Easy Art.... I just went to smile.amazon.com to sign up. It also explains the whole thing...
73 Jeff KB2M ----- Original Message ----- From: Arthur Feller <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:52:48 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Amazon Smile Suggest explaining: [1] the nature of Amazon Smile, [2] how to sign up. Hope this helps. 73, art….. W4ART Arlington VA On 22-Jul-2014, at 01:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > It just got me to sign up. I spend at least 10% of the total AMSAT smile > amount every year on Amazon. If everyone signs up the total would be > significantly larger... > > 73 Jeff KB2M > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gus <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:43:00 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Amazon Smile > > It isn't a lot of revenue earned but it's one more capacitor on a > cubesat board, I guess. The thing is to persuade more people to sign up. > > On 07/22/2014 12:03 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote: >> Thats actually an impressive total, the percentage for AMSAT Is small but >> wow! Every bit counts. >> >> On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, Brenton Salmi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wait, if my math is right that means a total of $13,324 has gone through >>> Amazon smile in the name of AMSAT! >>> >>> >>> >>> - Brent >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Martha <[email protected] <javascript:;>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> To date, we have received $66.62 from Amazon Smile >>>> >>>> 73- Martha >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Burns Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've also signed up, and have probably bought a few hundred dollars >>> worth >>>>> of stuff since then. .5% is not huge, and is probably more helpful to >>>>> Amazon (via publicity) than to AMSAT, but it can't hurt. >>>>> >>>>> I would add that usually I go directly to the Smile page with my link, >>>> but >>>>> on the rare occasion when I might follow another link or even type in >>>>> amazon.com, Amazon reminds me that I am signed up for Smile. Not bad. >>>>> >>>>> Burns >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 2:12 AM, Bryan Herbert <[email protected] >>> <javascript:;>> wrote: >>>>>> I also signed up and have bought a few things but it is my >>>> understanding >>>>>> only 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products goes to AMSAT. >>> So >>>> if >>>>>> you buy a DVD worth $19.99 and it's eligible for AmazonSmile, roughly >>>>> $0.10 >>>>>> of that $19.99 will go to AMSAT but I think Amazon waits until >>>> something >>>>>> like $100 is collected before sending any money to AMSAT. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Bryan Herbert - KE6ZGP >>>>>> Newhall, CA. DM04RJ USA >>>>>> http://bryanherbert.com >>>>>> http://twitter.com/ke6zgp >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Sent via [email protected] <javascript:;>. Opinions expressed are >>> those of the >>>> author. >>>>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >>>>> program! >>>>>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Sent via [email protected] <javascript:;>. Opinions expressed are >>> those of the author. >>>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >>>> program! >>>>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 73- Martha >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sent via [email protected] <javascript:;>. Opinions expressed are >>> those of the author. >>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >>> program! >>>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via [email protected] <javascript:;>. Opinions expressed are those >>> of the author. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > > -- > Gus 8P6SM > The Easternmost Isle > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb "Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” - Robert Heinlein, “Stranger in a Strange Land” http://afeller.us _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
