Donation campaign for Gandalf to fund a new server

[Ballbarian]

I am not a fan of PayPal either, but I did set up an account for this. I will likely close it once the transaction is complete, or at least remove the card from my account.

[lch]

Well, you'll need to use some kind of payment processing system, after all. PayPal is the de-facto standard for payment on eBay, especially when it comes to international payments for overseas auctions. That was even the case before eBay bought them some years ago (and the reason they did it). PayPal offers a multitude of possibilities to charge for payments, may it be credit card, wire transfer or other debit transfer system. So in case you do have money somewhere, PayPal enables you to spend it relatively easy. Including protection against fraud and insurance on payments for eBay.

My nick is indeed spelled L-C-H for those who use a sans-serif font and haven't noted. Some german guy on another board I frequented years ago even made an elk sig graphic for me because he thought that it's derived from the german "Elch". Neither of those is the case, though.

Also, my avatar is from this short film: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PYw8fXiWNDk which was later redone with a different voice, by Terry Farrel, for Six. Which sucked. Then they made a TV series out of it some years later which sucked, and a movie which sucked, too. But I like that short film. I had the avatar in greater resolution before but I lost the picture, the original vanished in the depths of the internet, and I extracted the avatar image that I use now from my Windows XP logon screen.

[Ballbarian]

Sorry lch. I didn't mean to make it sound like I thought it was an inappropriate method or choice, just that I generally avoid situations where I need to use it. I pay several bills online and will on very rare occasions purchase a video game (read Dominions3 and a couple of Stardock games) online. I am just overly cautious.

[VedalkenBear]

While I certainly approve of everything that Gandalf has done for the game (that I know about), I am not willing to set up a PayPal account just to give a $0 donation (and I can't afford anything more than that).

I hope that notification here can also have an effect.

[Edratman]

I don't have a pay pal account because I'm an old fart, but I'll gladly send a check to someone.

Just need to know where to send it.

[llamabeast]

Wow, someone just made a generous donation.

[Agrajag]

Ballbarian said:
(sounds like "ICK")

It's worse for me, since I read it with a chet, which turns it into the Hebrew equivalent of "yuck!"

[Lingchih]

Hmm, I donated, and got a payment receipt from Paypal, but it never showed up on the list. Strange. Well, I hope it got there anyway.

[atul]

Wouldn't worry yet, I donated yesterday and got the Paypal announcement, but only after 24 hours I got a message Payment Accepted! and my name into list. So it seems there might be even a full day's lag with some donations.

[Endoperez]

It seems there was, indeed, some lag. Wow!

Unfortunately, my PayPal account hasn't been verified yet, and I was unable to contribute to the Gandalf Fund. I guess I'll go pay my thanks to my favourite free projects now that I got up and registered. You know, paying for free things.