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| Hello, there were a lot of posts here about LUGNET members looking for a sign of life of others, believed to be in NYC. I am not sure if everyone has replied yet. Some of the names are from people I have dealed with, either through LUGNET or eBay (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general) !!
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| In lugnet.general, Ralph Döring writes: [snip] (...) Great idea, Doe! If there is somebody to organize the money collecting (maybe one person for the US and one in Germany to reduce the money transfer costs?), then I would love to join. Regards, Ben (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| THOUGHT: Who is most likely to buy these old/rare sets? US. AFOL from in the community. LUGNETers. Why not just donate the money directly to the Red Cross via credit card on their web ite, or put money into the PayPal donation account on their (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yes and no! I found out that it is much easier to make more profit by using eBay than by offering sets for sale or highest bid on LUGNET. As the profit should be a 100% donation it is best if it gets the highest possible price/bid. There are a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Can't speak for Germany but the US Red Cross has a good track record on percentage of donations going to work vs. admin. Not as good as the Salvation Army, mind you, but better than United Way. So I gave my money directly to the Red Cross. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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