https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86423
--- Comment #165 from Jay <cassano jay gmail com> 2010-08-30 11:26:53 --- Taking money up front eliminates the worry about people not following through on their pledges. And have an online widget like chipin (which I was about to suggest as well) makes it easier for everyone to keep track of and also possibly extends the reach beyond this email list. On 08/30/2010 11:06 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86423 > > > > > > --- Comment #164 from John A. Sullivan III<jsullivan opensourcedevel com> > 2010-08-30 10:05:42 --- > On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 09:13 +0200, Ruchir Brahmbhatt wrote: > >> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86423 >> >> >> >> >> >> --- Comment #162 from Ruchir Brahmbhatt<ruchir brahmbhatt ecosmob com> >> 2010-08-30 09:13:26 --- >> How about using chipin.com. >> >> > That looks very interesting. I suppose they make their money by holding > on to ours until the goal is reached or expired. I did read the terms > of use and privacy policy and a quick Internet search turned up no > complaints. > > I'm not sure the benefits in our case are worth the limitations. The > contributions can only be made via PayPal or credit/debit cards and, in > the latter case, only from the United States. It does not remove the > trust issue in that the funds eventually wind up in my PayPal account > anyway. However, it does require that we send the funds in up front. > They hold on to them until we reach the goal amount or the date expires. > If the date expires without meeting the amount, the funds are returned > to the contributors. Given that it may take quite a while to reach the > amount, they could be sitting on our contributions for months. > > I was not planning to take any money up front. I was anticipating > logging pledges and, when we had the pledge amount, then collecting > funds via any source including checks and bank transfers. As I think > about it, I do not have credit card facilities. I suppose that could be > set up through PayPal. > > Thoughts? Comments? Insults? Thanks - John > > -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.kde.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Kdepim-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-bugs
