[TriLUG] Hostile Thread Takeover: T-Shirts (was: Re: Financial Status (The pizza email))

[John Broome via TriLUG]

I use this plugin in Chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smile-always/jgpmhnmjbhgkhpbgelalfpplebgfjmbf?hl=en

And I've generated $20 for my daughter's school with it.

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 12:03 PM Matt Flyer via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, 2019-08-12 at 11:53 -0400, Scott Lambdin wrote:
> > Don't forget to switch to smile.amazon.com!
> >
> This prompted me to double check my Amazon Smile, which I had set to
> this purpose quite some time ago.  I don't buy a lot through Amazon
> these days, but I believe I set this up quite some time ago, back when
> I first saw it mentioned on this list.
>
> Regardless, when I login and check my smile settings, I am greeted with
> the following: "You have not yet generated any donations.  $0.00",
> which makes me think WTF as I *know* I have made more than a few
> purchases since setting this.
>
> So digging a little bit deeper, I see two things: One this only applies
> to eligible purchase items, and %deity% only knows if I purchased
> "eligible items", and two (this is the important part): "Remember, only
> purchases made at smile.amazon.com, (not www.amazon.com or the mobile
> app,) generate AmazonSmile donations. "
>
> So there you have it folks. Unless you remember to specifically use the
> smile.amazon.com and not amazon.com your charity won't receive one red
> cent.  Undoubtedly this is a deliberate move to avoid paying out, which
> strikes me as a bunch of BS because the charity designation is part of
> my account.
>
> So, as a PSA - remember to go to the correct URL!
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