Donating to the Red Cross is easy, if you're registered at amazon.com

[Eric J in MN]

Click below, and if you're regsitered at amazon.com, you can donate to the Red Cross in a minute.

http://www.amazon.com

[laruemtt]

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thanks for this info. this is a great one-click way to help out.

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[Valerie5555]

7. Even sent them a "good on you" via e mail for that eom.

Too bad only credit card users and not users of money orders could get into the act. :(

[Eric J in MN]

8. I also thought it was nice that they displayed the donation

graphic so prominently.

[Valerie5555]

9. You bet for they even have the "contribution link" on their front page.

eom :)

[Deja Q]

11. Does Amazon.com say how much they thesmelves donated?

Just curious. They are a somewhat repuke entity (check out buyblue.org).

Nice of them to ask us to contribute, but I want to know how much they have contributed. It's only fair.

[RiDuvessa]

29. 3 million

I saw that on CNN this morning. They have donated 3 million to relief efforts.

[flygal]

12. That's exactly how we did it - $50 and we let others know too!

[NicoleM]

13. Thanks for that information.

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[Stryguy]

14. And Amazon takes a nice huge chunk out of your donation.

Go to www.amazon.com and click on the big Red Cross logo.

You'll notice the large "AMAZON HONOR System" logo.

Now scroll down and look left.. "Create your own Honor System page"

CLICK!

Look LEFT (SEE DETAILS) Click "Payment Fees"

Read:

Amazon Honor System fees
The Amazon Honor System charges minimal transaction fees. The fee schedule is very simple. The person making a payment is not charged any fees at all. The person receiving a payment is assessed 2.9% of the total payment per transaction plus $0.30. The Honor System is designed to be self-service for your convenience. That way, our limited customer service costs allow us to keep your transaction fees low.

Translation: You just made a kindly donation to the coffers of Amazon.com. Of course you could have mailed a check to the local red cross branch office in your city.

Now: Scroll back to the donation page. How many donations have been made and for how much money?
As of right now it reads $2,189,000 and 39,053 donations.

Lets do the math! Shall we?

39,053 donations at the CONVIENENT $.30 transaction charge = $11,715.90
$2,189,000 at the 2.9% standard fee = $63,481

$75,196.90 total.

Wow Amazon is so generous. No wonder they're running that on their front page.

When all is said and done I'll bet they make a cool $300,000 off the deal. Not bad for not having to sell anything.

NOTE: Just write your check and put it in the mail.

[Eric J in MN]

16. So if someone donates $100, amazon.com takes $3.20.

There are always processing fees for credit card transcactions.

If you would rather mail a check, fine, but lots of people prefer the convenience of giving by credit card.

[arcos]

17. NOT true...

"One hundred percent of your donation will go to the American Red Cross"

http://www.amazon.com/

[Misunderestimator]

27. Thanks... Amazon donates 100% to the relief effort...

to put it in the title. Thanks for pulling up the graphic.

[crimson333]

23. that has nothing to do with the donations to the red cross

that is concerned with starting your own web page to sell stuff

[Eric J in MN]

15. amazon.com has a nice big graphic for donating on its homepage

www.amazon.com

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[Misunderestimator]

28. Thanks... used the link and donated.

[Eric J in MN]

38. You're welcome (nt)

nt

[spinbaby]

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You can deduct it on this year's taxes for a few hours yet.

[RiDuvessa]

33. Wow!

I just checked amazon.com, and they are up to $10.5 million, through 133689 donations. That makes the average donation $79. Pretty cool.

[RiDuvessa]

35. Incredibly fast

They are now up to $10.7 ,million.

[Eric J in MN]

41. Good (nt)

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[peekaloo]

36. done

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[Eric J in MN]

37. Thank you (nt)

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