How the Metropolis 2009 Christmas Charity Campaign Works
By becoming a Metropolis Member, you also get to participate in a unique charity campaign that is supported by ourselves, PayPal, and several other corporate partners yet to be announced.
This is how it works.
After you sign up as a Metropolis Member, we ask you to go to the PayPal Japan website at and create an account (NO payments or credit card details required). Once you have done this and let us know your account details, we send you a small “starter” donation of JPY1, after which you verify receipt of the payment and let us know you received it. It’s as simple as that!
On our end, once we see that you have accepted our starter donation, we will arrange a matching donation of JPY200 directly to JHELP. You will receive a thank you letter from JHELP after the donation goes through.
While JPY200 may not seem like a large donation, if thousands of people are doing the same thing, the amounts quickly add up. Our goal of 5,000 people would allow us to contribute JPY1,000,000 to the JHELP budget which enables it to operate the phone lines and rescue teams for another year.
Is it really Free?
Yes, to you, absolutely. You see, PayPal wants you to experience setting up and using a PayPal account (they have plans for Japan next year), and we want you to sign up as a Metropolis Member. Therefore, in return for doing this, we and other corporate sponsors are supplying the funds needed to help you make your JPY200 donation to JHELP. Of course, rather than just JPY200, you can also choose to donate more – and certainly we encourage you to do this, in the spirit of Christmas 2009.
What Happens to My Information?
Metropolis will only possess information that you choose to enter into the Metropolis Member form. We are not privy to any PayPal form information and that is covered by PayPal’s own privacy statement. Please see our Privacy Policy for more details. From us, your email address and name will be shared with PayPal, but nothing else. Other partners may also receive information if there is a form specifically stating that such information will be shared. For the 2009 Christmas Charity Campaign, there is no such information sharing.
Sign-up
OK, are you ready to help JHELP help others? There are 5 simple steps:
1. Fill out the Metropolis Members form if you have not already done so.
2. Go to www.paypal.jp and fill out the PayPal form. Please be sure to read our tips on registering for PayPal first.
3. Then email us at jhelp2009@metropolis.co.jp, to let us know that you’ve set up the PayPal account and the associated email address
4. We send the starter donation.
5. You verify on your PayPal account that you received the donation (VERY IMPORTANT!) and email us to let us know at that you verified it
Thereafter, we pay JHELP in January 2010 the remaining donation, and your Metropolis Members email newsletters will start in a week or so. Membership will make you eligible for some really great prizes and discount campaigns.
When worlds collide
Your Paypal pal
Is by your side
Your little scam
Don’t fool a bit
It rakes in money
And stinks of shit
The foreign banks
Are at your door
As the money flows
Through
You say it’s not
For personal gain
But we know you
We’re not insane
Two hundred yen
Is all it costs
Subscribe to you
My email’s lost
So take a hike
My hat won’t doff
You can go to hell
And fuck right off!
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