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bladesparkHard Rock Pokemon was already my favorite Japanese pokemon stuff reseller. (Okay prices, stellar service.) And after getting this e-mail I just got from them, I like them even better.
Dear HardrockPokemon past and present customers,
My apologies for contacting you this way, but as most of you have heard, there was a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. There are millions of people without electricity and thousands of people without food and water. Due to the number of people asking me what they could do to help, we have set up a way to make donations to those people in need since it is difficult to donate to Japan because of the language barrier.
I have set up a separate paypal account from our main HardrockPokemon account to keep everything separate. Anyone willing to donate any money to buy food and water for the victims of this terrible tragedy, please send your donations by Paypal to sendaiearthquake2011@gmail.com
If possible, please make sure that you send the money as a “gift” so there are no paypal fees.
Anyone who does not have Paypal and still wishes to donate, please contact me and I will figure out another way for you to donate.
Absolutely 100% of all money will be immediately sent to NHK television’s donation fund (NHK is the main national television station in Japan. All donations will be then dispersed to the Red Cross and other collection agencies). No donation is ever too small. $1,$5, any amount can help buy food and water.
To show our appreciation for your help in with this tragedy, anyone who donates (no matter how large or how small) will receive a coupon for 10% off EVERYTHING in our HardrockPokemon.com store. The coupon will be valid until July 1st, 2011
For anyone who is willing to donate, we will email you within 12 hours with your payment (We will try to do it faster if possible) with your coupon code. If you do not receive and email from us, please contact us. We will try to respond as quickly as possible, but please understand that our volume of emails is sometimes overwhelming.
If you prefer to donate directly to a charity in Japan, I am sure that there are ways to donate in your own countries as it is difficult to donate directly to Japan due to the language barriers.
*** If you have no interest in donating, my apologies for sending this email and I will not email again. Due to the nature of this emergency, this was the easiest way to reach alot of people in a short amount of time and you will not be mailed again and of course not be put on any spam mailing list, so do not worry ***
Thanks for your support. It is very much appreciated. Stay safe and God bless.
Brian Grabow
I'd been thinking of donating, but last time I donated to charity I got spammed half to death by the charity I used. I understand that they always can use more donations, but I dislike that donating once puts me on the "soft touch" list and I get harassed for life. :P They've finally slacked off a bit recently, and I really don't want to encourage them again. So this is perfect. Hard Rock won't spam me, if it were going to do that it would already be doing it with sales stuff, and it's not. So yay. Plus I've been thinking of buying something nice, as my finances are good this month. Maybe I'll treat myself to that Serperior plush I've been eyeing... 10% off is not huge, but it's not to be sneezed at either. :D And it's at least going directly to Japan itself, rather than sitting in the coffers of some American company who may or may not ever cough up the money to somebody on the scene who will actually use it. (Like all the phone companies during the Haiti disaster. Never donate to charity via phone txt if you can help it.)
And obviously as the donation e-mail is right there, even if you're not a current Hard Rock customer, any of you reading this can feel free to use this as your way to donate as well. :)
Dear HardrockPokemon past and present customers,
My apologies for contacting you this way, but as most of you have heard, there was a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. There are millions of people without electricity and thousands of people without food and water. Due to the number of people asking me what they could do to help, we have set up a way to make donations to those people in need since it is difficult to donate to Japan because of the language barrier.
I have set up a separate paypal account from our main HardrockPokemon account to keep everything separate. Anyone willing to donate any money to buy food and water for the victims of this terrible tragedy, please send your donations by Paypal to sendaiearthquake2011@gmail.com
If possible, please make sure that you send the money as a “gift” so there are no paypal fees.
Anyone who does not have Paypal and still wishes to donate, please contact me and I will figure out another way for you to donate.
Absolutely 100% of all money will be immediately sent to NHK television’s donation fund (NHK is the main national television station in Japan. All donations will be then dispersed to the Red Cross and other collection agencies). No donation is ever too small. $1,$5, any amount can help buy food and water.
To show our appreciation for your help in with this tragedy, anyone who donates (no matter how large or how small) will receive a coupon for 10% off EVERYTHING in our HardrockPokemon.com store. The coupon will be valid until July 1st, 2011
For anyone who is willing to donate, we will email you within 12 hours with your payment (We will try to do it faster if possible) with your coupon code. If you do not receive and email from us, please contact us. We will try to respond as quickly as possible, but please understand that our volume of emails is sometimes overwhelming.
If you prefer to donate directly to a charity in Japan, I am sure that there are ways to donate in your own countries as it is difficult to donate directly to Japan due to the language barriers.
*** If you have no interest in donating, my apologies for sending this email and I will not email again. Due to the nature of this emergency, this was the easiest way to reach alot of people in a short amount of time and you will not be mailed again and of course not be put on any spam mailing list, so do not worry ***
Thanks for your support. It is very much appreciated. Stay safe and God bless.
Brian Grabow
I'd been thinking of donating, but last time I donated to charity I got spammed half to death by the charity I used. I understand that they always can use more donations, but I dislike that donating once puts me on the "soft touch" list and I get harassed for life. :P They've finally slacked off a bit recently, and I really don't want to encourage them again. So this is perfect. Hard Rock won't spam me, if it were going to do that it would already be doing it with sales stuff, and it's not. So yay. Plus I've been thinking of buying something nice, as my finances are good this month. Maybe I'll treat myself to that Serperior plush I've been eyeing... 10% off is not huge, but it's not to be sneezed at either. :D And it's at least going directly to Japan itself, rather than sitting in the coffers of some American company who may or may not ever cough up the money to somebody on the scene who will actually use it. (Like all the phone companies during the Haiti disaster. Never donate to charity via phone txt if you can help it.)
And obviously as the donation e-mail is right there, even if you're not a current Hard Rock customer, any of you reading this can feel free to use this as your way to donate as well. :)