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Banging our heads against the wall

freemyspirit started this conversation
Feb 16, 2010

What do I mean? Well we here on aidpage are all in need of some sort or nother. We can give what we have if what we have to spare is needed. But considering how many are here asking for help and I am supposing not actually getting any, then we are banging our heads against the wall.

So maybe we should create a seperate area where those who have to give can post what they have and then be paired with those who need that thing.

So, I who needs a truck, would be paired with those who had a truck to give. Then we can see a tally that says, 100000 helped today, or a larger number perhaps.

Or maybe even a place where posters can post the help they have recieved here and we can see we are not just spinning our wheels and banging our heads against the wall.

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Roseb441702
Feb 16, 2010

Well first of all I have always found it to be easier to tell other people what to do than to do it yourself.  The fact that such a site as this even exists is something to be grateful for.

It doesn't happen a lot but I have seen people from time to time post that they have received money - for instance one person posted here that they received around $400 in their Paypal account.

Besides if you think about it if someone is going to send someone money here from Aidpage I'm sure that they would want to be anonymous because if people found out that person A, B or C was giving out money then there would be numerous requests from people.

Also have you seen some of the amounts of money that people have been asking for?  $50,000, $100,000 - some of these requests are quite big!

If one is at least making the effort then you shouldn't consider it banging your head against the wall.  At least it is something that you tried to do. 

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Starshine
Feb 16, 2010

That is a good idea - if it is material things one's local freecycle.org is great or craigslist.org as shipping is expensive. But if it is monetary maybe people do that in private here. I assume  best to ask Aidpage Team about it. 

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