Re: Hammerhead's Theft Recovery Fund Raiser
so why would you sign up with them if you know the fees are stupid. This is why people don't trust charities or don't donate - all proceeds not going to the cause.
you never mentioned gofundme using paypal....neither did anyone else. I said paypal doesn't even charge that much....meaning.....you could just have set up a paypal account to accept donations and it would have taken less $ off the top.
you think you're doing the right thing and being some hero, all you're doing is wasting more money.
What exactly would you do if 50 people chipped in and the donations came to $500? Why did you set the goal to $100 if Fred is only out $70. Pretty sure Fred won't feel right profiting off his fellow boardmembers.
Well...to give an honest answer to your question... i kinda just signed up because I saw there was no registration fee or monthly fees associated with having the account. And read the fine print after, so ok I'll swallow that one my bad there.
And you're right, now that I've read into it, it wouldve been better to just go the paypal route, live and learn. Also, most people (myself include) use paypal online for money transfer and purchases and are more comfortable using that, so yes I'll agree, you have the better idea. I just ran with the idea a little too quickly. I dont think its fair either that some of the money goes to them, but, I understand that in their defense, theyre offering the world a convenient service to raise money and they have server costs and maintenance costs, they have to pay for that somehow...
The reason for setting that goal is to provide a ceiling to not go past 100, and to compensate for those fees I mentioned earlier that they were taking out. If it were 70 it would fall short (i now see that 100 is way overshot ill see if it can be adjusted) This fundraiser is also not targeted specifically for the board members, i mean of course it was mentioned here, but it was also publicly listed for anyone to donate if they felt inclined to the cause. The purpose and intention was to do something to help recover his losses, and i figured I had a good idea to help him out. I wouldve suggested donating straight to his paypal but he said in the first post that he didnt deal with paypal (which was his reasoning for shipping first and awaiting payment later) so this made sense. Of course all ideas come with their praise and their criticisms. There's always a better way to do something, but I didnt see anyone doing much else except writing posts to bash a guy that isnt even going to read them. I mean hey it feels good to get a word out, but that wouldn't help him get his injectors or his money back you know? So while some were helping him go the route of alternative contact, I went the route of trying to find a solution to recover his monetary loss in the event the contact wasnt successful (of which it hasnt been, other than reaching his wife correct?) If that ceiling was reached, and there was extra money, (which the donators would obviously know since its listed in huge unmissable numbers) it would be at his discretion what to do with it. Keep it and thank those who donated, put it back into the community by donating it through the link above on the top of the forum, donating it charity, etc. idk. All I know is that I wanted to put something together to do something to help him out, and I did. And I'm not sorry for that. Mike, not everyone knows the best way to go about something right away, but for me at least, I felt that doing something even if its proving to be half ass effective was better than doing nothing.
As for being a hero... look at that line through my name. The doghouse has no heroes. You and I both know that status is never going to be removed. I'm not trying to be a hero, I'm just trying to help someone out whom I've never met before who found himself stuck in crappy situation and I felt for him because I saw how I affected people when i made them feel that same way when I screwed up with their graphic orders.
In the end no matter much I get flamed for what I'm doing, I've still helped Fred recover 40 bucks so far (if you add my 10), and I'm proud of that. I'm at least making progress. I'm not saying its right that others should have to chip in when someone takes off on a deal, that isnt fair. But, I just wanted to give the idea a try. It obviously bothered him enough to start a thread about getting burned so its not like he could care less about his 70 bucks.
I tip my hat to Sportmachines bc I personally know they're on here all the time so they know all about how I screwed up and they still went ahead and donated knowing that i was the one taking charge of the page. Even Baythan, although his donation didn't make it in, he still pm'ed me looking for a solution to the site not accepting paypal. If they did I know he would've ponied up too. I already told you I'm adding 10 in...
Honestly you've been around here a long time. Way longer than i have, and youre a very highly respected member of this board, (much the opposite of what I can say for myself.) But I still at least just want to say...before you criticize me about what i'm doing based on my past mistakes.. Where's your donation? What are you doing to help? I understand you haven't been the cause of a problem like this on this board like I have, I get that... but all I've seen you doing on the forum (only this past week) is going around and posting smart ass responses to whatever it is I'm writing anywhere on the board. I already get that from Jimmy and he's better at it. This isnt the kind of behavior that I'd expect from someone whos up there with Captain Morgan with 15-16 thousand posts... let alone someone who's 10 years older than I am.
Look...all in all...At least I tried something. If it isnt the best idea..sorry. But its not the worst idea either at least.
Also, how long has it been since I've been doghoused and im still here typing away, adding insight to threads, posting writeups, dodging flame etc. If whoever owned these boards felt I was currently deserving of a permanent ban i easily wouldn't be here right now wouldn't I?
And, if a ban is going to be the case, at least wait until I get Leroy his order that he just contacted me about today, and Fred his donations.
