[p2p-research] Fundable and Michel Computer

marc fawzi marc.fawzi at gmail.com
Fri May 1 01:07:06 CEST 2009 

Up to $250 now!

http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-04-30.4516536303

I'll look around for a good review on netbook models/brands and post it
here, so Michel is more informed on his options for laptop replacement.

Thanks again guys. This is truly wonderful.

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:18 PM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:

> FWD/FYI
>
> "You have met your goal and now have $240.00 in contributions!"
>
> Thank you guys.
>
> I had put Michel's PayPal account (email address) in the payee slot, so
> PayPal will send the money to Michel as soon as the fund is "ended."
>
> I had specified that the fund should continue to run even after the goal is
> met, i.e. more money raised than goal is OK.
>
> So I'll let it run for another day in case someone else wants to donate
> then I'll "end" it so the funds will be committed to Michel via Payal by
> Fundable.
>
> Thanks again guys. This worked very fast.
>
> Here is the donate link again for Michel's netbook
>
>
> http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-04-30.4516536303/groupaction_view
>
> Marc
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:46 AM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is the donate link again for Michel's netbook
>>
>>
>> http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-04-30.4516536303/groupaction_view
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:26 AM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's up to $140 now, which is 59% of the stated goal!  That worked pretty
>>> fast!
>>>
>>> Obviously, the guys at Fundable don't make their cut until the fund
>>> reaches its goal, so here's a message from them:
>>>
>>> "That's great news, but remember, you only have until 5/25/2009 to raise
>>> $97.00 more or all $140.00 collected so far will be refunded."
>>>
>>> I would re-worded: "That's great news! You have raised over half the
>>> total amount in just 5 hours! Way to go!"
>>>
>>> Thanks guys.
>>>
>>> If anyone has suggestions for Michel as to which Netbook brand/model to
>>> get please feel free to share them with the list.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:05 AM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Agreed.
>>>>
>>>> As much as I hate the $22 extra I can see this working out as an
>>>> experiment in Open Funding ("software") and if anyone here would want to
>>>> contribute to cloning Fundable we can think of having our own alternative
>>>> clone without a fee.
>>>>
>>>> Key features of Fundable that are desirable:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Funds are not taken even after they're pledged and are held until the
>>>> fund reaches the total sum. This motivates everyone, including the
>>>> recipient, to engage in fund raising until the full sum is obtained, which
>>>> in turn assures the fulfillment of the recipient's purpose.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Everything is transparent without any manual work. All transactions
>>>> can be seen. Current amount, etc.
>>>>
>>>> 3. It's a website and as such we can promote the fund raising to people
>>>> outside of this list (i.e. to others who maybe interested in donating but
>>>> are not on this list) by sending them the URL.
>>>>
>>>> If enough people donate thru Fundable then we'll have grounds for
>>>> cloning it and removing the fee in our version of it.
>>>>
>>>> The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Hervé Le Crosnier <
>>>> herve at info.unicaen.fr> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>        Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>>        Though I totally agree with Christian, i have
>>>>>        contribute on fundable, because I think nothing
>>>>>        will be up in a few days....
>>>>>
>>>>>        So here is a proposition, and there's an urgent need
>>>>>
>>>>>        Let's go on for this time, even for a collective 22 $
>>>>>        overhead, which is not terrible in front of the everyday
>>>>>        work of Michel.
>>>>>
>>>>>        And if someone else can set up a better system, we will use
>>>>>        it next time...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hervé Le Crosnier
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-04-30.4516536303/groupaction_view
>>>>>
>>>>> Goal : 237 $... yes we can ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Christian Siefkes a écrit :
>>>>> > Hi marc, Michel, all,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > marc fawzi wrote:
>>>>> >> FUNDABLE details for Michel's Netbook
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-04-30.4516536303/groupaction_view
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Please click on the link to donate. Minimum set by Fundable to $10.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I would like to contribute, but I think the 10% fee taken off by
>>>>> Fundable is
>>>>> > outrageous. Is there a way to contribute without this absurd
>>>>> surcharge?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Best regards
>>>>> >       Christian
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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