A meeting with Tim Cook is worth at least $165.000 at the moment

  Last night I told you that Tim Cook decided to donate a few tens of minutes of his time to charity, allowing an organization to bid on its own website for a meeting with the current CEO of Apple. The auction started from the sum of $5000 and involves a discussion over a coffee inside the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, and at the moment this meeting has reached the value of $165.000. The interest in getting to know him personally Tim Cook it's big, 49 bids have been made so far, but the auction will end on May 14, so probably several hundreds of thousands of dollars will be raised by then.

  The website that organizes these auctions managed to collect millions of dollars in the past from a single auction for a meeting with Warren Buffer, and Tim Cook is doing more than honorably for now.

13 COMMENTS

  1. Eu ma intreb daca anulează întâlnirea ca doar nu are contract cu aia de la site… Sigur nu isi ia mr. Cook bani ca sa se vada cu cineva

  2. Suma de bani cu sensul cuvintelor ” in scopuri caritabile” sunt tota opuse(antonime in inteles). Si sa iei bani si la anumite intrebari speciale sa nu ti se poata raspunde mi se pare jenant. Dar lumea spera. Sigur la intrebari despre urmatoarele produse nu se va raspunde nimic, despre viitorul sincer al companiei nu se va primi un raspuns etc. Dar primeste bani ca doar e saracie pt o intalnire penibila de cateva zeci de minute. Dar exita lume disperata si fanatica care le dau aceasta optiune

  3. @ Serban
    Lucrurile nu stau atat de simplu precum le expui tu. e destul de greu de explicat cu atat mai mult printr-un text. Cei ce dau banii astia, au un motiv in plus sa doneze in scopuri caritabile si nu doar de dragul intalnirii. Sa nu crezi ca cine isi permite sa doneze pentru intalnire sute de mii, isi permite sa stea mai mult de cateva zeci de minute la intalnire… Pot dona speculanti care de pe urma intalnirii pot genera venituri in companiile lor … Greu de explicat si ce ai spus tu sunt lucruri minore fara perspectiva; inhibitorii chiar.

  4. Nimeni nu mai citeste detaliile din surse in ziua de azi, nu-i asa @Niceman?

    “Legal Terms
    Valid for 2 people. Experience will be 30min – 1 hour. Cannot be resold or re-auctioned. Expires 1 year from the close of auction. To be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon date. Travel and accommodations are not included. Winning bidder and guest(s) subject to security screening. We expect all winning bidders and their guests to conduct themselves appropriately when attending an experience won at Charitybuzz. Polite manners and respect for the generous donor and adherence to any rules or parameters are a must”

  5. Sa vad ce conditii sunt la o intalnire asemenea cu chinezoii aia de la samsung :)))) La aia trebuie sa iti deie ei bani sa ii intalnesti :))
    Eu pariez ca Tim Cook scoate aproape de milionul de dolarei daca mai lasa campania asta ceva timp, si daca anunta in presa ca Tim Cook va da detalii despre noul iphone, vine si Samsung si plateste 1 miliard ca sa copieze vreo idee de la Apple 🙂

  6. In scopuri caritabile poti face si fara un motiv. Cand ai bani vrei mai multa imagine, cand nu ai, dar ai imagine vrei mai mult profit. Pana in anii 90 imaginea era pe primul loc si dupa acela profit, acuma este invers. Lucruri simple ce vorbesc si cu care ne confruntam day by day