Select RU foundation as your charity of choice and eligible purchases will result in donations to RU.
Spread the word...support rutgers (or another noteworthy cause)
Spread the word...support rutgers (or another noteworthy cause)
ATTN AMAZON SHOPPERS
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Yes, but you have to log in through Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com). A pretty cool feature.
yea forgot to mention... i've been shopping on amazon for a while and never even heard about this. The prices are the same, so if you shop on amazon, might as well have a very small percentage go to RU.
That's strange. I've had Rutgers Foundation as the designated source for at least 2 years now, maybe closer to 3, and I was a pretty early adopter on Smile. It is listed as Rutgers University Foundation in their directory.
Not all Giving is about where my parking spot is.
For example, I'm in the Wrestling Pin Pool , and that has nothing to do with Priority Points. It helps fund the Scarlet Knights Wresting Club (SKWC). I get nothing except for the satisfaction that I am doing a good deed.
Why do you need to get something in return?
For example, I'm in the Wrestling Pin Pool , and that has nothing to do with Priority Points. It helps fund the Scarlet Knights Wresting Club (SKWC). I get nothing except for the satisfaction that I am doing a good deed.
Why do you need to get something in return?
If you donate to charity you get a tax break.
If I donate to Rutgers, I want Priority Points.
It's not about "getting something in return". It's about the fact that the school has chosen to identify us within the context of how much money we give. So if they get money from me, then I want it identified.
I don't really care to argue the point. I don't really care how people feel about it, one way or the other. Frankly, Rutgers University isn't a "charity". I give plenty of money to actual, real charitable organizations for which I get no material recognition. My relationship with Rutgers is strictly business.
Except if you spent $10 at Amazon without designated a charity, it cost you $10. If you spend $10 at Amazon while designating RU as the foundation through Smile, it still costs you $10 and Amazon donates a few cents to Rutgers. You aren't donating anything to Rutgers.
FWIW my "Smile" activity goes to an actual charity too, not Rutgers, but I'm not claiming I'm making a donation to that charity when I do so.
Might be nice if you pay your half of Amazon Prime some day. Just sayin...
you don't donate any money, Amazon does to a charity of your choice...a few cents on purchases you make through Amazon Smile.
let me think about that and get back to you. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
I guess I just totally missed it and, as a medical professional, went with St. Jude which is a pretty worthy cause.
Amazon isn't running a charity, either. If they're sending money to the "charity of your choice", then you're paying for it one way or the other.
You can then make your amazon purchases through www.ebates.com instead and they will send an ebates check to you directly. Deposit these checks on a separate account and add the funds to your normal donation annually. You get the write off and the PP's.
BTW, when using ebates, I always check the price on Amazon first to make sure it's the same. I've found discrepancies in the past, but the price is adjusted once you decide to check out.
So no one should shop at Amazon because of that?
The point you started trying to make in this thread is non-sensical. If Amazon had a spot on its order page, just because they wanted to remind people of charitable giving that read "make a donation of $X to your favorite charity", yes you would be correct that sending that money to Rutgers, through Amazon, would make much less sense than giving that same money directly to Rutgers and getting Priority Points. But that isn't happening here.
Not everyone who donates to the foundation has a need for priority points. I lam looking at Amazon Smile as I would donating a few dollars to a bake sale. I contribute when I think it's a worthy cause, I don't take any baked goods, and I don't keep a record since it's just pocket change. We complain about the level of giving, this is just another way to tap into additional donations. Obviously it's not for everyone.
i guess i missed something or a post got deleted? How did we get on the topic of PPs and such? Lol
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