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BillieTheBot
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Hi ladies, gentlemen and anyone else who might be reading this.
It is coming up to Christmas, and some of you will probably be buying presents for people online. I just wanted to let people know that if you shop online at a number of websites, you can also help a charity, the Association of Young People with ME (AYME), by shopping at some sites like Amazon and Play.com through their website. That way, a percentage of the purchase price goes to AYME at no extra cost to you, and you still get presents for people too. They are a great charity, and have done a lot for someone I know so I just wanted to spread the word.
Here is the link
Thanks everyone, and remember it doesn't cost any more to you but money will still go to AYME.
Mods, please delete if you think its inappropriate advertising. But it is charity.
It is coming up to Christmas, and some of you will probably be buying presents for people online. I just wanted to let people know that if you shop online at a number of websites, you can also help a charity, the Association of Young People with ME (AYME), by shopping at some sites like Amazon and Play.com through their website. That way, a percentage of the purchase price goes to AYME at no extra cost to you, and you still get presents for people too. They are a great charity, and have done a lot for someone I know so I just wanted to spread the word.
Here is the link
Thanks everyone, and remember it doesn't cost any more to you but money will still go to AYME.
Mods, please delete if you think its inappropriate advertising. But it is charity.
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The whole thing stinks. If you want to give money to charity, do it directly, not as you buy Christmas presents and pretend to care about those less lucky than you are. If you really care about the "Association of Young People with ME", give money to them directly, as I shall do.
Who said anything about that?
If it's a little extra to help then it's a little extra to help isn't it, and the more people that do it the more of the 'little extra's theres going to be.
I don't think you can really comment on how much people do or don't give to charity when you don't actually know what they give or whatever.
FFS StarGalaxy were you born a total knob or do you just work at it.
I give to charity already. BUT I also buy a shit of stuff from the internet and if by doing this I give to something else then where the fucks the con. I could either go straight to play.com and buy my £100 of CD/DVD a month or go through the AYME site and buy the same CD/DVD's at the same price to me but give a little to charity.
You posted in another thread about why people get on your back and it's for this fucking reason. You don't think before you post.
If I was generous, maybe.
Cheers Moon. I buy loads of CD/DVD's from play.com every month. I'll change my link to go through AYME first.
Oh and I'l spread the word.
If you don't like the idea then don't participate. And certainly stay out of a thread about it. That rant was needles as no-one has said that they are "making a difference" by doing this.
It is only a few pence here and there but it still counts. I personally think it is a nice idea that requires very little effort and have bookmarked the address for future reference. If I buy anything from amazon etc then I will do it through there.
Cheers for the link Maria
Nice
Every little bit helps. So mayben you throw $1 to the Salvation Army bin (well that makes sense to me if you don't have that there ) but so do hundreds of other people... just at one. You buy something online for somebody you love and a wee bit goes and helps others... but hundreds of others do. It adds up. Thanks for the idea Moon. I shall have to have a look when I get home and see if they are doing anything similar on the American sites.
Who is "pretending they are interested"?
can you please stop being such a grumpy old man? It doesn't do you any favours.
Quit moaning about people flamming you as well. It's beyond a joke. People have tolerated you for too long. Sometimes you are an alright guy, but more often and not you are a pain in the arse and you wind way too many people up.
If you don't agree with it the charity thing, then shut the hell up and don't post in here.
It's a simple enough concept to grasp.
/rant
Cause he's a dick. End of story.
Why make the assumption that we have just suddenly pretended to care about charity. I make a regular contribution to charity as do many on these boards I'm guessing. But not everyone in the country/World can donate to charities on a regular basis yet things like Red nose Day continue to raise countless millions.
Exactly my point, but Stargalaxy seems to have a rolling pin up his ass about something.
I suspect that people are deliberately misinterpreting my comments and using distortion as a method for making personal attacks. They are bringing shame onto a good cause by doing so.
But they aren't jumping on the Xmas band wagon. As far as I can see they've been doing it for a while. And so what if the do jump on the Xmas band wagon to raise cash. It is the point of the year were people spend the most cash. Therefore more spending=more donations/cash raised.
Stargalaxy, where has anyone said you do? Everyone just is a bit confused, and don't quite see why you've got your knickers in a big fat twist over all this.
Really now.
You're not serious? You can't be serious........
Thing is though, he is :banghead:
Let's not forget there is some scandalous exploitation going on elsewhere. Those Christmas charity cards, for example. From what I understand, on charity cards that Clinton Cards sell, on a £3 card, only about 5p goes to charity. I'll try to find a link to confirm this. I'm not saying that Amazon is exploiting the season of goodwill, but if it turns out AYPME will only get a tiny percentage from the sales, it could be questioned whether the real benefactors of this deal are AYPME or Amazon themselves.
It may be a cynical way of thinking, but business is business after all.
Either go straight to amazon and spend £100. Amazon gets £100. You get CD's.
OR go through the AYME site. Amazon get £99.99. AYME gets 1p. You get CD's. Everyone fucking wins.
Now, a bit can make the difference and its better than nothing.
If people are gonna buy stuff from those sites anyway, they might as well make sure a little bit is going to a good cause. Can you not grasp that idea?
But this is completely different. Amazon aren't using the charity to sell anything. They're not promising that a certain percentage of the price of a product is going to charity. They aren't marketing any product as such.
People are going to buy from Amazon & Play.com anyway. If I'm honest, I don't think Amazon really need the charity to bring in extra punters. This way the charity is going to benefit. Amazon are still going to rake in a fortune, at least with some of that money is going to charity.