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Amazon honor system
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lugnet.admin.finance
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Mon, 20 May 2002 03:00:13 GMT
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I don't know if this has already been suggested, but LUGNET could choose to
more aggressively solicit donations easily and inexpensively using
Amazon.com's "Honor System" program.
I ran into this today on this site (which is the best I've seen for solving
crosswords) http://www.oneacross.com
You can read about the Honor System here:
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/subst/fx/help/how-we-know.html/103-9755630-0115057
And here is an independent assessment by Wired of the privacy concerns:
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,41660,00.html
I personally think it's fine to put this or something like it on the LUGNET
home page, and perhaps the set/part search result page. I don't know if I'd
pay a dollar everytime I do a search, but maybe I would. I know LUGNET has
saved me more than a few dollars by helping me decide what sets are worth
buying at what price.
If anyone objects because of the privacy concern, the notice could be
excluded in response to a preference setting stored in a cookie. I suppose
that a PayPal blurb would provide a more expensive way to ease
contributions, although I don't know if PayPal's privacy policy is any more
sensitive than Amazon's.
Cary
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Amazon honor system
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| (...) Sounds good to me... I have an old link for a Lugnet referral to Amazon.com but I haven't bothered to use it the last few times I ordered from Amazon. I never found out if it was revenue-generating for Lugnet. If it is, I will gladly use it (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
| | | Re: Amazon honor system
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| (...) We had something like this that went to PayPal. (Not sure what happened to that). Amazon actually contacted us about their honor system program before its release. We looked over their documents and decided it wasn't better enough to warrent a (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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