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Lunch for Two in Paris with Poppy Harlow – or – Zoom Call – Winner’s Choice!
One lucky winning bidder and a friend will enjoy lunch in Paris (or an alternative Zoom call) with award-winning journalist Poppy Harlow! You will have the opportunity to break bread with one of America’s most beloved icons and ask her your burning questions!
Poppy Harlow is an award-winning, Emmy nominated journalist who most recently co-anchored CNN This Morning. She is the creator and host of the podcast BossFiles with Poppy Harlow and previously anchored CNN Newsroom. She is the co-author of "The Color of Love" and the author of "The Biggest Little Boy".
Harlow imparts her deep economic knowledge by interviewing the world's top business leaders including Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, Melinda French Gates, Sundar Pichai, among others. She has also interviewed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and moderated two CNN Presidential Town Halls.
She lives in Paris with her husband Sinisa, daughter Sienna and son Luca. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as a Henry Crown Fellow within the Aspen Institute.
Born and raised in Minnesota, Harlow graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Columbia University. She holds a Masters in Studies of Law from Yale Law School and has also studied at King's College London.
The experience includes lunch for you and your guest on a mutually agreeable date and time by all parties. Please note that travel, food, and hotel accommodations are not included in this donation experience. Participants are responsible for covering these expenses separately. Must be used within 12 months of the auction. No age restrictions.
Item Details:
Number of participants: 2
Date: Mutually agreeable
Location: Paris, France
Expiration: November 2026
Contact By: February 11th, 2026*
*Winner must reach out by email or phone to their given contact before this date. Contact information will be sent via mail after payment is made. If communication is not received from the winner by this date, fulfillment of the experience cannot be guaranteed. Please message the seller if there are any issues reaching out to an experience contact.
Participant must work around the donor’s schedule at all times, which is subject to change, for any reason, including the pandemic. A background check may be required for the winner and guests. If the winner fails the background check, he/she will forfeit the prize. Please bid accordingly.
This package does not include any items or services that are not detailed in the above description. This package must be for use by the winner only unless given as a gift. If given as a gift, the recipient's name must be provided immediately following the auction. Otherwise, this is not transferable by the winner and may not be sold, otherwise transferred or used for any other purpose, including promotional, commercial, advertising, or other trade purposes. Please bid accordingly.
Respect for talent and their staff will be expected at all times. Inappropriate behavior or solicitation for personal gain by the winner could result in the immediate conclusion of the experience with no refund. The talent has the right to end the experience at any time, for any reason, with no refund. Recording of Zoom calls is at the sole discretion of the talent and is not guaranteed or included with this experience.
If a refund is requested or issued more than 90 days after the auction closes, the refund amount will be reduced by the fees incurred by the seller. This policy helps ensure that Homes For Our Troops does not incur a loss on the sale. If you would like to know the amount that will be deducted from a potential refund before placing a bid, please contact the seller.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Who is Matchfire?
A: The selling party has retained Matchfire (Matchfire Group) to manage this auction. Matchfire provides a comprehensive auction management service focused on creating successful high-value, high-profile promotional auctions for charities, nonprofit organizations and top brand companies. Matchfire is a promotional agency which helps define client brand promotional strategy through auctions, delivers creative design, and manages operations of feature online auctions for maximum visibility of well-known brands, media companies, charities, nonprofits, public relations firms and advertising agencies.
Q: Is the campaign open internationally?
A: Unless otherwise noted above the campaign is open worldwide. All international shipments use FedEx. CHECK SHIPPING COST BEFORE BIDDING. International buyers are responsible for any additional international shipping fees that apply including Customs, VAT (value added tax), duties, fees, tariffs, etc. which may be assessed and due upon delivery of item. We cannot pre-determine such fees and are not responsible for these additional costs.
Q: I've won the auction! What happens next?
A: An invoice will be sent to the winning bidder via eBay or Matchfire to confirm the payment amount and payment instructions. Payment must be in U.S. funds and received within two (2) business days of the close of the auction.
Q: Will a receipt be provided?
A: Yes, a receipt for the final bid amount paid will be provided by Matchfire.
Q: Is there sales tax?
A: Sales tax is applied at time of purchase on all transactions conducted via the eBay marketplace and is generally based upon the tax law of the state(s) in which a buyer resides. Please note that while some states allow an exemption for purchases made by charitable organizations, items that are sold by the same charitable organization are not exempt from tax in most states. If you have paid sales tax on the purchase of a special experience, Matchfire will submit the transaction to eBay for review. If eBay finds the sale meets the buyer’s state requirements for tax exemption, eBay will refund any collected tax.
If you have paid sales tax on the purchase of any item for which you believe an exemption should apply, we ask that you either (1) submit a request for a sales tax refund via eBay’s customer service portal on ebay.com, or (2) contact your local state Department of Revenue and apply for a sales tax refund directly from your state of residence. More information is available at eBay's website. Paying tax on eBay purchases | eBay Thank you for your business and your support of eBay for Charity.
Q: Is this purchase tax deductible?
A: Please contact your personal tax advisor for information on this issue.
Delivery information for auction items.
Winning bidders must provide a physical address and phone number. Barring unanticipated circumstances and/or any special fulfillment conditions, the estimated delivery time is 2-3 weeks after final payment is received and acknowledged. International bidders will be required to pay any duties or taxes associated with their shipment.
Questions?
Please use the "Ask a Seller a Question" option above.
Disclaimers
- Matchfire, the auction manager, is performing a management service on behalf of and at direction of the selling party and as such is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for any warranties or guarantees either explicit or implied herein.
- The purchaser/high bidder agrees to pay within 2 business days of the close of the auction
- Warranties: It is the buyer’s responsibility to preview any item(s) and determine condition, authenticity, and content. While descriptions are believed to be accurate, neither Matchfire nor its employees, agents, or contractors provide any warranties or guarantees, express or implied, as to the genuineness, authenticity, or accuracy of description, condition, or defect, if any, of the item(s) auctioned and will not be held responsible for discrepancies or inaccuracies in item descriptions provided. Buyer may be required to sign a release acknowledging this provision as a condition of purchase of the item(s). Buyer’s sole recourse shall be the warranty, if any, provided by Seller, as stated in the item description.
- All items are sold as is.
- Homes For Our Troops will receive the proceeds of the winning bid on this auction.
- All bids are binding.
- All bids are in US dollars.
- This auction does not include any items or services that are not detailed above.
- Bidders must be at least 18-years of age.
- Please note that shill bidding is neither allowed nor tolerated. This practice is illegal and carries legal consequences in many areas. Per eBay’s help pages, "shill bidding is the deliberate placing of bids to artificially raise the price of an item and is not allowed."
- Please note that due to the nature of high-profile auctions, we have occasionally experienced attempted fraud through the use of second chance offers. If you are contacted by anyone other than a Matchfire representative about this item or items similar to this, please contact us immediately.
- Matchfire reserves the right to block a bidder for any reason including but not limited to, feedback, non-paying bidder, bid retractions, and recent bid history.
- Your participation in this auction constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions.
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