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 Paying
for Plain Brown Power software
Everything
is now donationware, meaning you can pay as little (or as much)
as you feel is fair
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About
donationware
As of June,
2004, everything on this site is "donationware", which essentially
means that everything on the site is free, and I'm panhandling on the
web. If you get value from what you found here, I'd very much appreciate
a contribution by mail or PayPal. There's never an obligation to pay
for anything you find here, other than a moral obligation.
This website
represents my sole source of income, and has since I was last able to
find remote employment early in 2002. The content on this site represents
approximately 20 work-years of effort, and as of 2004, I had earned
less than two years' entry-level salary for everything I've been able
to place or publish due to a series of marketing fiascos and my own
lack of sales skill.
I'm not asking
anyone to pay for crap. But if you feel this stuff was worth paying
for, and like knowing that your money is going where it's actually needed,
then believe me...you wouldn't find too many more appreciative recipients!
How
to donate
Right off the
top, if you'd planned to donate less than $5, then let's call it square
and move on...it's not worth your time or my expenses to deal with amounts
that small, and I don't like seeing banks and large corporations chew
up 2/3 or more of a small payment...I'd rather you donated your two
or three bucks to a food bank or United Way.
That said,
there are three ways to donate:
- Cash
by mail: It's not as risky as it sounds. Cash - paper money
in particular - almost never gets lost in the mail. Canadian and US
dollars and Euros are virtually universal currency.
- Checks
would be gratefully accepted only if they're drawn on Canadian financial
institutions. US and overseas checks and money orders cost too much
to deposit and take weeks to clear.
- PayPal
is the other option. It's fast, convenient, and cheap, but it's only
cheap when transferring amounts greater than, say, $10.
Use
the contact page to find out
my e-mail address, which is also my PayPal payment address. If you prefer
to send cash by mail, e-mail me for my mailing address.
NOTE:
If you need a receipt faxed, mailed or e-mailed to you for tax purposes,
please do not make a payment of less than US$10.00. It is
not worth my time (or your trouble, really) to deal with a voluntary-pay
registration of less than $10.00 which requires this sort of documentation.
I would rather you use the software without paying or donate to a local
charity than be required to provide a receipt for a very small payment.
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