On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:

> I joined the Kansas City Barbecue Society, so I have permission to shop
> and purchase at Restaurant Depot.

Long story short, I went to the California Barbecue Association and
followed their link to supported charities. I found a local charity
that focuses on supporting exited foster children, so I went to their
web site to see how I could help and found the link to Amazon Smile.

If you're already an Amazon shopper, this is a way for you to "do some
good" while you shop! They have a variety of non-profits to choose
from if you haven't chosen one to support through Amazon already.
http://smile.amazon.com/about Bottom line: if you're shopping at
Amazon anyway, you might as well team up with them and send your
favorite non-profit some monetary support. It will cost you nothing.

I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
sounds like a terrific program.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 7:30:55 PM UTC-8, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:
>
> > I joined the Kansas City Barbecue Society, so I have permission to shop
> > and purchase at Restaurant Depot.
>
> Long story short, I went to the California Barbecue Association and
> followed their link to supported charities. I found a local charity
> that focuses on supporting exited foster children, so I went to their
> web site to see how I could help and found the link to Amazon Smile.
>
> If you're already an Amazon shopper, this is a way for you to "do some
> good" while you shop! They have a variety of non-profits to choose
> from if you haven't chosen one to support through Amazon already.
> http://smile.amazon.com/about Bottom line: if you're shopping at
> Amazon anyway, you might as well team up with them and send your
> favorite non-profit some monetary support. It will cost you nothing.
>
> I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
> sounds like a terrific program.
>
> --
> A kitchen without a cook is just a room



I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to the charity I have designated.

On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>
> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> the charity I have designated.

Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
through payroll at work.

--
ღ.¸¸.œ«*¨`*œ¶
Cheryl

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> >
> > I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> > while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> > the charity I have designated.
>
> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
> through payroll at work.

If you read the link, it tells you:

The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On 2/12/2015 12:33 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
>>> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
>>> the charity I have designated.
>>
>> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
>> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
>> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
>> through payroll at work.
>
> If you read the link, it tells you:
>
> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>

I think my favorite charities do better with checks from me.

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:30:55 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:
>
> I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
> sounds like a terrific program.
>
> --
> A kitchen without a cook is just a room

Sounds like a great idea ! I will look and pick something !

"sf" wrote in message ...

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> >
> > I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> > while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> > the charity I have designated.
>
> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
> through payroll at work.

If you read the link, it tells you:

The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.

~~~~~

Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I spend
far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that would enable
me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same thing with Kroger,
but they do provide a way to learn the total. This would not change my
spending habits, but it would just be nice to know how much my charity
receives from AmazonSmile.

MaryL

"Cheryl" wrote in message
eb.com...

On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>
> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> the charity I have designated.

Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
through payroll at work.

--
ღ.¸¸.œ«*¨`*œ¶
Cheryl

~~~~~~~
I do the same thing. My charity is also a local cat rescue--the same one
where I adopted Selina and Nikki.

MaryL

On 12/02/2015 9:06 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 2/12/2015 12:33 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
>>>> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
>>>> the charity I have designated.
>>>
>>> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
>>> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
>>> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
>>> through payroll at work.
>>
>> If you read the link, it tells you:
>>
>> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
>> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>>
>
> I think my favorite charities do better with checks from me.
>
Agreed!
However, I'm re-evaluating which ones I favour. I am constantly
bombarded with requests so that I am becoming "charitied-out".
Furthermore, some of the major charities pay obscene salaries to their
CEOs and other senior staff.
Being a "survivor" (Oh, how I hate that term) I give to the major cancer
fund but I'm seriously questioning whether to this year. It's a
bottomless pit.
Graham

"graham" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/02/2015 9:06 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 2/12/2015 12:33 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
>>>>> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
>>>>> the charity I have designated.
>>>>
>>>> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never
>>>> been
>>>> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
>>>> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
>>>> through payroll at work.
>>>
>>> If you read the link, it tells you:
>>>
>>> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
>>> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>>>
>>
>> I think my favorite charities do better with checks from me.
>>
> Agreed!
> However, I'm re-evaluating which ones I favour. I am constantly bombarded
> with requests so that I am becoming "charitied-out". Furthermore, some of
> the major charities pay obscene salaries to their CEOs and other senior
> staff.
> Being a "survivor" (Oh, how I hate that term) I give to the major cancer
> fund but I'm seriously questioning whether to this year. It's a bottomless
> pit.

I stopped giving to two charities in previous years because of the salaries
of the staff!

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:26:03 -0600, "MaryL"
> wrote:

>
>
> "sf" wrote in message ...
>
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
> > On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> > > while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> > > the charity I have designated.
> >
> > Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
> > able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
> > charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
> > through payroll at work.
>
> If you read the link, it tells you:
>
> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>
> ~~~~~
>
> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I spend
> far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that would enable
> me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same thing with Kroger,
> but they do provide a way to learn the total. This would not change my
> spending habits, but it would just be nice to know how much my charity
> receives from AmazonSmile.
>
I don't care. I'm not writing it off, so I don't need to keep track.
If I really wanted to, I could go to the past purchases and figure it
out - but I'm not interested in doing that.


--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:19:37 -0800 (PST), rosie >
wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:30:55 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:
> >
> > I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
> > sounds like a terrific program.
> >
> > --
> > A kitchen without a cook is just a room
>
> Sounds like a great idea ! I will look and pick something !

Don't make any special purchases! Shop at Amazon as little or as much
as you normally do, the only difference is you'll be doing it through
smile.amazon.com so Amazon can donate 0.5% of the total to the charity
of your choice.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 8:19:40 AM UTC-8, rosie wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:30:55 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:
> >
> > I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
> > sounds like a terrific program.
> >
> > --
> > A kitchen without a cook is just a room
>
> Sounds like a great idea ! I will look and pick something !

The nice thing is that Amazon has hundreds of charities available for you to pick from. IF you have a local charity that is not on there, have them sign up.

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:50:59 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
>
> I stopped giving to two charities in previous years because of the salaries
> of the staff!

It's up to the donor to conduct their own due diligence and decide.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:50:59 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>>
>> I stopped giving to two charities in previous years because of the
>> salaries
>> of the staff!
>
> It's up to the donor to conduct their own due diligence and decide.

Yep, that's why I give to local causes.

Cheri

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:17:04 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:50:59 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > > wrote:
> >>
> >> I stopped giving to two charities in previous years because of the
> >> salaries
> >> of the staff!
> >
> > It's up to the donor to conduct their own due diligence and decide.
>
> Yep, that's why I give to local causes.
>
What brought me there WAS a local charity. You have lots of choices.
In fact, you might find your cat rescue there and if they aren't -
tell them to sign up.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On 12/02/2015 10:17 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:50:59 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> I stopped giving to two charities in previous years because of the
>>> salaries
>>> of the staff!
>>
>> It's up to the donor to conduct their own due diligence and decide.
>
> Yep, that's why I give to local causes.
>
> Cheri
I give to a mix of local, national and international charities (human
social and medical).
Graham

On 12/02/2015 10:13 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:50:59 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>>
>> I stopped giving to two charities in previous years because of the salaries
>> of the staff!
>
> It's up to the donor to conduct their own due diligence and decide.
>
The local foodbank has the least objectionable salary scale but there
are other highly worthwhile charities where the salaries are increasing
or are objectionably high. They have in effect become "big business".
Graham

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:17:04 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:50:59 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I stopped giving to two charities in previous years because of the
>> >> salaries
>> >> of the staff!
>> >
>> > It's up to the donor to conduct their own due diligence and decide.
>>
>> Yep, that's why I give to local causes.
>>
> What brought me there WAS a local charity. You have lots of choices.
> In fact, you might find your cat rescue there and if they aren't -
> tell them to sign up.

Sorry, I don't rescue cats, but I do give to give to a local animal rescue.

Cheri

"graham" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/02/2015 10:17 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:50:59 -0000, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I stopped giving to two charities in previous years because of the
>>>> salaries
>>>> of the staff!
>>>
>>> It's up to the donor to conduct their own due diligence and decide.
>>
>> Yep, that's why I give to local causes.
>>
>> Cheri
> I give to a mix of local, national and international charities (human
> social and medical).
> Graham

Nothing wrong with that, it's a choice.

Cheri

"sf" wrote in message ...

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:26:03 -0600, "MaryL"
> wrote:

>
>
> "sf" wrote in message ...
>
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
> > On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> > > while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> > > the charity I have designated.
> >
> > Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
> > able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
> > charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
> > through payroll at work.
>
> If you read the link, it tells you:
>
> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>
> ~~~~~
>
> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I spend
> far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that would
> enable
> me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same thing with Kroger,
> but they do provide a way to learn the total. This would not change my
> spending habits, but it would just be nice to know how much my charity
> receives from AmazonSmile.
>
I don't care. I'm not writing it off, so I don't need to keep track.
If I really wanted to, I could go to the past purchases and figure it
out - but I'm not interested in doing that.

~~~~~
Oh, no, I don't write it off. In fact, I don't think the individual could
legally do that--it's Amazon that can probably get a tax write-off. But it
would be interesting to see just how much we are able to help.

MaryL

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:19:36 -0600, "MaryL"
> wrote:

>
>
> "sf" wrote in message ...
>
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:26:03 -0600, "MaryL"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "sf" wrote in message ...
> >
> > On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> > > > while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
> > > > the charity I have designated.
> > >
> > > Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
> > > able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
> > > charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
> > > through payroll at work.
> >
> > If you read the link, it tells you:
> >
> > The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
> > your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
> >
> > ~~~~~
> >
> > Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
> > learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I spend
> > far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that would
> > enable
> > me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same thing with Kroger,
> > but they do provide a way to learn the total. This would not change my
> > spending habits, but it would just be nice to know how much my charity
> > receives from AmazonSmile.
> >
> I don't care. I'm not writing it off, so I don't need to keep track.
> If I really wanted to, I could go to the past purchases and figure it
> out - but I'm not interested in doing that.
>
> ~~~~~
> Oh, no, I don't write it off. In fact, I don't think the individual could
> legally do that--it's Amazon that can probably get a tax write-off. But it
> would be interesting to see just how much we are able to help.
>
Please explain why you think you can't figure it out yourself?


--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room.

"sf" wrote in message ...

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:19:36 -0600, "MaryL"
> wrote:

>
>
> "sf" wrote in message ...
>
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:26:03 -0600, "MaryL"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "sf" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
> > > > while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money
> > > > to
> > > > the charity I have designated.
> > >
> > > Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never
> > > been
> > > able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
> > > charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
> > > through payroll at work.
> >
> > If you read the link, it tells you:
> >
> > The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
> > your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
> >
> > ~~~~~
> >
> > Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
> > learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I
> > spend
> > far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that would
> > enable
> > me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same thing with
> > Kroger,
> > but they do provide a way to learn the total. This would not change my
> > spending habits, but it would just be nice to know how much my charity
> > receives from AmazonSmile.
> >
> I don't care. I'm not writing it off, so I don't need to keep track.
> If I really wanted to, I could go to the past purchases and figure it
> out - but I'm not interested in doing that.
>
> ~~~~~
> Oh, no, I don't write it off. In fact, I don't think the individual could
> legally do that--it's Amazon that can probably get a tax write-off. But
> it
> would be interesting to see just how much we are able to help.
>
Please explain why you think you can't figure it out yourself?

~~~~~~~~
Because I make a great many purchases from Amazon, and I do not keep a
running tally. If it were important enough, I could go through the entire
list at the end of a year and multiply by 0.05%, but it really isn't that
important. It would simply be "nice" if Amazon released these figures at
the end of the year (as Kroger does), but it certainly is not something that
I am going to stress over.

MaryL

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:35:12 -0600, "MaryL"
> wrote:

> Because I make a great many purchases from Amazon, and I do not keep a
> running tally. If it were important enough, I could go through the entire
> list at the end of a year and multiply by 0.05%, but it really isn't that
> important. It would simply be "nice" if Amazon released these figures at
> the end of the year (as Kroger does), but it certainly is not something that
> I am going to stress over.

Your buying history is located in Past Purchases. What's keeping you
from looking at what you bought there? You don't need a to the penny
accounting. Round purchases up or down, estimate the total and divide
by .5%. Easier yet - take .10% and cut it in half.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

"Ophelia" > wrote:
> "graham" > wrote in message ...
>> On 12/02/2015 9:06 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> On 2/12/2015 12:33 AM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
>>>>>> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
>>>>>> the charity I have designated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never >>>> been
>>>>> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
>>>>> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
>>>>> through payroll at work.
>>>>
>>>> If you read the link, it tells you:
>>>>
>>>> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
>>>> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think my favorite charities do better with checks from me.
>>>
>> Agreed!
>> However, I'm re-evaluating which ones I favour. I am constantly
>> bombarded > with requests so that I am becoming "charitied-out".
>> Furthermore, some of > the major charities pay obscene salaries to their
>> CEOs and other senior > staff.
>> Being a "survivor" (Oh, how I hate that term) I give to the major cancer
>> > fund but I'm seriously questioning whether to this year. It's a bottomless > pit.
>
> I stopped giving to two charities in previous years because of the salaries of the staff!


I used to work for a universally recognized international charity, and it
totally disgusted me how much bloat there was at the top of even our little
locally run chapter with their outrageously inflated salaries. It made me
absolutely sick to see them driving Porsches to work, knowing that was
money we were not spending helping our community, just lining their
pocketbooks.
--
jinx the minx

Janet Wilder > wrote:
> On 2/12/2015 12:33 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
>>>> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
>>>> the charity I have designated.
>>>
>>> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never been
>>> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
>>> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
>>> through payroll at work.
>>
>> If you read the link, it tells you:
>>
>> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
>> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>>
>
> I think my favorite charities do better with checks from me.


That is so true, Janet. I never donate through third party "charities",
including the United Way.
--
jinx the minx

On 2/12/2015 6:39 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:52:31 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Thing is someone has to pay for those so-called donations plus admin
>> costs... as usual the consumer pays in higher prices, and
>> psychologically the weak minded are manipulated into buying more
>> thinking why not, the charity of their choice will benefit... and the
>> only thing that adds up is the huge write off the company takes on the
>> consumer's pocket. It's a scam, if you want to donate do it directly.
>
> You're paying that .5% when you shop on Amazon whether you're using
> Smile or not. So you of all people, who think Amazon is the bees
> knees, should be using it more than most everybody else. Otherwise
> you're just letting Amazon profit off you even more and ripping off
> the charities.
>
> -sw
>
I wonder if there's a way to get a statement of how much has been
donated, for tax purposes? I'm in the process now of asking all of my
doctors and dentists to give me statements of my out of pocket payments
for that purpose. I do it every year.

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On 2/12/2015 11:26 AM, MaryL wrote:
>
> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I
> spend far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that
> would enable me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same
> thing with Kroger, but they do provide a way to learn the total. This
> would not change my spending habits, but it would just be nice to know
> how much my charity receives from AmazonSmile.

I was just wondering the same thing. For tax purposes.

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Cheryl

On 2/12/2015 12:10 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 8:19:40 AM UTC-8, rosie wrote:
>> On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 9:30:55 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:07:05 -0600, bbq > wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm hoping this is news to someone who uses Amazon already because it
>>> sounds like a terrific program.
>>>
>>> --
>>> A kitchen without a cook is just a room
>>
>> Sounds like a great idea ! I will look and pick something !
>
> The nice thing is that Amazon has hundreds of charities available for you to pick from. IF you have a local charity that is not on there, have them sign up.
>
I think they have to be 503c qualified. Both of my charities I give to are.

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"Cheryl" > wrote in message
b.com...
> On 2/12/2015 6:39 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:52:31 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> Thing is someone has to pay for those so-called donations plus admin
>>> costs... as usual the consumer pays in higher prices, and
>>> psychologically the weak minded are manipulated into buying more
>>> thinking why not, the charity of their choice will benefit... and the
>>> only thing that adds up is the huge write off the company takes on the
>>> consumer's pocket. It's a scam, if you want to donate do it directly.
>>
>> You're paying that .5% when you shop on Amazon whether you're using
>> Smile or not. So you of all people, who think Amazon is the bees
>> knees, should be using it more than most everybody else. Otherwise
>> you're just letting Amazon profit off you even more and ripping off
>> the charities.
>>
>> -sw
>>
> I wonder if there's a way to get a statement of how much has been donated,
> for tax purposes? I'm in the process now of asking all of my doctors and
> dentists to give me statements of my out of pocket payments for that
> purpose. I do it every year.

They say that you can not claim this on your taxes. You aren't actually
donating anything. They are.

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
b.com...
> On 2/12/2015 11:26 AM, MaryL wrote:
>>
>> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
>> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I
>> spend far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that
>> would enable me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same
>> thing with Kroger, but they do provide a way to learn the total. This
>> would not change my spending habits, but it would just be nice to know
>> how much my charity receives from AmazonSmile.
>
> I was just wondering the same thing. For tax purposes.

You can't claim it.

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 06:57:58 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 2/12/2015 6:39 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:52:31 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> Thing is someone has to pay for those so-called donations plus admin
>>> costs... as usual the consumer pays in higher prices, and
>>> psychologically the weak minded are manipulated into buying more
>>> thinking why not, the charity of their choice will benefit... and the
>>> only thing that adds up is the huge write off the company takes on the
>>> consumer's pocket. It's a scam, if you want to donate do it directly.
>>
>> You're paying that .5% when you shop on Amazon whether you're using
>> Smile or not. So you of all people, who think Amazon is the bees
>> knees, should be using it more than most everybody else. Otherwise
>> you're just letting Amazon profit off you even more and ripping off
>> the charities.
>>
>I wonder if there's a way to get a statement of how much has been
>donated, for tax purposes?
>I'm in the process now of asking all of my
>doctors and dentists to give me statements of my out of pocket payments
>for that purpose. I do it every year.

Why do you need a yearly statement from your doctors for out of pocket
medical, make your co-payments by check or credit card... credit card
companys send a yearly statement... shows all your Amazon payments
too. However I doubt you can obtain proof that your particular
contributions were made to the charity of your choice. A lot of
businesses have begun the same program, especially supermarkets. I
believe that practice should be illegal, it's an organized crime
practice, it's racketeering like paying protection money.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> b.com...
> > On 2/12/2015 6:39 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> >> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:52:31 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thing is someone has to pay for those so-called donations plus admin
> >>> costs... as usual the consumer pays in higher prices, and
> >>> psychologically the weak minded are manipulated into buying more
> >>> thinking why not, the charity of their choice will benefit... and the
> >>> only thing that adds up is the huge write off the company takes on the
> >>> consumer's pocket. It's a scam, if you want to donate do it directly.
> >>
> >> You're paying that .5% when you shop on Amazon whether you're using
> >> Smile or not. So you of all people, who think Amazon is the bees
> >> knees, should be using it more than most everybody else. Otherwise
> >> you're just letting Amazon profit off you even more and ripping off
> >> the charities.
> >>
> >> -sw
> >>
> > I wonder if there's a way to get a statement of how much has been donated,
> > for tax purposes? I'm in the process now of asking all of my doctors and
> > dentists to give me statements of my out of pocket payments for that
> > purpose. I do it every year.
>
> They say that you can not claim this on your taxes. You aren't actually
> donating anything. They are.

That makes sense to me. I suspect you are correct, Julie.

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 07:05:25 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 2/12/2015 11:26 AM, MaryL wrote:
>>
>> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
>> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I
>> spend far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that
>> would enable me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same
>> thing with Kroger, but they do provide a way to learn the total. This
>> would not change my spending habits, but it would just be nice to know
>> how much my charity receives from AmazonSmile.
>
>I was just wondering the same thing. For tax purposes.

A credit card company will send you a yearly statement showing all
your purchases, you just need to compute that 1/2%... but I don't
think you can know with certainty that the charity of your choice
received your contribution... like with any program there are admin
costs, I doubt much gets to the charity, and then the charity has
admin costs as well... charities are a scam too. I donate pet food to
local animal shelters, no cash.

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 04:32:50 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> b.com...
> > On 2/12/2015 11:26 AM, MaryL wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
> >> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I
> >> spend far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that
> >> would enable me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same
> >> thing with Kroger, but they do provide a way to learn the total. This
> >> would not change my spending habits, but it would just be nice to know
> >> how much my charity receives from AmazonSmile.
> >
> > I was just wondering the same thing. For tax purposes.
>
> You can't claim it.

I wonder why they think they can?

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A kitchen without a cook is just a room.

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 09:02:49 -0500, Gary > wrote:

> Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> > b.com...
> > > On 2/12/2015 6:39 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > >> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:52:31 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Thing is someone has to pay for those so-called donations plus admin
> > >>> costs... as usual the consumer pays in higher prices, and
> > >>> psychologically the weak minded are manipulated into buying more
> > >>> thinking why not, the charity of their choice will benefit... and the
> > >>> only thing that adds up is the huge write off the company takes on the
> > >>> consumer's pocket. It's a scam, if you want to donate do it directly.
> > >>
> > >> You're paying that .5% when you shop on Amazon whether you're using
> > >> Smile or not. So you of all people, who think Amazon is the bees
> > >> knees, should be using it more than most everybody else. Otherwise
> > >> you're just letting Amazon profit off you even more and ripping off
> > >> the charities.
> > >>
> > >> -sw
> > >>
> > > I wonder if there's a way to get a statement of how much has been donated,
> > > for tax purposes? I'm in the process now of asking all of my doctors and
> > > dentists to give me statements of my out of pocket payments for that
> > > purpose. I do it every year.
> >
> > They say that you can not claim this on your taxes. You aren't actually
> > donating anything. They are.
>
> That makes sense to me. I suspect you are correct, Julie.

It's a simple concept. You pay the same amount no matter if they
donate the ,5% or not.

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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 04:32:50 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>> b.com...
>> > On 2/12/2015 11:26 AM, MaryL wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way
>> >> to
>> >> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I
>> >> spend far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that
>> >> would enable me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same
>> >> thing with Kroger, but they do provide a way to learn the total. This
>> >> would not change my spending habits, but it would just be nice to know
>> >> how much my charity receives from AmazonSmile.
>> >
>> > I was just wondering the same thing. For tax purposes.
>>
>> You can't claim it.
>
> I wonder why they think they can?

Some people will try to claim anything.

On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 12:13:29 PM UTC-8, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 04:32:50 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> > b.com...
> > > On 2/12/2015 11:26 AM, MaryL wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way to
> > >> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I
> > >> spend far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that
> > >> would enable me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same
> > >> thing with Kroger, but they do provide a way to learn the total. This
> > >> would not change my spending habits, but it would just be nice to know
> > >> how much my charity receives from AmazonSmile.
> > >
> > > I was just wondering the same thing. For tax purposes.
> >
> > You can't claim it.
>
> I wonder why they think they can?
>
> --
> A kitchen without a cook is just a room.



My motivation for using Amazon Smile has nothing to do with the donation being a tax write off. Nor does any of the other donations I make elsewhere. It is nice if it is, but that's not why I do it.

In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 04:32:50 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> >> b.com...
> >> > On 2/12/2015 11:26 AM, MaryL wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, it clearly shows that 0.5% will be donated, but there is no way
> >> >> to
> >> >> learn at the end of the year (or quarter) how much the total is. I
> >> >> spend far too much on Amazon, but I do not keep a running tally that
> >> >> would enable me to know how much my charity receives. I do the same
> >> >> thing with Kroger, but they do provide a way to learn the total. This
> >> >> would not change my spending habits, but it would just be nice to know
> >> >> how much my charity receives from AmazonSmile.
> >> >
> >> > I was just wondering the same thing. For tax purposes.
> >>
> >> You can't claim it.
> >
> > I wonder why they think they can?
>
> Some people will try to claim anything.

LOL