So reading MMORPG.com I find an article talking about the fact that Child’s Play Charity pulled out of a promotion that Atlantica Online, Free-to-Play MMO, was doing with its item store. According to the promotion 5% of the money people spent on the special package deal was going to Child’s Play as a donation.
Well I guess a few people decided to call this as crap and complained enough to Child’s Play that they pulled out. All well and good that is between them and the reasons for the complaints. What I really was interested in was the people on MMORPG making the comments about the whole deal.
User blackthornn - “oooh 5%. that’s pretty giving. (yes, it’s the thought that counts, better than nothing, etc but c’mon now)
donate via the charity website and get a tax receipt instead of dumping 95% of the fund into the item mall wallet /shrug”
Ok so blackthornn here suggests that going to the Child’s Play and donating that 5% is better because you get a tax receipt so you can get the money back on your taxes. Other users continue to say that the promotion is a money grab and that if NDoor really wanted to donate they can do it on their own. So I must ask all you people, WHERE THE FRAK DOES THE COMPANY GET THE MONEY FROM TO BEGIN WITH? What what was that? Of course they get it from you using the store no matter what. At least with this promotion which people are still buying because it has the stuff they want they also know that they are giving money to a charity as well. It doesn’t matter that the company is using the Charity to make themselves money. They would make the money either way so if they give some of it to Child’s Play why should it make you upset?
Now if the pack was garbage and not worth the money I would have to say sure complain about it. But not one of the posts I read complained about the pack itself just some greedy company donating someone’s money to charity through a pack sale. A company that is running an MMO that is Free to Play other than the option of buying stuff from the game store.
So yes, NDoor was/is trying to look good by doing a donation to charity through the sales of a pack. I would have to say that they are trying to do some good while making money. Who cares since even blackthornn suggested getting a tax receipt from donating directly then claiming it on your taxes so you aren’t actually spending any of your own money.
I got to say that the complainers are pretty much failures in that and that Child’s Play needs to grow a pair and accept the money since those complaining aren’t the types to donate on their own to Child’s Play either.
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