Let's Save Tinkerbell's Home

[Nightengale]

Ok guys, forgive me, but I'm royally aggravated....

I originally posted the Christmas raffle thread to help Tina, but I can't find it now. It seems to have been deleted.... Or something is wrong with my computer.... But WHY would it be deleted????? (When I click on any of the links for it, I get an "invalid thread" error message.)

As far as I knew, no one responded to my offer, which really disappointed me. To top it off, I've had a bit of a cash emergency myself this week. And when I say "emergency", that's exactly what I mean. It's NOT good. But on the other hand, I'm not losing my home either and I wanted to do what I could. So to see my post deleted or no one responding.... well, it upset me.

Finally, I just had someone PM me this morning with their payment details, taking me up on my offer. So maybe I'm missing something? As far as I know, he's the only one who took me up on the offer. If you donated, I want to put you in the raffle, so please let me know.

If anyone else knows where my Christmas raffle thread is or if you responded to it, please let me know. I'd really like to know what happened.

Michelle

[tomw]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Ok guys, forgive me, but I'm royally aggravated....

I originally posted the Christmas raffle thread to help Tina, but I can't find it now. It seems to have been deleted.... Or something is wrong with my computer.... But WHY would it be deleted????? (When I click on any of the links for it, I get an "invalid thread" error message.)

As far as I knew, no one responded to my offer, which really disappointed me. To top it off, I've had a bit of a cash emergency myself this week. And when I say "emergency", that's exactly what I mean. It's NOT good. But on the other hand, I'm not losing my home either and I wanted to do what I could. So to see my post deleted or no one responding.... well, it upset me.

Finally, I just had someone PM me this morning with their payment details, taking me up on my offer. So maybe I'm missing something? As far as I know, he's the only one who took me up on the offer. If you donated, I want to put you in the raffle, so please let me know.

If anyone else knows where my Christmas raffle thread is or if you responded to it, please let me know. I'd really like to know what happened.

Michelle

I don't know for sure but aren't raffles and things against some sort of American law or strictly regulated like gambling. I'm an Englishman so forgive me if I'm completely off the mark.

Thomas

[Steven Carl Kelly]

I don't know the specifics of the raffle, but paid-to-enter contests are heavily regulated in the US and have to meet stringent criteria in order to be legal.

Like I said, I don't know the specifics of what was on offer in the thread...

[tomw]

Originally Posted by faxinator

I don't know the specifics of the raffle, but paid-to-enter contests are heavily regulated in the US and have to meet stringent criteria in order to be legal.

Like I said, I don't know the specifics of what was on offer in the thread...

From what I remember it was "buy a ticket, win some cool stuff"

...

much like a raffle.



Thomas

[Steven Carl Kelly]

Thomas:

Raffle laws vary by state.

What are the raffle laws of each state?|Raffle FAQ
"In the United States raffle laws vary considerably by state. Some states define charitable raffles as equal to lotteries and therefore have deemed them illegal. Other states allow raffles for charities but do not have lotteries."

"The application for the raffle license may be required by the state, county or city government. Sometimes organizations must file with the state and local government so it is always wise to contact all government agencies. Most applications require a fee."

"Each state also has different requirements about the organizations that are allowed to hold a raffle and the manner in which it is conducted.
For example according to the laws of Colorado, the organization must have been in existence for five years before an application for a bingo/raffle license can be made."

[mmurtha]

Hey Michelle,

I believe the thread was deleted. - probably because you posted it as a "Raffle". Raffles require special licenses, and I'm sure the Warrior Forum doesn't hold such a license. (could be wrong here though).

To be honest with you, yes you got some responses. Ho many, I can't remember, but I do know that about half the posts were about you titling your thread as a "Raffle".

If you want my advice, I'd move on and use this thread to offer your services/cash/or whatever - but not a raffle, and not complain about the missing thread.

And no, I didn't say you were complaining about it so ...

Hope this helps ...


Mary

[mark10]

great cause,let help as much as poss.

[avandrunen]

I am pretty new to this place and it is so awesome to see so many people come together to help someone in need.

To help as much as I can I have purchased Tommy's blog flipping WSO.

Have a great day everyone
Adrian

[Jeremy Kelsall]

Any idea on how much money has been raised so far?

[tommygadget]

Adrian just bought my ebook and I pledged to forward the money over, does anyone have Tina's PayPal id? Please PM me. Thanks.

TomG.

[J Elizabeth Dize]

Please read my post on pg. 3 at the bottom if you want to help further:

Don't Wait Till It's Too Late (Personal)



I'm writing sales copy and putting up site tonight if enough people help (and Tink gets back to me). Remember...it's free for you to donate a product, but could save a lady's home

[J Elizabeth Dize]

Update: here is the donation link-

http://workathomeformoms.net/tink/tink.html

Goes straight to Tina

[AnneE]

I created a Squidoo lens about this story, A True Christmas Story - Virtual Barn Raising -- and added a donation button.

Tomorrow I'll do more with promoting the Squidoo lens and adding a few more details, perhaps a bit of Tinkerbell's original post and definitely more of what the Warriors are doing to help.

Any Squidoo - ers, please take a minute to stop by the lens and rank it - again A True Christmas Story - Virtual Barn Raising. Thanks to those who already did so. Some of you are pretty darn fast! Probably how you manage to make so many lenses.

[Sheryl Polomka]

This is fantastic guys - I have just come in here today and seen how many people have been in and responded, that is so great.

Tinkerbell Donation

I know Jenn already put the link here, I just wanted to put it again just to make sure its seen!

Anyone can just go to that page and make a donation of any amount.

Remember, all donations help no matter how small they will all add up.

[Sheryl Polomka]

Anne - great Lens, I just rated it for you.

Anne also has a donation button on her lens for anyone wanting to make a donation

I heard from Tina and she has around $745 raised so far - which is not a real lot, we have a long way to go.

Come on guys, there are thousands of Warrior members, if every member even donated a couple of dollars each we would reach the target.

[Sheryl Polomka]

We are almost at the $1000 mark - the total raised so far $909

Tinkerbell Donation

Thanks Warriors and let's keep them donations coming for Tina!

[Michelle Brouse]

Hey all,

Here I am trying to get INTO a house instead of OUT of one - LOL! Well, make that out of one and into the other. Working on a house for 4 years without being able to move in - is frustrating enough - to have your home completely taken away is something that nobody should ever have to go through.

It's funny, but we bought our house on a foreclosure at sheriff's auction - but we also tried to help the guy that lived there out. We tried to buy the home directly from him, BEFORE it went to auction, so he wouldn't have to go through the entire foreclosure process, but he wasn't leaving.

The only reason we kept looking for "auction" homes, was because we knew we wouldn't be able to afford a large monthly house payment. Little did we know what kind of work would be involved, and that we would end up paying two sets of bills for 4 years. Heh.

But, I wanted to give you a tip, Tina - (I read the other threads, and have been skipping around trying to catch up) - but you will NOT have to leave in 20 days (well, about 15 now) if your foreclosures work anything like they do around here. When the guy we tried to buy our home from refused, we went ahead and bought it from sheriff's auction. We thought that he had 30 days to move, after we purchased the home.

He refused. We waited another 30 days. He again refused to move. I forget what all we ended up doing, (been 4-5 years ago) - but it was a full 90 days before we could get into that house even to look at what needed done before we could even THINK about moving.

At the end of 90 days - we had to go down, and move this poor man out of his house. I don't think he ever really BELIEVED he no longer owned his home. He was drinking heavily, his wife and kids had left him, and now here we were with the sheriff telling him he had to move. That DAY.

We understood his situation. We felt bad for him (although irritated that he chose not to work with us before the house even went to auction) - so we used all of the boxes we had saved to pack in - to pack HIM up. We had about 4 trucks there, and my husband took the guy to a storage area, paid the deposit, and his first month of storage. The poor guy was very sad, (They had lived there for a long time too) - and we tried to make the transition as easy as we could. Our family packed all his stuff and moved it into the storage area - and the guy's mom finally came and got him.

I talked to his mom briefly, and told her we were sorry to have to move him out - but by this time we had paid 3 months on a house we couldn't even get in to work on. She understood.

Here's the link to what we have been doing to that house for 4 years - and yep - we now have the kitchen sink! :-) our house
I had created a WSO to get the sink purchased - that page was created to show where the sink would go.

So, from being on the "other end" of this type of situation, I can tell you that you will STILL have 90 days - if you refuse to move - to find another place to go. Just keep refusing as long as you can, legally - they can't do a thing to you for 90 days - unless your state's laws are different than ours.

That's only IF - we can't help you here to get the back funds caught up. I'll head to Tiff's page now and donate - but just wanted to toss that out for you. Even if the worst seems to happen, you'll still have some time to find another place. Just refuse to move until they evict you. ;-)

We all wish you the best of luck, and I hope you get to save your house. I've done a number of things just to get the kids gifts this year, it can be rough, but everything will work out in the end. Thankfully, we have great credit over here, a few good credit cards, and plenty of ways to make money! I hate using credit cards, but have the know how, and the ability to pay it all off. We can't WAIT to move here - then I'll be concentrating on paying back the debt we have incurred in 4 years - and pay that house off!

So keep your chin up, and if you need help with anything online - give me a yell. I'm quite slow, and usually pretty busy - but I always take time to help out where I can. We have some moving to do ourselves, but looking forward to having that PC room instead of a corner of the living room - and hoping to be more active in here after the new year.

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Thanks!
Michelle

[Nathan Hangen]

I don't have any WSO to offer, but if anyone is interested in buying Pashmina from Afghanistan, I will donate 100% of the profit to Tina's account. Just put a note in the text box when you order.

[traces2757]

Originally Posted by AnneE

I created a Squidoo lens about this story, A True Christmas Story - Virtual Barn Raising -- and added a donation button.

Tomorrow I'll do more with promoting the Squidoo lens and adding a few more details, perhaps a bit of Tinkerbell's original post and definitely more of what the Warriors are doing to help.

Any Squidoo - ers, please take a minute to stop by the lens and rank it - again A True Christmas Story - Virtual Barn Raising. Thanks to those who already did so. Some of you are pretty darn fast! Probably how you manage to make so many lenses.

Great lens, Anne. I rated you!

[Jenni Mac]

Don't know if anyone has bookmarked any of the 'Tink' threads, but I just did a Digg!

Glad to hear people are helping out someone in need at this time of the year!

[J Elizabeth Dize]

Originally Posted by Jenni Mac

Don't know if anyone has bookmarked any of the 'Tink' threads, but I just did a Digg!

Glad to hear people are helping out someone in need at this time of the year!

Awesome Jenni!

Everyone should Digg this too:

Digg - Help Save A Family's Home...For $1. It's Christmas

(copy and paste into your browser )

[AnneE]

I went through this thread and even the original and tried to list all the offers, in my Squidoo lens, A True Christmas Story - Virtual Barn Raising. If anyone sees one I'm missing, or you'd like me to clarify, just let me know. I feel like I'm pretty well-done with building the lens, now just need to raise its visibility.

[Robert Oliver]

This thread needs bumped. Hopes it is ok.

Where do we send money to?

Robert

[J Elizabeth Dize]

Right here Robert:
Tinkerbell Donation

You're awesome!

[Robert Oliver]

Thanks Jenn,

Donation made.

Just takes a lot of people doing a few small things
to make this happen.

Robert

[mmurtha]

Originally Posted by AnneE

I went through this thread and even the original and tried to list all the offers, in my Squidoo lens, A True Christmas Story - Virtual Barn Raising. If anyone sees one I'm missing, or you'd like me to clarify, just let me know. I feel like I'm pretty well-done with building the lens, now just need to raise its visibility.

Hi Anne,

Thanks, and good looking lens.

I saw where you listed the domains for sale in the auction. but you didn't list the gaming site.

Can you list it too?

Thanks ...


Mary

[Robert Oliver]

How is this coming?

What's the $amount reached now?

Robert

[AnneE]

Originally Posted by mmurtha

Hi Anne,

Thanks, and good looking lens.

I saw where you listed the domains for sale in the auction. but you didn't list the gaming site.

Can you list it too?

Thanks ...


Mary

Mary.... thanks so much for pointing this out to me. Your offer is very generous and sounds like a real bargain for someone. I added it to the lens this morning, as well as Jen's firesale.

Actually the number of bargains that are up for sale with proceeds going to Tinkerbell's house should manage to elicit some contributions even from those just interested in personal gain. I think it's time to start getting the 'make money online' bloggers talking about this.

[lakshaybehl]

I am about to launch a WSO... And I am sure we can cut down the Xmas expenses. So I'll donate a fraction of my income. It shoiuld be up and running this week.

-Lakshay

[Robert Oliver]

I hear she is at around $1200 so far.

Let's make this happen and get her house back.

Merry Christmas to all here in the forum.

Looks to be a great 2009.

Robert

[traces2757]

Lets keep this thread visible. I know the goal hasn't been reached yet, but I know it definitely can be because I've seen it happen here. In fact, seeing the generosity and compassion of the members here is what inspired me to join.

Can anyone give us an update on how it's going?

[J Elizabeth Dize]

Originally Posted by traces2757

Lets keep this thread visible. I know the goal hasn't been reached yet, but I know it definitely can be because I've seen it happen here. In fact, seeing the generosity and compassion of the members here is what inspired me to join.

Can anyone give us an update on how it's going?

Firesale is at $403, not sure about the donations

[traces2757]

Originally Posted by Jenn Dize

Firesale is at $403, not sure about the donations

Thanks, Jenn...sounds like you're doing great!

[andyelite]

Can someone just confirm that the business name on the PayPal account for Tina is actually "Fiction Promotions" as I aborted my donation rather than send money to such a bogus-sounding destination. If that is correct, great, I'll go back and donate. Just wanted to be sure that there weren't any scammers lurking around trying to cash in on Tina's situation. Jenn, Sheryl, someone please confirm, thanks.

[kevinw1]

Lens starred, stumbled, blinked, and the digg page voted on too.

[marlondirk]

oh wow spirit of christmas is on air now im so glad there are still many people in this world doing this helP im happy lets help tinkerbel!

[J Elizabeth Dize]

Originally Posted by andyelite

Can someone just confirm that the business name on the PayPal account for Tina is actually "Fiction Promotions" as I aborted my donation rather than send money to such a bogus-sounding destination. If that is correct, great, I'll go back and donate. Just wanted to be sure that there weren't any scammers lurking around trying to cash in on Tina's situation. Jenn, Sheryl, someone please confirm, thanks.

Hi Andy,
It's correct. I believe Tina has an info product about writing fiction I'll pm you with her direct PayPal as well.

[Jenni Mac]

Still rooting for you and your family Tina! There but for the grace of God go ALL of us!

So I just thought I'd fetch this back and get it back on the first page!

[avandrunen]

Do we have any further updates on the progress here.

Just wondering how we're doing.

Thanks
Adrian

[andyelite]

Originally Posted by Jenn Dize

Hi Andy,
It's correct. I believe Tina has an info product about writing fiction I'll pm you with her direct PayPal as well.

Thanks Jenn. Sent a little something to help. Hopefully, enough of us chipping in a little each will put Tina and her family in a position to start over in the New Year without the pressures they have had in recent months. Best wishes to all.

[AnneE]

Originally Posted by avandrunen

Do we have any further updates on the progress here.

Just wondering how we're doing.

Thanks
Adrian

Last I heard they were at about $1800. Still quite a ways to go, but some of the items are people auctionning off working websites or domains or even services, where the auction ends on Christmas eve. So hopefully there will be a substantial bump at that time.

By the way, there are some very good bargains offered, so even the most selfish might want to consider taking a look at the complete list on A True Christmas Story - Virtual Barn Raising.

Every little bit helps, even every action, every Digg of Jenn's page, every Squidoo rating of my lens (A True Christmas Story - Virtual Barn Raising), etc. So say a prayer and then please contribute what you can, even if it is simply passing the information along.

Thanks in advance to all. Merry Christmas.

[Tinkerbell]

Originally Posted by AnneE

Last I heard they were at about $1800. Still quite a ways to go, but some of the items are people auctionning off working websites or domains or even services, where the auction ends on Christmas eve. So hopefully there will be a substantial bump at that time.

Anne,

We're at $1864 now, unless Jenn has more to add from the firesale.

Tina

[abuhakim]

I'm willing to donate the proceeds from a Video Skins site I have up. Normally there's 24 Skins plus an instructional ebook. I'll donate 10 Skins @ $1.00 each/$10.00 for the Package + eBook.

I just need Tina's PayPal instructions and can upload the site and post it on my blog, etc...

[Sheryl Polomka]

Just checking in quickly (I'm no vacation) great to see the total at over $1800 although still a long way to go.

Just sent through a little more to you Tina from my WSO - let's keep those donations coming and reach that target.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone - I doubt that I will be back on between now and then.

Have a good one!
Sheryl

[Tinkerbell]

Update:

$57 more came in this morning. That brings the donations total to $1391. Add that to the Firesale amount and it's $1983...almost crossing the $2K mark.

Thank you to everyone who has donated, to everyone who has helped spread the word, and for keeping us in your prayers.

Tina

[Tim Dixon]

I would also like to help, can someone PM me Tinks PayPal addy so that I can set up a donate button on the Warrior bookmarking site I've just set up (Warppit.com) - I will also bookmark the original thread so people can vote on it as well as this one.

Tim

[AnneE]

Originally Posted by Tim Dixon

I would also like to help, can someone PM me Tinks PayPal addy so that I can set up a donate button on the Warrior bookmarking site I've just set up (Warppit.com) - I will also bookmark the original thread so people can vote on it as well as this one.

Tim

I just sent you PM with it. Thanks!

[Recruitment Nick]

Just donated a couple of dollars. wish i had more to give but i am tapped out myself at the mo... very impressed with the way people are helping, great forum spirit.

[J Elizabeth Dize]

Hey guys! Firesale total is up to $835! Woo hoo, and it's all thanks to the generous people here

[kkrueger]

Hi Jenn,

Great package! ...I just purchased! and I am so happy to see people responding!

What are the totals?

Is she getting close?

I feel like more people need to know so they can help!

Blessings to everyone that is helping...

Karen