Re: Sawatdee Forum/Dr Philip 10,000 Baht Challenge
Guys, whilst i'm sure we ALL agree that the good Doctor is a hugely worthwile cause as he carries out such great and much needed work in the whole HIV treatment / prevention field in Pattaya and all for free I maybe got just a little bit confused on reading Neal's instructions as to "how to donate", so I've posted a direct link to the donate page below to make it easier for every one.
You can just ignore all the stuff about donating to the board etc (as that's not what you're doing in this special case) and you just simply fill in the bottom box for how much you want to contribute (every little helps no matter how small dont forget ) and then just click the box for your preferred currency to use - So simple and then just let paypal do the rest (assuming you're already registered to use paypal of course) - and if not it only takes a second to register and the regisratation info IS private by the way, it stays with Paypal and doesn't go to Neal just in case anyone thought otherwise!)
So, the direct link is
donate/
* note - for some unknown technical reason the full web address doesn't show above BUT THE DONATE LINK DOES WORK ! - so, just click the word "donate" above and it will take you where you need to go :-)
And if nothing else just see it as a neat way of helping a really worthwhile cause AND sticking NEAL for a few quid as well as he's very kindly offering to match all donations up to a maximum of 10,000 baht ( if i read his post correctly!!)
Re: Sawatdee Forum/Dr Philip 10,000 Baht Challenge
Oh wow I did not think of all this.... as usual! Thanks NIrish for posting easier instructions and yes the ONLY reason it is going through the board website is so that we can keep track of the exact amount that we need to match. Personally I am stunned that you all have not got me on the hook for the full 10,000 baht yet. Yes, I will match up to 10,000 in donations and currently Paypal has taken your donations thus far and converted it into baht and we have 3,031.85 baht for which we will match.
Come on now, NIrish has made it so easy for you and you know you like to play here in Pattaya and now it is time for you to help a badly needed cause here. Please!
Re: Sawatdee Forum/Dr Philip 10,000 Baht Challenge
Am I being dense? I can't find Thai Baht as a preferred currency option. Do you just work it out in your home currency and send that?
Re: Sawatdee Forum/Dr Philip 10,000 Baht Challenge
No. You send it in any of the currencies listed and Paypal then Paypal converts it in Thai baht and tells us the exact amount that the cnversion is right up to the minute.
WOW! No way would I do that. Everything is here and that's why we did it through Paypal. See one example below. British pounds came in and were converted to Thai baht with no service charge.
Original Transaction
Date Type Status Details Gross Fee Net
24 Jan, 2013 Payment From ****************** Completed ... ┬г25.00 GBP -┬г1.18 GBP ┬г23.82 GBP
Related Transactions
Date Type Status Details Gross Fee Net
24 Jan, 2013 Currency Conversion Completed Details -┬г23.82 GBP ┬г0.00 GBP -┬г23.82 GBP
24 Jan, 2013 Currency Conversion Completed Details р╕┐1,093.45 THB р╕┐0.00 THB р╕┐1,093.45 THB
So in the above scinerio we received 1093.45 for the Doctor and we match it with an additional 1,000 baht. Easy and all accountable.
Re: Sawatdee Forum/Dr Philip 10,000 Baht Challenge
actually Neal i think you're misunderstanding Ceejay - he's asking do you select your own currency from the drop down box on the site ( to which the answer to that is YES) - and then as you describe paypal converts it and does the rest. The beauty being that the person donating can enter EXACTLY how much they want to give, in their own currency so they are sure of the amount going and then Paypal converts that to baht once it arrives with you, so basically you are both saying the same things and ceejay YES just select your own currency ( assuming it's in the XE list there of course but I'm sure it is as it covers almost everywhere)
Re: Sawatdee Forum/Dr Philip 10,000 Baht Challenge
Neal,
Are donations to Dr. Philipe's work tax deductible in the US?
Re: Sawatdee Forum/Dr Philip 10,000 Baht Challenge
I dont know but it is a registered non profit organiztion here in Thailand.
Re: Sawatdee Forum/Dr Philip 10,000 Baht Challenge
Thanks for everyone who has donated so far but as I said prior, I am kinda surprised at how slow this challenge is going. We have had donated after Paypal has converted it 4,178.98 and I am matching 3,938.40 so far which brings the Dr. 8,117.38 . as agreed I will match up to 1,000 baht of a donation and we have 6,061.60 left to go.
Please help. Jus 1,000 is $29.00 USD :crybaby:
Re: Sawatdee Forum/Dr Philip 10,000 Baht Challenge
Well I was trying to get all that 10,000 matched but it looks like we will not reach our goal. :crybaby:
Had just under 6,000 baht to go and we seem to have lost steam. I will close this challenge out and deliver it to Dr Philip within 1 week so if any of you want to help, please do so soon.
Thanks to all that have donated to his work.