in the course of the auction, this amount is no longer unique. Now, in our example, the $4.25 bidder would be the final buyer, as their bid is now the lowest single bid placed.

It is possible to place single bids, or to cover an entire span of bids. However, in order to guarantee equal opportunity, only single bids will be accepted in the last five minutes before the end of an auction.

Shopping Mall

Use your credits to save big on a huge range of products from major stores and brands.

Please visit our Dubli site and help to keep The Environmental Illness Resource continually expanding and running efficiently.

Happy Shopping!

Matthew Hogg
Founder/Editor

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