HelioHost Posted January 25, 2025 Posted January 25, 2025 Username: gaffoon, Server: Johnny, Main domain: gaffoon.helioho.stMy Win2K laptop may be older than "Stevie." https://donorbox.org/rebirth-of-stevie crashes my Opera v12.02 browser. Last year I offered to mail you people a paper check, and I ferreted out this address: 110 7th Ave S Kinkland, WA-98033-6522 but your support agent said I shouldn't send money there because Ashoat's parents lived there, and they wouldn't know what to do with it. If you have a better USPS address now, let me know what it is, and watch your mailbox. Best regards, Jerry Martz HelioHost wrote: > 20th Anniversary Rebirth of Stevie Fundraiser > > Hey Jerry, > > HelioHost is raising funds to purchase a new server! > > In 2005, Ashoat, who was 14 years old at the time, came up with > the ridiculous idea of giving away web hosting for free. He > purchased the domain heliohost.org and a reseller plan, but it > wasn't too long before there were so many people wanting to host > their website for free on HelioHost that Ashoat had to buy a > server to support them all. He named that first server Stevie. > HelioHost now has several more servers, but Stevie is special > because he was the first. We used that server as long as we > could, but it eventually became too old to do anything useful > anymore, so we unplugged it. We are going to hand poor old Stevie > over to the recyclers soon, but that doesn't have to be the end > for him... > > 2025 is HelioHost's 20-year anniversary, and what better way to > celebrate this milestone than by reflecting on where we came > from, and taking the next step towards where we are going. We can > keep the spirit of Stevie alive to carry on his purpose even > after his metal, copper, and silicon have all been melted down, > by raising funds for a new server and naming it Stevie. > > Summary of thank you gifts (see fundraiser for details): > > * $5 = +1000 MB on existing Morty, Tommy, or Johnny account. > * $10 = +2000 MB (to a max of 7000 MB) on an existing Morty, > Tommy, or Johnny account. > * $15 = +3000 MB (to a max of 7000 MB) on an existing Morty, > Tommy, or Johnny account. > * $20 = +4000 MB (to a max of 7000 MB) on an existing Morty, > Tommy, or Johnny account. > * $25 = +5000 MB (to a max of 7000 MB) on an existing Morty, > Tommy, or Johnny account. > * $30 = +6000 MB (to a max of 7000 MB) on an existing Morty, > Tommy, or Johnny account. > * $35 = Early beta access to new Java and JSP hosting server > before it is publicly available. > * $40 = +1000 MB on existing Morty, Tommy, or Johnny account, > plus early beta access to new Java server. > * $45 = +2000 MB (to a max of 7000 MB) on an existing Morty, > Tommy, or Johnny account, plus early beta access to new Java > server. > * $50 = +3000 MB (to a max of 7000 MB) on an existing Morty, > Tommy, or Johnny account, plus early beta access to new Java > server. > * $55 = +4000 MB (to a max of 7000 MB) on an existing Morty, > Tommy, or Johnny account, plus early beta access to new Java > server. > * $60 = +5000 MB (to a max of 7000 MB) on an existing Morty, > Tommy, or Johnny account, plus early beta access to new Java > server. > * $65+ = +6000 MB (to a max of 7000 MB) on an existing Morty, > Tommy, or Johnny account, plus early beta access to new Java > server. > > Please don't let Stevie be forgotten. It will only take you a > minute to give us a gift to help us achieve this goal. The money > you donate is tax-deductible, and any amount big or small helps > get us a step closer. Thank you so much! > > > https://donorbox.org/rebirth-of-stevie > > Regards, > HelioHost Staff > > https://heliohost.org/ > https://helionet.org/ >
Krydos Posted January 26, 2025 Posted January 26, 2025 We could get a PO Box for $55 per 3 months, but over the last 20 years we've had exactly 1 person ask for an address to mail a check. Assuming you sent us a $100 check and we canceled the PO Box before it renewed after 3 months that would still be a 55% fee and we would only get $45. If you donated the same $100 via PayPal the fee would be 2.5% and we would get $97.50. Also if we paid $55 for the PO Box and then you didn't actually send us a check we would lose $55 overall. We don't pay any monthly fees for the PayPal account so there is 0% chance of losing money. We will never say no to a donation of any size, but the risk of losing money, and the insanely high fee make it an easy decision. If we can find some non-profit donation service that will accept paper checks for us and deposit them into our bank for a reasonable fee we will let you know.
HelioHost Posted January 26, 2025 Author Posted January 26, 2025 Dear Mr. Support: Thanks for writing. Well, I won't do business with PayPal, and I don't want to burden you with a cash donation where you'd lose half the value of the donation, and we don't want to confuse Mr. and Mrs. Ashoat by looping them into Heliohost's finances. But, if you ever get a real USPS address you can retrieve checks from, let me know. Jerry HelioHost Support wrote: > We could get a PO Box for $55 per 3 months, but over the last 20 years we've had exactly 1 person ask for an address to mail a check. Assuming you sent us a $100 check and we canceled the PO Box before it renewed after 3 months that would still be a 55% fee and we would only get $45. If you donated the same $100 via PayPal the fee would be 2.5% and we would get $97.50. Also if we paid $55 for the PO Box and then you didn't actually send us a check we would lose $55 overall. We don't pay any monthly fees for the PayPal account so there is 0% chance of losing money. We will never say no to a donation of any size, but the risk of losing money, and the insanely high fee make it an easy decision. > > > > If we can find some non-profit donation service that will accept paper checks for us and deposit them into our bank for a reasonable fee we will let you know. > > > > You may view the status of your ticket by visiting: > > https://helionet.org/index/index.php?showtopic=63417 > > Thank you, > HelioHost support > https://heliohost.org/ > https://helionet.org/ >
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