NASCAR Champion Jeff Gordon recently kicked off his annual charity raffle, in which one lucky ticket holder will become the new owner of Jeff's personal Chevrolet Corvette. This year's car is a 2011 Grand Sport 4 LT convertible, and only 7,500 tickets are being sold. Those are pretty fantastic odds, but not as fantastic as the fact that every $100 ticket purchase goes to fund pediatric cancer treatment at the Jeff Gordon Children's Hospital.

For more information and to buy your ticket, visit the Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation website.

If there's one thing people love, it's getting a great deal. We here at GoMotorBids.com know this from experience. Because we love getting a deal ourselves, and because one of the most popular features on our website over the years has been our Get It Now section - where we feature heavily discounted merchandise for only 24 hours or until the supply runs out - whichever comes first. It's been so popular in fact, that we decided to build a website dedicated to just that: deals.

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We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday. Our staffers will be back in the office tomorrow (Tuesday, 12/27), but it's a short week for us as we cast-off all the demons from 2011, and prepare for a glorious and prosperous 2012. Or for the end of the world. 

So with that being said, we will be closed on Friday, December 30th and Monday, January 2nd for the New Year's holiday.

As always, the website will be up and running and there will be auctions closing each of those nights. But (some of) our staffers will be partying like it's 1999, so we won't be shipping any orders or responding to emails or voice mails on those days. Please anticipate some minor delays in the delivery times of any orders you may have.

If you are bidding on any auction items which close on those days, and you think you may need more information about them, please be sure to contact us no later than Thursday morning, December 29th.

It's been a pleasure to serve all of you this year, and we thank you for the support of our little business. From all of us to all of you - HAVE A WONDERFUL AND SAFE NEW YEAR! 

Sincerely,

The Team at GoMotorBids.com

The GoMotorBids.com offices will be closed for the Christmas Holiday on Friday, December 23rd, and Monday, December 26th. We won't have any staff here in the offices responded to emails / voicemails or processing orders. We will re-open and get everything cranked up and rolling again on Tuesday, December 27th. This means that orders closed out after this Thursday (12/22) at 12 noon Central time will experience a slightly longer delivery time than you may be used to. If you have a pending order prior to that that you'd like to have expedited, please contact our customer service team asap on our toll free line, 1-888-588-2722 x226.

We appreciate your patience and understanding while our employees enjoy the break and get to spend time with their families.  From all of us here at GoMotorBids, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season.

Awwwwwww, she's so happy. There's just nothing like the anticipation of a gift at Christmas. But wait until she gets this beautiful package opened, only to find a piece of paper with a screen print of the one Jeff Gordon diecast car she was missing from her collection, and a handwritten note that says "On it's way!". All because Grandpa didn't place his order in time. But if you live in the lower 48 states, you don't have to face this kind of disappointment and the resulting resentment! All you have to do is get your order placed no later than Thursday, December 15th!

That's right, if you live in the continental US and want your items shipped using the standard ground service, you can avoid paying for years of child therapy simply by using our easy Pay & Ship form to close out and pay for your order no later than 12/15/11. We'll have your package out the door on the following day and it's way to providing joy in the heart of your recipient. If you live outside the lower 48 or order after that date, we HIGHLY recommend you use one of the expedited shipping options to ensure delivery.

DISCLAIMER: Of course, you know that we can't ever 100% guarantee a delivery date. We'll do out part by getting it boxed up and in the truck, but  snow storms, earthquakes, lightning bolts from Zeus, highway robbery by masked bandits, and a flurry of other predicaments can cause a shipment to be delayed by a courier. But chances of all that are slim. So just place your order by December 15th, and have a glorious holiday!

Just announced - last minute sale! Save an additional 20% off the retail price of ALL Lionel Action NASCAR and NHRA diecast collectibles in our Get-It-New section! But it ain't gonna last long...only mere hours. We'll end this sale at 11:59 p.m. Central time tonight (Monday, Dec. 12th), so you MUST check out and pay prior to then to get the discount. Simply enter the coupon code ACTION2011 where prompted in our Pay & Ship form. Here's the fine print:

• Sale prices are only good from 12:00 pm Central Time on 12-12-11 through 11:59 p.m. Central Time on 12-12-11.
• No advance or post-promotion sales. No exceptions. If you fail to see the promotion until after the fact, or forget to use the code when you check out, then you miss the deal.
• Applies to in-stock merchandise only.
• Limited to available inventory. No back-orders or rainchecks.

So how can you see all of the cars that will be included in this incredible one day sale? Two ways: Either click here, or on the big banner on the GoMotorBids homepage. 

Beginning today (Dec. 8th, 2011) you can save an additional 25% of our current retail price of any and all brand-new Carrera slot cars, sets, accessories & radio controlled vehicles in our Get-It-New section! This will apply to as many new Carrera products as you wish to purchase, provided they are all from our Get-It-New section (no auction items).

Simply add the Carrera items you want to your cart, then check out and enter the coupon code EM11129 where prompted. Click here to see all current Carrera items on the site.

But hurry, as this Carrera discount coupon code expires at 11:59pm central time on December 18th, 2011, so you must close and pay for your order prior to 11:59 in order to get the savings!

 
Coupon Fine Print

Save additional 25% on all Carrera Get-It-New product. Acquire qualifying items on through the Get-It-New section on the GoMotorBids.com web site. Payment must occur on the days that the coupon code is valid and payment must be completed between 12:00 AM and 11:59 PM CST. Enter the coupon code through GoMotorBids.com Pay & Ship Checkout. Coupon code cannot be combined with another coupon code. Offer only available for purchases on GoMotorBids.com and not available for purchases through other stores including eBay.com and Amazon.com. You the buyer are responsible to pay all duties, taxes, or other import fees. Payments must be made on an account that is of the same country as the shipment destination. Void where prohibited.

We know everyone is chomping at the bit to get your hands on some deals, so we're going to be kicking off our 2011 Black Friday sale early. And we're not talking Target stores-early, we're talking a full 19-hours early! Beginning at 5am Central Time on Thursday, November 24th, you'll see the above banner on the GoMotorBids homepage. All you have to do is click on it and voila! You'll see all of the incredibly discounted products we've got listed.

So get your bird stuffed and in the oven, then get your greasy hands on that mouse because you won't want to miss this!

On Monday, November 28th at 5am Central Time, our Cyber Monday Extravaganza will burst onto the online scene. You'll see a new banner on the homepage and a whole new selection of deals.

All of these specials are very limited and will only last as long as we have available stock, or until the sale runs out - whichever happens first. What kind of stuff can you expect to see? It's mostly diecast collectibles, but we've also got some slot cars, model kits, R/C vehicles, and racing memorabilia thrown in for good measure. As a little teaser, we put together this video...enjoy!

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The GoMotorBids offices will be closed on November 24-25th, so that our employees may observe the Thanksgiving Holiday with their families. The website will be up and open for "bidness" as usual, plus we'll be hosting our biggest Black Friday Sale yet! We won't have staff available to return phone calls or emails, and you may experience a slight delay in the shipment of any orders that you close out after Wednesday, Nov.23rd.  Rest assured that we'll get them out as fast as possible when we return on Monday.

If you'd like your items shipped prior to the holiday, please close out any open orders by 11:59pm Central time on Tuesday, Nov. 22nd.

We wish you all safe travels and a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!