404039 is the number

Guys! You would not BELIEVE what post did I run into just a few minutes ago.
There is this gay, called Darren, he likes photography offers nothing useful on his blog and he’s is pleading for donation for - no more, no less, but probably the most expensive camera in the world - Hasselblad H3D-22.

Here is what he claims:
“Owning a Hasselblad H3D-22 would not only open doors of opportunity for me, but change my life for the better!”

Geeee man!!! You need a 40 000€ camera to start as a photo professional???

I mean, I’m totally stunned by this guy. He really has some nerve.

To make one thing clear, I have nothing against donations. No, by all means, no. BUT, there has to be good reason for that. Asking for donation is perfectly OK in 3 cases:

1. You are starving, sick or similar, ask for money, no probs (always donate to charity organization)
2. You are offering useful content, software, graphics, useful stuff that people can download from your site for free - ask for a donation, that’s fine
3. You are talking to your grandma’ - ask for a donation no problem there

But this guy, offering nothing, asking for donation to buy the most expensive camera in the world claiming that it’s necessary for him to become a photo professional???

C’mon!

One other reason why I needed to react to this post was ’cause some 6 months ago, I wanted buy Nikon D3 camera (that is kinda at almost ten times cheaper that that Hass that guy is asking for) and I was trying to figure out a way to collect some money for it. What I did? I created a T-Shirt and a mug and a whole loads of other merchandise on Caffee Press asking people to buy it and explaining that I’m collecting money for Nikon D3. I created a dedicated blog that apart from selling T-Shirts had a function to entertain people and guess how much it earned? Some 23 bucks! After all that effort 23 bucks! And now this guy … pfuuu! I just can’t digest that…

Guys, if you make a donation, give to someone who’s working hard to offer you free stuff that you use (like me yes, or all of the guys who work under GNU or other free licences), or someone who’s sick or starving or donate to you nephew.