joshnii 2 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Why is this surprising? If I want to do give to charity / plant a tree / offset my carbon emissions, I'll do it myself where and when I please. Quote: Dell is still finding it an uphill struggle to persuade its customers to take part in its "Plant a Tree for Me" scheme. Under this plan, customers can choose to spend an extra £1 per notebook or £3 per desktop to offset its estimated carbon emissions for the next three years. Only 300,000 customers opted to pay the levy during Dell's last financial year, which ended in February, said Tod Arbogast, the company's director of sustainable business. Though he declined to enumerate it, that amounts to between $300,000 (£169,000) and $900,000 of voluntary spending by customers - compared to Dell's revenues of $61.1bn and net profits of $2.97bn. As a percentage of customers, it remains well below the 1% mark - as calculated by the Guardian in August 2007. Would you? http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/02/dell.greentech Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Yep, if the offer was there I'd do it. 1 or 3 pound isn't much to pay. My car is supposedly carbon neutral too, they plant about 20 trees a year using the fee I pay. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I did it. It was only $1. The reason I did it was cos I ordered throught the company so: - I was getting a nice discount anyway, plus GBP-USD rate is good. - Many people in the company were reviewing the quote so I wanted to look like a good guy ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I would probably do it if it was offered (just bought a new ASUS and it was not). However I would have doubts as to where it would actually be spent.... Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 That is why I wouldn't pay. If I pay/donate, I will do it where I know and trust. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I wouldn't be buying a Dell Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Does that mean Dell has well over 30 million customers in one financial year? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 my company has 100,000 dell pcs deployed. Refresh 3 years. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Would offer it if Dell enabled people to download the English MUI for Vista Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 69, great sig there. Royale Family. I don't know if I would or not. What you mean Rob - can't you get English Vista as a language pack download? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Heard some things from friends who own Dells and they say they havent been able to download the English MUI if they bought a Dell from the Japan division with Vista installed Link to post Share on other sites
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