Comments on: $2.11 Million Lunch Bill: Historical Look at Lunch with Warren Buffett

By: DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad

DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:50:45 +0000

Good for the charity . . .

The question I have is, “Did these guys really get information worth more than they paid?”

By: GloombergNews

GloombergNews — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:40:39 +0000

I should have been more clear…I was talking about his contribution in expertise…

While I think Uncle Ben is doing the best he can with a terrible situation; Buffet should be on every committee meeting and essentially be his right hand man.

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:41:11 +0000

2004: Jason Choo
2006: Yongping Duan
2008: Zhao Danyang
20??: Jim Wang

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:13:59 +0000

Hahah yeah, they saw the $2.11M and wanted to top it.

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:34:24 +0000

It’s up to 350K now. Must be all the folks from this blog …

By: jillianlou

jillianlou — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:02:05 +0000

The current bid is less than $200k. BIG difference from 2.1 Mil. Looking at previous years though, last year does seem to be somewhat of an outlier. What a fabulous opportunity…

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:53:32 +0000

I’ll start the bidding at 99 cents

I’ve always thought this was a pretty cool idea. Really, everyone wins. The winner gets a cool experience (and publicity for his/her company), the charity gets a nice donation, and Buffet gets to spur other into thinking about philanthropy.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:33:36 +0000

How much more active would you have liked him to be? I think the days of Rockefeller swooping in with guarantees is over, the dollar amounts we’re talking about today are far in excess of what one person can muster.

By: GloombergNews

GloombergNews — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:31:33 +0000

While I highly respect Warren B and his philanthropic causes, he does have faults…

starting with, not being more active in this crisis!

By: RD @ eMoneyLog

RD @ eMoneyLog — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:36:57 +0000

Wow…that is some interesting piece of info, now only if ebay allowed me to bid i could have had Warren Buffet over at my place to learn some things…for others the cheaper option is to buy a share of his firm (I think you can take a friend with you) to get an invite to the annual shareholders meeting…