http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Collective bounty en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:31:50 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/collective-bounty#post-104 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:35:09 +0000 Barron 104@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>PayPal certainly lets you accept donations. More detail <a rel=nofollow href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/xcl/rec/donate-intro-outside">here</a>. But this doesn't answer your "trusted third party" question. That's a tough one. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/collective-bounty#post-98 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:50:02 +0000 The Geek 98@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>This is an excellent, excellent suggestion. </p> <p>The question is... how do we do this in a fair way? We need to have a trusted third party holding the money (somebody other than me). Anybody have any suggestions? Does paypal already do this type of thing? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/collective-bounty#post-95 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:33:03 +0000 supermansghost 95@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>That's a great idea... I'd help contribute as well </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/collective-bounty#post-94 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:30:45 +0000 noelhx 94@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>What if there were a way for a lot of people to add a little bit to the bounty? What if anyone could use paypal or something like that to add a dollar or five or ten to the bounty? Collectively, this might be minimally valuable to a few people, but if a lot of people added just a little to the pot, the pot could get very enticing. No need for the honor system, just create a 'product' on paypal to put the donation to. Have it expire so that people get refunded if there are no takers after so much time has expired. Perhaps I do not have a handle on how these things work, but it seems to be something worth exploring. As more people come across the idea that there is a pot for someone to deliver something valuable, they might feel better about adding a few dollars to the pot, knowing they will get it back if it is not delivered.</p> <p>just a thought<br /> Noel </p>