Since this is a gift I don't see any moral reason it couldn't be shipped marked as a gift to him. I know India has a large import duty

He is in Indonesia, not India. Not sure what the import duties there are, but I agree, it is a gift so no issue with that, just that we need to pick up shipping cost from the intermediate stop.

I'll look up shipping cost from the US tomorrow.

Alan

Hallo there, when I wake up I received a few emails, and when I first open the email From Tevans <[email protected]> and read it, I immediately jump because it's so very happy, not just because of the ez-board, but seeing a lot of friends out there who care about what I do. Although I created is simply the project low cost.

Thankyou, for everyone, I don't know what to say, just thankyou

Hello Ricdart! We just want to see what you can do with an EZB v4 , so we are doing what we can to get you one. We are a community that helps each other and though we don't give away very often we were impressed with your talent. Here we showcase our projects and share the progress in pictures and video. We hope to see what you come up with!

@Rich, yes you are right , there are other infrequent times that others could be a good candidate for group assistance. That's why I was interested in the "donate" to user or "ez robot scholarship fund" button of sorts to make it easy to help out when that kind of thing happens. I have only see a handful of times a person has really been a good candidate and honestly everyone has the right not to participate so it is self regulated.

@Josh I agree however my point was that there is no real structure to this at all. In this case it was purely one person's choice to ask for people to help gift the EZ-B based on a post found elsewhere yet in the past when people have asked for a chance and shown willing to work for it they have been met with the old "you don't get anything for free".

A little structure would make it a lot better and give more people at least the opportunity to get an EZ-B in this way.

I do think it's a great idea and have been thinking about something similar for a while (especially since I get a fair amount of store credit and rarely use it) but it needs to be fair, there needs to be structure to it, there needs to be some kind of process to follow for those who want the chance to own an EZ-B but can't afford it and for those who want to help give those people a chance.

If you think about it, every 33 questions answered is an EZ-B that could be sent out to someone who is showing a great interest, passion, desire etc. but can't afford one (or in some cases their parents wont let them buy one). I am sure I could solely fund one per year on questions answered easily, if not once every six months, and I would, but not without some kind of structure.

Come up with some kind of sound and solid structure which is fair to everyone and I'm more than in.

Friends, I did not mean to create an issue within the community... But I am glad that the Idea brings the possibility of some sort of mechanism to incentive talents thru donations.
In this specific case, I am very glad that so many fellows agreed to help this talented kid. As you read above, Eric got our initiative jumping out of his shoes and, for me, this is great! As Justin said, this is a community that inspire and help each other. I'm proud of that.

welcome ricdart