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Re: Amazon honor system
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lugnet.admin.finance
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Mon, 20 May 2002 12:37:39 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.finance, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> 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.
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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 cookie issue. I'd have to ask Todd more about that
> decision, as I can't remember completely.
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.
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| (...) ... (...) ... Larry's right, the fee is pretty steep for a dollar donation. However, for a dollar donation, Amazon is better than PayPal. Here's Amazon's Honor System fee schedule: https://s1.amazon.co...ystem-fees Amazon's cut is 15% plus (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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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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