I still see a lot of questions posed regarding paying for St Jude's items. This is cut and pasted from the information at the top of each auction forum:
After the Auction
OK guys and gals here's what is gonna happen. At the deadline we will lock down all the threads then we'll go thru and list the winners with totals. Please be patient.
You will need to pay via paypal, check or M/O, written to St Jude Children's Research Hospital As we receive payments we'll post on the thread, "payment received" and that it's OK to ship items. The winner and donor will need to be in contact with each other to make sure everything happens the way it's supposed to. You can click on each other's handle and either email or PM from the Profile screen.
Paying for your treasures -
Please note If payment is not received within a couple weeks, unless ya got a pretty good excuse the next highest bidder will have the option of paying for the item. I don't want to hurt the Kid's total $ but stringing the payments out over a month or two really disrupts things.
There's a couple ways to settle up after the auction and I'd really appreciate being done within a couple weeks. Please include you real name, TG handle, LINK TO THREAD(S)and all Auction info with correspondence.
You can pay with check or M/O written to St Jude Children's Research Hospital, (please do not write them to me or Trad Gang) and mailed to
Walt Francis
2917 Rose Street
Bozeman, MT 59718
Or you can pay via Paypal.com Click on the link and log in or register then click on "Send Money" enter PayPal@stjude.org in the "pay to" space, be sure to reference "Trad Gang St Jude Auction" then just follow the instructions. When making you payment you can choose goods,services under purchase and under personal if you select gift you don't have to pay the 3%.
Please give us all the info from your particular auction, reference Trad Gang ST Jude Auction, item, donor, both your name and TG handle . With a few hundred items it gets real confusing for this ol country boy.
Have fun, Bid high, Bid often!!
Thanks from the Kids!
Thanks for not outbidding me on the Grizzly there Gregg.
PP sent last night following these instructions. Easy as eating apple pie with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!
This is the key part though if paying by PP.
Please give us all the info from your particular auction, reference Trad Gang ST Jude Auction, item, donor, both your name and TG handle.
I put my check in the mail this morning to Walt. I appreciate all the effort he, and the other moderators do for this great cause.
Easy done, no gift option anymore
I was one that asked the question since it wasn't so "cut and dry" as the instructions seem to read. There's a couple steps not listed and the gift option must no longer be available. Here's the link to my question and what others noticed too....
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=128557
On the thread German Dog posted, Kelly posted the best answer based on what I saw (and did):
"There no longer is a "gift" part-now you need to use the "Send money to friends and family". There is no fee if the money comes direct from your checking account. :readit:
If you use the "Send money for goods and services" then St Judes is charged 3% of which you should add that amount to your purchase so the KIDS get all of your bid." :thumbsup:
I did the "Send money to friends and family" allowed the money to come from my checking account, and put the additional info on the final page before sending. No fees to St. Judes or me, and the kids have the money!
Paypal last night,
Easy as pie
Paypal on all my items as I won them. Never found how to send as a gift so I payed the fees. No problem with doing that. Every penny helps the kids
My checks in the mail to Walt,thanks again for all you guys do for the kids.
Paid mine (though I only won one - but it was a goodie for me) with PayPal (always do) and I just added extra money over my winning bid to cover the 3%, plus a little extra for the kids. Just wish I could do more, MORE, MORE :archer:
Paid mine forgot to reference trad gang though
Thanks for the additional information on PayPal. I don't use that so it is good to have people that do offer input based on recent experience.
As you probably already noticed, Doug had started posting payment received on the auctions. It is not a minute-by-minute deal so give it a couple of days after you pay before you expect to see it show up. There are a lot of items and he is doing all the PayPal stuff by himself.
Likewise with Walt and the checks.
PP payment sent. Thanks Trad Gang!
I appreciate the extra info as computers are not WhiteBeard friendly. But, no problem, the paypal thingie worked fine for me.
My first St. Jude auction, looking forward to next year. God Bless the kids!
Just made out a check to St Judes and mailed it to Mr Francis, is this correct?
Cash donation, didn't bid on anything,
Yes, Jon that I'd correct. Everybody, please make all checks and money orders out to St. Jude's.
Thanks,
Make the payment, contact the donor, wait for Mods to verify.
Pretty smooth, actually! rc
I tried the PayPal thing, but it only accepts 300 characters in the description. I couldn't fit in all the details needed - guess I bought too much!
Went the old fashioned route and am sending a check and a note. :)
QuoteOriginally posted by Whip:
I tried the PayPal thing, but it only accepts 300 characters in the description. I couldn't fit in all the details needed - guess I bought too much!
Went the old fashioned route and am sending a check and a note. :)
That's funny. I tried adding a three letter word and had already reached my max. But I was able to get my item details entered.
Yep, Walt, check is in the mail, literally, as of this morning.
Billy
All paid up woohoo!!
Curt check your PM.
Check on the way....... stabow
Is it normal for the paypal details page to read "unclaimed", for this?
thanks,
Hey folks. I just wanted to make sure I did everything right paying via PayPal.
I sent the money to St Jude as directed. Then in the subject line I entered "Trad Gang St Jude Auction." Then in the message portion I entered the auction title, donor, my name, and handle.
Did I do all of this correctly?
Thanks for everything y'all do - Brandon
I just saw the posts on my winning bids that my payment went through so I guess I did do it right. I may have overlooked where I should have placed which information so I wanted to make sure. I wanted the kids to get all of their money and everything to be in order. Thanks again folks.
I mailed my check to Walt a couple days ago!
Bisch
Pay Pal sent
Thanks to all that were involved
If you donated something how will you know when it has been paid for so you can ship it?
QuoteOriginally posted by hitman:
If you donated something how will you know when it has been paid for so you can ship it?
Look up your item on the listing each day and the moderators will post on their when payment is received. Once that ok is posted by the moderator (they're the only ones that can post on there anymore), you can ship the item.
Check went out yesterday.
I want to thank everybody who has sent their payment and included the item, forum #, their TradGang number, or TradGang name; it saves us a lot of time. So far we are running around 95% with most of the requested informatiom, up from 75% in the past. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Payed through PayPal today, didn't list forum numbers, though. I did list all other info.
REMEMBER.......put a Stamp on the envelope. :banghead: Don't be a dummy like me :dunno: Getting old is tough!!!!!
Payed thru PayPal today. Thank you Joe!
:) :)
TTT.
I still have 3 'gangers that need to pay for their items. should I contact them?
I would Sean. Lots of people forget what they bid on
TTT. For those who still have unpaid items! Thanks so much!