VeeshanVault, Donations, and You

Post by **Xouqoa** » March 19, 2003, 6:44 pm

Okay, here's the skinny.

Our bandwidth usage continues to increase each month, and the amount of traffic is going up each month as well. (Every month since July'02 when we opened.)

Pyrella and I have been kicking around the idea of getting a dedicated server for VeeshanVault, but this costs money.

The company we are seriously considering going with will get us the following:

400 gb of transfer a month
40 gb of hard disk space
512 MB of RAM
the ability to put anything we choose on the server

Basically, we would own the server to do whatever we wanted with, but we would be renting it for a monthly fee.

They have two pricing options. The first, is $99 a month. With this plan comes a $150 set up fee which brings the total cost for one year of operation to $1,338.

The second pricing plan is $999 upfront, which gets is one year of service all taken care of immediately. This is a savings of $338, but is more difficult to round up all at once.

Donation form is below, with a total goal of $1000. The initial response to this was pretty good, so we don't think it'll be too difficult to raise the amount needed.

http://veeshanvault.org/donate.htm

Once confirmation of a donation is received, we'll post the list of who and how much. If you prefer to remain anonymous just let us know in the PayPal form thing. (There's a note field, I believe.)

Thanks for your support guys!

Gurugurumaki · Post by **Gurugurumaki** » March 20, 2003, 10:02 am

Whatever Im so wealthy, I dont know what to do with my pp

......Were talkin plat right?

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 20, 2003, 3:59 pm

WTF, am I the only one who noticed that there used to be a lot more replies than one. And where the fuck is my Bush thread!

Post by **pyrella** » March 20, 2003, 4:00 pm

K, here's the donation page, with seperate buttons for US and Canadian dollars.

http://www.veeshanvault.org/donate.htm

The thermometer is for a goal of $1000, and I will update it with contributer names and amounts as they are recieved. Me and Xou really appreciate the support shown so far.

Thanks,
Team Mangina Cyb0r Squad

Post by **pyrella** » March 20, 2003, 4:03 pm

Zamtuk wrote:WTF, am I the only one who noticed that there used to be a lot more replies than one. And where the fuck is my Bush thread!

Moved (not deleted so teh precious post count would not be affected) them so as to relieve clutter.

And your Bush thread (used underwear?) is probably in the new forum, Current Events

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 20, 2003, 4:04 pm

Ahh, thanks, found it.

Edit: Will donate tommorrow, for some dumbass reason none of my previous deposits have went through yet. Being in college sucks ass for the wallet!

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 20, 2003, 7:07 pm

I don't use paypal for religious reasons. Can I like mail someone a wad of twenties or something?

Post by **Xouqoa** » March 20, 2003, 8:05 pm

kyoukan type-R wrote:I don't use paypal for religious reasons. Can I like mail someone a wad of twenties or something?

Ya, PM pyrella and he can send you address. Make sure you let him know how much so he can mark it down and we can calculate the total right.

Post by **Xouqoa** » March 21, 2003, 5:30 pm

I'd just like to reiterate that even if you can only chip in like $5, that's a big help.

We noticed that it was mostly $20 and up donations, and don't want anyone to feel like they need to be obligated to give that much. Anything is grand. =)

Gurugurumaki · Post by **Gurugurumaki** » March 21, 2003, 5:45 pm

Hey Xou are you the one that bought a 300Z?

Post by **Xouqoa** » March 21, 2003, 5:55 pm

Ya, why?

Gurugurumaki · Post by **Gurugurumaki** » March 21, 2003, 6:01 pm

Xouqoa wrote:Ya, why?

Looks like the amount of insurance payments, you can pay it for the year upfront, or pay in installments. I see where this is going. We are on to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Xouqoa** » March 21, 2003, 6:04 pm

My insurance is already paid for, and $1000 would make less than 3 payments on my car.

Anyway, the money is going to Pyrella! He's the scammer! *nod*

Gurugurumaki · Post by **Gurugurumaki** » March 21, 2003, 6:06 pm

Xouqoa wrote:My insurance is already paid for, and $1000 would make less than 3 payments on my car.

Anyway, the money is going to Pyrella! He's the scammer! *nod*

What kind of car is Pyrella lookin for...hum a beat up Yugo would work for 1k.

Post by **pyrella** » March 21, 2003, 6:36 pm

I'm just looking for a Hummer

Gurugurumaki · Post by **Gurugurumaki** » March 21, 2003, 6:47 pm

Can get that for fity bucks on the corner.

Laliana · Post by **Laliana** » March 21, 2003, 8:43 pm

pyrella wrote:I'm just looking for a Hummer

You already got one.

Guru is just pharming. /glare

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 21, 2003, 11:38 pm

pyrella wrote:I'm just looking for a Hummer

The car or the other hummer? Because I hear 1k can get you a nice one.

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » March 22, 2003, 12:22 am

any eta on when you'd like the cash by? I won't be able to donate this week (checks only come every 2 weeks), but I should be able to next Thursday.

Laliana · Post by **Laliana** » March 22, 2003, 2:32 am

^^ Some people are just not the brightest stars in the sky...

But back on track:

Vetiria wrote:any eta on when you'd like the cash by? I won't be able to donate this week (checks only come every 2 weeks), but I should be able to next Thursday.

Don't think there is a set date on donations yet. Just wanted to get mine in before I lost it in Vegas!

Animale · Post by **Animale** » March 22, 2003, 10:05 am

Put me down for 15.

Animale

Post by **Xouqoa** » March 22, 2003, 2:09 pm

No due date or anything. Just do it when ya can. If we reach our goal, we'll cut it off and let everyone know.

Madren · Post by **Madren** » March 23, 2003, 3:24 pm

donated, and i dont even post here much ^_^

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » March 23, 2003, 8:07 pm

Halfway...

...

Denadeb · Post by **Denadeb** » March 23, 2003, 8:37 pm

Theres another 50. Oh and ya better read my msg with it Py.

Post by **pyrella** » March 24, 2003, 2:49 pm

Well, we are going to be good to go. Spoke with the sales rep over at the hosting company, and managed to get us split into a 3 month plan so that we don't need to wait until the full amount is collected before doing anything. In fact, the server should be online tomorrow, and we'll start doing the transfer and setting things up as soon as possible.

I also requested a tape drive as an upgrade to our server so that we can do nightly backups for an additional 10 dollars a month.

Payment Sent (ID #2NW19338CXXXXXXXX)

Name: Paradox Alliance (The recipient of this payment is Verified)
Email: sales@servercove.com

Business Contact Information:
Customer Service Email: sales@servercove.com

Amount: -500.00

Date: Mar 24, 2003
Time: 9:33:20
Status: Completed

Subject: First payment for Servercove Server
Note: First payment from plan

500 first month
310 second
310 third

Server + backup drive

Shipping Address No Address Provided

Funding Type: PayPal Funds
Funding Source: $500.00 - PayPal Account

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » March 24, 2003, 3:13 pm

How much down time will be involved in the transfer?

Post by **pyrella** » March 24, 2003, 3:27 pm

I plan to do it late at night after the domain has switched over. I will lock the boards for about 30 mins while I export/import the db and make sure it's still working.

I'll give a day or 2 notice prior to this as well.

Post by **pyrella** » March 31, 2003, 1:56 pm

we got several more donations while at Ff, i promise i will update the page after i get some sleep, but yes we did get them!

Skunki · Post by **Skunki** » April 4, 2003, 1:35 am

going to get a donation in soon!

Post by **pyrella** » April 10, 2003, 5:22 pm

Ok page updated again (Donate and view here -> http://www.veeshanvault.org/donate.htm ) lost a few of the notification emails during the switch, but went through all the records and we should be completely up to date at this point.

If you have donated and for some reason you don't see your name, please PM me or Xou and I will correct as soon as possible.

And once again, thanks to all of you for your support.

edit: helps if I could spell right

retiredwikit · Post by **retiredwikit** » April 10, 2003, 5:26 pm

pyrella wrote: http://www.veshanvault.org/donate.htm)

That link doesn't work, but this one should http://www.veeshanvault.org/donate.htm

murr · Post by **murr** » April 30, 2003, 5:15 pm

cdavis = Murr
sorry ~

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » June 7, 2003, 1:33 pm

don't mind me, just farming

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » June 7, 2003, 1:34 pm

still farming

Atokal · Post by **Atokal** » October 1, 2003, 12:38 pm

Pay Pal sucks ass.