Receiving Pledge Credits - Points for gifts

You will have a points account associated with your Club membership and each time you pledge money, pay shipping fees for donated items or we make a sale from items you donate or you complete a volunteer task, Britevents Northwest will add Britbuck© points as soon as possible after the money gift was made, sale finalized or task completed. The Britbuck© point has no cash value and points can only be spent at the online store. Points are valid forever as long as you are a Brit Club member AND Pay the annual Program fee of 10 Britbuck© points. The fee is deducted from your balance between Jan 1st 2027 and March 31st 2027 when you have a balance of 10 points or more. We will remind you if loss of points balance is imminent. You can then make a money gift of $10 to cure the problem.

Number of points credited

Money pledged and paid is 1 point per dollar. Gifted items receive shipping points credit if we approve it for shipping. You receive a further points credit if your item sells (see bottom of page for explanation of "sells"). New (still in packaging) items is 1 point per $2 "sell". Mint condition used items is 1 point per $4 "sell". This includes new items taken out of packaging. On occasions, items less than mint maybe accepted due to their value or provenance e.g. original signed used book by a prominent person. These items will result in 1 point per $4 "sell" as well. Points may be allocated by Britevents Northwest without their being money or sales to a fund. The primary reason will be to volunteers assisting at events or organizers or specialists we retain on a monthly payment. Points may also be offered as competition prizes.

But wait a goddam minute, do you actually ever sell an item?

EXAMPLE: You donate a NEW Hardback book to us based on a "Sell" range of $20-30. It is ordered and paid for with Britbuck points. That is a mid-range "sell" of $25. You get 1 Britbuck© point per $2 "sell" value for a NEW condition item. 25 divided by 2, leaves us with 12.5 points. Also note we round up to the nearest point as we don't deal in decimals! 12.5 becomes 13 points credited to your account. If the NET cash sale is $15 then the "sell" is $20 (minimum bottom of range) and you receive 10 points to your account.

Well spotted! For the most part, the answer is No. A majority of Items are always ordered at the Online store with Britbuck© Points, as they are free gifts resulting from a pledge of money, donated items (when sold) or volunteer time given to Britevents Northwest or its charitable funds. Any split amount pledged to a partner Nonprofit or emergency fund does NOT count for points. The exception to this system is it does NOT apply at live events where there are cash or card pledges "on the spot". Points schemes for those events will vary and will be detailed in the event description.

WHAT IS A "SELL"?

Remember, you have released ownership to us in donating the item. When you fill in a Donated Item Form, we will reply with a "Sell estimated range". It is then up to you to accept that range and ship it to us if you do. We also become owner of the item. If we get the donated gift ordered from the Online Store, then we will give you Britbuck© points based on the midpoint of the range. If we sell it for cash in some way, we will issue points based on actual NET sale price (after shipping or e-store fees, such as eBay commission, is deducted.) That will be at least the minimum in the range and no greater than the maximum in the range, Remember the points issued are not dollar for dollar for donated items as described in "Number of points credited" above.