Help APC and Feel Better too - The Water Bucket

gnatster · 08-04-2005, 07:27 AM

Jerry Lewis I am not but here goes anyway.

I'm sure you know that APC has to pay for hosting and bandwidth every month. To the tune of $175 a month!! We are not complaining about the cost, far from it, we are all proud of the growth we have seen thanks to your help and participation. We do have sponsors that help, but frankly thats not quite enough to cover the total. Fear not, we have NO intention of making APC subscription based now or in the future. We all believe in the free exchange of information to further the hobby we all enjoy. However we could use some help in defraying these costs.

So here is the schpiel. How about donating a few bucks to APC. How many of you stop at a coffee house every day and drop a few dollars, yen, guilders, euros, lira, pounds, pesos or what have you on a coffee? For a weeks worth of coffee, tea, Red Bull, Bawls, Jolt, Coke, Pepsi or even fancy bottled water you can really help APC. For those of you that sell plants, here is an idea. Donate the proceeds of one Aquabid auction a month. Heck, even mention it in your Aquabid description too. Then you spread the good word of APC and show that you care about quality plant forums.

We make it easy, simply click here or on the Support APC link in the header on every page. We thank you. Your plants will thank you. Your fellow aquarist's thank you.

gnatster · 08-07-2005, 01:49 PM

A hearty THANKS!!! goes out to all of you that have helped so far.

We haven't met our goal yet, but we are well on the way.

I can't tell you how much we appreciate your support.

MatPat · 08-07-2005, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by gnatster

For those of you that sell plants, here is an idea. Donate the proceeds of one Aquabid auction a month.

I was planning to donate after my auctions close tonight. Well, once payment is received of course...the PayPal fund is a bit low at the moment

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Originally Posted by gnatster

Heck, even mention it in your Aquabid description too. Then you spread the good word of APC and show that you care about quality plant forums.

This is a great idea! I will begin to donate a portion of the profits of my Aquabid auctions to APC...It's gonna take me even longer to get that 180g tank now

Laith · 08-08-2005, 12:36 AM

I tried to donate but the link asks me to enter my credit card info and when I do, it tells me that that info is already registered in PayPal. There's no option to continue...

I'll see if I can figure it out. I must say that in my few uses of PayPal I have not been impressed...

Erirku · 08-08-2005, 12:57 AM

Is there a way APC can get their own Paypal account, so it'll be easier to donate funds there? Thanks Eric.

gnatster · 08-08-2005, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Laith

I tried to donate but the link asks me to enter my credit card info and when I do, it tells me that that info is already registered in PayPal. There's no option to continue...

I'll see if I can figure it out. I must say that in my few uses of PayPal I have not been impressed...

Laith, it sounds as if you already have a PayPal account setup. On the page that comes up after you click on the little Visa/MC logo there is a box down near the bottom for PayPal User ID and PW. May want to try that first.

As to using PayPal outside of the US, I am not familiar with it, possibly there is a difference because of your locale. I have been using the service for a little over 5 years now and have never had a problem.

gnatster · 08-08-2005, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Erirku

Is there a way APC can get their own Paypal account, so it'll be easier to donate funds there? Thanks Eric.

APC does have it's own account, registered under "AquaRatings, Inc." That name may be causing some of the confusion.

MatPat · 08-08-2005, 05:54 AM

After thinking about my previous post, would it be better to donate some of my Aquabid profits on a monthly basis or is weekly preferred? I was wondering in terms of the PayPal fee that APC will be charged for each transaction and was curious if the fee would matter or not?

gnatster · 08-08-2005, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by MatPat

After thinking about my previous post, would it be better to donate some of my Aquabid profits on a monthly basis or is weekly preferred? I was wondering in terms of the PayPal fee that APC will be charged for each transaction and was curious if the fee would matter or not?

Unfortunately APC has to pay the fees too. Bills are paid monthly also. I would say to do what ever is most convenient for you. The fee difference is not that great, at this point we are talking about the $0.30 per transaction fee. One transaction a month as opposed to four would save $0.90 or $10.80 a year. For one person it not a huge amount. but if say 4 or 5 or maybe 17 people were following the same plan, then it would make a huge difference. My point, finally, is that aggregating and having one transaction a month would be better in the long run.

Thanks for the support, we all appreciate it.

Laith · 08-08-2005, 08:51 AM

Ok, I figured it out (need more sleep or something!).

Now another question. On the PayPal payment page for AquaRatings Inc. it says "Payment for: Monthly cost".

Forgive me for double checking, but does this indicate that by donating X dollars our credit card will be billed X dollars on a monthly basis?

Since we've been talking about the monthly costs to APC and monthly vs weekly payments you can understand my confusion?