Money Drop For The Homeless - page 3.

KaChingCoinDev

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Quote from: Possum577 on March 08, 2015, 12:32:13 AM

At worst this sounds like an awful scam. At best this is terribly insensitive way to help the homeless.

How arrogant of you to drop money from the sky over homeless people or poor areas. You don't have any respect for those you help.

Really? This is arrogant of you to barge in to someones thread and call them a scam, when OgNasty has reviewed it and declared it legit! And then, if it is not a scam, you are calling it insensitive? They will be dropping money via a drone to help homeless people, and to boot they will be walking around before hand giving out snack bars. You have no respect for people trying to do a good deed.

Equinoxx

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Quote from: Wardrick on March 08, 2015, 11:34:14 PM

The picture that comes to mind when you say you are "Dropping dollar bills" is a drone overhead dropping a bunch of money and a bunch of people scrambling to try to get it and fighting over it. Hopefully the delivery method will be planned out as this would be very sad to see.

Op has said that the people that receive the money will be less aggressive and more appreciative.

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The picture that comes to mind when you say you are "Dropping dollar bills" is a drone overhead dropping a bunch of money and a bunch of people scrambling to try to get it and fighting over it. Hopefully the delivery method will be planned out as this would be very sad to see.

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Quote from: MrDove on March 08, 2015, 01:22:31 PM

Quote from: Possum577 on March 08, 2015, 12:32:13 AM

At worst this sounds like an awful scam. At best this is terribly insensitive way to help the homeless.

How arrogant of you to drop money from the sky over homeless people or poor areas. You don't have any respect for those you help.

I respect your opinion. We are not trying to be arrogant. We are trying to encourage people to donate money directly to the less fortunate by making it seem fun.

Quote from: monbux on March 08, 2015, 10:16:20 AM

I'm starting to think now that maybe dropping money isn't the best option. They could be dropping other stuff, like food as Equinoxx shared in that video. Or clothes. Just a thought.

Drones cannot carry much weight and you do not want to drop heavy objects on people. We thought dollar bills would not be threatening.

haha, very true, but I was thinking like something in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4JBAdIdBtM
Do you have any dates planned, any estimates of when the first "drop" will happen?

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Quote from: Possum577 on March 08, 2015, 12:32:13 AM

At worst this sounds like an awful scam. At best this is terribly insensitive way to help the homeless.

How arrogant of you to drop money from the sky over homeless people or poor areas. You don't have any respect for those you help.

I respect your opinion. We are not trying to be arrogant. We are trying to encourage people to donate money directly to the less fortunate by making it seem fun.

Quote from: monbux on March 08, 2015, 10:16:20 AM

I'm starting to think now that maybe dropping money isn't the best option. They could be dropping other stuff, like food as Equinoxx shared in that video. Or clothes. Just a thought.

Drones cannot carry much weight and you do not want to drop heavy objects on people. We thought dollar bills would not be threatening.

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I have mixed feelings about how the delivery is happening but think overall it is a good thing rather than anything negative. I have to subscribe to this thread though and will try to send a small donation when I can.

edd

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Quote from: monbux on March 08, 2015, 10:16:20 AM

Quote from: Possum577 on March 08, 2015, 12:32:13 AM

At worst this sounds like an awful scam. At best this is terribly insensitive way to help the homeless.

How arrogant of you to drop money from the sky over homeless people or poor areas. You don't have any respect for those you help.

I'm starting to think now that maybe dropping money isn't the best option. They could be dropping other stuff, like food as Equinoxx shared in that video. Or clothes. Just a thought.

Money is usually a universal salve. Clothes may not fit, food allergies may be a concern, etc, but money is almost always accepted.

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Quote from: Possum577 on March 08, 2015, 12:32:13 AM

At worst this sounds like an awful scam. At best this is terribly insensitive way to help the homeless.

How arrogant of you to drop money from the sky over homeless people or poor areas. You don't have any respect for those you help.

I'm starting to think now that maybe dropping money isn't the best option. They could be dropping other stuff, like food as Equinoxx shared in that video. Or clothes. Just a thought.

Equinoxx

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Quote from: Erza on March 08, 2015, 06:47:44 AM

Im gonna help that poor ppl there altough i can't give much

What a good service, never tought that you will do this kind of service

Nice job MrDove

Even you can't give a lot, it's okay. At the end of the day you are giving and that's what it's all about.

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Im gonna help that poor ppl there altough i can't give much

What a good service, never tought that you will do this kind of service

Nice job MrDove

Equinoxx

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Quote from: Possum577 on March 08, 2015, 12:32:13 AM

At worst this sounds like an awful scam. At best this is terribly insensitive way to help the homeless.

How arrogant of you to drop money from the sky over homeless people or poor areas. You don't have any respect for those you help.

Did you even watch this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4JBAdIdBtM

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Loose lips sink sigs!

At worst this sounds like an awful scam. At best this is terribly insensitive way to help the homeless.

How arrogant of you to drop money from the sky over homeless people or poor areas. You don't have any respect for those you help.

waterpile

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Quote from: edd on March 07, 2015, 05:53:12 PM

Quote from: MrDove on March 06, 2015, 04:22:48 PM

Quote from: edd on March 06, 2015, 03:12:56 PM

No website or page with info for non-bitcointalk members?

I'm sending you a PM. I'll be happy to help promote this where I can and I trust OgNasty's judgement, but if I'm going to vouch for you myself, I'll need a little direct confirmation that you are legit. I hope you don't take offense but I've been burned before.

No website or anything yet. We want to see if we are capable of pulling this event off before trying to turn it into a charity organization instead of a charity event. No offense about wanting our identities. I am not sure we want to trust just anyone with our identifications but if that is holding back donations then we could ask OgNasty to release our identities to a donator if we fail to deliver a video of a money drop.

I understand your reservations but you might have already reached the limit of what this community will donate. Threads get buried quickly so even if there are more members who might contribute, they might never see it. Exposure elsewhere may be necessary to reach your minimum.

It's a fine line, I agree. Raising too much poses its own set of problems.

I agree, they might try a free sig campaign. let some members do a free advertisement

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Quote from: MrDove on February 26, 2015, 01:37:50 PM

Quote from: iram66680 on February 26, 2015, 11:05:54 AM

Event like this can possibly cause stampede where some old and young people can possibly get hurt and even death. If you drop this in my place.

I suspect you have had very little interaction with true homeless people if you believe they will stampede over dollars. That is what rich people do. Homeless people are generally very appreciative and supportive of one another in these types of environments. I suggest you take some time yourself to visit with some homeless people in your area. You might be surprised by their generosity.

Please watch this to gain some perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPdqtktkZn0

Honestly this is an awesome idea and I hope everything works out, for all of us. I've donated a couple of dollars... but I don't think that's enough, I'll definitely donate more once the first "drop" happens and all goes well.

Cheers,
monbux

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Quote from: MrDove on March 06, 2015, 04:22:48 PM

Quote from: edd on March 06, 2015, 03:12:56 PM

No website or page with info for non-bitcointalk members?

I'm sending you a PM. I'll be happy to help promote this where I can and I trust OgNasty's judgement, but if I'm going to vouch for you myself, I'll need a little direct confirmation that you are legit. I hope you don't take offense but I've been burned before.

No website or anything yet. We want to see if we are capable of pulling this event off before trying to turn it into a charity organization instead of a charity event. No offense about wanting our identities. I am not sure we want to trust just anyone with our identifications but if that is holding back donations then we could ask OgNasty to release our identities to a donator if we fail to deliver a video of a money drop.

I understand your reservations but you might have already reached the limit of what this community will donate. Threads get buried quickly so even if there are more members who might contribute, they might never see it. Exposure elsewhere may be necessary to reach your minimum.

It's a fine line, I agree. Raising too much poses its own set of problems.

MrDove

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Quote from: edd on March 06, 2015, 03:12:56 PM

No website or page with info for non-bitcointalk members?

I'm sending you a PM. I'll be happy to help promote this where I can and I trust OgNasty's judgement, but if I'm going to vouch for you myself, I'll need a little direct confirmation that you are legit. I hope you don't take offense but I've been burned before.

No website or anything yet. We want to see if we are capable of pulling this event off before trying to turn it into a charity organization instead of a charity event. No offense about wanting our identities. I am not sure we want to trust just anyone with our identifications but if that is holding back donations then we could ask OgNasty to release our identities to a donator if we fail to deliver a video of a money drop.

edd

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Quote from: MrDove on March 06, 2015, 01:55:54 PM

Quote from: edd on March 06, 2015, 12:49:21 PM

Are you promoting this anywhere other than this forum? I followed your twitter account but it only has one tweet and it directs people here.

Not much. We reached out to a few businesses that accept bitcoins but they did not respond.

No website or page with info for non-bitcointalk members?

I'm sending you a PM. I'll be happy to help promote this where I can and I trust OgNasty's judgement, but if I'm going to vouch for you myself, I'll need a little direct confirmation that you are legit. I hope you don't take offense but I've been burned before.

MrDove

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Quote from: edd on March 06, 2015, 12:49:21 PM

Are you promoting this anywhere other than this forum? I followed your twitter account but it only has one tweet and it directs people here.

Not much. We reached out to a few businesses that accept bitcoins but they did not respond.

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Quote from: OgNasty on March 04, 2015, 02:18:32 PM

Quote from: Tongkar on March 04, 2015, 01:43:40 PM

This has been done already by a very popular youtuber. It actually works well and was great to watch. Ill try and find the video.

here you guys go the official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4JBAdIdBtM

That's awesome. Maybe MrDove and the donators could consider sending the BTC held in escrow to Dennis Roady Deeds if there isn't enough for an event?

That's a great idea. He would probably do this video and would be good for the bitcoin community.

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Quote from: MrDove on February 24, 2015, 06:14:21 PM

MrDove is an acronym for a new charity event and a poke at the dovish behavior of the Federal Reserve bank.

Money
Raining
Down
Over
Vagrant
Environments

MrDove's intent is to donate money to the homeless in a unique and uplifting way that encourages others to do positive things. The MrDove team will produce a serious yet entertaining video with the hopes of inspiring others to participate in similar events. All donated bitcoins will be converted to dollars and dropped from a DJI built drone over an area of poverty-stricken Americans. The event will be recorded by several HD cameras and a link to the YouTube video will be tweeted from @MrDoveMoneyDrop.

Please consider making a donation to the designated escrow account.
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Are you promoting this anywhere other than this forum? I followed your twitter account but it only has one tweet and it directs people here.

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