Not so much that they aren't legally required - the point here is that "legally required" is not really the right question - the right question is what is your recourse now, in 30 days, if they were to go bankrupt, etc.
<br><br>And thats not as simple as saying "legally required" ;-)<br><br> -Gabe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 24, 2008 4:05 PM, Kristian Erik Hermansen <<a href="mailto:kristian.hermansen@gmail.com">
kristian.hermansen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Jan 24, 2008 3:41 PM, Gabe Wachob <
<a href="mailto:gwachob@wachob.com">gwachob@wachob.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Having worked for Visa until recently, I don't think the rules, even for<br>> purchases, are actually that simple. But Sarah points out the main issue -
<br>> this was a donation, and the PBS gift analogy is quite apt.<br>><br>> Doesn't mean everyone did this primarily to support OLPC, but legally (and<br>> administratively, from Visa's POV) I think thats the right set of rules.
<br><br></div>Hrmm, very interesting. So actually what you are saying is that OLPC<br>is not legally required to even ship the free gifts :-) That is a<br>very interesting spin on the issue. Of course, I suspect that<br>
everything will work out, but it does make you wonder what would<br>happen if OLPC suddenly went bankrupt...<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">--<br>Kristian Erik Hermansen<br>"Know something about everything and everything about something."
<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Gabe Wachob / <a href="mailto:gwachob@wachob.com">gwachob@wachob.com</a> \ <a href="http://blog.wachob.com">http://blog.wachob.com</a> <br>