The Sub-Poll for Charity

[Jin]

Okay so interestingly there are a lot of mixed reviews over the charities to support this Christmas, I was really hoping on a landslide victory for a specific category but I can see this will fail.

So should we support.....

the charity with the highest number of votes
the top 5 charities splitting the total amount of donations between them equally.
The top 5 charities one representing each colour of vip and vip purchases decide on where the money goes.

[Molly.22]

The top 5 charities one representing each colour of vip and vip purchases decide on where the money goes.

I like that idea :)

[Sammeth.]

We usually rais around £350 -£400 right? I think that would be better to give to one charity rather than like $50 to five if you get me.

[Chippiewill]

The top 5 charities one representing each colour of vip and vip purchases decide on where the money goes.
Except the top two charities should come in VIP+ Variations, and the XMas (Silver) VIP should be spread equally :)


We usually rais around £350 -£400 right? I think that would be better to give to one charity rather than like $50 to five if you get me.
I think people will stock up several months worth, it will be a lot more this year I reckon.

[Yonder]

VIP idea is good. You get to choose where your donation goes, however people will just buy for the colour but whatever. Maybe on purchasing you could have drop down of top 5 and you choose one. So you can get the colour you want and also choose the charity.

[hah]

what happens if one chairty gets stuck with some **** color no-one likes LOL

[kk.]

thats true, i change my vote lol. i dont think it should be one colour represents one charity, you should be able to choose the charity you want to support, and choose your own colour too. like yonder

[Mr-Trainor]

Except the top two charities should come in VIP+ Variations, and the XMas (Silver) VIP should be spread equally :)


I think people will stock up several months worth, it will be a lot more this year I reckon.

We can't pay by SMS anymore though and alot of people don't have paypal, including me unfortunately, lol. However, I agree with "The top 5 charities each representing one vip colour, with purchases deciding where the money goes."

[FlyingJesus]

I vote 1 charity (the one with the most votes) as if we give small amounts to 5 then it'll hardly be noticed whereas a fairly sizeable donation to a charity of choice would be far more appreciated.

Also because people keep voting to give it all to a bunch of dogs or something which is frankly ridiculous

[jackass]

It should just stick with ONE VIP, going to ONE charity, as it's traditional to have the Christmas VIP, and split between 5 charitys would make very little donations to each one.

[Chippiewill]

I vote 1 charity (the one with the most votes) as if we give small amounts to 5 then it'll hardly be noticed whereas a fairly sizeable donation to a charity of choice would be far more appreciated.

It's not the amount each charity gets that matters, it's the amount that goes to charity in general. And we should not be seeking praise because then we are doing it for the wrong reasons.

Listen to yourself, you are actually saying that you think donating to one charity is better because it will be noticed more. If you actually believe that is what it is about then I feel sorry for you as you see life in an incorrect light.

[N!ck]

One charity. Provided that charity isn't save the dogs or something.

I agree with FlyingJesus.

[dogboy123]

I like the top 5 with different coloured idea

[FlyingJesus]

It's not the amount each charity gets that matters, it's the amount that goes to charity in general. And we should not be seeking praise because then we are doing it for the wrong reasons.

Listen to yourself, you are actually saying that you think donating to one charity is better because it will be noticed more. If you actually believe that is what it is about then I feel sorry for you as you see life in an incorrect light.

I didn't mean as in we'll be praised for it, I mean that more noticed as obviously a large donation can be used for something better. Simple economy - the more you put in, the more you can get out, so it'd be far more useful for the charity in question. I'm clearly not expecting banners across charity HQs saying "THANK YOU FLYINGJESUS", although that'd be fab if they really wanted to.

[Chippiewill]

I didn't mean as in we'll be praised for it, I mean that more noticed as obviously a large donation can be used for something better. Simple economy - the more you put in, the more you can get out, so it'd be far more useful for the charity in question. I'm clearly not expecting banners across charity HQs saying "THANK YOU FLYINGJESUS", although that'd be fab if they really wanted to.

We're not going to be the only people donating, overall our money will not make the biggest difference, however, it will make the best difference.


the more you put in, the more you can get out
Right so if we put £5 into one charity we'll got £5 worth out, if we give £1 to 5 seperate charities then we'll get £5 worth out in total, your point it?

[FlyingJesus]

Right so if we put £5 into one charity we'll got £5 worth out, if we give £1 to 5 seperate charities then we'll get £5 worth out in total, your point it?

So so ignorant. Let's use shoes as an example (not that I'm suggesting shoes have anything to do with this, just using it to show how things work). Go down the market and buy a cheap old pair for a fiver and we'll say they last idk 6 months because it's poor material and badly put together. Spend a bit more on something properly made with high quality materials and it'll last you years and years. It's the same principle as buying things in bulk to save money - you get more bang for your buck if you have more to spend in the first place

[Chippiewill]

So so ignorant. Let's use shoes as an example (not that I'm suggesting shoes have anything to do with this, just using it to show how things work). Go down the market and buy a cheap old pair for a fiver and we'll say they last idk 6 months because it's poor material and badly put together. Spend a bit more on something properly made with high quality materials and it'll last you years and years. It's the same principle as buying things in bulk to save money - you get more bang for your buck if you have more to spend in the first place

Yes, but it doesn't work like that with charities, if you donate £2 more they can't suddenly send another 16tons of food to africa.

[FlyingJesus]

Economy doesn't apply to charities?

[Chippiewill]

Economy doesn't apply to charities?

Mmmhmmm

With charities if they have £9 then they can send 900g of food to africa, if they have £18 they can send 1800g. It's to do with ratios, you are partially correct however they buy and pay in such bulk that the £500 that we may donate does not do any more good in ratios than £50 would. Excuse me for having a headache and not wording that properly

[jackass]

Mmmhmmm

With charities if they have £9 then they can send 900g of food to africa, if they have £18 they can send 1800g. It's to do with ratios, you are partially correct however they buy and pay in such bulk that the £500 that we may donate does not do any more good in ratios than £50 would. Excuse me for having a headache and not wording that properly

Food isn't the only thing that Charities supply. Certain products or services cost a lot more than food, and therefore will need a much larger bulk of money.

[Neversoft]

One charity. I'm not particularly against the last idea because its all for a good cause but I would prefer to be able to choose the colour of my VIP. I'd also like to add that I hope Santa brings coal to everyone hating on animals in this thread.

[Black_Apalachi]

We usually rais around £350 -£400 right? I think that would be better to give to one charity rather than like $50 to five if you get me.

Exactly what I was going to say. Also the colours may adversely affect some charities.

[Jin]

I was going to assign them based upon the ranking in the votes and the popularity of the colour.

Highest ranked charity gets the most popular colour.

However I am now considering if we would be better of having the same colour.

[FlyingJesus]

Don't we normally have the "Christmas VIP" colour? Not quite so special if it's normal colours init

[Martin]

Yea, I think maybe there should be one special christmas colour that has never been used before or something. It would encourage people to "stock up on it" as you could get the other colours any time during the year. :P

[Jin]

Yeah alright clever clogs. I think I have made a decision on this now,

One special colour which is the same for each charity colour, may introduce a little icon with each colour so people know which charity a person supported, something that shows up next to each name.

[Neversoft]

If you do the icon thing please have an option to turn it off. :P

[FlyingJesus]

Chirs is ashamed of being a dog lover

edit: literally

[Neversoft]

Actually I love cats and would never be ashamed of it, I just hate all the clutter we have around our user names these days and would much rather do without it. Notice how I don't have those stars under my username? ;)

[Black_Apalachi]

Yeah alright clever clogs. I think I have made a decision on this now,

One special colour which is the same for each charity colour, may introduce a little icon with each colour so people know which charity a person supported, something that shows up next to each name.

What? Just whip out the silver overline Christmas VIP Jininho :P.


Don't we normally have the "Christmas VIP" colour? Not quite so special if it's normal colours init

^^^^

[Alkaz]

I think it would be good if we could purchase any colour of VIP and then send someone a PM/Yoshi/Brandon on which charity we want out money to go to.

[Chippiewill]

I still feel that the Xmas VIP should be split equal and that the top charity should get the VIP+ colours as well....

[kk.]

i now change my vote to none. i would far prefer one charity, but you are able to choose the VIP Colour as well as VIP+