Some people have asked me about the Festivus tickets through Eventbrite. Eventbrite takes $2.50 for each ticket which is paid for by VCF. We decided to do it this way to put the burden on VCF and not the membership. The reason we are doing Eventbrite is because it is very easy to manage. I'm trying to get away from walking around all night collecting money from 50+ people. The other option for those not wanting to do Eventbrite is PayPal. If anyone wants to pay via PayPal, then you can use the Friends and Family option. This way VCF doesn't have to pay the extra fee. This is still good for me because I don't have to walk around collecting money from 50 people. If you want to do PayPal, then send to paypal@vcfed.org and put in the note your Name, "Festivus 2019 dinner", "Festivus Dinner and Overnight". Any questions? -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
Sorry Jeff, while I wholeheartedly support prepayment for Festivus tickets, I have to recommend to others to consider the PayPal vs. Eventbrite option for Festivus. Especially if you want to ensure a spot, but there may be a possibility where you have to back out at a later date. A PayPal refund will refund the entire amount. Eventbrite will "steal" about $5 of your refund for administration fees if you need to bail on the event. I speak from experience. I had to cancel after purchasing my tickets. Eventbrite gave me $29 and some change on the refund and kept the rest out of the $35. Even VCF doesn't get to keep any of that $5+ for themselves... which if I had to forfeit an admin fee, would have been the preferred outcome. On Fri, Nov 8, 2019, 11:12 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Some people have asked me about the Festivus tickets through Eventbrite. Eventbrite takes $2.50 for each ticket which is paid for by VCF. We decided to do it this way to put the burden on VCF and not the membership. The reason we are doing Eventbrite is because it is very easy to manage. I'm trying to get away from walking around all night collecting money from 50+ people. The other option for those not wanting to do Eventbrite is PayPal.
If anyone wants to pay via PayPal, then you can use the Friends and Family option. This way VCF doesn't have to pay the extra fee. This is still good for me because I don't have to walk around collecting money from 50 people. If you want to do PayPal, then send to paypal@vcfed.org and put in the note your Name, "Festivus 2019 dinner", "Festivus Dinner and Overnight".
Any questions?
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 12:27 PM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Sorry Jeff, while I wholeheartedly support prepayment for Festivus tickets, I have to recommend to others to consider the PayPal vs. Eventbrite option for Festivus. Especially if you want to ensure a spot, but there may be a possibility where you have to back out at a later date. A PayPal refund will refund the entire amount. Eventbrite will "steal" about $5 of your refund for administration fees if you need to bail on the event.
I speak from experience. I had to cancel after purchasing my tickets. Eventbrite gave me $29 and some change on the refund and kept the rest out of the $35. Even VCF doesn't get to keep any of that $5+ for themselves... which if I had to forfeit an admin fee, would have been the preferred outcome.
Yes. I noticed that. This is the first time using it for Festivus. I’m leaning towards not using it next year, but will have to see how it goes.
On Fri, Nov 8, 2019, 11:12 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Some people have asked me about the Festivus tickets through Eventbrite. Eventbrite takes $2.50 for each ticket which is paid for by VCF. We decided to do it this way to put the burden on VCF and not the membership. The reason we are doing Eventbrite is because it is very easy to manage. I'm trying to get away from walking around all night collecting money from 50+ people. The other option for those not wanting to do Eventbrite is PayPal.
If anyone wants to pay via PayPal, then you can use the Friends and Family option. This way VCF doesn't have to pay the extra fee. This is still good for me because I don't have to walk around collecting money from 50 people. If you want to do PayPal, then send to paypal@vcfed.org and put in the note your Name, "Festivus 2019 dinner", "Festivus Dinner and Overnight".
Any questions?
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
Okay so we have our nice shiny tickets from EventBrite/Paypal. What do we need to bring to Festivus? -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
Beer and a generous mood. On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:56 AM Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Okay so we have our nice shiny tickets from EventBrite/Paypal. What do we need to bring to Festivus?
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
Okay so we have our nice shiny tickets from EventBrite/Paypal. What do we need to bring to Festivus?
Jeff, Corey, Dean, and I all have access to the Eventbrite and the PayPal accounts. We can see who paid. All you have to do is show up and we can (ahem) make the list and check it twice. :) Jeff will send reminders about the "who's bringing what" spreadsheet, re: food, entertainment, etc.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 3:21 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Okay so we have our nice shiny tickets from EventBrite/Paypal. What do we need to bring to Festivus?
Jeff, Corey, Dean, and I all have access to the Eventbrite and the PayPal accounts. We can see who paid. All you have to do is show up and we can (ahem) make the list and check it twice. :)
Jeff will send reminders about the "who's bringing what" spreadsheet, re: food, entertainment, etc.
Here is the "who's bringing what" spreadsheet: < https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x0oSxqZXh8tmqqbUsP3KS3OywiNsEAOOmtqE...
Keep in mind that this is separate from the EventBrite/PapPal tickets. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
Okay, open ended question, ... I don't drink beer but I can bring the rest. :-) Sorry I meant as far as the 'I paid' information. On 11/13/19 2:24 PM, Drew Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Beer and a generous mood.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:56 AM Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Okay so we have our nice shiny tickets from EventBrite/Paypal. What do we need to bring to Festivus?
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
-- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
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