[Bug 86423] Ability To Reply To HTML Email With Same HTML Format As It Was Received

[John A. Sullivan III]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86423





--- Comment #167 from John A. Sullivan III <jsullivan opensourcedevel com>  2010-08-30 23:18:37 ---
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 11:27 +0200, Jay wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86423
> 
I've left the previous comments in place to make this specific
discussion a little easier to follow.  I'll bottom post the response
below - John
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> --- Comment #165 from Jay <cassano jay gmail com>  2010-08-30 11:26:53 ---
> Taking money up front eliminates the worry about people not following 
> through on their pledges. And have an online widget like chipin (which I 
> was about to suggest as well) makes it easier for everyone to keep track 
> of and also possibly extends the reach beyond this email list.
> 
> On 08/30/2010 11:06 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86423
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> > --- Comment #164 from John A. Sullivan III<jsullivan opensourcedevel com>   2010-08-30 10:05:42 ---
> > On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 09:13 +0200, Ruchir Brahmbhatt wrote:
> >    
> >> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86423
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> >> --- Comment #162 from Ruchir Brahmbhatt<ruchir brahmbhatt ecosmob com>   2010-08-30 09:13:26 ---
> >> How about using chipin.com.
> >>
> >>      
> > That looks very interesting.  I suppose they make their money by holding
> > on to ours until the goal is reached or expired.  I did read the terms
> > of use and privacy policy and a quick Internet search turned up no
> > complaints.
> >
> > I'm not sure the benefits in our case are worth the limitations.  The
> > contributions can only be made via PayPal or credit/debit cards and, in
> > the latter case, only from the United States.  It does not remove the
> > trust issue in that the funds eventually wind up in my PayPal account
> > anyway.  However, it does require that we send the funds in up front.
> > They hold on to them until we reach the goal amount or the date expires.
> > If the date expires without meeting the amount, the funds are returned
> > to the contributors.  Given that it may take quite a while to reach the
> > amount, they could be sitting on our contributions for months.
> >
> > I was not planning to take any money up front.  I was anticipating
> > logging pledges and, when we had the pledge amount, then collecting
> > funds via any source including checks and bank transfers.  As I think
> > about it, I do not have credit card facilities.  I suppose that could be
> > set up through PayPal.
> >
> > Thoughts? Comments? Insults? Thanks - John
> >
> >
> 
That's two people who have suggested Chipin and three who have said they
prefer to pay upfront.  Given that, I'm prepared to go that route.  Does
anyone object? Here are my concerns about the Chipin approach:

1) It will only accept PayPal outside the US/Canada? Is that a problem
for anyone?

2) It will only accept PayPal and credit/debit cards inside the
US/Canada.  Is that a problem for anyone?

3) It will tie up our money immediately - I agree that may actually be a
good thing rather than bad.

If I do not hear any objections in the next 24 hours, I'll proceed with
Chipin.  To be fully disclosing, I do not have a PayPal account for the
main business, Pacifera, and I closed the bank account for Open Source
Development Corp. ages ago so I will set it up to be paid to a small
charitable site I had set up with PayPal for www.spiritualoutreach.com.
Thanks - John

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