Firko, I think times are a bit tough right now, business has slowed and a few good folk are out of work or on short hours, so hang in there as the dollars will come.
Just a thought for the auction-some of us have things in the shed that we are "gunna use one day" and some of this is memoribillia or classic, may be a swap meet of some sort with a donation in between for this kind of stuff wiil entice a few more to help.