Well, here we are again, lady and gentlemen. Things have been a little slow around here as of late, what with all teh sucking lo these past few years. Still, this is an amazingly vibrant community, a fact we hope to highlight over the next few days. Stay tuned, we should have some great programming...
On the donation front, unfortunately I didn't really get a chance to go over other options, so we're going to stick with PayPal for now (if you want to donate, but prefer to use another method, just let me know via email or however). I believe the fee for PayPal is 2.9% + $0.30/donation, but I'll double check that to be sure. Our goal is $500 again, but the more we get, the less we have to go through this crap!
I'll give some updates throughout the week, but seriously, stick around. We should have some good stuff coming. UPDATE: Check back here for an updating list of all the posts we'll be rolling out this week. (And also, please be sure to give it up for Jeff A, who will continue to update us on winter baseball and the run of the 1987 Twins. At over 5,000 posts and counting, I'm amazed at how lucky we are to have him. The rest of you are pretty cool too, I guess.)
WGOM PLEDGE DRIVE POSTS
"THE NATION HAS PROBLEMS: VOL. 11" - The Nation Has Problems - Greekhouse
"BOOK DAY: AWARD SEASON" - First Monday Book Day - Daneeka's Ghost
"γνῶθι σεαυτόν - KNOW THYSELF" - WGOM Fitness - New Britain Bo
"WHO WANTS TO BE AN ASTRONAUT?" - WGOM Advice - Mike
"APPLE JELLY … MADE WITH APPLES & STUFF" - The Nation Has An Appetite - Can of Corn
"FTLT ON THE WOLVES" - NBA - FirstTime "hitman" LongTime
"CSI: CARLSBAD, CA [2003 UPPER DECK]" - Baseball Cards: Detective Work - Rhubarb_Runner
"COMFORT FOOD" - The Nation Has An Appetite - brianS
"CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEWS – VAN HALEN" - Miscellaneous - freealonzo
"TRIPLE-THREAT COOKIES" -The Nation Has An Appetite - Pepper
"A SERIES OF QUESTIONS ON PARENTING" - Father Knows Best - Algonad
"NOVEMBER 21, 1998: RANDOM DAY IN TWINS HISTORY" - History, Minnesota Twins - The Dread Pirate
"VIDEO GAME POST: BITE-SIZED THRILLS" - Games - nibbish
"FMD: MUSIC FOR KIDS" - Friday Music Day - Philospher
"GUMBO FOR THE PEOPLE" - The Nation Has An Appetite - meat
"MOVIE DAY" - At the Movies - spookymilk
"THE CRUCIFEROUSING" - The Nation Has An Appetite - brianS
"THE GHOSTS OF DOS A CERO" - Soccer - MagUidhir
"BERSERK BOXSCORES: WHITE SOX @ TWINS 04/19/1962" - Berserk Boxscores - Beau
"TABLETOP TIMES: THE LATEST HOTNESS FOR CHRISTMAS" - Games - punmanbowler
"MUSINGS FROM THE EMERITUS" - Better Know A Citizen - SBG
Did you want this to be the Co'C?
PayPal note: if you send money as a gift instead of for goods/services, WGOM doesn't have to eat the fee.
hmm, cool. let me double check which email address is on the account. waking into work, one sec.
looks like it's halfbakeddonations [at] that google thingy.
Alright, I primed the pump, but it looks like it charged for goods/services since it was the straight amount.
The account may be set up as a vendor instead of individual.
If I pledge at he appropriate level do I get a free coffee mug and/or tote bag? Or maybe a dvd of the best moments of WGOM.
Sure!
PROTIP: I will (try to remember to) add the "Pledge Drive" tag to all of the content posted this week as well, so that's one quick way to see all the new stuff we've got going on.
If we get 10,000 pledges by 12:30 pm I will personally match everyone
Peter: "Yeah, I got a match -- my face and your butt! Wait a minute...it's your face. And my butt!"
- Rhustler's Rhapsody
Oh, well done on the graphic. Well done indeed.
Have at it!
Not to be dumb, but I'm dumb. Clicking the link just sends me to a generic Paypal page. What is the proper recipient? Do I need to establish a Paypal account or is there still an option for one-time transaction? etc.
A step-by-step how-to for the short-attentioned Citizens would be desirable.
Did you get any advice on this? I'm hoping to avoid setting up a PayPal account; that company's security record is awful and I'd prefer to avoid setting myself up for another case of identity theft.
I've had PayPal for years and I wish my other accounts worked as well as it does.
Do you happen to use Chase?
Nope. Were they hit with identity theft?
Heh, I like that that's the go-to question. Not that I know of, just if you had it, they have an easy (and fee-less, I believe) way to send money via internet. Chase or Quick Pay or something. If your bank offers something similar, you could send it to the email address that I've mentioned.
Finally had time to research this. My bank did offer that option, so my pledge should be in now.
Kindly received.
You should be able to create a PayPal.me link which will allow people to submit donations directly. And If people want to know how to account for fees, use this.
So what e-mail address do I send the payment to?
The address is "half baked donations" (-spaces) via google's services. Looking at it, it appears that however Rows did it, there weren't charges taken (again, so it appears).
Unless he used that fancy calculator Zack mentioned.
If I'd just gone to my PayPal acct. instead of the fancy shmancy link, I could have done that, too.
well, i mean it is fancy shmancy.
I couldn't even find the fancy schmancy link.
I used the "Send money to friends and family" link. We are after all one big happy family.
yep, the Gift option
Don't do like I did ... be sure you use a bank or PP balance or you'll pay a transaction fee.
someone has to pay the transaction fee.
Circle Me! I'm in.
I hope I sent that correctly.
I think I did:
lookin good. 😎
no mention of the swedish ambassador's name when I sent my donation along. Let me know if you got it.
Same?
Found it in email confirmation.
Five Pledge Week posts about cooking (plus one about "bite-sized" things!). This is a cooking/eating blog that sometimes talks about baseball and other stuff.
I have a thoren recipe I could probably write up if we're still looking for Pledge Week content.
If only we could all be in the same place at the same time, I'm convinced we could pull of the most amazing potluck evah.
Oooh. This is a fabulous idea.
Edited to add: Of course, we'd all get food poisoning, since all the dishes would be half-baked.
Mmm...raw cookie dough
Do we have an update?
It's in today's extra cup.