Question (no Michaelm please)

[Mac Linehan]

Count me in, Gents -

Mac

"The good you do and embody gives you the only power obtainable"
MBE

[Dan Nichols]

I will be glad to chip in, maybe we send two bottles? One for Christmas and one for New Years?

[JeffroK]

Michaels sig says he lives in Sydney, I'm sure Alfred lives there as well.

Someone would have to find his address, is Matrix able to help here??

[DOCUP]

I'm in.

[chesmart]

I think the best solution would be to get one of the former Devs to contact Joe Wilkerson to get Michaels Address and he sends it to the person who lives in Australia that way we can keep it simple. Then we send the money via paypal to him and he sends the present to michael. If you guys need any help setting the paypal account i can help out.

[sandman455]

[&o]
 
Scotch, flowers, games, beer, whatever makes him smile because he has certainly made most of us smile.

[Sardaukar]

I am in.

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: che200

I think the best solution would be to get one of the former Devs to contact Joe Wilkerson to get Michaels Address and he sends it to the person who lives in Australia that way we can keep it simple. Then we send the money via paypal to him and he sends the present to michael. If you guys need any help setting the paypal account i can help out.

There are online Australian booze delivery companies too ... Anyway, I'm in for a penny [;)]

Of course this could lead to some disagreement about the best Single Malt Scotch out there .. I go with the Macallan 12 / 24 year.

[crsutton]

Yep, set it up. I am in....

[PaxMondo]

Laphroaig
 
[&o][&o][&o]

[TulliusDetritus]

I am in as well [:)]

[wdolson]

I think this is a great idea.

I don't use it much anymore, but I have a Paypal account from when I sold a lot on Ebay.  We can use my account if you want.  I can post the totals so everyone knows what we have.  Paypal does the currency conversion for you.  I might even be able to set things up to accept funds in Australian dollars.  I'll have to check on that.

For alcohol we would probably need to use someone in country to buy it.  Shipping alcohol internationally can get a bit weird.  I know Australia has very strict policies on food imports.  Customs won't even allow boxes that might have been used for any kind of agricultural product into the country.  I believe Michael is in Sydney.  If we have someone in Sydney, that would be great.  If not, I have a friend just outside of Melbourne who owes me a favor or two.

If we want to send something else that can be easily obtained in the States, I know the drill for international shipping.  With my Ebay business I shipped to every continent except Antarctica.  I can do it in my sleep.

Bill

[noguaranteeofsanity]

ORIGINAL: n01487477

ORIGINAL: che200

I think the best solution would be to get one of the former Devs to contact Joe Wilkerson to get Michaels Address and he sends it to the person who lives in Australia that way we can keep it simple. Then we send the money via paypal to him and he sends the present to michael. If you guys need any help setting the paypal account i can help out.

There are online Australian booze delivery companies too ... Anyway, I'm in for a penny [;)]

Of course this could lead to some disagreement about the best Single Malt Scotch out there .. I go with the Macallan 12 / 24 year.

Yeah, that would be the easiest way to do it and would mean shipping doesn't cost too much, plus they usually deliver, which I imagine would be safer than having to rely on the post.

Try one of these:

https://www.vintagecellars.com.au/vce2e/Pages/default.aspx

http://danmurphys.com.au/dm/home.jsp

https://www.liquorlanddirect.com.au/lle2e/Pages/default.aspx

[TulliusDetritus]

Booze? LOL

People are going to think Michael is a hardcore alcoholic.

[noguaranteeofsanity]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

I think this is a great idea.

I don't use it much anymore, but I have a Paypal account from when I sold a lot on Ebay.  We can use my account if you want.  I can post the totals so everyone knows what we have.  Paypal does the currency conversion for you.  I might even be able to set things up to accept funds in Australian dollars.  I'll have to check on that.

For alcohol we would probably need to use someone in country to buy it.  Shipping alcohol internationally can get a bit weird.  I know Australia has very strict policies on food imports.  Customs won't even allow boxes that might have been used for any kind of agricultural product into the country.  I believe Michael is in Sydney.  If we have someone in Sydney, that would be great.  If not, I have a friend just outside of Melbourne who owes me a favor or two.

If we want to send something else that can be easily obtained in the States, I know the drill for international shipping.  With my Ebay business I shipped to every continent except Antarctica.  I can do it in my sleep.

Bill

The exchange rate has been hovering around parity with the US dollar for a while, currently 1 Australian dollar is equal to 1.02195 US dollars, so probably isn't too much of a problem or neccasary to worry about it too much.

Edit: See here for rules on importing alcohol http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/AlcoholandTobaccoFactSheet.pdf We do have strict laws regarding importing meat, fruit or vegetables, because we do not have many pests and diseases here like mad cow, but alcohol is pretty safe in that regard. However the government taxes all alcohol, which is why there are added restrictions to stop people avoiding the tax.

[stuman]

I would be happy to donate.

[jmalter]

i'm in, 'cos michaelm ranks among the deserving. & cheers to rader for starting this ball rolling!

[Fishbed]

I'm in, just tell me where to send the cash [8D]
(paypal is preferred...)

[Mike Solli]

I'm in as well.

[rader]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

I think this is a great idea.

I don't use it much anymore, but I have a Paypal account from when I sold a lot on Ebay.  We can use my account if you want.  I can post the totals so everyone knows what we have.  Paypal does the currency conversion for you.  I might even be able to set things up to accept funds in Australian dollars.  I'll have to check on that.

For alcohol we would probably need to use someone in country to buy it.  Shipping alcohol internationally can get a bit weird.  I know Australia has very strict policies on food imports.  Customs won't even allow boxes that might have been used for any kind of agricultural product into the country.  I believe Michael is in Sydney.  If we have someone in Sydney, that would be great.  If not, I have a friend just outside of Melbourne who owes me a favor or two.

If we want to send something else that can be easily obtained in the States, I know the drill for international shipping.  With my Ebay business I shipped to every continent except Antarctica.  I can do it in my sleep.

Bill

Hey Bill, thanks. Are you ok with hosting the account then? If you don't want to, I'm ok to do it too. I have a paypal account - never used it for something like this, but it should be straightforward. This should be pretty easy actually if we just go with one of those links that noguarantee sent and then we can just order it online from an Australian company. This one has a ton of whiskey (don't ask me what's good, but I'm sure some people here must know):

http://danmurphys.com.au/dm/home.jsp

We should probably order it in time to arrive for Christmas. If he's in Sydney, it says 2-4 days shipping, but we should probably get it off within a week or so because they are probably busy over the holidays.

Maybe say something like this?:

"Thanks for all your hard work! You devoted fans from around the world all chipped in to show their appreciation. Merry Christmas from the War in the Pacific AE forum." (or whatever wording, if people want to suggest any)

Now, how do we get his address? Does anyone on the forum have any ideas on this? Does anyone know his full name? Maybe we can look it up in a Sydney online phone directory? But that could be dicey. Is he connected with Matrix?