PayPal steals $20,000 of donations...

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You can read the timeline on the link provided below. But basically, the Something Awful website decided to set up a paypal account so that donations could be given in the name of the community, in turn the owner of the website was going to provide donators with merchandise and send all the money to the red cross. When the account hit $20k (in less than a half a day!) he was locked out without warning. You can read the fine details at the link below!

http://www.somethingawful.com/

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Re: PayPal steals $20,000 of donations...

wow damn. somethingawful.com is my favorite site. Hilarious writers there. I had no idea they were based in New Orleans.

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wow damn. somethingawful.com is my favorite site. Hilarious writers there. I had no idea they were based in New Orleans.

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I don't think they're based there, their webserver is hosted there though. The company was desperately trying to keep the webservers for SomethingAwful, as well as their other clients runnning. They apparently had their backup generator going, and their building manager was trying to keep the building functioning. Crazy stuff.

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that's fucked up though, 20k dollars? I'm sure something fucked up. but still Paypal shouldn't be allowing such fuckups.

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This is why I'm very reluctant to donate cash...after hearing what happened on 9111..half that money didn't even reack those folks..

All these self righteous ..so called "charities"...with sticky fingers..

it's just pathetic..

you know what...I paid my dues helpin' people since '91 and look where it got me...at home eatin' meds like pez...

donate to my friggin' ass..at least it will go to a good cause ...a Vorteck boost on the Cobra.. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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This is why I'm very reluctant to donate cash...after hearing what happened on 9111..half that money didn't even reack those folks..

All these self righteous ..so called "charities"...with sticky fingers..

it's just pathetic..

you know what...I paid my dues helpin' people since '91 and look where it got me...at home eatin' meds like pez...

donate to my friggin' ass..at least it will go to a good cause ...a Vorteck boost on the Cobra.. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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No, just donate your money and guitars to me. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Well, at least I still have a house and a job...a job that I must return to on Wednesday. Back to Montgomery, AL for me.

Mike