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 Posted: Jan 15, 2010 5:12pm Post subject: Donations to Haiti Relief Effort - Please Read |
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| It is with honor that I would like to announce all donations made to the xxx network will be sent directly to the American Red Cross for the Haiti Relief Effort. [DELETED] |
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Jason
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| Posted: Jan 15, 2010 5:37pm Post subject: |
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| It's one thing to route donations directly to a charity, but giving money to a third party, especially using paypal is asking for trouble. |
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Trixar_za
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| Posted: Jan 15, 2010 6:15pm Post subject: |
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| I find that just as suspicious Jason - Something tells me this DM here is using the Haiti disaster as a way to to make a quick buck for himself... Shame on you dude... |
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Bertrum
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| Posted: Jan 15, 2010 7:15pm Post subject: |
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| It is dubious to donate to the network and not the actual charity itself. |
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RyanWenke
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2010 12:11pm Post subject: |
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For anyone actually interested, you can text the word "HAITI" to 90999. American Red Cross will charge 10 dollars to your phone bill. Nice easy way to help out  |
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Jason
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2010 2:04pm Post subject: |
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The phone texting thing is not a good way to do it. You text it now, it won't hit till you pay your bill. So in a month it might be sent - then it still takes time to transfer the money to who can use it.
The people who need help need it now, not in 1-2 months. |
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SkydiverGoose
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2010 6:21pm Post subject: |
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| Well, your phone company is charged the $10, which is then passed on to you in your bill at the end of the month, iirc |
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Jason
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2010 6:28pm Post subject: |
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| yes, hence a 90 day delay between donating and the money being delivered. |
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PingBad
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2010 7:16pm Post subject: |
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| I'll partially disagree with the both of you - in quite a few cases, the phone company ends up paying for your text/call, but they pass the bill onto you at the end of the month, so while the charity gets the donation then and there, it could very well be 1-2 months before the telco gets its money back. Do note, however, that this isn't always the case |
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Jason
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2010 8:13pm Post subject: |
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The teleco isn't fronting the money. The money is paid when you pay your bill. Otherwise people can text hundreds of dollars in donations then not pay the bill.
| Quote: | Both Mobile Accord (which is a for-profit company, but operates 100 percent pass-through mobile donation campaigns through the mGive Foundation) and the Mobile Giving Foundation admit it usually takes 90 days from the time of donation to the time it is received by the intended charity, in part because they are collected through each customer’s normal cell phone billing cycle. That’s eons in disaster recovery time.
Earlier today mGive posted to Twitter, “We are currently working with the carriers to reduce this window. We will tweet when he have an update on this.” |
That is completely different than this:
| Quote: | | Verizon Wireless said it had advanced $2.98 million in mobile donations committed by its customers to Haiti. “Time is of the essence, and it makes sense for us to toss aside our normal financial processes to get money where it can do the most good, in the fastest way possible,” said Verizon Wireless president and CEO Lowell McAdam in a statement. |
More of a one time push of cash. |
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SkydiverGoose
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2010 8:38pm Post subject: |
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| Hmm, interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks for the correction! |
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Jason
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2010 9:16pm Post subject: |
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If anyone wants to see photos off the streets, this guy has a lot that you don't see on the news. Some photos are not for the timid. Click the thumb on the right to advance to the next photo.
http://twitpic.com/y7lo1 |
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Bertrum
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2010 10:56pm Post subject: |
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| Checked those photos out. That entire place is destroyed, it's awful. |
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SkydiverGoose
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2010 11:56pm Post subject: |
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| Some of the folks from Austin/Travis County Search and Rescue (folks I used to work with) are out there right now digging in the rubble :/ |
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Bertrum
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Location: Venus
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| Posted: Jan 17, 2010 12:01am Post subject: |
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| Brave people.. It takes alot to do that |
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