Thanks for getting the ball rolling Diana. I just chipped in $30 toward the Big Y (DF29-) cause. Paul > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Diana Gale Matthiesen > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > A few weeks ago we got the ball rolling for a BigY test for one of our > root > > I1-M253*'s. We have a volunteer in the form of SHEFFIELD #123861 (1st > row > > in > > the table): > > http://dgmweb.net/DNA/matrices/HgI1/HgI1_matrix_M253.html#M253* > > > > The SHEFFIELD, himself, pledged $200 and so did someone else. I pledged > > $50 and > > someone else pledged $25, so we are up to $475 pledged. That leaves us > > just > > $220 to raise and we'll have enough! > > > > I've been questioned how to accomplish the donations and purchase. > > Normally, it > > would be easy: We would all make our donations to the Hg I1 project > > General > > Fund, then the SHEFFIELD would purchase the test using the Invoice > payment > > method, then the Hg I1 project admin would pay the Invoice from the > project > > General Fund. > > > > Unfortunately, as I have discovered, the BigY must be paid for by credit > > card. > > Payment by Invoice is greyed out when you go to purchase the test. > > > > It *may* be possible to get FTDNA to make an exception, taking the order > > over > > the phone and extracting the money from the project General Fund to pay > > for it > > manually on their end. Frankly, it's rather dense of them to make it so > > difficult for their customers to pay for an expensive test! > > > > If anyone has an idea for getting the purchase accomplished, please > > suggest it. > > But first things first, we need the rest of the pledges! > > > > Diana > > > > >