AD&D Commemorative Core 3: I Haz 'Em!

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I am having a hard time justifying why I should buy these when I already have 7 1e PHB's as it is.

Over time though I think the price can only go up....

 

[billd91]

Not suspicion, merely fact.
Send your donation directly to the Gygax Fund and they receive 100%.

Now, I ask you, how would that satisfy my porcine need for gaming collectables?

WotC (or other companies) donating a portion of their profits on a product to a cause is a win-win-win proposition. I get the stuff from them I wanted anyway (win), they gain a PR boost (win), and the cause gets more money from my purchase than it would have if the company wasn't donating a portion of its profits (win).

Let's face it, with a lot of product/donation tie ins, many of the people making those purchases wouldn't have been donating on their own to that particular cause. I have other priorities with my money. Indulging myself rather than the memorial fund is, frankly, one of them.

 

[Aldeon]

Out of all times for my wallet to get nicked, why does it have to be this week? I hope there is at least one copy of each left at my FLGS by the time I get my replacement debit card.

Not that I'd ever use these books. I'm fairly certain that I'll never run this system and it's hard to find any non-3.5/4e groups around where I live. But I still want them, just for my collection.

 

[Agamon]

You can still "use" the DMG, even if you never play a second of AD&D.

 

[scourger]

You can still "use" the DMG, even if you never play a second of AD&D.

That's why I'm getting one. I hope they sell a million.

 

[frankthedm]

Yikes. It's a sad day indeed when a company that offers to donate some if its profits to charity is viewed with suspicion.

Some of us feel a charitable donation used as marketing should be viewed with suspicion when the amount is unspecified.

 

[frankthedm]

Secondly, does anyone know the Fund's taxation status?

You could email them...

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Correct.

Deductions when proceeds benefit charity?
In most of the sales in which the seller says that a portion of the proceeds will go to charity, the sale is at fair market value for the products or services being sold. In that case, there is no direct gift from the purchaser to the charity, although the seller uses the charitable pitch to increase the volume of sales. A purchaser may claim a charitable contribution deduction only when the payment exceeds the value of the goods or services received in return. That is much more likely to occur in fund raising activities conducted by the charity itself, such as an annual banquet, in which tickets cost significantly more than the value of the goods or services being provided.

 

[mach1.9pants]

I am pretty sure I was unaware of the Memorial Fund until this announcement so that is a very big bonus for the fund, the reprint spreads the knowledge of the fund to the wider DnD/RPG community

 

[Alzrius]

Danny, two quick questions for you (or anyone else who's actually unwrapped their books):

1) Do these books incorporate the errata that was published?

2) Is the Random Harlot Table still in there?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Is the Random Harlot Table still in there?

It had better be- they want Gary to rest in peace, not return from the grave and make us rest in pieces!