FansProject's Japan Aid Fundraiser

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WOW.
after seeing how everyone has already got their blessers in the mail, i gave up all hope thinking that i must have missed out, but after checking my mail today, my blesser figure finally arrived!!

the artwork on the personalised card is really filled with emotion hey?
just wow.

Better late than never huh? - A welcome surprise though, no doubt.

[STL]

The after market buyers for this toys probably should share the blame too. They are clearly creating the demand from those high bids.

That really is Rude, FansProject specifically asked that people not do that with this figure.

That's really friggin' low and it is this sort of act that will make companies/groups think twice about doing a fund-raiser like this in the future.
Man there are some greedy p***** on this planet!

I think that's somewhat unfair too. It's part of the world, like it or not. Events try to mitigate it all the time but people do it all the time. People have been doing this since the dawn of time when something is in short supply. And to be frank, if any of us had one and were going to liquidate, would we do it $15 or get the better price?

In the alternative, it could be because they donated but had no need of it when they saw it and then sold it.

To me, the end effect is that people were encouraged to donate. That's good enough.

The bigger question I have to ask is this? How many of us would / did donate prior to Fansproject offering this?

I think the answer to that question is that most poignant point rather than attacking those scalping/selling off. Because it means our apathy and self-interest is such that we are only motivated when we are incentivised to donate.

Not pointing the finger to anyone, mind you. But food for thought if we want to be dishing out recriminations.

[kup]

I was getting ready to donate and looking at how to do it when the news appeared for Blesser. That guided me in how to donate but did not directly motivate me to do so since I was ready to do that anyways.

However I am sure Blesser was a huge motivator for many and that is what is very cool about this figure. Regardless of the motivations of the donator, it got a pretty reasonable fund raise happening which helped people - This is what counts.

[Sam]

Regardless of the motivations of the donator, it got a pretty reasonable fund raise happening which helped people - This is what counts.

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