Relief Efforts for Bruce Whitehead

[Bruce Whitehead]

Second use of the donations... securing a vehicle to get my rats to a foster home.

I will get all of their furry butts back home when we get settled.

I had breeders offer to take them and just buy them, or take them but not be able to get them back to me after.

And my rats are my pets, I need to see all their faces back when this is over.

[Marg]

I am a little new to this site, but I have known a few here for years.

I am so glad some one could set up a relief fund, and a "goods" colllection.

I will be sending some funds asap, and anything I have, or can think to pick up.

I see mention of Clothing sizes, and a list of other things needed,
and lists of places we can get gift cards from.

I was unaware wally world (wal-mart), Lowes, and Home Depot were in Canada as well.

Thank you for letting us all know :o)

I am known "elsewhere" as Marg , so If you have an add friendship request, please know that it is me - lol

Thanks

Marg

[Mettle]

IMPORTANT!

If you're buying gift cards from places like Walmart or Home Depot be sure to ask if they are useable in Canada. In most cases the gift cards purchased on one side of the border ARE NOT useable on the other side for whatever reason. I know this has been the case in the past but may not be now. Best to ask and know FOR SURE.

I'll see if I can get an answer from the Walmarts and Home Depots and such up here but it's always good to double check.

You'd think they would be useable but it's usually because American stores operating in Canada are quite separate from their American counterparts. I know this is the case with Best Buy. They're accountable to the same shareholders (ie: making the same people rich) but both sides of the border have independent Presidents and are run completely separately (and even have different business models).

Cheers.

[Marg]

Thanks :o)

I was planning to send a prepaid visa/mastercard.

Is there any difference in canada?

Marg

[Mettle]

UPDATE... Walmart Canada WILL NOT accept giftcards purchased in the USA. Home Depot Canada WILL accept gift cards purchased in the USA (however Home Depot USA will not accept Canadian ones, weird).

Again... WALMART NO. HOME DEPOT YES.

As far as Home Depot goes I'm not sure if the value is transferred according to currency rates or simply "at par" so it might be better to contribute money rather than a gift card as the US Dollar currently is higher than the Canadian so the money would go further that way.

I'm sure if you argued hard enough they'd take the US Walmart giftcards but it's probably not worth the fight so I would avoid it.

I didn't check Lowes because we don't have one yet in Ottawa. (Where I live.)

If any other stores come to mind just ask. If they're local I don't mind calling!

[Mettle]

Thanks :o)

I was planning to send a prepaid visa/mastercard.

Is there any difference in canada?

Marg

I'm honestly not sure. I know that pre-paid cards aren't super popular up here but at the end of the day they should be accepted anywhere that Visa or Mastercard is accepted. That's the general idea. I work at Best Buy and I've gotten them a couple of times and never had issues processing the sales.

Again though I don't know about how the exchange rate would work. It would probably be best to ask the issuer about that.

[frankykeno]

I am a little new to this site, but I have known a few here for years.

I am so glad some one could set up a relief fund, and a "goods" colllection.

I will be sending some funds asap, and anything I have, or can think to pick up.

I see mention of Clothing sizes, and a list of other things needed,
and lists of places we can get gift cards from.

I was unaware wally world (wal-mart), Lowes, and Home Depot were in Canada as well.

Thank you for letting us all know :o)

I am known "elsewhere" as Marg , so If you have an add friendship request, please know that it is me - lol

Thanks

Marg

Great to see you here Marg! I remember you from another site.

IMPORTANT!

If you're buying gift cards from places like Walmart or Home Depot be sure to ask if they are useable in Canada. In most cases the gift cards purchased on one side of the border ARE NOT useable on the other side for whatever reason. I know this has been the case in the past but may not be now. Best to ask and know FOR SURE.

I'll see if I can get an answer from the Walmarts and Home Depots and such up here but it's always good to double check.

You'd think they would be useable but it's usually because American stores operating in Canada are quite separate from their American counterparts. I know this is the case with Best Buy. They're accountable to the same shareholders (ie: making the same people rich) but both sides of the border have independent Presidents and are run completely separately (and even have different business models).

Cheers.

I've already checked into the WalMart thing and I do have a phone number direct to the lady in charge of gift cards at the Canadian corporate offices of WalMart Canada (helps when hubby works for WalMart doesn't it LOL). Anyways, I have her name, her number and the procedure needed to send a Canadian WalMart gift card to Bruce and Jerome.

[Mettle]

I've already checked into the WalMart thing and I do have a phone number direct to the lady in charge of gift cards at the Canadian corporate offices of WalMart Canada (helps when hubby works for WalMart doesn't it LOL). Anyways, I have her name, her number and the procedure needed to send a Canadian WalMart gift card to Bruce and Jerome.

Alrighty. I wanted to let people know because if they go out, buy the giftcard in the USA and simply mail it off Walmart Canada will not accept it.

Is it a complicated procedure? Or a special one? Because you should tell people what this procedure is so that they can follow it and not send gcs that can't be used. (Or maybe I missed it in the thread, lol.)

[Marg]

OK, I will check into it in the morning...
I will also see if maybe an American Express woud be better :o)

Marg

[icygirl]

Question for Bruce... do you keep any animals that would need heat lamps? We have a bunch of extra fixtures and a few bulbs that we don't use here.

I made a small donation. Not a whole lot but I hope it helps.