Charity Choice, Amazon angst

[angledge]

So, remember how I mentioned that the car I was driving while staying with vulgarbarbarian ended up going to the mechanic with transmission problems? Well, it turns out that the necessary repairs will cost more than the car is worth, so VB is going to write it off by donating the car to a charity. Even though the car doesn’t run well, this can still earn the charity some money. This is a well-known method of donation in the United States.

Anyway, VB has asked me to research some charities. Through the website donateacar.com, I’ve found five charities that are of interest for various reasons. If you know of another one that could accept an automobile donation from Connecticut, let me know (don’t nominate yourself unless you can prove that you, personally, are a 501(c)3 charity). And please vote for the charities you think deserve support.

[Poll #365450]

And in news from the world of fuckupery, Amazon deleted my account. So I lost all my reviews, my wish list, my Friends page, etc. Sooo displeased!

Comments

[funkyplaid.livejournal.com]

Why the hell did they delete your account?

That seriously sucketh!

what happened to my amazon.com account

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Somehow I had ended up with two accounts (I think one was created through amazon.com & the other through amazon.co.uk), both of which had the same name, email address, etc. The only difference between the account information was the password. One account had all kinds of data associated with it - all the books I'd ordered, all my reviews, my Wish List, etc. The other had nothing. I emailed them & asked them to delete the account that had nothing associated with it. Instead, they deleted both. Now that's customer service - they did twice as much as I asked for!

Re: what happened to my amazon.com account

[mrsjadephoenix.livejournal.com]

Aaaaargh! That's painful!

I registered with amazon.co.uk a few days ago, but I used a different email address so hopefully nothing weird will happen if I ever close it.

amazon.com vs. amazon.co.uk

[angledge.livejournal.com]

If you're thinking of ordering stuff from amazon.co.uk, make sure you check the prices from amazon.com first. They're ALWAYS much cheaper, & even with shipping from the US to the UK, in my experience it was still cheaper to order from amazon.com. This is assuming you still have an American bank account in US dollars available to you somewhere.

Re: amazon.com vs. amazon.co.uk

[mrsjadephoenix.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I realize that pretty much everything would be cheaper from amazon.com. I'm mainly registered in case I come across anything that's UK-specific (i.e. not readily available in the states) that I might want.