Nov192007
Thankful for Ravelry?
Filed under Uncategorized by sherriknits at 7:51 pm on Nov 19 2007
I found this on one of the Ravelry message boards. There is a huge discussion about helping Jess and Casey for all the work they have put in for Ravelry with no financial benefit so to speak. A little background…I do know that Casey quit his job to do this full-time. A lot of people have benefitted from Ravelry so people are asking that if you are able to donate on Thanksgiving day to please do so.
I just wanted to do my part to get the word out. Here is part of the post
Will you help me say “Thank You!” to them in a very practical way?
- Regardless of whether or not you can or will give a donation, would you please leave a comment about at least one thing you’re thankful for in Ravelry? There’s also a great “Thank You” thread going on over here; why not chime in on both threads?
- You can donate via PayPal from the Ravelry home page, from the site’s footer, or by clicking here. On the PayPal donation form, there’s an option for leaving instructions for the merchant – feel free to send along a little “love note” with your donation in that field.
- Those without PayPal accounts can donate by snail mail if they like – checks or money orders can be made out to “Ravelry, LLC”. The mailing address is:
Ravelry, LLC
P.O. Box 290055
Boston, MA 02129
USA - We plan to do a mass donation on Thanksgiving Day in the US. For those outside the US, it would be Thursday, November 22nd. However, give what you can when you can!
- I have not yet heard back from PayPal about post #162, and Suzanne17 kindly linked us to Jess & Casey’s Thanksgiving Day plans, so feel free to do a PayPal donation anytime you like: I’ll bet the ThankRavelryDay celebrations will be going on from Wednesday, November 21st – Sunday, November 25th (with the bulk of donations on the 22nd).
- From Knitwit84, we found out PayPal keeps 2.9% + $.30 of the total amount given.
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1 Kathleenon 19 Nov 2007 at 9:05 pm
That Paypay fee thing should only happen with credit cards. If you have cash in your account and/or do the cash from the banking account process, there really shouldn’t be any fee… unless it is different because Ravelry is an LLC.
For all the cash transactions I’ve ever received, no fee has been deducted.
Hmm… will have to investigate further.
2 Theresaon 21 Nov 2007 at 8:32 pm
I have been thinking of you the last couple days Sherri, but it has been crazy around here and my computer has been trying to crash, almost did tonight. I hope you will have a nice thanksgiving and that God will bless you tomorrow!
3 Dipsy D.on 23 Nov 2007 at 3:11 am
Thank you so much for spreading the word! I will definitely donate too – they *so* deserve it!
Hope your Thanksgiving was a beautiful and fun one!