Last Thursday we issued a plea for financial
support. Although Low End Mac is pretty much taking in what we need
to get by from month to month, we were about $6,000 behind on our
obligations. That mostly means my paycheck as the publisher of Low End
Mac.
We explained our dire situation and asked those who benefited from
Low End Mac to consider some financial support. We've been overwhelmed
by your generosity.
Thirty-one people have signed up for email accounts, and over 120
have made cash contributions using PayPal, the Amazon Honor
System, or by sending checks through the mail. (We're working
on updating our Kagi
information, which we discovered hasn't been updated in years.)
Donations ranged from $1 to over $100, and as I write this we've
received notice of over $2,700 in assistance through online sources and
over $600 in the mail.
It's overwhelming and humbling to be the recipient of such
generosity, and I've probably spent a couple hours just sending quick
"thank you" notes to each donor.
Some have volunteered to donate hardware we can sell or sell items
on eBay and send us all or part of the proceeds, and many other have
asked for our snail mail address so they can send donations without the
overhead of electronic transactions. In fact, the first donation by
mail came Saturday.
I have a firm offer on Low End Mac's PowerBook G4/400 at $1,200 and
a couple promising leads on our pair of 333 MHz Rev. D iMacs. All told,
between new email accounts, donations, and the pending sale of this
hardware, it looks like we'll be past the $5,500 mark, which is just
incredible.
The generosity of the Mac community is simply stunning.
On top of all that, PayPal is moving funds to our bank faster than
ever. The first two transfers (from last Thursday and Friday) are
already in our bank account. I've already cut myself a paycheck for
four weeks, money we desperately need for repairs. (Over the weekend,
our upstairs shower began to leak through the ceiling of a bedroom. The
plumber has already come and gone, and most of this - including a new
ceiling in that bedroom - should be covered by insurance after a $250
deductible. That's the first good news we've had regarding home
repairs.)
With more donations en route, once we sell the three computers, we
could be debt free and operate on an even footing from here on out.
And a few supporters have suggested that we set up a monthly
donation system with PayPal. We did that earlier today, and those who
wish to have PayPal automatically transfer funds to Low End Mac can now
do so through a link on our support
page.
A million thanks to those who have already helped us out.
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