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Your generosity is STUNNING!
Wrapping up the TekScopes pledge drive, Michael Dunn and I are STUNNED by
your generosity and all the positive comments we received. Your contributions have exceeded the $340 paid to Groups.io by almost 1,000%. You sent us 203 contributions totaling $3,341.77! We agree this is a problem that I will have to fix since it was my bright idea. I did not realize when I sent my request for help that people would be so generous. I wrote, "So I am asking for small contributions". What happened was anything but "small". Leo Bodnar, a friend, stunned me when he contributed the entire required amount two days later. This was the first sign I should have chosen a synonym such as "tiny" or "teeny" instead of small. It was too late at that point. I could see there was a tsunami headed my way and I had no way to stop it. I think the contributions have finally stopped. The last one (I hope) arrived three days ago. Michael and I have decided that this is far too much money for us to keep on behalf of TekScopes. The simplest solution is for us to tear up the checks and return all the PayPal contributions above $10.00 (actually all those above $10.05) over the next few days, with our sincerest thanks. This will result in exactly half of the contributions being kept and half being returned. PayPal allows me to do a total refund very quickly; we considered partial refunds, but the process would take much longer. If, after you receive your refund, you would still like to make a contribution to TekScopes, please don't send more than $10.00. If you do, we'll be forced to spend it on wine and DMMs. Thank You, Dennis Tillman W7PF Michael Dunn VA1XY As I promised, here is every contribution I received. The four checking account contributions are listed in numerical order by their bank account number. Following those, the 199 PayPal contributions are listed in numerical order by their transaction number. I double and triple checked the PayPal notices that came to me or to my wife, Marian, to be sure I didn't miss any. If I missed your PayPal contribution please let me know so I can find out what happened to it. The most common contribution was $10.00 and the average contribution was $15.94. CHECKING ACCOUNT 0000*255 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0035*054 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4650*2065 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9179*1067 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED PAYPAL TRANSACTION 02079*******9581B $10.00 03E74*******9033E $100.00 TO BE REFUNDED 05P54*******33704 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0DV52*******9640N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0FX24*******0225D $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 0GH61*******5321H $10.00 0H164*******7324J $5.00 0HP31*******79205 $10.00 0TB16*******6233S $10.00 0V228*******9483Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0WE54*******4492F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0XD49*******99831 $10.00 0XX33*******5571C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 10F89*******59157 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 11D81*******1581M $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 13W62*******8082B $5.00 16621*******82104 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16T81*******89037 $21.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16U30*******4884J $10.00 17T42*******7831E $10.00 1C179*******04615 $10.00 1C830*******8112P $10.00 1KB10*******35308 $10.00 1KC35*******1823E $10.00 1KK41*******81702 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1MJ87*******7921S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1PL71*******8194S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1SF61*******75325 $6.28 1U469*******7321A $10.00 1UN19*******71331 $21.50 TO BE REFUNDED 1XL88*******0010V $10.00 21K47*******0942J $5.00 26M35*******2652B $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 26W48*******18439 $10.00 27955*******6435G $2.00 28784*******31459 $10.00 2AJ63*******9742M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2BB60*******7284T $10.05 2C041*******7435F $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2CF51*******55300 $10.00 2GN07*******6691P $21.36 TO BE REFUNDED 2HA37*******2763N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2JP56*******9614M $6.00 2L669*******5001S $20.03 TO BE REFUNDED 2LL81*******2181A $10.00 2NX73*******6334E $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2PE83*******8434J $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2R866*******6484Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2S663*******60054 $10.00 2UD84*******92512 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2WG55*******8174X $10.00 30988*******3613G $10.00 31532*******3440H $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 32S52*******3263Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 33N46*******8874F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 35J04*******2071X $5.00 37611*******3481X $30.28 TO BE REFUNDED 38D56*******6900H $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 38H00*******74637 $10.00 39503*******91844 $10.00 3C222*******60057 $5.00 3DL81*******49307 $10.00 3DN03*******6580W $10.00 3HN95*******74316 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3JY75*******0415H $10.00 3MK47*******8000V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3ML12*******7670M $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3RW61*******7583B $110.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3SV52*******0093K $10.00 3U066*******6064R $10.00 3W759*******4273V $10.00 3WN84*******32644 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3X630*******09454 $10.00 43V15*******1315P $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 43W14*******2963X $10.00 4C132*******25402 $20.78 TO BE REFUNDED 4CP43*******1271K $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4E489*******92025 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4GU02*******14949 $10.00 4H892*******5443S $10.00 4NK97*******39943 $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4NS27*******8414L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4PM01*******5380X $10.00 4RA41*******16029 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4V179*******50029 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4VU25*******5244C $10.00 4WE10*******2420U $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4WG41*******2952L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XH55*******98246 $10.00 4XM94*******9951L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XU29*******2203A $5.00 52Y94*******9314H $10.00 53E69*******9450U $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 53M48*******1162D $10.04 54264*******83607 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 54350*******3123J $10.00 56419*******9740B $10.68 TO BE REFUNDED 57958*******19248 $10.00 57M28*******3463Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 58J72*******8751M $5.05 59K74*******6614F $10.00 59M25*******3721R $10.72 TO BE REFUNDED 5FC22*******9632C $10.00 5GA43*******4223M $5.00 5K650*******2512S $10.00 5L001*******9890K $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5L631*******0780F $5.00 5P795*******19647 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5SE25*******18324 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UP40*******89642 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UU92*******40032 $10.20 61H86*******4671Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 61W04*******0651P $5.00 62172*******4981K $10.03 62762*******2074B REFUNDED 64M95*******0450J $20.20 TO BE REFUNDED 69567*******7993L $10.00 69G97*******6681W $5.00 6AX91*******2221W $10.00 6DC49*******7192J $2.20 6DY20*******43532 $10.00 6FR77*******2981V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6GH42*******5101K $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6JF13*******51538 $13.42 TO BE REFUNDED 6M239*******2634X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6M818*******3010R $10.75 TO BE REFUNDED 6MW55*******8294T $4.00 6NN32*******4542V $10.00 6PN72*******3184X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6SJ24*******7280W $10.00 6TX54*******6691J $10.00 6UC87*******60625 $5.00 6W050*******3122G $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6YC11*******1694V $10.00 6YR09*******24211 $10.00 70R50*******48816 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71A57*******04246 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71B15*******9210H $5.00 77749*******2345C $5.00 7AA50*******6582S $5.00 7BH77*******10502 $10.00 7C686*******0453C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7C834*******0923E $10.00 7CK01*******1245K $5.00 7D080*******7730E $10.00 7HC88*******8542G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7JC48*******6100G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7LV25*******2193G $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7M285*******92740 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7MK85*******1842C $10.00 7MS44*******5362B $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7NK34*******5412S $31.44 TO BE REFUNDED 7PE90*******5070C $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7PW51*******11256 $5.00 7SB72*******7192F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7UJ45*******9004U $5.00 7V986*******7741K $10.00 7WL39*******4140E $10.00 80874*******3273N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 82A24*******71901 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 85T72*******59347 $10.00 86464*******0522V $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 89L93*******2080C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8AB06*******94251 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BM27*******0873M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BP86*******45402 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8DF32*******6052V $10.00 8EJ68*******08541 $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8FJ75*******8872W $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GC22*******34141 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GT73*******09326 $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 8MC99*******59946 $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8N867*******6281R $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8P783*******6711A $23.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8PJ76*******6821F $10.00 8TL81*******09540 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8X573*******06030 $10.00 8XN50*******4422L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 90T91*******35713 $10.00 91410*******3142B $10.00 91U38*******2105T $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 92261*******0350X $10.00 94C22*******3914J $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 97618*******3223U $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 98Y68*******70508 $1.24 99954*******8720E $5.00 9A088*******0853S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9AP46*******63352 $10.00 9B390*******8403F $10.00 9DH47*******6461J $10.00 9GJ81*******0164P $10.00 9HK96*******73147 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HS74*******5364F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HY36*******94500 $10.00 9KN17*******5330K $5.00 9N383*******7605L $5.36 9SK43*******0851N $22.57 TO BE REFUNDED 9SN87*******3420T $10.00 9UB93*******8990M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9V074*******7422K $5.37 -- Dennis Tillman W7PF TekScopes Moderator
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Colin Herbert
Hi Dennis,
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I don't see my contribution, which had the transaction number 2SU63142B31413624. According to my records, I sent it on 03/01/2020 and the sum was $US 25.00. I have no problem with you "keeping it for a rainy day", but it would probably be good to know that it hasn't got lost in cyberspace. Many thanks to you and Michael Dunn for all that you do in keeping "Tekscopes" running. Colin.
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From: TekScopes@groups.io [mailto:TekScopes@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dennis Tillman W7PF Sent: 18 January 2020 16:57 To: TekScopes@groups.io Subject: [TekScopes] Your generosity is STUNNING! Wrapping up the TekScopes pledge drive, Michael Dunn and I are STUNNED by your generosity and all the positive comments we received. Your contributions have exceeded the $340 paid to Groups.io by almost 1,000%. You sent us 203 contributions totaling $3,341.77! We agree this is a problem that I will have to fix since it was my bright idea. I did not realize when I sent my request for help that people would be so generous. I wrote, "So I am asking for small contributions". What happened was anything but "small". Leo Bodnar, a friend, stunned me when he contributed the entire required amount two days later. This was the first sign I should have chosen a synonym such as "tiny" or "teeny" instead of small. It was too late at that point. I could see there was a tsunami headed my way and I had no way to stop it. I think the contributions have finally stopped. The last one (I hope) arrived three days ago. Michael and I have decided that this is far too much money for us to keep on behalf of TekScopes. The simplest solution is for us to tear up the checks and return all the PayPal contributions above $10.00 (actually all those above $10.05) over the next few days, with our sincerest thanks. This will result in exactly half of the contributions being kept and half being returned. PayPal allows me to do a total refund very quickly; we considered partial refunds, but the process would take much longer. If, after you receive your refund, you would still like to make a contribution to TekScopes, please don't send more than $10.00. If you do, we'll be forced to spend it on wine and DMMs. Thank You, Dennis Tillman W7PF Michael Dunn VA1XY As I promised, here is every contribution I received. The four checking account contributions are listed in numerical order by their bank account number. Following those, the 199 PayPal contributions are listed in numerical order by their transaction number. I double and triple checked the PayPal notices that came to me or to my wife, Marian, to be sure I didn't miss any. If I missed your PayPal contribution please let me know so I can find out what happened to it. The most common contribution was $10.00 and the average contribution was $15.94. CHECKING ACCOUNT 0000*255 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0035*054 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4650*2065 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9179*1067 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED PAYPAL TRANSACTION 02079*******9581B $10.00 03E74*******9033E $100.00 TO BE REFUNDED 05P54*******33704 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0DV52*******9640N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0FX24*******0225D $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 0GH61*******5321H $10.00 0H164*******7324J $5.00 0HP31*******79205 $10.00 0TB16*******6233S $10.00 0V228*******9483Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0WE54*******4492F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0XD49*******99831 $10.00 0XX33*******5571C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 10F89*******59157 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 11D81*******1581M $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 13W62*******8082B $5.00 16621*******82104 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16T81*******89037 $21.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16U30*******4884J $10.00 17T42*******7831E $10.00 1C179*******04615 $10.00 1C830*******8112P $10.00 1KB10*******35308 $10.00 1KC35*******1823E $10.00 1KK41*******81702 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1MJ87*******7921S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1PL71*******8194S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1SF61*******75325 $6.28 1U469*******7321A $10.00 1UN19*******71331 $21.50 TO BE REFUNDED 1XL88*******0010V $10.00 21K47*******0942J $5.00 26M35*******2652B $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 26W48*******18439 $10.00 27955*******6435G $2.00 28784*******31459 $10.00 2AJ63*******9742M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2BB60*******7284T $10.05 2C041*******7435F $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2CF51*******55300 $10.00 2GN07*******6691P $21.36 TO BE REFUNDED 2HA37*******2763N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2JP56*******9614M $6.00 2L669*******5001S $20.03 TO BE REFUNDED 2LL81*******2181A $10.00 2NX73*******6334E $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2PE83*******8434J $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2R866*******6484Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2S663*******60054 $10.00 2UD84*******92512 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2WG55*******8174X $10.00 30988*******3613G $10.00 31532*******3440H $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 32S52*******3263Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 33N46*******8874F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 35J04*******2071X $5.00 37611*******3481X $30.28 TO BE REFUNDED 38D56*******6900H $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 38H00*******74637 $10.00 39503*******91844 $10.00 3C222*******60057 $5.00 3DL81*******49307 $10.00 3DN03*******6580W $10.00 3HN95*******74316 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3JY75*******0415H $10.00 3MK47*******8000V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3ML12*******7670M $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3RW61*******7583B $110.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3SV52*******0093K $10.00 3U066*******6064R $10.00 3W759*******4273V $10.00 3WN84*******32644 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3X630*******09454 $10.00 43V15*******1315P $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 43W14*******2963X $10.00 4C132*******25402 $20.78 TO BE REFUNDED 4CP43*******1271K $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4E489*******92025 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4GU02*******14949 $10.00 4H892*******5443S $10.00 4NK97*******39943 $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4NS27*******8414L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4PM01*******5380X $10.00 4RA41*******16029 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4V179*******50029 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4VU25*******5244C $10.00 4WE10*******2420U $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4WG41*******2952L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XH55*******98246 $10.00 4XM94*******9951L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XU29*******2203A $5.00 52Y94*******9314H $10.00 53E69*******9450U $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 53M48*******1162D $10.04 54264*******83607 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 54350*******3123J $10.00 56419*******9740B $10.68 TO BE REFUNDED 57958*******19248 $10.00 57M28*******3463Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 58J72*******8751M $5.05 59K74*******6614F $10.00 59M25*******3721R $10.72 TO BE REFUNDED 5FC22*******9632C $10.00 5GA43*******4223M $5.00 5K650*******2512S $10.00 5L001*******9890K $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5L631*******0780F $5.00 5P795*******19647 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5SE25*******18324 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UP40*******89642 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UU92*******40032 $10.20 61H86*******4671Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 61W04*******0651P $5.00 62172*******4981K $10.03 62762*******2074B REFUNDED 64M95*******0450J $20.20 TO BE REFUNDED 69567*******7993L $10.00 69G97*******6681W $5.00 6AX91*******2221W $10.00 6DC49*******7192J $2.20 6DY20*******43532 $10.00 6FR77*******2981V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6GH42*******5101K $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6JF13*******51538 $13.42 TO BE REFUNDED 6M239*******2634X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6M818*******3010R $10.75 TO BE REFUNDED 6MW55*******8294T $4.00 6NN32*******4542V $10.00 6PN72*******3184X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6SJ24*******7280W $10.00 6TX54*******6691J $10.00 6UC87*******60625 $5.00 6W050*******3122G $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6YC11*******1694V $10.00 6YR09*******24211 $10.00 70R50*******48816 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71A57*******04246 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71B15*******9210H $5.00 77749*******2345C $5.00 7AA50*******6582S $5.00 7BH77*******10502 $10.00 7C686*******0453C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7C834*******0923E $10.00 7CK01*******1245K $5.00 7D080*******7730E $10.00 7HC88*******8542G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7JC48*******6100G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7LV25*******2193G $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7M285*******92740 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7MK85*******1842C $10.00 7MS44*******5362B $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7NK34*******5412S $31.44 TO BE REFUNDED 7PE90*******5070C $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7PW51*******11256 $5.00 7SB72*******7192F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7UJ45*******9004U $5.00 7V986*******7741K $10.00 7WL39*******4140E $10.00 80874*******3273N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 82A24*******71901 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 85T72*******59347 $10.00 86464*******0522V $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 89L93*******2080C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8AB06*******94251 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BM27*******0873M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BP86*******45402 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8DF32*******6052V $10.00 8EJ68*******08541 $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8FJ75*******8872W $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GC22*******34141 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GT73*******09326 $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 8MC99*******59946 $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8N867*******6281R $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8P783*******6711A $23.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8PJ76*******6821F $10.00 8TL81*******09540 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8X573*******06030 $10.00 8XN50*******4422L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 90T91*******35713 $10.00 91410*******3142B $10.00 91U38*******2105T $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 92261*******0350X $10.00 94C22*******3914J $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 97618*******3223U $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 98Y68*******70508 $1.24 99954*******8720E $5.00 9A088*******0853S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9AP46*******63352 $10.00 9B390*******8403F $10.00 9DH47*******6461J $10.00 9GJ81*******0164P $10.00 9HK96*******73147 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HS74*******5364F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HY36*******94500 $10.00 9KN17*******5330K $5.00 9N383*******7605L $5.36 9SK43*******0851N $22.57 TO BE REFUNDED 9SN87*******3420T $10.00 9UB93*******8990M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9V074*******7422K $5.37 -- Dennis Tillman W7PF TekScopes Moderator
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On 18-Jan-20 08:57, Dennis Tillman W7PF wrote:
Wrapping up the TekScopes pledge drive, Michael Dunn and I are STUNNED by<snippage> Dennis, I had sent a contribution as well. $15 under transaction ID 10U23937VM509414N, which I didn't see in the list. You did get that, yes? Keep or refund, I'm fine with it either way. Thanks much! -- --- Bruce Lane, ARS KC7GR http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech dot com "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green)
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Greg Muir
Dennis,
NO, NO, NO!!! You need to keep money in the coffers or we will be going through all of this again in the future. Place it in a separate account and draw from it as needed. If you are worried about future events, place a second account trustee on it so the transfer will be flawless. (Personally you will make me have to go back through my accounting to deal with the refund if it happens) Greg
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Reginald Beardsley
ROFL Wow!!!!
Next year post the cost divided by the number of list members as a guide for how much to consider giving and perhaps post an upper limit on donations on the assumption that the fraction of list members who contribute will be about the same. If you set up a PayPal account just for TekScopes it would be easy to post the balance each day until the December pledge drive ends. That will avoid the labor of doing refunds. Thank you Dennis for all your hard work. Have Fun! Reg
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Robert Simpson
It would be fine with me if any extra went to the Tek museum.
Bob
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Hello Dennis,
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Thank you ! I'm happy to know the involvement of the group in that subject. I couldn't see my contribution in your list. My contribution was the following: - Transaction ID - 70V78289UG1424134 - - Details - Sent to Marian Tillman $20.00Just let me know if the transaction arrive in your account.Thanks to you and and Michael Dunn for all the good job and for keeping the Tekscopes group runningVictor
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From: Dennis Tillman W7PF <dennis@ridesoft.com> To: TekScopes <TekScopes@groups.io> Sent: Sat, Jan 18, 2020 5:57 pm Subject: [TekScopes] Your generosity is STUNNING! Wrapping up the TekScopes pledge drive, Michael Dunn and I are STUNNED by your generosity and all the positive comments we received. Your contributions have exceeded the $340 paid to Groups.io by almost 1,000%. You sent us 203 contributions totaling $3,341.77! We agree this is a problem that I will have to fix since it was my bright idea. I did not realize when I sent my request for help that people would be so generous. I wrote, "So I am asking for small contributions". What happened was anything but "small". Leo Bodnar, a friend, stunned me when he contributed the entire required amount two days later. This was the first sign I should have chosen a synonym such as "tiny" or "teeny" instead of small. It was too late at that point. I could see there was a tsunami headed my way and I had no way to stop it. I think the contributions have finally stopped. The last one (I hope) arrived three days ago. Michael and I have decided that this is far too much money for us to keep on behalf of TekScopes. The simplest solution is for us to tear up the checks and return all the PayPal contributions above $10.00 (actually all those above $10.05) over the next few days, with our sincerest thanks. This will result in exactly half of the contributions being kept and half being returned. PayPal allows me to do a total refund very quickly; we considered partial refunds, but the process would take much longer. If, after you receive your refund, you would still like to make a contribution to TekScopes, please don't send more than $10.00. If you do, we'll be forced to spend it on wine and DMMs. Thank You, Dennis Tillman W7PF Michael Dunn VA1XY As I promised, here is every contribution I received. The four checking account contributions are listed in numerical order by their bank account number. Following those, the 199 PayPal contributions are listed in numerical order by their transaction number. I double and triple checked the PayPal notices that came to me or to my wife, Marian, to be sure I didn't miss any. If I missed your PayPal contribution please let me know so I can find out what happened to it. The most common contribution was $10.00 and the average contribution was $15.94. CHECKING ACCOUNT 0000*255 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0035*054 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4650*2065 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9179*1067 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED PAYPAL TRANSACTION 02079*******9581B $10.00 03E74*******9033E $100.00 TO BE REFUNDED 05P54*******33704 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0DV52*******9640N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0FX24*******0225D $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 0GH61*******5321H $10.00 0H164*******7324J $5.00 0HP31*******79205 $10.00 0TB16*******6233S $10.00 0V228*******9483Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0WE54*******4492F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0XD49*******99831 $10.00 0XX33*******5571C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 10F89*******59157 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 11D81*******1581M $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 13W62*******8082B $5.00 16621*******82104 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16T81*******89037 $21.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16U30*******4884J $10.00 17T42*******7831E $10.00 1C179*******04615 $10.00 1C830*******8112P $10.00 1KB10*******35308 $10.00 1KC35*******1823E $10.00 1KK41*******81702 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1MJ87*******7921S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1PL71*******8194S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1SF61*******75325 $6.28 1U469*******7321A $10.00 1UN19*******71331 $21.50 TO BE REFUNDED 1XL88*******0010V $10.00 21K47*******0942J $5.00 26M35*******2652B $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 26W48*******18439 $10.00 27955*******6435G $2.00 28784*******31459 $10.00 2AJ63*******9742M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2BB60*******7284T $10.05 2C041*******7435F $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2CF51*******55300 $10.00 2GN07*******6691P $21.36 TO BE REFUNDED 2HA37*******2763N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2JP56*******9614M $6.00 2L669*******5001S $20.03 TO BE REFUNDED 2LL81*******2181A $10.00 2NX73*******6334E $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2PE83*******8434J $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2R866*******6484Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2S663*******60054 $10.00 2UD84*******92512 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2WG55*******8174X $10.00 30988*******3613G $10.00 31532*******3440H $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 32S52*******3263Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 33N46*******8874F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 35J04*******2071X $5.00 37611*******3481X $30.28 TO BE REFUNDED 38D56*******6900H $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 38H00*******74637 $10.00 39503*******91844 $10.00 3C222*******60057 $5.00 3DL81*******49307 $10.00 3DN03*******6580W $10.00 3HN95*******74316 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3JY75*******0415H $10.00 3MK47*******8000V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3ML12*******7670M $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3RW61*******7583B $110.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3SV52*******0093K $10.00 3U066*******6064R $10.00 3W759*******4273V $10.00 3WN84*******32644 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3X630*******09454 $10.00 43V15*******1315P $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 43W14*******2963X $10.00 4C132*******25402 $20.78 TO BE REFUNDED 4CP43*******1271K $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4E489*******92025 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4GU02*******14949 $10.00 4H892*******5443S $10.00 4NK97*******39943 $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4NS27*******8414L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4PM01*******5380X $10.00 4RA41*******16029 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4V179*******50029 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4VU25*******5244C $10.00 4WE10*******2420U $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4WG41*******2952L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XH55*******98246 $10.00 4XM94*******9951L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XU29*******2203A $5.00 52Y94*******9314H $10.00 53E69*******9450U $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 53M48*******1162D $10.04 54264*******83607 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 54350*******3123J $10.00 56419*******9740B $10.68 TO BE REFUNDED 57958*******19248 $10.00 57M28*******3463Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 58J72*******8751M $5.05 59K74*******6614F $10.00 59M25*******3721R $10.72 TO BE REFUNDED 5FC22*******9632C $10.00 5GA43*******4223M $5.00 5K650*******2512S $10.00 5L001*******9890K $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5L631*******0780F $5.00 5P795*******19647 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5SE25*******18324 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UP40*******89642 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UU92*******40032 $10.20 61H86*******4671Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 61W04*******0651P $5.00 62172*******4981K $10.03 62762*******2074B REFUNDED 64M95*******0450J $20.20 TO BE REFUNDED 69567*******7993L $10.00 69G97*******6681W $5.00 6AX91*******2221W $10.00 6DC49*******7192J $2.20 6DY20*******43532 $10.00 6FR77*******2981V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6GH42*******5101K $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6JF13*******51538 $13.42 TO BE REFUNDED 6M239*******2634X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6M818*******3010R $10.75 TO BE REFUNDED 6MW55*******8294T $4.00 6NN32*******4542V $10.00 6PN72*******3184X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6SJ24*******7280W $10.00 6TX54*******6691J $10.00 6UC87*******60625 $5.00 6W050*******3122G $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6YC11*******1694V $10.00 6YR09*******24211 $10.00 70R50*******48816 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71A57*******04246 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71B15*******9210H $5.00 77749*******2345C $5.00 7AA50*******6582S $5.00 7BH77*******10502 $10.00 7C686*******0453C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7C834*******0923E $10.00 7CK01*******1245K $5.00 7D080*******7730E $10.00 7HC88*******8542G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7JC48*******6100G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7LV25*******2193G $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7M285*******92740 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7MK85*******1842C $10.00 7MS44*******5362B $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7NK34*******5412S $31.44 TO BE REFUNDED 7PE90*******5070C $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7PW51*******11256 $5.00 7SB72*******7192F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7UJ45*******9004U $5.00 7V986*******7741K $10.00 7WL39*******4140E $10.00 80874*******3273N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 82A24*******71901 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 85T72*******59347 $10.00 86464*******0522V $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 89L93*******2080C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8AB06*******94251 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BM27*******0873M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BP86*******45402 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8DF32*******6052V $10.00 8EJ68*******08541 $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8FJ75*******8872W $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GC22*******34141 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GT73*******09326 $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 8MC99*******59946 $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8N867*******6281R $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8P783*******6711A $23.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8PJ76*******6821F $10.00 8TL81*******09540 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8X573*******06030 $10.00 8XN50*******4422L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 90T91*******35713 $10.00 91410*******3142B $10.00 91U38*******2105T $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 92261*******0350X $10.00 94C22*******3914J $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 97618*******3223U $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 98Y68*******70508 $1.24 99954*******8720E $5.00 9A088*******0853S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9AP46*******63352 $10.00 9B390*******8403F $10.00 9DH47*******6461J $10.00 9GJ81*******0164P $10.00 9HK96*******73147 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HS74*******5364F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HY36*******94500 $10.00 9KN17*******5330K $5.00 9N383*******7605L $5.36 9SK43*******0851N $22.57 TO BE REFUNDED 9SN87*******3420T $10.00 9UB93*******8990M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9V074*******7422K $5.37 -- Dennis Tillman W7PF TekScopes Moderator
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Jean-Paul
Dennis, Such great news. The forum is PRICELESS!
Jon
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Steve Hendrix
At 2020-01-18 01:07 PM, Colin Herbert via Groups.Io wrote:
Likewise for mine, transaction #97334760EC9519925, Dec 31. Glad to donate, I know how much work it is to keep something like this running, and I greatly enjoy all the stories from the "old greybeards" who designed the equipment that I could only drool over during college and afterwards, back in the 70's and 80's. My donation said it went to Marian Tillman, whom you've already explained is your other half. Let us know if we should go complain to PayPal and get the money back to send to you another way. Steve Hendrix
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Doug Bercich
Hi Dennis,
You missed my contribution, 7S071576AB7529046 on Dec. 31 for $20.00. I sent that smiling with a heart full of thanks. I don’t need it back. Best wishes for a wonderful healthy 2020! -Doug ________________________________ From: tekscopes@groups.io on behalf of Jean-Paul <jonpaul@ix.netcom.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2020 1:19 PM To: tekscopes@groups.io Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Your generosity is STUNNING! Dennis, Such great news. The forum is PRICELESS! Jon
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Lorenzo
Good to see and well deserved. Forum is great even though I get limited opportunities to work on electronics these days. Happy for you to keep my contribution for future subscription costs. However, don't yet see it in your transactions - should show up as Paypal Transaction 3F071631UG167231E for USD30 dated 2 January. Would be good if you could confirm it's come through. Sorry to be a nuisance.
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Kerry Burns
Hello Dennis
Good to see this group is so well valued and supported. Just thought I should let you know that I couldn't see my $10 on the list - paypal transaction 5UE83392FH234861P dated 31 December. Regards Kerry Burns Hobart Tasmania Australia On 19/1/20, 3:57 am, "Dennis Tillman W7PF" <TekScopes@groups.io on behalf of dennis@ridesoft.com> wrote: Wrapping up the TekScopes pledge drive, Michael Dunn and I are STUNNED by your generosity and all the positive comments we received. Your contributions have exceeded the $340 paid to Groups.io by almost 1,000%. You sent us 203 contributions totaling $3,341.77! We agree this is a problem that I will have to fix since it was my bright idea. I did not realize when I sent my request for help that people would be so generous. I wrote, "So I am asking for small contributions". What happened was anything but "small". Leo Bodnar, a friend, stunned me when he contributed the entire required amount two days later. This was the first sign I should have chosen a synonym such as "tiny" or "teeny" instead of small. It was too late at that point. I could see there was a tsunami headed my way and I had no way to stop it. I think the contributions have finally stopped. The last one (I hope) arrived three days ago. Michael and I have decided that this is far too much money for us to keep on behalf of TekScopes. The simplest solution is for us to tear up the checks and return all the PayPal contributions above $10.00 (actually all those above $10.05) over the next few days, with our sincerest thanks. This will result in exactly half of the contributions being kept and half being returned. PayPal allows me to do a total refund very quickly; we considered partial refunds, but the process would take much longer. If, after you receive your refund, you would still like to make a contribution to TekScopes, please don't send more than $10.00. If you do, we'll be forced to spend it on wine and DMMs. Thank You, Dennis Tillman W7PF Michael Dunn VA1XY As I promised, here is every contribution I received. The four checking account contributions are listed in numerical order by their bank account number. Following those, the 199 PayPal contributions are listed in numerical order by their transaction number. I double and triple checked the PayPal notices that came to me or to my wife, Marian, to be sure I didn't miss any. If I missed your PayPal contribution please let me know so I can find out what happened to it. The most common contribution was $10.00 and the average contribution was $15.94. CHECKING ACCOUNT 0000*255 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0035*054 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4650*2065 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9179*1067 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED PAYPAL TRANSACTION 02079*******9581B $10.00 03E74*******9033E $100.00 TO BE REFUNDED 05P54*******33704 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0DV52*******9640N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0FX24*******0225D $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 0GH61*******5321H $10.00 0H164*******7324J $5.00 0HP31*******79205 $10.00 0TB16*******6233S $10.00 0V228*******9483Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0WE54*******4492F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0XD49*******99831 $10.00 0XX33*******5571C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 10F89*******59157 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 11D81*******1581M $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 13W62*******8082B $5.00 16621*******82104 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16T81*******89037 $21.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16U30*******4884J $10.00 17T42*******7831E $10.00 1C179*******04615 $10.00 1C830*******8112P $10.00 1KB10*******35308 $10.00 1KC35*******1823E $10.00 1KK41*******81702 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1MJ87*******7921S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1PL71*******8194S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1SF61*******75325 $6.28 1U469*******7321A $10.00 1UN19*******71331 $21.50 TO BE REFUNDED 1XL88*******0010V $10.00 21K47*******0942J $5.00 26M35*******2652B $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 26W48*******18439 $10.00 27955*******6435G $2.00 28784*******31459 $10.00 2AJ63*******9742M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2BB60*******7284T $10.05 2C041*******7435F $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2CF51*******55300 $10.00 2GN07*******6691P $21.36 TO BE REFUNDED 2HA37*******2763N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2JP56*******9614M $6.00 2L669*******5001S $20.03 TO BE REFUNDED 2LL81*******2181A $10.00 2NX73*******6334E $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2PE83*******8434J $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2R866*******6484Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2S663*******60054 $10.00 2UD84*******92512 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2WG55*******8174X $10.00 30988*******3613G $10.00 31532*******3440H $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 32S52*******3263Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 33N46*******8874F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 35J04*******2071X $5.00 37611*******3481X $30.28 TO BE REFUNDED 38D56*******6900H $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 38H00*******74637 $10.00 39503*******91844 $10.00 3C222*******60057 $5.00 3DL81*******49307 $10.00 3DN03*******6580W $10.00 3HN95*******74316 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3JY75*******0415H $10.00 3MK47*******8000V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3ML12*******7670M $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3RW61*******7583B $110.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3SV52*******0093K $10.00 3U066*******6064R $10.00 3W759*******4273V $10.00 3WN84*******32644 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3X630*******09454 $10.00 43V15*******1315P $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 43W14*******2963X $10.00 4C132*******25402 $20.78 TO BE REFUNDED 4CP43*******1271K $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4E489*******92025 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4GU02*******14949 $10.00 4H892*******5443S $10.00 4NK97*******39943 $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4NS27*******8414L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4PM01*******5380X $10.00 4RA41*******16029 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4V179*******50029 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4VU25*******5244C $10.00 4WE10*******2420U $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4WG41*******2952L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XH55*******98246 $10.00 4XM94*******9951L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XU29*******2203A $5.00 52Y94*******9314H $10.00 53E69*******9450U $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 53M48*******1162D $10.04 54264*******83607 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 54350*******3123J $10.00 56419*******9740B $10.68 TO BE REFUNDED 57958*******19248 $10.00 57M28*******3463Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 58J72*******8751M $5.05 59K74*******6614F $10.00 59M25*******3721R $10.72 TO BE REFUNDED 5FC22*******9632C $10.00 5GA43*******4223M $5.00 5K650*******2512S $10.00 5L001*******9890K $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5L631*******0780F $5.00 5P795*******19647 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5SE25*******18324 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UP40*******89642 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UU92*******40032 $10.20 61H86*******4671Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 61W04*******0651P $5.00 62172*******4981K $10.03 62762*******2074B REFUNDED 64M95*******0450J $20.20 TO BE REFUNDED 69567*******7993L $10.00 69G97*******6681W $5.00 6AX91*******2221W $10.00 6DC49*******7192J $2.20 6DY20*******43532 $10.00 6FR77*******2981V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6GH42*******5101K $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6JF13*******51538 $13.42 TO BE REFUNDED 6M239*******2634X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6M818*******3010R $10.75 TO BE REFUNDED 6MW55*******8294T $4.00 6NN32*******4542V $10.00 6PN72*******3184X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6SJ24*******7280W $10.00 6TX54*******6691J $10.00 6UC87*******60625 $5.00 6W050*******3122G $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6YC11*******1694V $10.00 6YR09*******24211 $10.00 70R50*******48816 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71A57*******04246 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71B15*******9210H $5.00 77749*******2345C $5.00 7AA50*******6582S $5.00 7BH77*******10502 $10.00 7C686*******0453C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7C834*******0923E $10.00 7CK01*******1245K $5.00 7D080*******7730E $10.00 7HC88*******8542G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7JC48*******6100G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7LV25*******2193G $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7M285*******92740 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7MK85*******1842C $10.00 7MS44*******5362B $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7NK34*******5412S $31.44 TO BE REFUNDED 7PE90*******5070C $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7PW51*******11256 $5.00 7SB72*******7192F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7UJ45*******9004U $5.00 7V986*******7741K $10.00 7WL39*******4140E $10.00 80874*******3273N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 82A24*******71901 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 85T72*******59347 $10.00 86464*******0522V $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 89L93*******2080C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8AB06*******94251 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BM27*******0873M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BP86*******45402 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8DF32*******6052V $10.00 8EJ68*******08541 $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8FJ75*******8872W $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GC22*******34141 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GT73*******09326 $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 8MC99*******59946 $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8N867*******6281R $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8P783*******6711A $23.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8PJ76*******6821F $10.00 8TL81*******09540 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8X573*******06030 $10.00 8XN50*******4422L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 90T91*******35713 $10.00 91410*******3142B $10.00 91U38*******2105T $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 92261*******0350X $10.00 94C22*******3914J $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 97618*******3223U $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 98Y68*******70508 $1.24 99954*******8720E $5.00 9A088*******0853S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9AP46*******63352 $10.00 9B390*******8403F $10.00 9DH47*******6461J $10.00 9GJ81*******0164P $10.00 9HK96*******73147 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HS74*******5364F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HY36*******94500 $10.00 9KN17*******5330K $5.00 9N383*******7605L $5.36 9SK43*******0851N $22.57 TO BE REFUNDED 9SN87*******3420T $10.00 9UB93*******8990M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9V074*******7422K $5.37 -- Dennis Tillman W7PF TekScopes Moderator
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I believe groups io has a facility to accept donations. It is not clear to me whether this is for our group or for groups io in general.
Perhaps this may be a better way to accept contributions to support the use of the site.
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Further research show that to use this feature does result in a 5% processing fee paid to group io but in my mind this is not much given the possible convenience and the reduction in confusion.
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KeepIt SimpleStupid
The amounts are not much more than a magazine subscription. Get over it. Pay yourself for footing the past bill too. Give yourself a little for "processing" the payments/anti-payments. Hold onto it.
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On Saturday, January 18, 2020, 8:12:09 PM EST, Charlie.c <ctconger@gmail.com> wrote:
Further research show that to use this feature does result in a 5% processing fee paid to group io but in my mind this is not much given the possible convenience and the reduction in confusion.
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toby@...
On 2020-01-18 9:13 PM, KeepIt SimpleStupid via Groups.Io wrote:
The amounts are not much more than a magazine subscription. Get over it. Pay yourself for footing the past bill too. Give yourself a little for "processing" the payments/anti-payments. Hold onto it. +1 hold it all in trust for the continuity of this wonderful resource. --Toby
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I do not see my donation. PP Transaction 82L68361N2965683R made on Dec 31, 2019 for $20.
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HTH, Tom
On 1/18/2020 11:57 AM, Dennis Tillman W7PF wrote:
Wrapping up the TekScopes pledge drive, Michael Dunn and I are STUNNED by
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Greg
Dennis I didn't see my contribution either. It is transaction #9wc977493y900193w dated Jan. 2, 2020. Keep up the good work! Thank you. Greg
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From: Dennis Tillman W7PF <dennis@ridesoft.com> To: TekScopes <TekScopes@groups.io> Sent: Sat, Jan 18, 2020 8:57 am Subject: [TekScopes] Your generosity is STUNNING! Wrapping up the TekScopes pledge drive, Michael Dunn and I are STUNNED by your generosity and all the positive comments we received. Your contributions have exceeded the $340 paid to Groups.io by almost 1,000%. You sent us 203 contributions totaling $3,341.77! We agree this is a problem that I will have to fix since it was my bright idea. I did not realize when I sent my request for help that people would be so generous. I wrote, "So I am asking for small contributions". What happened was anything but "small". Leo Bodnar, a friend, stunned me when he contributed the entire required amount two days later. This was the first sign I should have chosen a synonym such as "tiny" or "teeny" instead of small. It was too late at that point. I could see there was a tsunami headed my way and I had no way to stop it. I think the contributions have finally stopped. The last one (I hope) arrived three days ago. Michael and I have decided that this is far too much money for us to keep on behalf of TekScopes. The simplest solution is for us to tear up the checks and return all the PayPal contributions above $10.00 (actually all those above $10.05) over the next few days, with our sincerest thanks. This will result in exactly half of the contributions being kept and half being returned. PayPal allows me to do a total refund very quickly; we considered partial refunds, but the process would take much longer. If, after you receive your refund, you would still like to make a contribution to TekScopes, please don't send more than $10.00. If you do, we'll be forced to spend it on wine and DMMs. Thank You, Dennis Tillman W7PF Michael Dunn VA1XY As I promised, here is every contribution I received. The four checking account contributions are listed in numerical order by their bank account number. Following those, the 199 PayPal contributions are listed in numerical order by their transaction number. I double and triple checked the PayPal notices that came to me or to my wife, Marian, to be sure I didn't miss any. If I missed your PayPal contribution please let me know so I can find out what happened to it. The most common contribution was $10.00 and the average contribution was $15.94. CHECKING ACCOUNT 0000*255 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0035*054 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4650*2065 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9179*1067 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED PAYPAL TRANSACTION 02079*******9581B $10.00 03E74*******9033E $100.00 TO BE REFUNDED 05P54*******33704 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0DV52*******9640N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0FX24*******0225D $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 0GH61*******5321H $10.00 0H164*******7324J $5.00 0HP31*******79205 $10.00 0TB16*******6233S $10.00 0V228*******9483Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0WE54*******4492F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0XD49*******99831 $10.00 0XX33*******5571C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 10F89*******59157 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 11D81*******1581M $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 13W62*******8082B $5.00 16621*******82104 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16T81*******89037 $21.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16U30*******4884J $10.00 17T42*******7831E $10.00 1C179*******04615 $10.00 1C830*******8112P $10.00 1KB10*******35308 $10.00 1KC35*******1823E $10.00 1KK41*******81702 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1MJ87*******7921S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1PL71*******8194S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1SF61*******75325 $6.28 1U469*******7321A $10.00 1UN19*******71331 $21.50 TO BE REFUNDED 1XL88*******0010V $10.00 21K47*******0942J $5.00 26M35*******2652B $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 26W48*******18439 $10.00 27955*******6435G $2.00 28784*******31459 $10.00 2AJ63*******9742M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2BB60*******7284T $10.05 2C041*******7435F $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2CF51*******55300 $10.00 2GN07*******6691P $21.36 TO BE REFUNDED 2HA37*******2763N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2JP56*******9614M $6.00 2L669*******5001S $20.03 TO BE REFUNDED 2LL81*******2181A $10.00 2NX73*******6334E $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2PE83*******8434J $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2R866*******6484Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2S663*******60054 $10.00 2UD84*******92512 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2WG55*******8174X $10.00 30988*******3613G $10.00 31532*******3440H $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 32S52*******3263Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 33N46*******8874F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 35J04*******2071X $5.00 37611*******3481X $30.28 TO BE REFUNDED 38D56*******6900H $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 38H00*******74637 $10.00 39503*******91844 $10.00 3C222*******60057 $5.00 3DL81*******49307 $10.00 3DN03*******6580W $10.00 3HN95*******74316 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3JY75*******0415H $10.00 3MK47*******8000V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3ML12*******7670M $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3RW61*******7583B $110.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3SV52*******0093K $10.00 3U066*******6064R $10.00 3W759*******4273V $10.00 3WN84*******32644 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3X630*******09454 $10.00 43V15*******1315P $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 43W14*******2963X $10.00 4C132*******25402 $20.78 TO BE REFUNDED 4CP43*******1271K $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4E489*******92025 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4GU02*******14949 $10.00 4H892*******5443S $10.00 4NK97*******39943 $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4NS27*******8414L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4PM01*******5380X $10.00 4RA41*******16029 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4V179*******50029 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4VU25*******5244C $10.00 4WE10*******2420U $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4WG41*******2952L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XH55*******98246 $10.00 4XM94*******9951L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XU29*******2203A $5.00 52Y94*******9314H $10.00 53E69*******9450U $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 53M48*******1162D $10.04 54264*******83607 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 54350*******3123J $10.00 56419*******9740B $10.68 TO BE REFUNDED 57958*******19248 $10.00 57M28*******3463Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 58J72*******8751M $5.05 59K74*******6614F $10.00 59M25*******3721R $10.72 TO BE REFUNDED 5FC22*******9632C $10.00 5GA43*******4223M $5.00 5K650*******2512S $10.00 5L001*******9890K $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5L631*******0780F $5.00 5P795*******19647 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5SE25*******18324 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UP40*******89642 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UU92*******40032 $10.20 61H86*******4671Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 61W04*******0651P $5.00 62172*******4981K $10.03 62762*******2074B REFUNDED 64M95*******0450J $20.20 TO BE REFUNDED 69567*******7993L $10.00 69G97*******6681W $5.00 6AX91*******2221W $10.00 6DC49*******7192J $2.20 6DY20*******43532 $10.00 6FR77*******2981V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6GH42*******5101K $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6JF13*******51538 $13.42 TO BE REFUNDED 6M239*******2634X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6M818*******3010R $10.75 TO BE REFUNDED 6MW55*******8294T $4.00 6NN32*******4542V $10.00 6PN72*******3184X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6SJ24*******7280W $10.00 6TX54*******6691J $10.00 6UC87*******60625 $5.00 6W050*******3122G $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6YC11*******1694V $10.00 6YR09*******24211 $10.00 70R50*******48816 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71A57*******04246 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71B15*******9210H $5.00 77749*******2345C $5.00 7AA50*******6582S $5.00 7BH77*******10502 $10.00 7C686*******0453C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7C834*******0923E $10.00 7CK01*******1245K $5.00 7D080*******7730E $10.00 7HC88*******8542G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7JC48*******6100G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7LV25*******2193G $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7M285*******92740 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7MK85*******1842C $10.00 7MS44*******5362B $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7NK34*******5412S $31.44 TO BE REFUNDED 7PE90*******5070C $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7PW51*******11256 $5.00 7SB72*******7192F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7UJ45*******9004U $5.00 7V986*******7741K $10.00 7WL39*******4140E $10.00 80874*******3273N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 82A24*******71901 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 85T72*******59347 $10.00 86464*******0522V $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 89L93*******2080C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8AB06*******94251 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BM27*******0873M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BP86*******45402 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8DF32*******6052V $10.00 8EJ68*******08541 $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8FJ75*******8872W $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GC22*******34141 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GT73*******09326 $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 8MC99*******59946 $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8N867*******6281R $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8P783*******6711A $23.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8PJ76*******6821F $10.00 8TL81*******09540 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8X573*******06030 $10.00 8XN50*******4422L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 90T91*******35713 $10.00 91410*******3142B $10.00 91U38*******2105T $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 92261*******0350X $10.00 94C22*******3914J $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 97618*******3223U $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 98Y68*******70508 $1.24 99954*******8720E $5.00 9A088*******0853S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9AP46*******63352 $10.00 9B390*******8403F $10.00 9DH47*******6461J $10.00 9GJ81*******0164P $10.00 9HK96*******73147 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HS74*******5364F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HY36*******94500 $10.00 9KN17*******5330K $5.00 9N383*******7605L $5.36 9SK43*******0851N $22.57 TO BE REFUNDED 9SN87*******3420T $10.00 9UB93*******8990M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9V074*******7422K $5.37 -- Dennis Tillman W7PF TekScopes Moderator
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Ken Wright
Hello Dennis.I cannot see my contribution on your list ($10.20), PayPal number. 4CT072513H300731W.I am quite happy for you to retain it, I would like to know that you had received it.
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Best wishes.Ken Wright M0KHW
On Saturday, 18 January 2020, 16:57:15 GMT, Dennis Tillman W7PF <dennis@ridesoft.com> wrote:
Wrapping up the TekScopes pledge drive, Michael Dunn and I are STUNNED by your generosity and all the positive comments we received. Your contributions have exceeded the $340 paid to Groups.io by almost 1,000%. You sent us 203 contributions totaling $3,341.77! We agree this is a problem that I will have to fix since it was my bright idea. I did not realize when I sent my request for help that people would be so generous. I wrote, "So I am asking for small contributions". What happened was anything but "small". Leo Bodnar, a friend, stunned me when he contributed the entire required amount two days later. This was the first sign I should have chosen a synonym such as "tiny" or "teeny" instead of small. It was too late at that point. I could see there was a tsunami headed my way and I had no way to stop it. I think the contributions have finally stopped. The last one (I hope) arrived three days ago. Michael and I have decided that this is far too much money for us to keep on behalf of TekScopes. The simplest solution is for us to tear up the checks and return all the PayPal contributions above $10.00 (actually all those above $10.05) over the next few days, with our sincerest thanks. This will result in exactly half of the contributions being kept and half being returned. PayPal allows me to do a total refund very quickly; we considered partial refunds, but the process would take much longer. If, after you receive your refund, you would still like to make a contribution to TekScopes, please don't send more than $10.00. If you do, we'll be forced to spend it on wine and DMMs. Thank You, Dennis Tillman W7PF Michael Dunn VA1XY As I promised, here is every contribution I received. The four checking account contributions are listed in numerical order by their bank account number. Following those, the 199 PayPal contributions are listed in numerical order by their transaction number. I double and triple checked the PayPal notices that came to me or to my wife, Marian, to be sure I didn't miss any. If I missed your PayPal contribution please let me know so I can find out what happened to it. The most common contribution was $10.00 and the average contribution was $15.94. CHECKING ACCOUNT 0000*255 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0035*054 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4650*2065 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9179*1067 $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED PAYPAL TRANSACTION 02079*******9581B $10.00 03E74*******9033E $100.00 TO BE REFUNDED 05P54*******33704 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0DV52*******9640N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0FX24*******0225D $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 0GH61*******5321H $10.00 0H164*******7324J $5.00 0HP31*******79205 $10.00 0TB16*******6233S $10.00 0V228*******9483Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0WE54*******4492F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 0XD49*******99831 $10.00 0XX33*******5571C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 10F89*******59157 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 11D81*******1581M $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 13W62*******8082B $5.00 16621*******82104 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16T81*******89037 $21.00 TO BE REFUNDED 16U30*******4884J $10.00 17T42*******7831E $10.00 1C179*******04615 $10.00 1C830*******8112P $10.00 1KB10*******35308 $10.00 1KC35*******1823E $10.00 1KK41*******81702 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1MJ87*******7921S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1PL71*******8194S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 1SF61*******75325 $6.28 1U469*******7321A $10.00 1UN19*******71331 $21.50 TO BE REFUNDED 1XL88*******0010V $10.00 21K47*******0942J $5.00 26M35*******2652B $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 26W48*******18439 $10.00 27955*******6435G $2.00 28784*******31459 $10.00 2AJ63*******9742M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2BB60*******7284T $10.05 2C041*******7435F $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2CF51*******55300 $10.00 2GN07*******6691P $21.36 TO BE REFUNDED 2HA37*******2763N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2JP56*******9614M $6.00 2L669*******5001S $20.03 TO BE REFUNDED 2LL81*******2181A $10.00 2NX73*******6334E $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2PE83*******8434J $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2R866*******6484Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2S663*******60054 $10.00 2UD84*******92512 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 2WG55*******8174X $10.00 30988*******3613G $10.00 31532*******3440H $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 32S52*******3263Y $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 33N46*******8874F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 35J04*******2071X $5.00 37611*******3481X $30.28 TO BE REFUNDED 38D56*******6900H $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 38H00*******74637 $10.00 39503*******91844 $10.00 3C222*******60057 $5.00 3DL81*******49307 $10.00 3DN03*******6580W $10.00 3HN95*******74316 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3JY75*******0415H $10.00 3MK47*******8000V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3ML12*******7670M $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3RW61*******7583B $110.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3SV52*******0093K $10.00 3U066*******6064R $10.00 3W759*******4273V $10.00 3WN84*******32644 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 3X630*******09454 $10.00 43V15*******1315P $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 43W14*******2963X $10.00 4C132*******25402 $20.78 TO BE REFUNDED 4CP43*******1271K $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4E489*******92025 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4GU02*******14949 $10.00 4H892*******5443S $10.00 4NK97*******39943 $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4NS27*******8414L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4PM01*******5380X $10.00 4RA41*******16029 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4V179*******50029 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4VU25*******5244C $10.00 4WE10*******2420U $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4WG41*******2952L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XH55*******98246 $10.00 4XM94*******9951L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 4XU29*******2203A $5.00 52Y94*******9314H $10.00 53E69*******9450U $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 53M48*******1162D $10.04 54264*******83607 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 54350*******3123J $10.00 56419*******9740B $10.68 TO BE REFUNDED 57958*******19248 $10.00 57M28*******3463Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 58J72*******8751M $5.05 59K74*******6614F $10.00 59M25*******3721R $10.72 TO BE REFUNDED 5FC22*******9632C $10.00 5GA43*******4223M $5.00 5K650*******2512S $10.00 5L001*******9890K $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5L631*******0780F $5.00 5P795*******19647 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5SE25*******18324 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UP40*******89642 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 5UU92*******40032 $10.20 61H86*******4671Y $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 61W04*******0651P $5.00 62172*******4981K $10.03 62762*******2074B REFUNDED 64M95*******0450J $20.20 TO BE REFUNDED 69567*******7993L $10.00 69G97*******6681W $5.00 6AX91*******2221W $10.00 6DC49*******7192J $2.20 6DY20*******43532 $10.00 6FR77*******2981V $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6GH42*******5101K $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6JF13*******51538 $13.42 TO BE REFUNDED 6M239*******2634X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6M818*******3010R $10.75 TO BE REFUNDED 6MW55*******8294T $4.00 6NN32*******4542V $10.00 6PN72*******3184X $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6SJ24*******7280W $10.00 6TX54*******6691J $10.00 6UC87*******60625 $5.00 6W050*******3122G $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 6YC11*******1694V $10.00 6YR09*******24211 $10.00 70R50*******48816 $40.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71A57*******04246 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 71B15*******9210H $5.00 77749*******2345C $5.00 7AA50*******6582S $5.00 7BH77*******10502 $10.00 7C686*******0453C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7C834*******0923E $10.00 7CK01*******1245K $5.00 7D080*******7730E $10.00 7HC88*******8542G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7JC48*******6100G $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7LV25*******2193G $30.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7M285*******92740 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7MK85*******1842C $10.00 7MS44*******5362B $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7NK34*******5412S $31.44 TO BE REFUNDED 7PE90*******5070C $15.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7PW51*******11256 $5.00 7SB72*******7192F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 7UJ45*******9004U $5.00 7V986*******7741K $10.00 7WL39*******4140E $10.00 80874*******3273N $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 82A24*******71901 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 85T72*******59347 $10.00 86464*******0522V $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 89L93*******2080C $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8AB06*******94251 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BM27*******0873M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8BP86*******45402 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8DF32*******6052V $10.00 8EJ68*******08541 $12.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8FJ75*******8872W $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GC22*******34141 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8GT73*******09326 $12.61 TO BE REFUNDED 8MC99*******59946 $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8N867*******6281R $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8P783*******6711A $23.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8PJ76*******6821F $10.00 8TL81*******09540 $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 8X573*******06030 $10.00 8XN50*******4422L $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 90T91*******35713 $10.00 91410*******3142B $10.00 91U38*******2105T $11.00 TO BE REFUNDED 92261*******0350X $10.00 94C22*******3914J $50.00 TO BE REFUNDED 97618*******3223U $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 98Y68*******70508 $1.24 99954*******8720E $5.00 9A088*******0853S $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9AP46*******63352 $10.00 9B390*******8403F $10.00 9DH47*******6461J $10.00 9GJ81*******0164P $10.00 9HK96*******73147 $25.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HS74*******5364F $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9HY36*******94500 $10.00 9KN17*******5330K $5.00 9N383*******7605L $5.36 9SK43*******0851N $22.57 TO BE REFUNDED 9SN87*******3420T $10.00 9UB93*******8990M $20.00 TO BE REFUNDED 9V074*******7422K $5.37 -- Dennis Tillman W7PF TekScopes Moderator
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Andrew Stanworth
Sorry Dennis....couldn't see mine either (5UE77964BK381611N) - just a paltry $6.30 from a poor Brit! Cheers!
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