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

  • fleetoiler on 18/12/2016 - 23:00

    Great community and great work ozb team, thanks to all the volunteers and lowly paid admins helping out and putting up with our sh!$ day after day!

  • T1OOO on 18/12/2016 - 23:05

    How does ozb even make 18k a year?!??!!!

  • bravotwo on 18/12/2016 - 23:10

    Cheers guys, doing good stuff here.

  • Sobieski on 18/12/2016 - 23:28

    Thanks Scotty and the OzB team!

    Merry Christmas everyone.

  • GhostDC on 18/12/2016 - 23:34

    Good job team ozbargain! Hope you get some good karma!

  • unity1 on 18/12/2016 - 23:34

    Please consider Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia for next year's list

  • dylanando on 18/12/2016 - 23:39

    Nice work Ozbargain.

  • Maveot on 18/12/2016 - 23:40

    Awesome job Ozbargain!

  • krimovtartar on 18/12/2016 - 23:41

    This is a great initiative. Well Done!

  • greenicetea on 18/12/2016 - 23:45

    +generous giving

  • Meliorist on 19/12/2016 - 00:14

    Thanks for the good work

  • Dazza102 on 19/12/2016 - 00:15

    great work and thank you ozbargain

  • ghostdom on 19/12/2016 - 00:19

    great job.

  • scar4ace on 19/12/2016 - 00:41

    +$10

  • ad89 on 19/12/2016 - 00:43

    +$10

  • theophilusthistler on 19/12/2016 - 00:59

    Thumbs up. +$10

  • pirorin on 19/12/2016 - 01:05

    Great work and Merry Xmas!

  • muncan on 19/12/2016 - 01:27

    I authorise scotty to debit another $10 on my behalves.

  • overlord on 19/12/2016 - 01:34

    Thanks scotty, thanks ozbargain.

  • shmoney on 19/12/2016 - 01:56

    Nice

  • whoopdeedoo on 19/12/2016 - 01:59

    well done

  • Darkvader on 19/12/2016 - 02:09

    Good work people

  • scrimshaw on 19/12/2016 - 02:16

    Merry XMAS

  • Kiryui on 19/12/2016 - 02:51

    Thanks for the effort!

  • 9race on 19/12/2016 - 03:47

    Adding $10 to the pot!

  • 17833 on 19/12/2016 - 04:00

    Great initiative, this is the sort of thing that should have been mentioned in the recent newspaper article showing the community spirit of OzBargain. Great work scotty.

  • withgusto on 19/12/2016 - 06:55

    Great work here, well done. Fred Hollows Foundation got my vote. Merry Christmas everyone!

  • JohnHowardsEyebrows on 19/12/2016 - 07:11

    Nice work

  • Flying Ace on 19/12/2016 - 07:14

    Great work!!

  • nicbaz on 19/12/2016 - 07:18

    +$10 great work :)

  • scotty on 19/12/2016 - 07:42
    +13

    Last year we donated an extra $4,580 from unique comments. The year before we donated an extra $2,580. So far for this year, with 3 more days to go, I am looking at an extra $7,750…

    Well, I better set up some limit before it goes out of control. Thanks for all who have commented and voted so far, but the maximum number of unique commenters would be capped at 1,000 — that is if we have more than 1,000 OzBargainers commented in this thread, we'll donate $28,000 to charities. I'll make that top 7 charities with $4000 each.

    • 17833 on 19/12/2016 - 09:05
      +9

      Your generosity has been truly ozbargained :)

      • scotty on 19/12/2016 - 09:14
        +3

        Ha yes. It's going out of stock soon.

    • bluesky on 19/12/2016 - 11:36

      Last year was the first year I found out about this, and commented. It's funny, I remember in the last few days, I felt rather apprehensive each time one more person commented :-), in case it had vastly overshot your estimate, and you had not anticipated or budgeted for it. Since it was fine last year, this year, I am less apprehensive, but still, much prefer that you have now set a limit. Charity is good, but we do not want the numbers to be unanticipated and cause you difficulty.

    • windrc on 20/12/2016 - 17:20

      Good stuffs

  • Lord Fart Bucket on 19/12/2016 - 07:42

    I just hope this comment is worthy of an extra $10 ;)

  • incarnate on 19/12/2016 - 07:49

    Thanks OZB team! Such a great tradition!

  • chansc on 19/12/2016 - 07:50

    Great work!

  • benjamin on 19/12/2016 - 07:56

    Flarty blargstaff

  • AssamLaksa on 19/12/2016 - 07:56
    +1

    I like how you can't see how many votes there are for each so people won't be biased :D great work

  • IMadeYouReadThis on 19/12/2016 - 07:58

    Here is my 2 cents, ah..I mean $10 :)

    Good work Scotty, wishing you more success.

  • ham12 on 19/12/2016 - 08:02

    +$10

  • timrod on 19/12/2016 - 08:23

    Good work!

  • lai on 19/12/2016 - 08:24

    Really appreciate!!! Everyone can enjoy the christmas!!! Merry christmas!

  • blerk on 19/12/2016 - 08:38
    -1

    Thank you for allowing a sucky 2016 to end on a high note.

  • bocca on 19/12/2016 - 08:41

    Cool!

  • ShamelessBargains on 19/12/2016 - 08:48

    Top effort, I wish more forums would do this especially around Christmas time which is one of the hardest times for charities :)

  • npnp on 19/12/2016 - 08:54

    Great work Ozbargain..

  • thriftybunny on 19/12/2016 - 09:01

    Kids Help Line
    www.kidshelp.com.au

  • slingyz on 19/12/2016 - 09:05

    Awesome!

    (yes, being frugal and being generous does not need to be mutually exclusive) <— loving this quote!

  • autobot on 19/12/2016 - 09:16

    good job!

  • matthewli88 on 19/12/2016 - 09:19

    Great work OzB team!

  • Band28 on 19/12/2016 - 09:21

    What a great cause and thank you to everyone involved who helped to organise this, adding my comment for a tenner. :)

  • taylorle999 on 19/12/2016 - 09:31

    thank u scott….anything to do with animals has my vote. they don't have a voice so we must speak out for them :)
    also, so happy to see some dishonest charities not listed here
    cheers to OB!!

  • madmo on 19/12/2016 - 09:40

    awesome!

  • parismeow on 19/12/2016 - 09:42

    awesome work!!

  • StateOE on 19/12/2016 - 09:45

    Thanks for doing this!

  • dhoneybun on 19/12/2016 - 09:53

    merry xmas

  • Nellycoo on 19/12/2016 - 09:55

    OzBargain, thank you so much for this. Contrary to what we might think, life's not just about us. You will bless so many people.

    • muncan on 19/12/2016 - 10:09

      Who's to say what life is about? Maybe life is exactly about reaching a point where humans spawn into existence and evolve to create an online bargain Mecca. If so, the bargain gods would be pleased. 🤔

  • Big Trev on 19/12/2016 - 10:06

    Good stuff.

  • frankymatty on 19/12/2016 - 10:07

    Good work Ozbargain! Keep it up.

  • gentlecrack on 19/12/2016 - 10:10

    Great work scotty and Ozbargain team!

  • h4lcyon on 19/12/2016 - 10:15

    Great idea!

  • 1Kenobi on 19/12/2016 - 10:28

    Thanks

  • Bargain4Life on 19/12/2016 - 10:28

    great idea. Very impressive.

  • thriftybunny on 19/12/2016 - 10:32

    & +$10 :)
    Thanks for another thrifty year guys!

  • nikey2k27 on 19/12/2016 - 10:34

    Good job

  • triviums on 19/12/2016 - 10:53

    Here's another $10 :)

  • ssjwill on 19/12/2016 - 11:00

    doing the charitable thing

  • braussie on 19/12/2016 - 11:01

    This is awesome!
    Keep it up with the good work!

  • Scyl on 19/12/2016 - 11:10

    This is good stuff! Wish there are more of this in the world.

  • Alex10 on 19/12/2016 - 11:10

    Great job!

  • [Deactivated] on 19/12/2016 - 11:15

    +$10

  • tex on 19/12/2016 - 11:19

    +$10

  • Looking4Bargians on 19/12/2016 - 11:22

    Good Work.

  • Fusakin on 19/12/2016 - 11:23

    🐶

  • axlfan on 19/12/2016 - 11:25

    I would recommend the Salvation Army as I have seen their awesome work upfront.

    But I want to thank OzBargain for this. God bless, Marry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!

  • DingoBilly on 19/12/2016 - 11:31

    Fantastic thing to do. Really appreciated.

  • hybridex on 19/12/2016 - 11:32

    On yas for doing great stuff for the community :)

  • Magnum12 on 19/12/2016 - 11:37

    Thanks OzB <3

  • rake on 19/12/2016 - 11:37

    Excellent work guys! Cheers.

  • shane1 on 19/12/2016 - 11:44

    Had to log in and comment on this one. Great work OzBargain.

  • compingqueen on 19/12/2016 - 11:49

    This is amazing. Now to choose a charity. There are many that I have a personal connection to in regards to my family being affected

  • macgregors on 19/12/2016 - 11:55

    Terrific work

  • Monday on 19/12/2016 - 11:57

    Awesome stuff year in year out! Merry Christmas everyone!

  • orange123 on 19/12/2016 - 11:59

    Great Generosity!

  • mintzmeat on 19/12/2016 - 12:04

    This is amazing!! Great job! Thank you OzB

  • de22 on 19/12/2016 - 12:10

    This is great :)

  • fossilfuel on 19/12/2016 - 12:21

    good stuff!

  • lachysim on 19/12/2016 - 12:26

    Minus18
    https://minus18.org.au/index.php/donate

  • sammyla on 19/12/2016 - 12:39

    Great work OzBaegain!!

  • Make it so on 19/12/2016 - 12:47

    Great initiative.

  • hectic3 on 19/12/2016 - 12:54

    Good on OzBargain for keeping up this tradition

  • DaWeizOne on 19/12/2016 - 13:00

    See, this is why I'm so proud of being an Ozbargainer !!
    Great work guys, keep up that Christmas spirit🎉🎄

  • bxpressiv on 19/12/2016 - 13:06

    Not a deal.

    +$10

  • cmilano8 on 19/12/2016 - 13:09

    +1 great job OzB!!

  • sgrusty on 19/12/2016 - 13:10

    Good stuff! Well done

  • Murpha on 19/12/2016 - 13:13

    Happy festive season to all! Great stuff guys!

  • Kindkinesis on 19/12/2016 - 13:22

    great job

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