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If the forum has helped you, please consider a donation!
« on: April 02, 2016, 05:37:37 AM »
If you have been helped by the forum and all the amazing work our members have done, please consider a donation to help us continue helping folks like yourself.

While this community provides a way to meet up with other folks to share the joy of conventions, it takes a lot of time and energy to put together the buying groups as well as the hotel exchange documents and forms, in addition to maintaining the threads and forum areas.  There are also expenses that go with this venture, including hosting fees, outlays for lanyards, marketing to expand the community, etc.  Many plans for back-end improvements are in progress, which could potentially provide a more robust environment for the badge buying groups and the like.   

We would gladly appreciate your support as we strive to plan for the needs of the community going forward.



There are currently four ways of helping:
[1] a regular monthly donation via Patreon.com: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
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     If you just want to donate any amount (and aren't interested in the lanyard or ad-free option), this is the option for you.


Currently, the incentive options are:

Donate $20.00 USD and get no ads on the forum for 6 months.
*Please use the forum's subscription portal by going to your forum Profile > Actions > Paid Subscriptions.

Donate $40.00 USD and get no ads for 12 months.
*Please use the forum's subscription portal by going to your forum Profile > Actions > Paid Subscriptions.

Donate $50.00 USD and get no ads for 12 months, plus a complimentary (free!) Friends of Comic Con lanyard shipped to your door.
*The lanyard is a $12.00 USD value!
*Please use PayPal (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login) and include your preferred shipping address in the "Notes" box.




Regardless of the incentives, any and all donations are gratefully accepted!

Thank you so much for your contribution and support to our wonderful community!
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Re: If the forum has helped you, please consider a donation!
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2016, 08:45:56 AM »
Donation made!

Can you send me some good karma for the hotel sale in lieu of a lanyard??? ;)

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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2016, 09:43:35 AM »
Done!
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Re: If the forum has helped you, please consider a donation!
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2016, 11:08:40 AM »
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Can you send me some good karma for the hotel sale in lieu of a lanyard??? ;)

We give that to everyone, regardless of whether or not they make a donation!

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Re: If the forum has helped you, please consider a donation!
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2016, 11:38:00 AM »
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Donation made!

Can you send me some good karma for the hotel sale in lieu of a lanyard??? ;)

*sending you good karma for the hotel sale*


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Done!

Thank you, [member=842]TardisMom[/member] and [member=1230]CptMyCpt24[/member], both for your donations!  It's greatly appreciated. ^__^


If anyone has any questions about the donations or incentives list, please post them in this thread.  I'll do my best to answer them.  ^__~
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Re: If the forum has helped you, please consider a donation!
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2016, 12:19:57 PM »
Just made a small donation.

This is a great community as I've both benefited from and helped others here.

Thanks!

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Just made a small donation.

This is a great community as I've both benefited from and helped others here.

Thanks!

Thank you for your donation, [member=412]tk415650[/member]!  It's greatly appreciated, and a little does go a long way.  ^__^/
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Re: If the forum has helped you, please consider a donation!
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2016, 02:23:26 PM »
Forum Housekeeping:
Edited the donation and incentives list for better clarification.


^__~ If anyone is confused about the donation or incentive options, please let me know in this thread.  If you would like to discuss more privately, you can also PM me with your questions.
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Re: If the forum has helped you, please consider a donation!
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2016, 03:20:35 PM »
Thanks for the info, just donated!! The forum has been super helpful to me (and friendly!) since I joined...

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Thanks for the info, just donated!! The forum has been super helpful to me (and friendly!) since I joined...

Thank you for the donation, [member=3593]debster[/member]!  I'm glad the forum has been helpful and friendly. 

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« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2016, 03:33:18 PM »
Recurring donation set up.

Thanks for making it so easy to donate and for creating one of the best online communities.  It's been a great help and resource.

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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2016, 03:33:52 PM »
Made a small donation.  This Forum has been so incredibly helpful to us from our first Comic Con (2012) to today. Friends of CCI always has the scoop before anyone else and I really appreciate all of the tips and information.  Thank you! From Kelly and Kerri

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Recurring donation set up.

Thanks for making it so easy to donate and for creating one of the best online communities.  It's been a great help and resource.

Thank you so much, [member=3710]SteveD[/member]!

One of our goals is to keep it simple but informative, so I'm glad you feel this community is a great help and resource.  ^__^/


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Made a small donation.  This Forum has been so incredibly helpful to us from our first Comic Con (2012) to today. Friends of CCI always has the scoop before anyone else and I really appreciate all of the tips and information.  Thank you! From Kelly and Kerri

Thank you for the donation, [member=525]AlaskaRainbow[/member]!

(I still have that little polar bear and moose key chains you gave me!  <3 They're so cute that my sister took the polar bear one.)

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« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2016, 04:06:23 PM »
$20 monthly donation setup with Paypal.
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$20 monthly donation setup with Paypal.

Thank you for the monthly donation, [member=5549]BuzLtBeer[/member]!  <3



The generosity of our forum members and community truly amazes me.  This wouldn't be possible without all of you, so thank you for thinking of us!
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