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Title: Anyone use Amazon?
Post by: NinjaBob on December 15, 2020, 12:58:02 pm

"This is the quarterly AmazonSmile notification to inform you that the charity you?ve selected, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, recently received a donation of $1,050.46, at no cost to you.

Thanks to customers shopping at smile.amazon.com, or with AmazonSmile turned on in the Amazon Shopping app, everyday purchases generated over $236 million in donations to charities worldwide so far.

AmazonSmile's impact:
- $13,074.03 to Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation*"
Title: Re: Anyone use Amazon?
Post by: Patmo on December 15, 2020, 01:52:07 pm
👍    Didn’t know they did that.  How?
Title: Re: Anyone use Amazon?
Post by: Brick on December 15, 2020, 03:26:35 pm
I do that too. Just sign in as www.smile.Amazon.com. There you can designate a charity.


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Title: Re: Anyone use Amazon?
Post by: STLTHMSTA on December 15, 2020, 06:05:29 pm
yep, me too.   TM
Title: Anyone use Amazon?
Post by: RIDEMYST on December 18, 2020, 09:30:43 am
Thanks for the heads up! I had set up a charity but wasn’t using the correct sign on to get the dollars applied. Fixed it! -JEP-


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Title: Re: Anyone use Amazon?
Post by: Patmo on December 18, 2020, 11:53:43 am
I do that too. Just sign in as www.smile.Amazon.com. There you can designate a charity.


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Tip....Have to do on your computer...won’t do it off of phone or mobile platform.
Title: Re: Anyone use Amazon?
Post by: NinjaBob on December 18, 2020, 06:36:26 pm
I don't use the Amazon  app on my phone often. I checked today and by default it was not turned on but I was able to turn it on on my Android phone. I pressed the three horizontal lines in the upper left corner that brings up the menu. Nothing visible but scrolling down I found See All Programs. Pressed that and Scrolling down again I found Amazon Smile. Takes a few steps from that point to turn it on. Says available on Android  OS version 5 and up and iPhoneOS  version 12 and up. Says you have to re-enable it twice a year. Kind of a hassle but worth it if you mainly use Amazon on your phone.
Title: Re: Anyone use Amazon?
Post by: RichGrab on December 19, 2020, 11:56:13 am
Yup, been using amazon smile exclusively on computers for the last 3 years or so. Thanks for the tips on how to turn on in the apps on phone. Just did it on my iPhone and took seconds. Now when I shop from phone donations happen as well.
Title: Re: Anyone use Amazon?
Post by: stevegrab on January 03, 2021, 10:29:28 pm
Good to know, was already doing this on some Amazon purchases, will get the PBTF next time.
Title: Re: Anyone use Amazon?
Post by: RichGrab on January 06, 2021, 12:21:56 pm
I do that too. Just sign in as www.smile.Amazon.com. There you can designate a charity.


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Tip....Have to do on your computer...won’t do it off of phone or mobile platform.
Pat, it does work on the app on iPhone (not sure on Androids). But you have to go into the settings and activate it. View instructions here:
https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=15576745011