OzBargain 2016 Christmas Donations - $28,000 to Charities of Your Choice

scotty on 15/12/2016 - 12:04
Last edited 22/12/2016 - 12:31 by 1 other user

Update 21 Dec 2016: Thanks for all who have voted! The top 7 charities chosen by the OzBargain community are:

  • beyondblue
  • Cancer Council
  • Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
  • RSPCA
  • Alzheimer's Australia
  • R U OK?
  • Kids With Cancer

They will each receive $4,000 donations from OzBargain (Delvu Media Pty Ltd) which I will get it organised this week.

Update 20 Dec 2016: We have reached 1,000 unique commenters. Thus for this Christmas OzBargain will donate $28,000 to the top 7 voted charities. Adding more comments won't increase the donation amount, however please continue to vote.

It's Christmas time and a good time to be reminded to be generous (yes, being frugal and being generous does not need to be mutually exclusive). For this year OzBargain will be donating $18,000 to 5 charities of your choices. Moreover, for every unique commenter in this thread, we will be donating an extra $10.

  • We'll take suggestions from commenters using this poll feature. There are some rules regarding to suggestions:

    • The poll will be pre-filled with top 10 charities from last year's poll. The list will be alphabetically sorted at first and result hidden until the poll finishes.
    • It would be great if you can provide a link to the charity in the comment.
    • It must be Australian or benefiting Australians (we are OzBargain after all).
    • It must be a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR). Therefore "Wikipedia Foundation" from last year's poll does not qualify.
    • All suggestions will be moderated before adding to the poll.

  • Donation amount will be $18,000 + $10 x number of unique commenters. So if 400 OzBargainers commented in this thread we will donate $22,000 to charities. Update: this will be capped at 1,000 commenters.

  • Top 5 voted charities will receive donations, and the donation will be evenly distributed. For example if $22,000 is the final donation amount, each charity will receive $4,400 in donation.

Poll, suggestion & commenting starts today (15 Dec 2016), and will close at 12PM on Thursday 22 December. I will take the comment count at that point in time to calculate the final amount to be given to the charities, and will try to do so before Christmas (25 Dec).

Check this page for charity donations from OzBargain in the past.

TL;DR Vote for a charity in the list or suggest another charity to vote for. Also $10 extra per comment.

Update 16 Dec 9:30AM: Suggestion feature has been removed as there are almost 50 charities in the poll already. Please just pick the charity of your choice from the list.

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Comments

  • Gibberlosh on 16/12/2016 - 21:34

    voted for les twentyman due to the unexpected fire

  • yupyup on 16/12/2016 - 21:42

    love your work scotty, ozbargain is an awesome community to be a part of :)

  • Blenny on 16/12/2016 - 21:42

    Great Stuff

  • ndoan on 16/12/2016 - 21:46

    Thanks.

  • elgrande on 16/12/2016 - 21:50

    Hi

  • jaypick on 16/12/2016 - 22:00

    ozbargain is awesome

  • goat on 16/12/2016 - 22:03

    fantastic work guys

  • Miss B on 16/12/2016 - 22:06

    +1 for a great deal. Free $10 for charity.

  • rhys100 on 16/12/2016 - 22:15

    awesome!

  • SpaceNinja on 16/12/2016 - 22:18

    Thank you.

  • PumaPants on 16/12/2016 - 22:22

    Here for the donation

  • ca4cpa on 16/12/2016 - 22:25

    +10 from me. Thanx OzB.

  • qiqitrain on 16/12/2016 - 22:27

    +1, thanks ozb :)

  • algy on 16/12/2016 - 22:27

    Awesome

  • dreamyday on 16/12/2016 - 22:28

    Great effort. +10

  • mhcw on 16/12/2016 - 22:30

    Great!

  • jelko on 16/12/2016 - 22:37

    What a wonderful act by the owners of OzBargain. You've inspired me to personally send a donation to my selected charity. Thanks and a happy Christmas to everybody on OzBargain.

  • zippyzedx on 16/12/2016 - 22:43

    Great work Ozbargain, I am proud to be a member of such a great community. Merry Christmas all.

  • richrichie on 16/12/2016 - 22:49

    Thanks!

  • deal seeking missile on 16/12/2016 - 22:52

    Dayam son! ozbargain is getting rich! keep up the good work guys

  • paulieau on 16/12/2016 - 22:53

    This is an awesome initiative, great to see it has also encouraged a few others to make their own personal donation to their charity of choice. It's a real privilege to be a part of such a caring, helpful and generous community.

  • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2016 - 22:53

    Thank you Scotty and OzBargain for this inspiring and generous gesture.

  • QW3RTY on 16/12/2016 - 22:58

    Great job all.

  • drbargain on 16/12/2016 - 23:10

    Great work! Thank you

  • downdowndown on 16/12/2016 - 23:15

    Posting for a good cause.
    Just finished reading the ambulance/red light drama thread.
    Let's hope common sense prevails there!
    Best wishes and Happy Christmas to everyone reading this.
    Pants off to OzBargain for donating based on this thread.
    In before for tax purposes; )

  • harlsberg on 16/12/2016 - 23:16

    Thanks ozbargain 👍

  • uetecu on 16/12/2016 - 23:16

    Good on you guys! 👍

  • toasty on 16/12/2016 - 23:25

    Great work OzB, and thanks for reminding me to do my donations too!

  • andrewzx on 16/12/2016 - 23:29

    Easy +10

  • Bren20 on 16/12/2016 - 23:30

    Comment!

  • ctg on 16/12/2016 - 23:30

    Vote has been cast. I could count on zero hands the number of popular sites who would donate to community-voted charites, without it going to their head. Well done! :)

  • virhlpool on 16/12/2016 - 23:31

    Adding $10. Well done!

  • SnakeDoctor on 16/12/2016 - 23:32

    Niiice

  • Switchblade88 on 16/12/2016 - 23:33

    Words go here, money goes there! Everyone wins!

  • btst7000 on 16/12/2016 - 23:43

    nice

  • Coops1 on 16/12/2016 - 23:47

    great work

  • Unrvl on 16/12/2016 - 23:48

    love these guys

  • mintysaurus on 16/12/2016 - 23:52

    Thanks for doing this, so many deserving charities

  • yessum on 16/12/2016 - 23:53

    Merry Christmas Ozbargain!

  • YadaYadaYada on 16/12/2016 - 23:53

    Awesome initiative.

  • 8anddrank on 16/12/2016 - 23:56

    You guys are awesome!

  • unbelievable on 17/12/2016 - 00:05
    +1

    Seeing this post made me warm and fuzzy and proud to be a part of the OzBargain community.

  • [Deactivated] on 17/12/2016 - 00:09

    Awesome initiative!

  • lolmao on 17/12/2016 - 00:14

    +10

  • gaoxo on 17/12/2016 - 00:27

    Brilliant!

  • aussy on 17/12/2016 - 00:30

    Lets get another $10 in there. Good work OZB and Scotty!

  • Gorhob on 17/12/2016 - 00:32

    Thank you ozbargain :)

  • MelbBargainChaser77 on 17/12/2016 - 00:48
    -1

    Thanks OzB.

  • chossenger on 17/12/2016 - 01:06

    Whew! Nice work there!

  • Latino on 17/12/2016 - 01:08

    Well done OzB!!!

  • team teri on 17/12/2016 - 01:10

    Yay, charity!

  • [Deactivated] on 17/12/2016 - 01:32

    good job!

  • macduff on 17/12/2016 - 01:42

    Thanks Ozbargain!

  • B-Rad on 17/12/2016 - 02:14

    Keep up the good work!

  • MetalPhreak on 17/12/2016 - 02:15

    +$10

    +1 JDRF

  • HardQuiz on 17/12/2016 - 02:16

    Here is my $10. Thanks guys

  • scorpionsa on 17/12/2016 - 02:28

    awesome work

  • Kellyke on 17/12/2016 - 02:39

    Great initiative!

  • MHLoppy on 17/12/2016 - 02:52

    Glad to see the comments section filling up so quickly!

  • Mysterious on 17/12/2016 - 04:01

    Commenting to add $10.

  • gekiyasu on 17/12/2016 - 04:16

    Good stuff!

  • Tnetennba on 17/12/2016 - 05:13

    Eneloop123

    • Tnetennba on 17/12/2016 - 05:14

      Oops this not passwod box plz fix

  • Shibuya on 17/12/2016 - 05:40

    Here's a tenna to a charity
    Thanks OzBargain !

  • QA on 17/12/2016 - 07:32

    Great job on helping charities which are helping Australians and raising awareness of these worthy causes. We can all use some of the money we have scrimped via this site to help others! XX

  • kickling on 17/12/2016 - 08:09

    Cheers guys

  • phuynh01 on 17/12/2016 - 08:25

    Great job! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

  • tromboc on 17/12/2016 - 08:35

    Vote 1 cancer council!

  • andyken on 17/12/2016 - 08:40

    Cure the cancer

  • anat on 17/12/2016 - 08:40

    Good stuff OzzyB.

  • NachoMafia on 17/12/2016 - 08:43

    Well done OzBargain.

  • tarulov3 on 17/12/2016 - 08:46

    This is very cool 😊

  • supertightarse on 17/12/2016 - 09:01

    Great work guys!

  • zoob on 17/12/2016 - 09:02

    Put in 10 for me please.

  • DYEL on 17/12/2016 - 09:09

    Good effort.

  • brayhouse on 17/12/2016 - 09:15

    Great work guys.

  • estel on 17/12/2016 - 09:18

    Awesome work

  • khelddar on 17/12/2016 - 09:19

    Keep up the good work

  • Advv on 17/12/2016 - 09:20

    great stuff

  • Pinkmoon on 17/12/2016 - 09:21

    Nice work! Merry Christmas. :)

  • GPT4 on 17/12/2016 - 09:24

    Thank you!

  • BrainWaves on 17/12/2016 - 09:29

    Awesome initiative.

    Well done ✅

  • auna on 17/12/2016 - 09:38

    Fred Hollows!!

  • Neverpayretail on 17/12/2016 - 09:40

    Hope Doctors without borders gets it :)

  • zorrt on 17/12/2016 - 09:42

    Inserted

  • grasstown on 17/12/2016 - 09:47

    Thanks

  • DamonT on 17/12/2016 - 09:49

    Good to see OZB giving back. Great work!

  • rohichan on 17/12/2016 - 09:52

    Great work Scotty & OzB team!!

  • irenew on 17/12/2016 - 10:09

    If I had known about this earlier I would have suggested Arthritis SA https://www.arthritissa.org.au/ because my 2 yo granddaughter was diagnosed with inflamatory arthritis this year and her pic is the face of their Christmas appeal

  • theodosius on 17/12/2016 - 10:11

    Well done Scotty

  • scotteth on 17/12/2016 - 10:13

    great job

  • Blackpuddytat on 17/12/2016 - 10:19

    Feeling the awesome OzB spirit :)

  • scotty on 17/12/2016 - 10:24
    +2

    For the late comers — sorry I really don't want to add more charity to the list. We already have a list of 50 here, which is already making choosing hard.

    I might however take some suggestions left out here and add them to our End of Financial Year charity donation next year, as we do donate every 6 months.

  • Mel03713 on 17/12/2016 - 10:25

    Great work :)

  • nickeud on 17/12/2016 - 10:28

    Great work team at OzB.. Thanks for putting in the effort to do this.

  • Venison93 on 17/12/2016 - 10:42

    I'm a friend of Friends of the Hound. I'm not a hound though, I'm a human.

  • moflare on 17/12/2016 - 10:45

    Great work!

  • Member 0230 on 17/12/2016 - 11:00
    +1

    @scotty and OzB team, please pardon the silly question, but how is this all being funded?

    Regardless, it's an amazing and wonderful thing you've put together to make a difference.

    A lot like what Christmas should be 😊

    • Moderatorhamza23 on 18/12/2016 - 23:21

      The majority of income comes from Google Ad Exchange. Only guests see ads (on the home page and deal pages), members don't see ads by default (you can turn them on in your settings). A small amount of income comes from affiliate links which are shown to guests only; for users who click through the main deal link only and directly (not using cashback websites or similar).

      If you are interested in seeing what the ads look like you can just logout or turn them on temporarily in settings as mentioned.

      • Member 0230 on 20/12/2016 - 23:39

        Wow. I am turning AdBlock OFF now that I know there is benefit to the community — I've had it on for a while that I forgot ads were enabled for my account.

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