Path: nntp.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Another sale, another good cause Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:20:59 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: <105fkhc$2l7n8$1@dont-email.me> References: <5gbl7khq4590nsbcb11g3qs8pejn1ejq0l@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:21:01 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a5f787f0fcea6c59736ad7c1c470898f"; logging-data="2793192"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX192AcYzlfL6lodrAGxzIgfb" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:RRh0kXKWtoT7jXyaU9ly8Q68+u8= In-Reply-To: <5gbl7khq4590nsbcb11g3qs8pejn1ejq0l@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-GB On 18/07/2025 21:32, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > > Sure, we SAY it's because we want to give to charity and support a > good cause, but let's be honest: it's just a chance to get cheaper > games. ;-) > > But c'mon, you can't argue with this one! ;-) > https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45565804/sale/Wish200WeekCharitySale > > > I'm having a real hard time with this sale, though, but only because I > already HAVE pretty much all the games on the list. Well, except for > the fishing ones. Still... dying kids' last wish; I suppose that > justifies adding a few more games to the library. > > (Or I could just give the same amount I'd spend to the charity > directly*... but then The Number wouldn't get any larger. ;-) > The two problems I have are that it's not clear how much of the money goes to the charity in question and I assume there's no option to use Gift Aid which allows a charity to also claim back the tax (charity donations are tax deductible) which mean an extra 25%. Now that doesn't mean I'm against the event as it will raise money but if my motivation was to support them I'd donate to them directly.