Moderated Amazon Smile
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Van Lant, Robin
I don’t recall ever seeing the prompt either. I honestly forget about it most times. When I do remember it, I’ll often load up my cart in the regular site and/or via my phone app, then go to the URL Smile.amazon.com which has my charity registered, and get to my cart from there to complete the purchase.
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Well my wife has the prime account, and I get free prime shipping, since I live in the same home, but I have never gotten that prompt. But I've searched for it on Amazon without finding it. Is it /smile on the URL or something?
----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Vogel Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 5:15 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Smile
smile.amazon.com is the direct URL to Amazon Smile, and you need to "cross register" (for lack of a better way of putting it) your existing Amazon account the first time you use it. Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build 19045 If you cannot or will not imagine the results of your actions, there’s no way you can act morally or responsibly. Little kids can’t do it; babies are morally monsters — completely greedy. Their imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy. ~ Ursula LeGuin, 2005 Interview in The Guardian KeyCorp Public KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. prohibits the use of texts or other unapproved messaging applications for business purposes. This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost as a result of any transmission errors. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication is for informational purposes only, is not an offer, solicitation, recommendation or commitment for any transaction or to buy or sell any security or other financial product, and is not intended as investment advice or as a confirmation of any transaction. Any market price, indicative value, estimate, view, opinion, data or other information herein is not warranted as to completeness or accuracy, is subject to change without notice, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. accepts no liability for its use or to update or keep it current. Any views or opinions are those of the individual sender, not necessarily of KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. The sender of this communication is a licensed securities representative employed by or associated with KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC and may also represent KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank N.A.”). Securities products and services are offered by KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. Banking products and services are offered by KeyBank N.A. 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services from Key send an e-mail to DNERequests@... with 'No Promotional E-mails' in the SUBJECT line. |
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Mike Pietruk
Glenn
Ditto to Brian's comments on discovering Amazon Smile: My sighted wife heard about from someone and we had to figure out how to initially sign up. So, at least in the past, it was word of mouth or through some 3rd party mention that one became aware of it. Amazon didn't hit you in the face every time you were on a page encouraging one to use it. |
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Larry Gassman
You have to be enrolled in Amazon Smile to use it. You should be able to do a search for it. It is a way for a portion of your purchases in dollars you spend, to benefit charities you choose. I use it all of the time for my church. Larry
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2022 9:04 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Amazon Smile
On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 08:20 PM, K0LNY wrote:
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Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build 19045 If you cannot or will not imagine the results of your actions, there’s no way you can act morally or responsibly. Little kids can’t do it; babies are morally monsters — completely greedy. Their imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy. ~ Ursula LeGuin, 2005 Interview in The Guardian |
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On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 08:20 PM, K0LNY wrote:
But I have tried and tried several times for over a year to find it on the page, and it was never there.- I am not clear on what the "it" is, but I'm presuming you mean some indicator that Amazon Smile exists on the regular Amazon page. I have never seen such, and I just checked in an incognito window (so there was no chance of something showing up because I was recognized as an existing member) and no such indicator is there. I read about Amazon Smile somewhere, maybe the New York Times, and sought it out via URL afterward. Even Amazon's own documentation makes no mention of getting to Amazon Smile other than directly when you're using a PC and web browser: -- Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build 19045 If you cannot or will not imagine the results of your actions, there’s no way you can act morally or responsibly. Little kids can’t do it; babies are morally monsters — completely greedy. Their imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy. ~ Ursula LeGuin, 2005 Interview in The Guardian |
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K0LNY
Well then no more Echo ordering I guess.
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No smiles there. ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 10:04 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Smile Glenn I doubt having it set to your account is enough. Anytime I want Smile applied I have to physically log into it. If I place an order on the pc on the regular Amazon side, it doesn't get credited. d |
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Mike Pietruk
Glenn
I doubt having it set to your account is enough. Anytime I want Smile applied I have to physically log into it. If I place an order on the pc on the regular Amazon side, it doesn't get credited. d |
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K0LNY
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Does anyone know,
If you use your Amazon Alexa device to re-order
something, does it use Smile if you have the Smile Amazon set to your
account?
I get refills of some supplements and I like to
just tell my echo to order this or that, and it finds the last instance of that
item and I can just tell it to order it, but I will not do that if it does not
use the Smile that I just set to my account.
Thanks.
Glenn ----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Vogel
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: Amazon Smile I've been using https://smile.amazon.com/ for years now, and the number of charities they have in their list is astounding. Small local charities here in the Shenandoah Valley are ones that can be donated to, and I'm sure that's true for virtually any other place's local charities. The smile version of Amazon is exactly parallel to regular Amazon and can be used if you're an Amazon Prime member. In fact, if you search on regular amazon.com you'll often be prompted as to whether you want to go to the same page in Amazon Smile so if you purchase you will be making that tiny donation. But every little bit helps. -- Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build
19045 If you cannot or will not imagine the results of your actions, there’s no way you can act morally or responsibly. Little kids can’t do it; babies are morally monsters — completely greedy. Their imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy. ~ Ursula LeGuin, 2005 Interview in The Guardian |
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Mike Pietruk
Well, let's hope that this discussion will get others to take advantage of
smile be it for their church, favorite charity, a social club, and probably some of the blindness organizations, their chapters and affiliates, and even some of the non-profits that serve the blind community on a regular basis. |
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K0LNY
Another way to look at it is,
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You can donate a dollar for every 200 dollars you spend. I spend a lot at Amazon.com, mainly because of the free shipping. I spent almost a hundred just the other day, too bad I hadn't checked here first. Glenn ----- Original Message -----
From: "K0LNY" <glenn@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 7:09 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Smile Exactly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 7:01 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Smile Glenn $1,800 = $9 in donations <smile>!! |
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K0LNY
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Well I should have written, with a
screenreader.
Of course, since you are already a smile member,
you can't test it on your computer or any computer you have used to log into
Amazon with.
But I have tried and tried several times for over a
year to find it on the page, and it was never there.
I even went into my Amazon account and looked for
it there.
But for the sighted, according to the sighted folk
in the local club, you simply click on the Amazon smile on the
page.
Well friends, it just never happened for me, it
wasn't until I got that link that it worked.
Glenn ----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Vogel
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: Amazon Smile My guess is that one needs to be a prime member to avail themselves of the Smile program- That would be incorrect. I am not an Amazon Prime member, and neither was my partner until relatively recently. We both used smile.amazon.com for several years as regular Amazon account holders. -- Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build
19045 If you cannot or will not imagine the results of your actions, there’s no way you can act morally or responsibly. Little kids can’t do it; babies are morally monsters — completely greedy. Their imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy. ~ Ursula LeGuin, 2005 Interview in The Guardian |
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On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 07:03 PM, Mike Pietruk wrote:
My guess is that one needs to be a prime member to avail themselves of the Smile program- That would be incorrect. I am not an Amazon Prime member, and neither was my partner until relatively recently. We both used smile.amazon.com for several years as regular Amazon account holders. -- Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build 19045 If you cannot or will not imagine the results of your actions, there’s no way you can act morally or responsibly. Little kids can’t do it; babies are morally monsters — completely greedy. Their imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy. ~ Ursula LeGuin, 2005 Interview in The Guardian |
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K0LNY
Exactly.
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From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 7:01 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Smile Glenn $1,800 = $9 in donations <smile>!! |
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Mike Pietruk
Glenn
$1,800 = $9 in donations <smile>!! |
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K0LNY
Well the donation from 18 hundred would have been pretty good.
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Glenn ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 6:05 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Smile Glenn give the ham club treasurer a $10 bill and tell him to keep the extra $1 in the treasury <smile>!! That shows how little actually ends up in the hands of the recipients. |
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K0LNY
Believe me, I use the Jaws search multiple times daily, and I even use it in
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places other than web pages. For over a year, I tried to find smile on amazon.com, and never found it. Although I get free shipping, because I have the same address as my wife, Amazon.com has never availed Smile to me, and it has never been on a page. It wasn't until Brian gave the link, was I able to get it associated with my account. Glenn ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 6:03 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Smile My guess is that one needs to be a prime member to avail themselves of the Smile program. Multiple people may use a prime account so you and your wife should be using the same account. And our adult son also uses the account having stuff shipped to his home directly. When getting into Smile as Brian and I have suggested, using the search function of JAWS will find the word smile. And when you place the order, the confirmation page will do also and indicating which charity is your benefactor. |
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Mike Pietruk
Glenn
give the ham club treasurer a $10 bill and tell him to keep the extra $1 in the treasury <smile>!! That shows how little actually ends up in the hands of the recipients. |
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Mike Pietruk
My guess is that one needs to be a prime member to avail themselves of the
Smile program. Multiple people may use a prime account so you and your wife should be using the same account. And our adult son also uses the account having stuff shipped to his home directly. When getting into Smile as Brian and I have suggested, using the search function of JAWS will find the word smile. And when you place the order, the confirmation page will do also and indicating which charity is your benefactor. |
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Mike Pietruk
Another point to be remembered is that the key to getting the donation
credited is to make certain that when you are in check-out, you are in Smile. Doing as Brian and I suggested will always give you the word smile to be found if you use Jaws' search for text function. Items needn't be placed while in Smile; only when you proceed to check-out matters. And any non-profit ought to take advantage of the program. |
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K0LNY
About a year ago, I spent about 1,800 dollars on Amazon for a backup
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generator, but I couldn't find smile anywhere any way on the page, and it had never been offered on my pages, so that was a big loss to the club, that has always bugged me. Glenn ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2022 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Amazon Smile Glenn I use Smile all the time. I open my browser that I use for Amazon shopping -- Chrome. Then, in the edit box I type smile.amazon.com and I have it for shopping, checking the shooping cart, proceed to check-out from there. You have to have designated which charity/non-profit/club you wish as your default donation receiver. My wife and I use our local Rescue Mission as the receiver of the 0.5% share that gets donated. That works out to 50 cents per $100 spent; so your ham club isn't likely to be rolling in dough for any individual shopper; but it can add up. Amazon doles out the money quarterly, if I recall correctly. Where you designate the charity, I'm not certain as ours has been set up for years without change. Hopefully, someone can address that question as, I believe, each donation receiver applies for a code. |
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Mike Pietruk
Glenn
I use Smile all the time. I open my browser that I use for Amazon shopping -- Chrome. Then, in the edit box I type smile.amazon.com and I have it for shopping, checking the shooping cart, proceed to check-out from there. You have to have designated which charity/non-profit/club you wish as your default donation receiver. My wife and I use our local Rescue Mission as the receiver of the 0.5% share that gets donated. That works out to 50 cents per $100 spent; so your ham club isn't likely to be rolling in dough for any individual shopper; but it can add up. Amazon doles out the money quarterly, if I recall correctly. Where you designate the charity, I'm not certain as ours has been set up for years without change. Hopefully, someone can address that question as, I believe, each donation receiver applies for a code. |
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