The internet as a force for GOOD? - Page 3

MILK · 03-31-2010, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Every now an then someone posts on DPReview about a lost or stolen camera, but I don;t know if it has ever paid off. There was one situation in which a photographer had fallen on hard times and sold off her gear to survive, then mysteriously had a box show up at her doorstep with a couple of year old DSLR in it. Don't know if she ever found out who sent it. In another case someone got ripped off in an eBay deal for a flash and someone sent him his spare.

I like those stories. Makes you think that "human nature" might not be a mythical thing, after all.

Several of the folks on a VFR site I'm on went in together and sent me $$ to get my son an extra Christmas present this past Christmas.

Papa_Complex · 03-31-2010, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

I'd rather not have a stupid sidecar. Now go get my ural together.

Ohhhhhh, you know you want sidecar.

Tsunami · 03-31-2010, 07:49 PM

A few years back on the pug forum, a friend posted for a family, whose pug ran out and got hit by a car. Pug had 3 broken legs and they couldn't afford to fix him and was going to put him down. The friend went out on a limb for donations (without the family knowing) and a bunch of us called the Vet's office in the morning with credit card donations. I think the donations came out to about $4k? It was enough for the surgery and 4 month of after care. They posted pics later of the pug post surgery with his casts- he was a cutie!

03-31-2010, 07:49 PM	#23
Tsunami Pug Queen Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas, NV Moto: DR200, SV650 Posts: 2,486	A few years back on the pug forum, a friend posted for a family, whose pug ran out and got hit by a car. Pug had 3 broken legs and they couldn't afford to fix him and was going to put him down. The friend went out on a limb for donations (without the family knowing) and a bunch of us called the Vet's office in the morning with credit card donations. I think the donations came out to about $4k? It was enough for the surgery and 4 month of after care. They posted pics later of the pug post surgery with his casts- he was a cutie!