FFF.NET loses main source of income to support site.

POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 20:10
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NCBROWNCOAT

Saturday, June 27, 2009 4:05 PM

Same thing happened in NC too http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/5448822/ so Hawaii isn't the only state that's thought of this.

Just imagine you're an online retailer and have to collect and remit 50 different and who knows how many municipal sales taxes. It would be a paperwork nightmare.

Donation on the way!

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

DMI

Saturday, June 27, 2009 5:34 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
If the worst does come to pass, at least you already have a PayPal Donation button in place. All of us could contribute a little that way to keep the shiniest website afloat, right? Who's with me?

Seeing as losing this site would be losing my primary connection to the browncoat nation and my browser load up page, I will of course donate if necessary, but I'm a fan of the old browncoat mail inundation plan.

-e

A blog on the struggles of an unpublished writer: http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/dmi/default.aspx

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, June 27, 2009 10:30 PM

Donation made and I will spread the word a bit.

As Chrisisall said though, let us know some figures and some "how oftens" and I'm sure most of us will be willing to do what we can when you need us.

http://www.kidsneedtoread.org/

ANONYMOUS1

Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:54 AM

Haken,

Grr Arrgh!

ASTRIA

Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:37 AM

I just officially joined now, but I've been a "guest" floating around here for ages, and always appreciate the shiny news and discussions and such, so I'd hate to see this site go down!

Like others have said, I'm short on the moneys, but if you give us some figures, I'd see if I can scrounge up a few bucks! And if there's anything else I can do (I'm not aware of any such silly laws in PA) I'll certainly be happy to help out!

HEROUVCANTON

Sunday, June 28, 2009 10:31 AM

This is stinks!

I'm definitely in to help. Again, just give us some concrete numbers, and I'll fire up the paypal.

Dear Diary: Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. Today, we were kidnapped by hillfolk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.

FREMDFIRMA

Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:33 PM

Amazon just upped the ante in regard to similar go-se coming out of North Carolina.

http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/06/26/article/amazon_cuts_rela
tionships_with_affiliates

I am completely onboard with Amazons response to this, as I happen to be well aware that a "temporary"* or "emergency" tax is just one more bite that will grow and grow infinitely and flow into the pockets of the well-connected while the powers that be find other ways to stick the knife in using the same excuses over and over.

Well, the line must be drawn somewhere, and here's as good a place as any.

My money is on Amazon in this one, and as soon as the public bares a few teeth on it, the politicos will quickly back down, pretend it never happened, and pat the beast on the head till it calms down... while looking for some other way to steal from it.

We're Browncoats, folk - the difficult we do immediately, the impossible just takes a bit longer, we're downright mighty n stuff!

-Frem

PS: No Tax is ever "temporary" - here's a classic example.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_telephone_excise_tax

SISTER

Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:09 PM

anything we can do to help, Haken, just let us know.

DMI

Sunday, June 28, 2009 4:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Amazon just upped the ante in regard to similar go-se coming out of North Carolina.

http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/06/26/article/amazon_cuts_rela
tionships_with_affiliates

I am completely onboard with Amazons response to this, as I happen to be well aware that a "temporary"* or "emergency" tax is just one more bite that will grow and grow infinitely and flow into the pockets of the well-connected while the powers that be find other ways to stick the knife in using the same excuses over and over.

Well, the line must be drawn somewhere, and here's as good a place as any.

My money is on Amazon in this one, and as soon as the public bares a few teeth on it, the politicos will quickly back down, pretend it never happened, and pat the beast on the head till it calms down... while looking for some other way to steal from it.

We're Browncoats, folk - the difficult we do immediately, the impossible just takes a bit longer, we're downright mighty n stuff!

-Frem

PS: No Tax is ever "temporary" - here's a classic example.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_telephone_excise_tax

I don't know, that article just makes it seem like we're caught in the middle of pissing war. I was going to suggest we all buy whatever we can before the deadline but now I'm definitely in favor of just handing the cash straight to Haken. Maybe we could do it PBS style and have a webcast telethon to raise money. Get some extra from the show to sing a terrible rendition of the Firefly Theme and then say call the number paypal operators are standing by.
-e

A blog on the struggles of an unpublished writer: http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/dmi/default.aspx

THEREUR

Sunday, June 28, 2009 5:28 PM

Haken,

First of all, thank you for running FFF.net! Secondly, you just let us know when and how to rally.

At first blush, I think the PBS subscriber model idea could be the way to go, with a semi-annual, monthly, or quarterly reminder to help keep FFF.net flying. In the meantime, I am sending a little cashy money your way.

Thanks again Haken!

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