It seems there has been a lot going on in the campaign to save Veronica Mars. it is a great show worth saving, and if nuts can save Jericho.....
Read on for a couple of the mailings I have received regarding the campaign.
Fans from around the world have been campaigning for weeks and our newest campaign is to buy and send as many mars bars to the head of the CW (Dawn Ostroff) as possible!
After some poor soul selling imported mars bars on Amazon woke up to discover that Veronica Mars fans had bought over 600 bars in just over 3 hours, he decided to jump on our bandwagon and is now offering free shipping to the CW building, as well as keeping us actively updated on our campaign. At the time of writing this email, 2204 mars bars have been purchased and and over $500 has been raised to put towards buying even more.
June 15th is the cut off date as we were told this is the date that a "final decision" will be made, so we're doing everything we can until then. A few people that live near the CW building will also be waiting for the delivery vans with cameras in hand to capture the moment for Veronica Mars fans from all over the world that have been active in the campaign.
The place where we're buying the mars bars from is - http://theindianfoodstore.com/search.htm?keyword=mars+bar
They have been amazing throughout the whole process.
Their blog where they've been keeping us updated with the numbers is - http://www.theindianfoodstore.blogspot.com/
Hey everybody:
I'm the VERONICA MARS fan that's been working with Sachin from the Indian Food Store to get mass participation in the SAVE VERONICA MARS: MARS BARS campaign!
Here's what happened: people on various sites (most notably AICN) started talking about sending Mars bars to the CW offices as a show of support, Jericho style. Well, there were a couple problems that arose. First, Mars bars aren't actually sold in the States anymore! However, there was one vendor on Amazon offering them, The Indian Food Store-- the new problem was shipping. A bar costs less than 2 bucks, but shipping it cost $6.99. So I sent Sachin over at the store an email, proposing we make one big bulk order, which would save on shipping, and make their jobs a lot easier!
Sachin (who is really amazing, and a HUGE reason this all came together so well), thought it was a great idea and late last night, set up a bulk ordering system that's really helped move things along-- last night, they'd sold 79 bars. Today, somewhere around 2,000! So, yeah, safe to say its working.
Anyhow, the really, big important news is this. We've now set up a Paypal system to collect contributions for the cause. Why is this so much better? 1) This means Amazon won't be taking a cut of the proceeds, and 2) now you can give ANY amount, and your money will be pooled into one HUGE order of Mars bars!
This is definitely a big improvement over the old methods, and we're really hoping you can help us get the word out!
Here's the official PayPal link:
http://scramblenetwork.wordpress.com/mars
It now looks likely that VM fans will be sending the ENTIRE U.S. Supply of Mars Bars to the CW. I'm drafting a letter that will be attached to each and every box, pleading our case for renewal.
Sachin at the store even set up a blog to provide us with more details on the shipment!
http://theindianfoodstore.blogspot.com
Really, when you look at it, this dwarfs even the amazing JERICHO campaign. I mean, this one had to grow organically, and we're sending an item that isn't even normally sold in the States! Talk about dedication!
PLEASE help us get the word out about this effort to bring back the best written show on TV, our beloved VERONICA MARS!
Nick
Scramble Network
scramblenetwork@gmail.com
http://scramblenetwork.wordpress.com
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