Comments on: Buy a Mal pistol and help a family http://bashinginminds.com/2007/08/17/buy-a-mal-pistol-and-help-a-family/ Geekstuff, for the discriminating geek Fri, 11 May 2012 17:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=272 By: b!X http://bashinginminds.com/2007/08/17/buy-a-mal-pistol-and-help-a-family/comment-page-1/#comment-3960 b!X Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:22:59 +0000 http://www.bashinginminds.com/2007/08/17/buy-a-mal-pistol-and-help-a-family/#comment-3960 FYI, "I can’t list this auction as charity because of ebay rules" isn't strictly true, as per their guidelines for listing fundraising items that aren't going through eBay's "Giving Works" program. http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/fundraising.html <blockquote> Sellers may only list items for charity without eBay Giving Works if they: * Are soliciting on behalf of recognized tax-deductible charitable organizations (for example, 501(c)(3) status or equivalent with the IRS). * Receive advance written consent for the solicitation from the benefiting nonprofit. To verify you received permission, you must include a scanned copy of the consent in your listing. It must appear with the nonprofit’s letterhead, signed by an officer and include the nonprofit’s tax-deductibility status as well as your name or eBay User ID, dates of event/listings, and donation amount (percentage of the final sale price). It must be large enough to be easily legible, and it must appear as a picture rather than a link. </blockquote> FYI, "I can’t list this auction as charity because of ebay rules" isn't strictly true, as per their guidelines for listing fundraising items that aren't going through eBay's "Giving Works" program.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/fundraising.html

Sellers may only list items for charity without eBay Giving Works if they:

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Are soliciting on behalf of recognized tax-deductible charitable organizations (for example, 501(c)(3) status or equivalent with the IRS).
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Receive advance written consent for the solicitation from the benefiting nonprofit.

To verify you received permission, you must include a scanned copy of the consent in your listing. It must appear with the nonprofit’s letterhead, signed by an officer and include the nonprofit’s tax-deductibility status as well as your name or eBay User ID, dates of event/listings, and donation amount (percentage of the final sale price). It must be large enough to be easily legible, and it must appear as a picture rather than a link.

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