[Theforum] RE: fundraising/hosting

[Martin]

On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 04:32  pm, Daniel J. Cody wrote:

> what other services accept donations besides paypal? i know amazon does
> something, but i've heard they use the information of people who use
> their
> service for marketing or something. not sure. anyways, thanks :)

Amazon's system works with existing customers - they're
very unlikely to use any incremental data from the Honor
system in any marketing sense.

The privacy info's at
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/468496/102-0859846-7136905>
and the general FAQs are
<http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/subst/fx/help/how-we-
know.html/102-0859846-7136905#do-you-record-sites-i-visit>
<http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/subst/fx/help/payee-
faq.html/ref=zm_hp_hs_10/102-0859846-7136905#privacy-notice>

However, it's probably a good idea to let members know
that it does work off the back of the general Amazon customer
and payment system.

Another Amazon problem is
> Why do I need a U.S. credit card to use the Honor System?

> At this time, we are able to offer the Amazon Honor System to those
> with U.S.-based credit cards only. We hope to be able to expand the
> Honor System offering in the future.

I think we'd do well to offer Amazon as well as another method,
explaining the benefits and drawbacks of each.

Cheers
Martin
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