An Update From The Toy Train Paper & Memorabilia Group

e*Train Issue: Oct 2024 | Posted in: Toy Train Paper & Auctions

Courtesy Of The Toy Train Paper & Memorabilia Group Email List Fall 2024 e*Train

We started the Toy Train Paper & Memorabilia Group back in October 1994, so we’ve officially been at it 30 years… hard to believe!

So if you’re heading into York next week, we’d love if you could spend an hour or two with the TTP&M Group on “York Thursday,” October 17th, 7-9pm. No changes are planned from our recent meetings, so we’re still at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel, behind the Round the Clock Diner, just off the intersection of Routes 30 and 83. The actual address there is 1650 Toronita Street, York. As usual, the current meet flyer is attached with all the details.

Following this upcoming meeting, we’re announcing that we’ll be taking a break and putting the group on hiatus. We’re still trying to figure out exactly what that means, but for now, we’ll be ending the tradition of having a get-together at every York, and leaving the future open-ended. As with everything we do, your comments are appreciated, and please know that we’ll keep everyone updated on how things shake out.

But the upcoming hiatus shouldn’t stop us from having a great time this coming Thursday. Your unflagging interest has kept us going for three decades, and we have little doubt that’ll you’ll be bringing your interest, enthusiasm and hopefully something neat to share with the group as we have our last regularly-scheduled meeting.

Safe travels if you’re making the trip — especially if you’re coming from the south — and we hope to see you Thursday night!

Sincerely,

Todd Wagner
Joe Mania
Harry Rado

P.S. This e-mail list was generated by using the sign-in sheets that we have at each meeting, as well as obtaining e-mail addresses from the TCA membership database for those who have attended and/or supported our group in the past. If you don’t wish to receive future mailings, please respond with the word “remove” and your e-mail address will be promptly deleted.

Helping TCA with your ebay purchases when you use PayPal

If you’re an ebay user and have a PayPal account you use to make payments, you can designate a donation for TCA when you’re checking out — any amount, small or large.
If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can pre-designate a percentage of your sales to be donated automatically in your name to TCA as long as the purchaser pays with their PayPal account.

In both cases, you will receive a donation receipt from the PayPal Giving Fund, and enjoy applicable tax advantages.

How to do it:

Click on the image above, or use this link. This will take you to ebay, where you will see the following page (log in to ebay if you are not already):

This offers TCA as an option. Click on the “Add to My Charities” button where indicated with the red arrow. Thereafter, when you make a purchase, at checkout you will be offered the option to make a donation to TCA in any amount of your choosing. Small amounts add up, larger ones are great! It’s always up to you!

The option will appear at the lower part of your checkout page, something like this:

If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can allocate a portion of your sales proceeds to be donated to TCA. Look at the green arrow marked “Optional” above to see how to do it. Details on how ebay calculates the donation may be read here. This is a wonderful way to share the financial benefits of your hobby with the organization that promotes it!

An added benefit to TCA is that these donations are not subject to normal processing fees, so that makes your donation work harder!

* Note. TCA is not a party to any of your eBay transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors. PayPal issues the receipts to you for your donation, not TCA.

Shop Amazon and Help TCA

TCA members who shop at Amazon.com can have each of their normal purchases generate a modest payment to TCA! And it won’t cost you anything!

The Train Collectors Association is now a participant with AmazonSmile, which is a special website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com.

The difference is that when customers shop at AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.

The process is simple. Just search for and select Train Collectors Association when you sign up and shop at smile.amazon.com.

You use your regular Amazon.com username and password, but when you log in to smile.amazon.com, you’ll see that you are supporting TCA with your purchases:

Note that if you just log in to the regular amazon.com, this benefit does not operate.

There are no costs to either you or TCA, but TCA benefits!

This is a great way for TCA to earn extra cash to offset costs, so sign up today to help support TCA.

* Note: TCA is not a party to any of your Amazon transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors.

An Update From The Toy Train Paper & Memorabilia Group

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