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Re: Amazon honor system
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lugnet.admin.finance
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Mon, 20 May 2002 03:45:57 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.finance, Cary Clark writes:
> 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.
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 cookie issue. I'd have to ask Todd more about that
decision, as I can't remember completely.
> this site (which is the best I've seen for solving crosswords)
> http://www.oneacross.com
[gasp] that's cheating!
> You can read about the Honor System here:
> http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/subst/fx/help/how-we-know.html/103-
> 9755630-0115057
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> And here is an independent assessment by Wired of the privacy
> concerns: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,41660,00.html
Cool, thanks for the links and the suggestion.
I'll look into their program again and will mention it to Todd.
-Suz
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| (...) I thought they take a pretty significant fee out, to where if someone gives you a buck you don't end up with much at all... (?? could be misremembering) Thus making Paypal better from a net receipt perspective. (23 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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