Why not buy me a pint - virtually? September 23, 2006
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I’ve often been criticised for being far too generous with my time and advice, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. However, there are issues with paying for life’s little luxuries when you don’t really have a ‘proper’ job…
So now, I think I have the solution - when people want to say thanks for my help or advice, they can now buy me a pint, virtually…
Well, they can buy me a pint virtually, at www.buy-me-a-pint.com and they can also advertise the fact that they have bought me a pint, and link to their own web site… all automatically, as I patiently wait the 119.6 seconds required for the next pint of Guinness to be poured…
Pouring Pints by PayPal…
What www.buy-me-a-pint.com does is quite simple - it passes payments to PayPal for services and amounts which the site visitor can define, either by selecting a ‘drink’ to buy me, or ‘mixing their own’ and setting the price. And once the payment is cleared, they can elect to add their details and a link to the web site of their choice to my site as a sponsor, or as someone who’s bought a drink!
Sponsors are those who elect to set up monthly payments through PayPal in the same way, allowing them to sponsor me, or buy me a drink regularly - I like that idea, and can have my daily newspaper, or monthly magazines sponsored!
And being a Scot - don’t think I haven’t thought of offering to set up the same service for you, so you can have drinks bought for you by your friends! It’ll cost from $197 for a software license and for a custom installation so people can buy you a pint! The systems is enabled for English, French, German and Portuguese as standard.
