Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package

Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by blhack on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:20PM (#6797486)

This is great!

Something I hope watsi does in the future: gift cards.

Sometimes, for friends, I like to make charitable donations in their name. It would be nice if I could give them $100 watsi credit, and then let them choose the distribution of it.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by swalkergibson on Monday November 25, 2013 @06:56PM (#6798027)

It's money. For people.

http://youtu.be/JJvbZZWt9g4

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by hansy on Monday November 25, 2013 @07:39PM (#6798231)

Tech + Non-profit + Marketing = Win-Win for everyone

I get to donate to charity and familiarize myself with an interesting company, all without having to exert a whole lot of effort. Simple. I like it.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by rafeed on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:14PM (#6797453)

This is awesome. I'd like to see more companies and startups work with Watsi to bring awareness to doing social good (especially when you don't have to lift a finger to do any of the hard stuff, these collaborations are making it easy for normal people to do good). Not to mention the desserts look amazing. Kudos.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by joecurry on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:19PM (#6797478)

I would buy 10 if I could ship on a particular date and have the gift card filled out in advanced.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by chaseadam17 on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:26PM (#6797531)

No problem, we'll make it happen! For anyone that wants to, order on the site, and afterwards send an email to daniel at watsi.org with the following info for each package: 1) recipient's name, 2) recipient's shipping address, and 3) gift card message, and we'll deliver the gift(s) by 12/16/2013.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by jemfinch on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:41PM (#6797624)

Can you explain the shipping process for "Frrrozen Hot Chocolate"?

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by chaseadam17 on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:50PM (#6797668)

It comes as a mix. We took a pic for you: http://i.imgur.com/RQ74EK1.jpg

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by gergles on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:29PM (#6797544)

You say the entire proceeds are going to patient care - but the gift package includes a $25 gift cert. What happens to the other $25?

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by chaseadam17 on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:41PM (#6797620)

The other $25 goes to pay the wholesale price of the desserts (normally $50, but Goldbely is providing them at cost to support patients on Watsi) and Watsi/Goldbely are covering the cost of the card and shipping.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by gergles on Monday November 25, 2013 @07:17PM (#6798124)

Thanks for replying - I interpret "proceeds" as "gross proceeds" so was confused; it might be slightly clearer to say "net proceeds" or "profits". Either way, very cool idea!

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by cmrn on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:37PM (#6797599)

The cost of the products & shipping, at a guess. The profit of each $50 box is $25, which is donated to Watsi.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by fblp on Monday November 25, 2013 @07:36PM (#6798218)

Proceeds is synonymous with both profits and revenue so using this word is confusing, and even misleading.

Currently: "100% of the proceeds will be donated to fund medical care for patients on Watsi."

Suggest: "$25 will be donated to fund medical care for patients on Watsi."

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by chaseadam17 on Monday November 25, 2013 @07:53PM (#6798301)

Good catch. Changed to "net proceeds."

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by judk on Monday November 25, 2013 @11:52PM (#6799224)

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/netproceeds.asp

That's not what the term means, and musise of poisons the well for all honest correct-speaking charities and their beneficiaries.

Just say "$25" or "50% of proceeds", and don't mislead customers.

Edi: looks like you already changed it to "$25". That's refreshing in its direct honesty. Thank you for doing the right thing.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by spennino on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:08PM (#6797418)

I'm going to need a Watsi campaign for the food coma this is going to give me!

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by jacalata on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:42PM (#6797626)

Is the donation certificate a receipt for tax purposes? (I'm just buying this for myself, those marshmallows look unbelievable. Great advertising for goldbely!)

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by chaseadam17 on Monday November 25, 2013 @05:45PM (#6797635)

That's a great question. It isn't. But if you email daniel at watsi.org we'll send you a tax-deductible receipt for the $25 donation.

Thanks for buying :)

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by watsissl on Monday November 25, 2013 @07:15PM (#6798119)

This site is asking for my credit card but I don't see any SSL or VeriSign insignia. I want to support this cause but I never provide a credit card on a non-secured site, am I being paranoid or misunderstanding something here?

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by jc00ke on Monday November 25, 2013 @07:33PM (#6798202)

Good catch. While the site isn't served over SSL, the actual Wufoo form is. And Stripe (who we're using to process the payments) only allows payments over SSL (https://stripe.com/help/ssl) so your information is safe.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by _jsn on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @12:17AM (#6799306)

Admirable, but this doesn't really help the scenario where the outer page is intercepted and modified to serve a different iframe. (This is a common attack on pages that e.g. serve login forms over http, even though the form submits to https. Just change the form in-flight.)

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by watsissl on Monday November 25, 2013 @08:48PM (#6798524)

Thanks for the clarification!

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by anfedorov on Monday November 25, 2013 @07:32PM (#6798200)

If you inspect the source, you'll see that the form where you enter your credit card is an https site in an iframe. That will protect you against a passive MITM attack, which is what most people worry about when submitting credit cards to a website.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by whichdan on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @01:20AM (#6799488)

Those snacks look delicious -- "A handpicked gift box of top Goldbely desserts from around the country" -- does it include the exact snacks pictured, or are they just examples?

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by alid on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @12:16AM (#6799299)

So much love for this - nice work Watsi and Goldbely!

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by kumarski on Monday November 25, 2013 @09:17PM (#6798648)

This is a no brainer. Eat chocolate, save lives.

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by mschaecher on Monday November 25, 2013 @07:53PM (#6798302)

Really need to put some social sharing options on that page.

Great idea though!

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Re:Watsi x Goldbely Holiday Gift Package by stbtrax on Monday November 25, 2013 @11:35PM (#6799145)

"My Grandma checked out in 1 minute and 45 seconds. Can you do it faster?"

Can I expect an upcoming blog post: How I hacked conversions by berating my customers.

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