AmazonSmile Donations for We Will Collective

[JStanz51]

There's a lot going on in this thread. Everyone needs to stop being jerks about where and how people want to use their money. Nobody should be pressured into giving to the collective and nobody who isn't giving should be shaming the people who do. This isn't kindergarten.

Side note: I read here someone saying they thought college athletics were the last pure thing in sports and that stuck with me. College athletics (as a whole) haven't been pure in a very, very, very, very, very long time. There's an argument to be made that they have never been pure. It would probably be best for everyone's mental states to assume that they are not pure in the slightest anymore at their highest levels. Say what you want about the collective, but at least this stuff is mostly above board now. Elements of this have always been happening.

If anyone is looking for pure college athletics, Simpson's basketball team is 6-2 to start the season and it would be a great time to jump on the Storm bandwagon.

 

[t-noah]

The wonders of the internet. When something isn’t exactly in line with your personal interests, try/troll your damnedest to bring everyone else down with you.

Meanwhile, it’s CyHawk wrastlin’ day, another great day to throw support behind our athletes.

So perk up with a splash of Cody Road’s Egg Nog Iowish Cream in your morning coffee, and Set "We Will Collective" as your AmazonSmile Charity >

You can't make me!

Haha! Just messin with you now!

Yeah, I don't get the friction. People can do what they want. Don't have to be prickly either way.

 

[HGoat1]

That's right everyone. Your financial priorities need to be:

1. Cyclone football;
2. Feeding your kids;
3. Feeding yourself;
4. Paying the mortgage;
5. Saving for retirement;
6. Putting money into your kids' college funds;
7. All the other small unimportant stuff, like cars, medical care, etc. etc.

Agreed.

 

[HGoat1]

Oh, I'm sorry. To be a true fan your charity priorities need to be:

1. Cyclone football;
2. Medical research;
3. Combatting climate change;
4. Combatting homelessness;
5. Supporting educational institutions;
6. All the other minor stuff, like local clubs, etc.

Correct.

 

[Messi]

@brentblum on the Sunday night pod you mention donations being 50% of sales.

I assume that was just a misspeak? Amazon smile is 0.5% of all sales.

 

[brentblum]

@brentblum on the Sunday night pod you mention donations being 50% of sales.

I assume that was just a misspeak? Amazon smile is 0.5% of all sales.

Yes. Embarrassing misspeak.

 

[SCNCY]

For Amazon Smile, is there a way to default your Amazon app to use smile? I signed up and got a link for a website, but wasn’t sure if there was an app for it?

 

[JCity]

This tread is ridiculous, thank for the information. I've switched my Smile donations to the collective.

 

[isured]

Cool, don’t complain on here when ISU loses when you aren’t doing your part.

SO TRUE...we have entered a different type of college sports environment and we need to wake up...thanks posting comment...

 

[GetAwesome]

For Amazon Smile, is there a way to default your Amazon app to use smile? I signed up and got a link for a website, but wasn’t sure if there was an app for it?

Yeah, the settings are a bit different as compared to shopping Amazon from the web browser, but here are the couple steps to enable it in the settings of the Amazon shopping app for iOS and android: https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=15576745011

 

[Cyclone Pfan]

In the android app:
1. click the pancake in the lower right
2. Scroll to the bottom
3. expand settings
4. Click on AmazonSmile
5. Choose charity
6. Turn on mobile app (it will push notifications)

It appears to be independent of the smiles.amazon.com url.

 

[Cyclad]

We do the Cyclone gridiron club, last time I looked we had donated through Amazon a little over $400 dollars, we will continue to use that as our Amazon Smile donation.

Thanks for posting this. Gave me a wake-up call. That .05 seems small, but it adds up. We would have similar numbers. We already give anyway, but this would be a significant add.

 

[cybychoice]

In the android app:
1. click the pancake in the lower right
2. Scroll to the bottom
3. expand settings
4. Click on AmazonSmile
5. Choose charity
6. Turn on mobile app (it will push notifications)

It appears to be independent of the smiles.amazon.com url.

The iOS app is very similar, it’s in your settings in the app after you’ve activated it.

 

[SCNCY]

So I ordered something last night that was eligible, but it doesn't look like it applied a donation. So I wonder if it takes a day before they start donating?

 

[Malty Flannel]

There's a lot going on in this thread. Everyone needs to stop being jerks about where and how people want to use their money. Nobody should be pressured into giving to the collective and nobody who isn't giving should be shaming the people who do. This isn't kindergarten.

Side note: I read here someone saying they thought college athletics were the last pure thing in sports and that stuck with me. College athletics (as a whole) haven't been pure in a very, very, very, very, very long time. There's an argument to be made that they have never been pure. It would probably be best for everyone's mental states to assume that they are not pure in the slightest anymore at their highest levels. Say what you want about the collective, but at least this stuff is mostly above board now. Elements of this have always been happening.

If anyone is looking for pure college athletics, Simpson's basketball team is 6-2 to start the season and it would be a great time to jump on the Storm bandwagon.

Dont listen to Jared. No offense to Simpson, but Indianola sucks compared to Pella. Go Dutch. 7-3 to start the year, 3-0 in conference

 

[CF Shop]

So I ordered something last night that was eligible, but it doesn't look like it applied a donation. So I wonder if it takes a day before they start donating?

I think once a month the donation numbers are added up.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

Dont listen to Jared. No offense to Simpson, but Indianola sucks compared to Pella. Go Dutch. 7-3 to start the year, 3-0 in conference

No offense to Indianola or Pella, but they are both **** podunk Iowa towns compared to Waverly. Go Knights!

 

[Acylum]

I think once a month the donation numbers are added up.

You’ll get a notice but it doesn’t seem like it’s that frequent. Maybe quarterly?

 

[TitanClone]

That's right everyone. Your financial priorities need to be:

1. Cyclone football;
2. Feeding your kids;
3. Feeding yourself;
4. Paying the mortgage;
5. Saving for retirement;
6. Putting money into your kids' college funds;
7. All the other small unimportant stuff, like cars, medical care, etc. etc.

i.e. no one should worry or care about how others spend their money. I've given ISU more money than any other institution in my life, that doesn't make me a better fan than anyone else.

 

[JStanz51]

Dont listen to Jared. No offense to Simpson, but Indianola sucks compared to Pella. Go Dutch. 7-3 to start the year, 3-0 in conference

See y'all on Jan. 18.