Pass the Light On: The DCO iTunes Gifting Project

Updates (as of Nov. 8, 2008) !

2008-10-02T15:46:00.000-07:00

1. If you're here for the instructions on signing up, sending gifts, and redeeming gifts, or for the List of matched Donors and Recipients, scroll down below - everything you need is there.

2. Our generous friends have agreed to expand the gifting project to include gifting of the Light On video via iTunes. Scroll down to find a chart for matched Donors and Recipients.

3. Re: iTunes Gifting of LO song not currently possible. NY_CookFan reports that gifting in iTunes won't be possible until Nov. 18. She contacted iTunes Customer Service and got this in response:

"The song "Light On" has been moved to the preorder instant gratification status since the album it came from is up for preorder. This means that on November 18th, once the album has been released, you will then be able to gift the track."

We suggest Amazon mp3s as an alternative.

4. Please note that we have an FAQ section. Go here and scroll down to the last portion.

5. Donors and Recipients may choose to give and receive Amazon mp3s instead of iTunes. When you sign up at the gifting thread back at DCO, please specify if you want Amazon. Otherwise we will assume that you're talking about iTunes.

How to send an Amazon download as a gift *

It's a simple process: You purchase the mp3 from Amazon, and then download it onto your computer. Next you send an e-mail to your recipient, with the song as attachment. That's it!

* Note: Please be aware that distributing the same mp3 file a multiple number of times is illegal. Donors, please make sure that each mp3 file you send as a gift has been paid for. Recipients, please do not re-distribute the file. Failing to abide by this simple rule defeats the purpose of this gifting project.

6. We're happy to report the following:

These figures may be underestimated with regards to number of gifts received, as some might not have reported back to us after recipients have successfully downloaded the song.

Because "we're all about love"

2008-09-25T04:31:00.000-07:00

Instructions: How do we do this thing?

Each recipient will be allotted 1 gift. Now we know there are also gifting projects in the other DC forums. So let's have an honesty system here, ok? If you've already requested a gift from somewhere else, don't sign up here anymore to give the other fans an opportunity to also get one.

The first thing you need to do is to sign up at the gifting thread at DCO. State whether you would like to be a Donor or a Recipient. If you would like to be a Donor, state how many gifts you would like to send, and if you prefer iTunes or Amazon. Recipients, state also please whether you would prefer an mp3 from Amazon. Otherwise, we will assume that you want an iTunes gift.

After you sign up, please wait for me or kathee to pair you up with a donor or recipient. Recipients were assigned donors in the order by which they signed up. (That is, first come, first served.) The List of Donors and Recipients is in the table below.

Recipients, please look up your name in the table and see who your donors are. Then contact your donors via private message at DCO, and provide your email address. Make sure your email address does not contain a country suffix (for example, ".ph" or ".sg"). Also, PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT A DONOR WHO HAS NOT BEEN ASSIGNED TO YOU.

Donors, you are to use the email address given to you when you're ready to make your gift purchase. (Further instructions on gifting below.)

Donors and recipients will coordinate with each other from this point on. You're on your own, people, we hope you have a magic rainbow-filled relationship!

List of Donors & Recipients
Tip for looking up your name: In Firefox, click on Edit > Find, then type in your name in the textfield that will appear at the bottom of your browser. Firefox will highlight your name on the page. In Internet Explorer, hit Ctrl + F, then type the name on the textfield that will appear.

Donors	Recipients	Status
NY_CookFan (2 of 5)	empty_faces, thundercandy13, ashchi	2 Received
Mariaswell(2 of 2)	James_Padfoot, hatchie	2 Received
angie_puertorico (2 of 5)	kathleenx, waving feather	1 Received
Abbyrocky2* (2 of 10)	jovelyn, berg
huntwork (2 of 10)	YourFace08, Nono	2 Received
Gingerly (3 of 3) + (2 nw)	widz, CCF, miniteen16_DC	2 Received
Cindylindy33	ananda, honeypie	1 Received
LAC6589	dc4jen	Received
amystruth (2 of 2)	riverhorse, RaCheL05	1 Received
Cook_Crush (2 of 5)	rabbitfighter, Cookie-crumbs	2 Received
ladymadonna (2 of 5)	lizpdc, minzhi	2 Received
coolshades (1 of 5)	julicasa, miss_charmed	1 Received
summerdaze* (2 of 5)	lady peace, purplewalrus	2 Received
avazanne1 (2 of 5)	kshatriya, DCsMyRockStar89	2 Received
geek4vocab (4 of 10)	kathee, rootortoise, wenaDRC, hypertwink	4 Received
optimistictaf (1 of 10)	imogen_ph	1 Received
Rockfan (2 of 5)	silentbliss, Brazuca	1 Received
JB0046 (2 of 3)	krythus, dodsdmr	1 Received
robyn101	shape5	Received
ilovecookies0708	mariecookie	Received
martyk74 (2 of 10)	wordnerd4life007, die-for-david	2 Received
sky1234 (1 of 2)	aeroz21	1 Received
cook_girl_ct	anyaaaaah	Received
crzytarau	Made	Received
purple82 (1 of 5)	flyjana
librawm (1 of 2)	sweet_m1sery
MsDarcy (1 of 5)	Natália Ceres	1 Received
rowdygirl (1 of 5)	JuvenileCookie	Received
PeachMango (1 of 5)	sarahdavid23	Received
QTTaquito (2 of 5)	nodyaj, addicted1220	2 Received
newark (1 of 5)	cadburymonkey	Received
franwessel (1 of 3)	miakka	Received
TherapyForMe	MusicalAbuse
dcismyfav (1 of 5)	marcia	Received
JoyOfCooking (1 of 10)	jennyjenny
t-towncookfan (10 of 10)	Priscila, bruna, riqueluiz09, rafael, luciana, sp_dri, tarcisio, diego, mah, mayara	10 Received
minstrel (1 of 5)	doedaphna	1 Received
Adrienne (1 of 5)	antul	Received
mswordnerd1943 (1 of 10)	DC for PS	Received
Ana (3 of 5)	pipercookie, Ana, Samuel	2 Received
kathypinaz (2 of 10)	kawaiicelia, miusha	2 Received
garpods22 (1 of 2)	Fareeza	1 Received
kcgeek4vocab (1 of 2)	juno	1 Received
SUE
mermcc	Zandra
LoryWN	likeadaisy
vsteph1571 (2)	sivid
RebelDavis	Olive_juice	Received
Courtney02	roxanne_gypsy
AllWeNeedIsCook	stitch	Received
ch-ch-chinatown	Viivi	Received
Folkfan	spoiled_angel	Received
Crowgirls (1 of 5)	Dementor145	1 Received
Words-Of-Leisure	tia bee
Susanne	jvincennes
Megan-DCcrazy(1 of 3)	LastToKnow710	Received
Eve.Angelical (1 of 6)	djaebuki.ph	Received
brookie_8281	hempp	Received
CuffedByDC	DavidCook_UKFan
Goldie (1 of 3)	Rent A Vamp	1 Received
FoolsApril64 (1 of 3)	scoccobella	1 Received
str8ahead2cook (1 of 3)	closeyoureyes	1 Received
msdog (1 of 5)	yumi_sunlight	1 Received
aizjanika (1 of 3)	Redmary	1 Received
Erin (1 of 3)	virtualrie	1 Received
CynLynn (1 of 5)	golcook	1 Received
kitkat	LaylaHamborg	Received
originalorange (1 of 10)	mscttv	1 Received
ShariG	laura2008
annlah	Cersei	Received
amberbear (1 of 5)	taken000	1 Received
ILuvDavidCook2	about	Received
JessicaT	heyfudge
justforme2 (1 of 3)	meg_d	1 Received
jkraft2920 (2 of 3)	Thiago, Alexandre	2 Received
Xavier (3 of 5)	diva_versace85, Tattyboomba, macarossi	3 Received
joycee (1 of 2)	blessed	1 Received
kellie (1 of 2)	tK	1 Received
PennyKeating (1 of 10)	Sara84
petadoption (1 of 4)	sonique	1 Received
ODCD	armneris	Received
Sandy (1 of 5)	mariam
rainegentlyfalls
Nightlyt (1 of 3)	gcelq	Received
WordNerd1571	melenaka
wordnerd694	cintiamn	Received
cookiesrock91	Jenison	Received
cookiecrazee	Archie0228	Received
Annette	DLC	Received
KarenLE67 (1 of 4)	emeraldrain	1 Received
hikergirl	SethCook	Received
vickiev	philipe	Received
marlowe	moraessilva
MissyMI (1 of 3)	SoulPainter1982	1 Received
toniziska	_marium_
sharon05 (1 of 3)	takhisis	1 Received
grandmajoyce21 (1 of 5)	Jehan	1 Received
ldynsrch (1 of 10)	Cah SP	1 Received
likethis	tobymiaw
DCfan_2008	geovane	Received
ilovemusic (1 of 2)	chrisrichfan	1 Received
cookielover1982	albacookie	Received
LaurieM (1 of 5)	Olavo	1 Received
lil sparrow	Aaron	Received
cookie_fan(5)	felipefjf
wordnerd_teacher(20)	allopen	1 Received
janlin(1 of 4)	scottishwordnurd	1 Received
zillablue (1 of 10)	FayCook	1 Received

Canada-based Donors

Donors	Recipients	Status
Bouffe	Elizabeth	Received
Polarbrrr (5)
canadiandcfan
sarahdirtynerd
ande

Amazon

Donors	Recipients	Status
sourwoodmtn	Jinxme	Received
Gingerly (2 of 2)	archie_cookie, guitargirl	2 Received
wordnerd694	josie	Received
ladymadonna (2 of 5)	antul, kaia_kyrial, Gisele, _jean,	3 Received
martyk74	smores100	Received
Nightlyt	luffbro	Received
Eve.Angelical (3 of 5)	Jas4cook, SethCook, zullyhonduras	2 Received
Luvs Crumbs (2 of 6)	no0ne, miakka	1 Received
Annette	victoria 2	Received
minstrel	Fanny	Received
FolkFan	mke4dc	Received
Ana	jenna_rose	Received
rainegentlyfalls	Jessie Ann	Received
kcgeek4vocab (2 of 3)	vanvan, Freaky.Styley	1 Received
sky1234 (2 of 2)	mikkachan, Nadia	1 Received
rocknrollgirl	Ninja	Received
optimistictaf	beachbum0522	Received

LO Video

Donors	Recipients	Status
AllWeNeedisCook (4 of 4)	LaylaHamborg, _jean, Stephanie231	1 Received
coolshades (5)	widz, ananda, wordnerd4life007, fedexhamlin11, aaron126	4 Received
sky1234 (2)	antul, Viivi	1 Received
zillablue (7 of 10)	Crazy4dc, golcook, kathleenxx, Archie0228, FayCook, mke4dc, djubzz	7 Received
janlin (3)	James_Padfoot, about, jenny	3 Received
Lettuce, formerly Erin (2)	Mayara, ashchi	2 Received
summerdaze (5)	anacookiebr, singrosal, meg_d, Nono, geovane	3 Received
Cook_Crush (2)	pipercookie, Cookie-crumbs	2 Received
str8ahead2cook (3)	juno, sleepyinsomniac, closeyoueyes	3 Received
Abbyrocky2	Olive_juice	Received
optimistictaf (4 of 5)	imogen_ph, miakka, waving feather, Hike	3 Received
_Melissa (2)	silentbliss, lilyd	2 Received
newark	kathee	Received
avazanne1 (2)	kshatriya, DCsMyRockStar89	2 Received
ladymadonna (2)	lizpdc, minzhi	1 Received
hoaloha (4)	hypertwink, gcelq, likeadaisy, _marium_	2 Received
PeachMango (3)	miss_charmed, AnaB, scoccobella	2 Received
mswordnerd1943 (5 of 10)	Cersei, krys_shallowlove, YourFace08, bhanle, lisnov	3 Received
amystruth	riverhorse	Received
sourwoodmtn	DavidCookRocks	Received
Gingerly (2)	tia bee, Jolene	2 Received
Crowgirls (2 of 2)	jenna_rose	cdnlovesdc
angie_puertorico	MOM2HandH

Instructions for gifting and redeeming gifts

2008-09-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

For Donors: How to gift with iTunes

Gifting is just like making your regular iTunes purchase. In iTunes , locate Light On. Then click on the button Gift This Music located beside the single cover, like so:

then provide the required information (basically, your recipient's email address). iTunes will then send an email to your Recipient, stating that s/he has been sent a gift. That's it!

*In case iTunes tells you that your recipient has already purchased Light On, click on Cancel to stop the purchase. If your intention is to give your recipient another copy, click on Continue.

For Recipients: How To Redeem Your iTunes Gift
(Please Follow The Instruction Carefully)

1. Open the email from the iTunes store. Click the REDEEM NOW button.

2. If you don't have an account yet, select CREATE NEW ACCOUNT.

3. Now please READ THIS STEP CAREFULLY, this is where most people make a mistake. Make sure the billing address indicated is in the US - you are supposed to have a US billing address. So DO NOT CLICK on "click here" or the arrow, as shown below.)

4. When you create your iTunes Store account make sure that you'll be using the same email address where your donor sent your iTunes gift.

5. Choose none for Payment Method. (See screenshot below under # 6.) Important: If you don't see the none option, go back to the previous page and make sure that you agreed to receiving iTunes updates through email. Also, check out FAQ item #1 (scroll down a bit). We've also been told that sometimes the none option may not appear in Firefox, but does so in Internet Explorer.

6. Supply a US address. It's best to use a valid address. We suggest borrowing your friends' or relatives' addresses. If you don't have any friends or relatives to borrow from, or would like to opt for another method, please check back with us at the DCO gifting thread.

7. The Download will start shortly after you create your account.

8. Tadah! Light On now sits in your computer's hard drive. Congratulations, enjoy, and keep the Light On!

FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions

2008-09-20T03:58:00.000-07:00

1. In Step 5 of How to Redeem Your iTunes Gift, I don't see NONE as a Payment Method. Why?

- First, go back to the very first step. Did you open the email from iTunes Store? The problem might be that you tried to sign in FROM iTunes (that is, you opened iTunes and then tried to create an account from there) instead of cicking REDEEM NOW inside the email notification sent to you by the iTunes Store. It makes sense that iTunes should offer you the NONE Payment Method option specifically when you've come to redeem a gift, doesn't it?

That's not it?

- Go to the previous page and see if you checked the box that says you agree to receiving iTunes updates. If you did not, go and check it.

Still can't see NONE ?

- Look at Step 3, under Terms & Conditions. You are supposed to have a US billing address. So when it says "If the billing address of your payment information is not the US, click here -->", DO NOT click!

Still nothing?

- Are you sure that your email address does NOT contain a country suffix? Or is not a hotmail address? We've heard that for some people, hotmail works. For some, it doesn't. If you're among the unfortunate ones, try gmail, we've never heard of people having problems with it.

2. I still have some credits left from my iTunes gift card. Can I use them to send gifts to someone?

Apparently no, you cannot transfer left-over credits from an already used gift card. But you can buy a new iTunes gift card and send the redemption code to the person you would like to give a gift to. The catch is that the cheapest gift card costs $15. Be aware that the redemption code can only be used by one account. So if you're essentially giving a person $15 worth of credit.