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also on ebay you can donate a portion of the winning bid to Hands on Tokyo.

 

may god bless all in the desperate time of need

 

This is probably an ignorant question. But isn't there radiation all over Japan? Couldn't it be dangerous to receive a package from there right now? Or am I just being paranoid?

 

not over the entire island, the biggest risk is still north of tokyo but it depends on the diretion of the wind.

 

You're being paranoid.

The nuclear situation there is dangerous, but it is only affecting a very small area at this stage.

 

Perhaps "paranoid" isn't the right word, but as anyone informed will tell you, there's no serious danger from receiving a package from Japan right now.

 

if your package is delivered by Godzilla, you may start to ask questions  

 

Hmmm, guess now would be a good time to assist Japan by getting some of those Gundam kits I've been looking at.

 

I think some Transformers might still be on sale too.

 

I would rather they asked people to just give direct to the red cross instead of trying to take advantage of the situation to increase sales. Not only are they more expensive then the competitors normally but right now they are even more expensive in order to look like they are doing something to help.

I took the money I would have spent on robots this month and gave it to the relief fund. I can do without a few figures... Those people in north japan need the money more than I do.

 

Here you go:

Text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation directly to the Red Cross. I did yesterday and I'm tempted to do so again.

 

This tends to be the best way to go. I've done it a few times. But as a avid customer of HLJ. I guess I am obligated to continue buying toys from them no matter where the extra 2% goes.

 

I'm honestly surprised at some of you. Did you only hear about HLJ in the last week or something?

The people at Hobby Link Japan are people of solid, moral character and are doing this because they genuinely want to help Japan. They're not getting any extra profit from this, the extra 2% is going to the relief effort. You get to keep buying from them AND support a good cause in the process. If they were using the extra 2% to repair their own devastated offices, I could understand the indignant attitude, but this is a completely selfless gesture on their part. Are we just that cynical?

Now, I've already donated $100 to Super Hero Time and texted $20 to the Red Cross, and I don't see anything they have I'm interested in buying, but this is a fantastic thing they're doing and they deserve our support.

 

I think this is a great idea. I also appreciate how HLJ is being upfront about exactly what they are doing, why, and how much it will impact their customers. I wish that more companies would show this level of honesty.

 

It's doing SOMETHING other than getting paranoid and talking, and this early in the game, the faster the better for rasing money.

 

If the extra 2% goes direct to the donation fund, then HLJ's matched donation is 2% of total sales, not 4%. If you include the increased price as part of their "total sales", it still doesn't equal 4%, because you now have a larger total.

Using your numbers, let's say that HLJ sells $10000 of product at $10200. The total donation would then be $400, or about 3.92% of "total sales". $408 would be 4%. Yeah, I'm being pedantic, but I don't know what their actual sales are so the difference could potentially be more misleading than just eight bucks.

 

We do what we can do, and that's all we can do. If you can donate lots of money directly to the charity, it is fantastic. I think it is also great if you choose to pay extra dollar or two for a toy to help Japan. Everything counts but most of all I know people of Japan appreciate the fact that the world cares.