Vacu-Lug Raises £560 in Transaid eBay Auction

Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres Limited recent staged a online charity auction in aid of Transaid Week 2008, believed to be the transport industry’s first ever eBay charity sale. The virtual auction raised a total of £560 and the winning bidder was Nigel Moore, proprietor of independent tyre distributor Tyre Zone Limited of Sittingbourne, Kent.

“We decided to support Transaid Week and were keen to do something a little different in order to catch the imagination and thereby raise as much money as possible,” says Dave Alsop, Vacu-Lug’s Fleet Sales Director. “In the event, our eBay auction was a tremendous success. It attracted a great deal of interest and we saw the price pushed upwards by a lively rush of bidding towards the end – we were delighted with the sum raised!”

On offer in the auction were a full set of tyres for a 4×2 truck, comprising:

2 x Yokohama 295/80 R22.5 RY023 152/148m steer-axle tyres
4 x Vacu-Lug Duramold 295/80 R22.5 WDE2+ drive tyres

“Together, this set of tyres is valued at approximately £1,000,” says Dave Alsop. “So as well as Transaid Week benefiting through the generosity of Nigel Moore, he’s got himself a great buy into the bargain! On behalf of all at Vacu-Lug I would like to thank Nigel, and everyone else who visited eBay and placed a bid, for taking part in our auction.”