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How to take payments without a chance of political censorship in 2019, stolen from The Ancient Wizards of Technology's Past: View the following. https://about
by kick 7y ago
How to take payments without a chance of political censorship in 2019, stolen from The Ancient Wizards of Technology's Past:
View the following.
https://about.usps.com/forms/ps1093.pdf https://about.usps.com/forms/ps1093.pdf
Follow the instructions to get a PO Box. To avoid mail containing harmful or annoying items, I recommend a small one.
Put the mailing address of your PO Box on your website, and tell people sending cash to it to address it to "YOURSITE," possibly appending "Donation Fund" if applicable.
Be careful to remind the reader that they need not put their real (or any) name on it, and that they can get stamps anonymously and location-randomized with ease if desired.
This also works amazingly if you want to charge for hardware or hosting, especially hardware or hosting that's privacy-focused.
Congratulations! Your readers/customers can send you money from almost anywhere without identifying themselves, and you can rest easy knowing that any dollars meant for you will reach you.
- chii 7y agoand also it's very easy for someone to steal said donation from the mail - may be even enroute!
- kick 7y agoIf sent through the USPS, that's incredibly unlikely.
- doesnt_know 7y ago> rest easy knowing that any dollars meant for you will reach you I feel like your faith in the postal services that cash may go through is misplaced.
- kick 7y agoMail fraud (FedEx/UPS aren't mail) gets you a felony, and as long as you send through USPS you should be more than fine.
- StanislavPetrov 7y agoI'm not sure where you live but I'm in New York and around the Holiday season letters that look like holiday cards are routinely delivered already ripped open, and I am left to wonder how many don't arrive at all.
- StanislavPetrov 7y agoI'm not sure where you live but I'm in New York and around the Holiday season letters that look like holiday cards are routinely delivered by USPS already ripped open, and I am left to wonder how many don't arrive at all.
- Jamwinner 7y agoSounds like a local thing. I would be having a onversation with my postmaster if that happened here. I always forget how much people give up to live in the city.
- harikb 7y agoHa! I just lost a hundred dollars just last week this way. Funny story - my aunt has a habit of mailing family holiday cards with $$cash$$. I am subscribed to “informed delivery digest” from US Postal service. I even saw the image of the letter I am (was) going to get. That was the last I heard of it!
- kick 7y agohttps://faq.usps.com/s/article/Mail-Theft https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Mail-Theft https://ehome.uspis.gov/fcsexternal/default.aspx https://ehome.uspis.gov/fcsexternal/default.aspx Lots of people are employed by the Fed to handle these exact cases! I'd recommend getting it investigated, if nothing else, it'll help them keep justifying their jobs.
- lagilogi 7y agoMail theft is a federal crime. I would pursue this with them only if for the simple fact that if you don't, the next thing that gets stolen maybe your shiny new electronics being shipped.
- masonic 7y agoFor non-businessThe PO checks addressee name against authorized boxholder name(s) and rejects mismatches.