That's a good idea. I try to pay a little more than minimum but maybe I should try to hold a little out of my fortnightly "allowance" and put an extra $5NZ or so in at a time to the US account I pay my bills from so I have it available for donations on a regular basis.
And yes, I think the "easy and convenient", along with "anonymous" is what hinders many people in online busking.
Something interesting (and it would be interesting for some sociologist or someone to do a study and see the results): partly because I have more money now that when I lived in the US, but also partly because we have $1 and $2 coins, I'm more likely to tip at least $1 to $2 in a busker's hat than I am a smaller denomination. It does kind of depend what I have in my pocket, but if someone is out there honestly making a try and doing a decent job they get the gold, the homeless usually get the silver (but sometimes the gold too; not that I run around tossing change at everyone I see). I wonder if this stands up in other countries that have dollar-coin currency, if buskers tend to bring in more of the dollar coins than just the silver.
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And yes, I think the "easy and convenient", along with "anonymous" is what hinders many people in online busking.
Something interesting (and it would be interesting for some sociologist or someone to do a study and see the results): partly because I have more money now that when I lived in the US, but also partly because we have $1 and $2 coins, I'm more likely to tip at least $1 to $2 in a busker's hat than I am a smaller denomination. It does kind of depend what I have in my pocket, but if someone is out there honestly making a try and doing a decent job they get the gold, the homeless usually get the silver (but sometimes the gold too; not that I run around tossing change at everyone I see). I wonder if this stands up in other countries that have dollar-coin currency, if buskers tend to bring in more of the dollar coins than just the silver.