A last second bidder has led to a $610,000 final auction price for coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook.
All the proceeds go to charity and so far the bidder, going by the name "a********s," has remained anonymous. The auction had stagnated at $605,000 until the last 30 minutes.
CharityBuzz hosted the auction, along with 118 others to support the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights.
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Originally posted by i1der: If I pass by Tim Cook two week from the date a saw his picture i would not recognize him... Thats how important his image is.
Y'know, it kind of ticks me off that during the Great Recession there are tools with enough spare money to blow on this nonsense. Probably a recipient of corporate welfare.
Originally posted by xnonsuchx: So donating over $100 million in 2012 is nothing notable?
That's insignificant spare change for a company of the size of Apple. Compare that to what other rich companies and people donate, or to what they spend on commercials alone. Donating is also a form of advertising, and it gives some good tax benefits, too. Don't misunderstand that as generosity, because it's quite the opposite in this particular case.
i think it could sound more marketing oriented if it would be, "cook with cook", oh well, i don't know whether cook knows a little bit of cooking, he must be an icook only...
