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Re: Help wanted !
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 18 Sep 2001 15:34:47 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ralph Döring writes:
> I agree upon faster payment and loosing money to pay eBay for the auction.
> However the idea was to help familys from LUGNET directly. Donating money to
> the red cross is all right but you can be sure that only half of it will be
> used to help. I have worked for the red cross in Germany. They had as many
> people in administration as they have for help/work. I do not want to see my
> donation be going into the new Merceds of some Red Cross administration boss.
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.
> As no more replys are coming to this message I assume:
> a) luckily no-one from LUGNET has been affected
> b) and/or no-one seems to care about our offer to help
or
c) Your offer was very laudable (and I for one appreciate it) but there are
more effective ways to help?
++Lar
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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