EoFF & Amazon - Please read this thread if you ever use Amazon! (NEW LINK FOR .COM)

[Loony BoB]

Support EoFF by using the following links when purchasing things from Amazon!

For general Amazon shopping
US: Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more (http://www.amazon.com/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=eyeonfinfan01-20&linkId=QGKSEB4YUBLKZ53W)
UK: Amazon.co.uk: Low Prices in Electronics, Books, Sports Equipment & more (http://www.amazon.co.uk/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&linkCode=ur2&tag=eyeonfinfan-21)
Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&linkCode=ur2&tag=eyeonfinfan05-20

By using these links when going to Amazon to buy pretty much anything, you're helping support EoFF (it won't cost you any more than it would if you didn't use the links, so it's benefiting EoFF without impacting your wallet). Starting at 4% and potentially up to 10-25% of each item purchased, EoFF can profit up to £7 per item you buy through Amazon. Supporting this place will take a chunk of money out of my account each month and one of the first things I learned when checking over the information from the old owners of EoFF was that EoFF is not making a profit... if we carried on, we'd be making a pretty crap loss, actually. So if you still have any Christmas shopping to do, or just happen to need to use Amazon for whatever reason... please use these links!

There is no cost to yourselves (other than the price of what you were buying on Amazon), of course, so hopefully you'll do so in future and allow me to continue to be able to live life without the fear of being murdered by Danielle for spending a lot of money on something that will cost us even more money every month. >_>;

[Quindiana Jones]

I can't use any of those sites right now, but I'll see if I can get my friends and family on it.

[Slothy]

I can't use any of those sites right now, but I'll see if I can get my friends and family on it.

That's what happens when you're a dirty commie in dirty commie land.

[Quindiana Jones]

This is all my fault. :(

[noxious.sunshine]

No no. It's China's. Don't listen to vivi.

I'll definitely use the links from now on if I need to buy something.

THANKS BoB.. Now I really -want- to shop online.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

It's a shame this wasn't even just a couple of months ago as I did a lot of shopping on Amazon. I'll remember to use those links, though!

[Goldenboko]

just yesterday I ordered 6 things on amazon, why was this not shown to me sooner!?!

[Calliope]

Supporting this place will take a chunk of money out of my account each month and one of the first things I learned when checking over the information from the old owners of EoFF was that EoFF is not making a profit... if we carried on, we'd be making a pretty crap loss, actually.

I don't understand what you're saying - are you personally financing hosting and other costs for EoFF? Your whole post was written as if you were either very tired or very excited - which is to say it could be more cohesive. It sounds like there may be a major announcement or something else in another thread, so I'm going to go look for it.

[Loony BoB]

Yeah, check the stickied thread.

EDIT: Adjusted my first post with a link to the other thread.

[Mirage]

I bought a 3DS from amazon just a week or two ago
why didn't you tell me!

[Mirage]

Hey what about selling EoFF merchandise?!

[Loony BoB]

A week ago I didn't own the site! xD

Selling EoFF merch is something we're considering - check out the relevant thread in the Feedback Forum.

[Mirage]

How much did you buy it for?

[Hollycat]

Dang it BoB, I did my christmas shopping last week. You were too late!

[Loony BoB]

Not public information, sorry. :) Four figures, I'll say that much, but no more.

EDIT: To Mirage.

[Hollycat]

Not public information, sorry. :) Four figures, I'll say that much, but no more.

EDIT: To Mirage.
Ony 4? I don't suppose I can buy it from you at some point?

[Loony BoB]

Sure, for the right price. I mean, I'm not an idiot. If someone offers me £1m for the site, I'll consider it.

[Calliope]

:roll2

[Hollycat]

Sure, for the right price. I mean, I'm not an idiot. If someone offers me £1m for the site, I'll consider it.
I'll open up the bidding with 3 shoulder rubs, a copy of ff6 signed by amano, and the holy grail.

[Mirage]

I have something you can get for that offer.

[Ravan]

Link Emailed to Husband :p Hopefully he is gonna buy me a nice xmas gift :kakapo:

[Jiro]

I don't even know what Amazon site I use but I'll keep this in mind. EVERY BIT HELPS

[Drift]

i shall bookmark so that it does track i'm using the right link. GL to you BoB

[Pike]

Everyone should use this link to buy my books.

Because, you know.

Yeah.

:shifty:

[Jessweeee♪]

Just in time for my Christmas bonus :spin:

[Shauna]

I have already finished my Christmas shopping. :( If only I had known sooner. I will make sure that Matt buys everything through these links. xD

[Shlup]

Just finished my Christmas shopping. Hope that gets you a few dollars!

[Ayen]

I'll keep a sub on this thread for the next time I have the money and stuff I need to buy. Right now I'm broke as all hell.

[Shlup]

I just changed my Amazon toolbar button to that URL.

[Mirage]

...toolbar button?

[Pheesh]

Half the stuff I go to buy from amazon doesn't ship to Australia, so I don't use it very often, but I will keep these links handy just in case.

[Leeza]

I'm not a huge Amazon shopper, but I've bookmarked the url. :cat:

[Dr Unne]

&tag=eyeonfinfan05-20

We should change the name of the site to Eye on Fin Fan.

[NeoCracker]

Effectively ordered two things from there since you posted that link.

I expect no less then a good back rub for my contribution.

[Shoden]

I ORDERED A SHINY NEW DUH VUH DUH.
With the link provided. WOOP

[starlet]

Why isnt this stickied? I guess we just cant let this thread go into obscurity. Either way, I'll remember to do this next time I order from Amazon ;)

[Loony BoB]

I just want to say that, while I won't see most of the cash for a fair while yet (due to the nature of how Amazon.com, or American Amazon, works with international payments)... you guys have paid for about quarter of a month of hosting already, with more orders yet to ship (it only adds them in once shipped). :D Thank you all so much!

EDIT: Oh, and rather than stickying this thread, I expect that there will be ads and/or permanent navbar links at some point regarding this. We're only going sans advertising at EoFF for a short while as we figure out our upcoming server move (expected to go ahead on Sunday).

[Dr Unne]

I tried to use this today. I don't know if it worked. I bought a microphone.

[Ravan]

Did My Last bits of Xmas Shopping with the link AND I have it as my Bookmark to Amazon. So hope its helping :)

[Citizen Bleys]

Handy; I use Amazon a lot.

Is there a similar link for kindle.com? I usually buy books directly from my kindle, but I can change that habit.

[Shorty]

oh shit I ordered my ps1 memory card and forgot to do it from here

It was only five dollars including shipping, though, so I doubt you would have made much off me. :shiny:

[Loony BoB]

Oh man, that 20 cents! :(

[Shorty]

Sorry, dude! I'll remember next time D:

or not because I have early onset alzheimers

[Calliope]

I'll remember for you! Yay, hyperviligance!

I'M WATCHING ALL OF YOU.

[Miriel]

I'm ordering a crapload of christmas stuff from Amazon. How do I know if I'm doing this right? I clicked on the links, but once I start browsing and adding stuff to my cart, there doesn't seem to be any indication that it's being done in any connection with EoFF. :o

[Loony BoB]

Honestly, I don't know, but it seems to be working because I've made about $26 and £9 so far, with a few more items due to ship eventually. I imagine it tracks your session somehow.

[Shorty]

That is fucking awesome.

[Loony BoB]

Yep! Shame Amazon.com insists on charging me $15 for every cheque I get (I decide how much it has to add up to before I get the cheque) because apparently it doesn't understand international bank transfers at all.

[Calliope]

If there's no "cap" and you're not in a hurry, I'd just let it sit and build up for a while before snagging that cheque. There will be a boost for Christmas, sure; but people order stuff on Amazon pretty regularly and the more time goes on, the more likely people are to find out about this if they've been away for a while.

[Loony BoB]

I think I have it set for $200 at the moment.

EDIT: On a sidenote, some really weird things have been bought on Amazon.com. I can't check Amazon.co.uk because Danielle got my Christmas presents through there and I'm pretty sure I'd know which ones they were if I looked at the list, even if I can't tell who orders what. I won't reveal what has been bought because they could be presents for other EoFFers. :o Remarkably few video games, I'll say that much.

[Miriel]

You can see what we buy?!

[Calliope]

Woah, that seems a bit shady!

[Shorty]

Yeah, I'm not so sure I care to use this checkout if you can see what we buy, especially if you're going to call purchases weird. :p

[Ayen]

Everyone order sex toys through the link on the first page.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

http://i.imgflip.com/5klnj.jpg

[Slothy]

It's not that shady. I imagine he gets to see what's ordered if only for his own confirmation that the amount they give him is correct.

Also, just do what ToriJ said. And set the delivery address to BoB's work.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I thought what Vivi22 just suggested was what everyone was doing this whole time. I'm disappointed.

I just ordered something from Amazon earlier this morning, but in my sickness and half-awakeness I forgot to use my bookmarked amazon link =(. Next time.

[Citizen Bleys]

You can buy sex toys on Amazon?

Now I need to trawl Amazon for the greasiest purchases it's possible to make, and use the EoFF affiliate link. Do they sell quicklime and shovels? Rohypnol? Bulk quantities of plastic wrap, knives, and duct tape? Wood chippers? The Sudetenland?

[Shorty]

I'm too afraid of doing a search for all of those things and being reported to the authorities based on what "recently viewed items" list contains to answer your questions.

[Citizen Bleys]

Damn, they're out of stock (http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Urine-Lure-32-oz/dp/B0006IGZSM/)

[Slothy]

Now I need to trawl Amazon for the greasiest purchases it's possible to make, and use the EoFF affiliate link. Do they sell quicklime and shovels? Rohypnol? Bulk quantities of plastic wrap, knives, and duct tape? Wood chippers? The Sudetenland?

I can't answer those questions, but I can like the way you think.

[Shorty]

I saw the url in your emailed post and I am not clicking that.

[Loony BoB]

As I mentioned earlier, I can't tell who orders what. I can't even tell who has made an order at all, no names are provided. I can just see what has been ordered, and the shipment date (not the ordered date - anything that has not been shipped is not detailed to me). If you guys were to order a whole lot of sex toys then I'd just assume it was Shorty.

[Jiro]

Let's play a game called "Make BoB Guess Who Bought Weird Shit On Amazon!"

[Slothy]

I haven't bought anything yet though so he can't be that weirded out.

[Shorty]

I'll own up to flavored oils and the gimp suit but nothing more.

[Loony BoB]

I knew it!

[Citizen Bleys]

Let's play a game called "Make BoB Guess Who Bought Weird trout On Amazon!"

I've already started.

[Pike]

Bumping this so people can remember to do this.

Also I just bought a Kindle + charger with this link so hopefully it went through because that's a lot of dosh I dropped just now (thank you, based tax refund.)

[Loony BoB]

With Valentines Day kicking in, now is as good a time as any for this to be bumped, absolutely. Not to mention my upcoming birthday. You're all buying me gifts, right? ;)

[Bubba]

It's the missus' birthday on the 23rd of this month. Aleady spent £60 using the link and I'll be using it again!

[Fonzie]

Yeah, I'll probably do this when I buy gifts for Valentine's Day.

[Værn]

With Valentines Day kicking in, now is as good a time as any for this to be bumped, absolutely.
Am I able to buy potatoes on Amazon? I've never thought to try buying them online :O

[Loony BoB]

EoFF, sponsored by potatoes. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007S9ULGY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007S9ULGY&linkCode=as2&tag=eyeonfinfan-20)

[Værn]

EoFF, sponsored by potatoes. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007S9ULGY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007S9ULGY&linkCode=as2&tag=eyeonfinfan-20)
Welp. Wasn't expecting that. 5 pounds may be a bit much, though... Would anyone like a Valentine's Day potato? :love:

[Rantz]

Will you carve a heart into it?

[Værn]

Will you carve a heart into it?
That could be arranged. The possibilities of a potato are nearly endless.

[WildRaubtier]

hey towns what if i wanted to buy something off amazon.com.au, what's the affiliate link HUH

(troll post, why would i want to buy anything off amazon.com.au)

[Fonzie]

If people give me their addresses I'll buy potatoes and send them to their house for EoFF's sake.*

*(Limited participation of three members.)

[Endless]

EoFF, sponsored by Cottonelle toilet paper (http://www.amazon.com/Cottonelle-Ultra-Comfort-Toilet-Paper/dp/B008EIY0F6/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1391941771&sr=1-2-catcorr&keywords=toilet+paper&linkCode=as2&tag=eyeonfinfan-20).

[Jiro]

I entirely forgot to use this when I bought Hux's book

whoops

[Citizen Bleys]

I've been using this link quite a bit.

I actually bought Preparation H just because I knew Towns would see it.

Now I have a bunch of Preparation H that I don't need and I can't think of a way to use it.

[Quindiana Jones]

Yeah, I bought a load of viagra because... like, because I knew BoB would see it.

[Citizen Bleys]

They don't have viagra on Amazon.


EDIT: OR SO I'VE HEARD

[Jiro]

They don't have viagra on Amazon.


EDIT: OR SO I'VE HEARD

smooth

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Well, I don't know how much of it you'll see but yesterday I bought about $320 worth of stuff on amazon using the EoFF link. Hopefully it's of some use!

[Dark_Valentine]

If I had known sooner I would have used this! >.< I will from now on since I do a lot of shopping on amazon!

[Alive-Cat]

I am buying books now and I followed the link! Extreme love for the Eyes On Final Fantasy Forums Experience :love:

[louby_4eva]

I don't post here much anymore, but EOFF gave me a lot of joy many years ago so I'll be sure to give something back by using the link :love:

EDIT: awww, my sig's gone

[Loony BoB]

CHRISTMAS IS COMING GUYS

MAKE USE :D

[Vyk]

Amazon has always been in my most visited list, which I use as a speed-dial on my browser's home page. I edited it from amazon.com to the EoFF version link so I can't help but do it the right way whenever I buy something :3

[Jowy]

please stop supporting amazon. sometimes I like to ride the bus at 4 PM without having seventy amazon employees hit me in the face with their backpacks while the others clog up traffic on I-5 by an hour.

[Freya]

been trying to use this for the random kindle books I buy, trying is the key word

[Loony BoB]

All you really need to do is click that link, search for what you wanna buy, buy it, and it works. Or at least it works for a number of people every month (or one person buying a lot of things - not sure which!).

[Freya]

I just bought 4 books recently soooo you're welcome :D Enjoy my book history!

[Midgar Mist]

When i do my after christmas shopping i will do that. Will this post be kept as a priority near the top of the page or will they be put somewhere else?

[Loony BoB]

This thread will probably stick around at the top of General Chat. I'm pretty certain that EoFF has not been making a profit for at least half a year, if not longer. I'm happy to fund the difference but little things purchased on Amazon certainly help out. :)

[Freya]

Oh trout I forgot about this. Damnit, I ordered like $200 worth of christmas crap this year you could have got some from. Whoops.

[Formalhaut]

Oh goodness, yeah. I'll be sure to use the link in the future BoB!

[Chibi Youkai]

Eh, are you still getting a list of purchases made using that link? Anything star wars or cooking is probably mine.

[Shiny]

Oh fuck, I forgot to do this for my Christmas buying. Granted I didn't spend over a certain amount to leave a dent so I don't know how much that would've contributed here, but still. I'll probably be ordering the Man in the High Castle so I'll be sure to defer to EoFF's link.

[Mirage]

i forgot this time. i'm sorry :(. I bought probably things for 120 bucks so far. You should do a better job reminding us!

isn't there a better way to make this work than having to use a link from here every time i'm going to order something? Like a permanent opt-in thing i can set in my amazon account?

[Loony BoB]

Sadly not. But you can add the link to your favourites so it should pop up at the top whenever you start typing in Amazon. That's about as good as you can get it!

And yeah, still getting people buying stuff. About £40 worth of funds from the UK site this quarter, which pays for just over a month of hosting, so that's good. Google AdSense also generates a similar amount on average, I'd say.

What I've just found out, though, is that my Amazon.com one has been CLOSED for some reason. D: Dubya tee eff. I'll have to look into that. That's a bummer. A little research suggests this happens often and is usually something to do with tax stuff, but that's a bit weird considering I am a UK resident and have all my tax information detailed on the associates site for both .co.uk and .com.

[Mirage]

I don't use favourites or bookmarks :p, i just type in the addresses i use.

[Shauna]

There is. xD

Oh, all themes. Lemme see.

[Loony BoB]

THE AMAZON.COM LINK/TAG HAS CHANGED because Amazon are butts. So, please edit any favourites/bookmarks etc. to the following link: http://www.amazon.com/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=eyeonfinfan01-20&linkId=QGKSEB4YUBLKZ53W

I can confirm that the other Amazon links are all still good, it was just .com that changed.

[Chibi Youkai]

Updated. You should continue to see random items from me on a fairly regular basis.

[theundeadhero]

I bought some stuff with this today.

[Loony BoB]

I just want to thank everyone who uses these links. I have taken the decision to remove Google Ads from EoFF indefinitely. This will mean faster load times and less risk of bugs/infections from problematic ads.

Notably, this is despite EoFF not turning a profit of any kind whatsoever. I just happen to be able to afford to run EoFF with my wages and felt like this is the right thing to do. For anyone who is wanting to help me out, just use those Amazon links when you buy anything. It doesn't require any advertising at EoFF, it doesn't cost you anything, and when used by enough people it actually helps more than Google AdSense does.

[Aulayna]

The site loads so fast now. Sometimes I'm not entirely sure if the page refreshed or not where it loads so fast. xD

[Formalhaut]

I always try to use the links when I remember it. And it proved in good stead this Christmas!

[Loony BoB]

Muchos gracias, Formalhaut. The UK paid off half of the site's monthly costs with December's Amazon.co.uk purchases. The US paid off NOTHING because I strongly suspect most people are still using the old (and now useless) link. RIP.

[FFNut]

Now that I know about this I will be using the Canadian link once I have some money coming in again.

[BustaMo]

Just saw this now so when I do my shopping and all I'll give it a click. I literally just bought 2 items off of Amazon last night so sucks I couldn't have swung by and saw this thread earlier! :/

[Loony BoB]

Just got my first Amazon UK income for about half a year, thanks people who are still buying stuff and helping me pay for the servers! For anyone interested, that's enough to pay for one month of EoFF. I probably get about two months per year paid for purely through people using these links and not costing themselves a penny (just costing Amazon). Kudos. :up: It's the only income EoFF generates these days, everything else is outta my pocket because Google Ads were making EoFF lag too much for my enjoyment.

[Chibi Youkai]

Are you still getting stuff from the US amazon, or did the link change yet again?

[theundeadhero]

I use the US one to buy stuff occasionally, if you need a baseline to judge if its still coming through.

[Psychotic]

Just got my first Amazon UK income for about half a year, thanks people who are still buying stuff and helping me pay for the servers! For anyone interested, that's enough to pay for one month of EoFF. I probably get about two months per year paid for purely through people using these links and not costing themselves a penny (just costing Amazon). Kudos. :up: It's the only income EoFF generates these days, everything else is outta my pocket because Google Ads were making EoFF lag too much for my enjoyment.The Kindle, Funko Pops and assorted PS4 games were me. :aimkiss:

Honestly, I set my Amazon favourite link to EoFF years ago and I've just forgotten all about it.

[Freya]

I honestly need to set the BF's to it. We usually order on his account cause his has prime. We order sooooo much shit from amazon I'm pretty confident we alone would pay for a few months in a year.

[Loony BoB]

I got a cheque for US and my very first one for Canada about two or three months ago so they are going good! I like to think maybe just one or two Canadians slowly bought enough all on their own to generate that Canadian one. It got set up on day one of this thread and had to generate 100 Canadian dollars to trigger the cheque, so that's probably 2000 dollars spent to get that much over however many years.

EDIT: Four years!

[Chibi Youkai]

Well, I just spent almost three grand on using that link, so hopefully you'll get something for it.

[Loony BoB]

:o Big spender!

[Chibi Youkai]

Yeah, lol. I'm moving in a few months, and due to some logistics, taking my full tower desktop isn't a great idea.

[Loony BoB]

Just thought I'd say thanks to the people who still use this. The site costs a bit over £40 per month to keep hosted and this is the only way EoFF makes money, so those who are using these links help mitigate the impact on my bank account. I just got £60 from those who use Amazon.ca, which is the first payment I've received in quite a while - I've not received a payment from the .com address since April 2018 ($133) and UK has provided me with about £70 this year too. So if anyone wants to know a way to help out, just use the links under the Amazon drop down when you buy from Amazon and I'll get a little back in!

Spent on EoFF (Linode hosting) this year: About £500
Earned from EoFF (Amazon) this year: About £130

Definitely not after handouts or anything, and I don't want to use ads after they gave us trouble earlier on (Google Ads in that case), so I won't (and definitely won't give in to the dozen people who keep emailing me every month about their "partnerships" which involve posting their articles full of dodgy advertising). But if anyone wants to buy stuff from Amazon, just use the links and I'll appreciate the helping hand that won't cost you anything, as the prices will be the same for you, but I'll get a referral fee. Cheers again to those who still use the links after all these years! You make me happy.

[Chibi Youkai]

Wait, you're not getting anything from .com? I've been using the eoff link almost exclusively. Will have to check it again.

Edit: Yep, I just checked, using the correct address. Wonder what's up with that.

[Shauna]

Christmas is here so hopefully you'll get one whole pound coin from my present shopping.

Merry Christmas

[Loony BoB]

Wait, you're not getting anything from .com? I've been using the eoff link almost exclusively. Will have to check it again.

Edit: Yep, I just checked, using the correct address. Wonder what's up with that.
It needed to add up to $100 before it sent me the cheque in the past, just found they (finally) allowed international bank transfers now which is awesome because it's £28 to bank an international cheque (ridiculous!) at my bank. But yeah, the .com one has got up to about $80 or so at the moment, going up by about $3-5 a month for a while, so it's definitely still working if you're using it. :D I thank you!

[Chibi Youkai]

£28 To cash an international check? That's highway robbery. Holy crap, can't Amazon direct deposit the money or something?

[Loony BoB]

They can now! It must have changed some time in the past year because every year or so I get a cheque and get annoyed and check if they can do it and every time up until now they haven't been able to. Great they can now!

And yeah, my bank sucks for international cheque deposits apparently.

[Bubba]

Just ordered all my Christmas presents on Amazon using this. Bear in mind though I hate my family so I’ve not spent a huge amount.

[Mr Gashtacular]

do you take donations via other means? i can paypal u some monies