lackChampagne.com is a hobby site, and something I do for fun.  If you enjoy reading the site and would like to reward me for my time and effort, and/or help offset the hosting fees, this is your opportunity. I foot all the bills associated with this site, not to mention devoting the time for the daily updates and all of the other features. BlackChampagne does not and will not carry any advertising, so it's only through reader generosity that I don't have to pay for everything myself.

I am no longer actively seeking donations, but if you want to make one I certainly won't turn you down.  See below for more details.

Payment Options

Pay Pal is no longer an option since they have determined, in their infinite wisdom, that this is an "adult" site and have cancelled my PayPal account. (Read this for more details.) If you'd like to make a donation (and I sincerely hope you do) you will have to use the Amazon.com Honor System.  It works with virtually every credit card on earth and you may make a donation of any amount, from $1-$50. Amazon caps donations at $50, so if you wish to give more, you'll have to do it in multiple installments. Or simply send me a check; scroll down a bit to see the address.

Click the button to the right to make a donation to this site via the Amazon Honor System.  To make a donation directly, click this button.  Donations of $1-$50 are allowed, and Visa, MasterCard/EuroCard, Discover, American Express, Diner's Club, and JCB credit cards are accepted.  Amazon.com charges me 5% plus $.15 per transaction, deducted from the donation you make.

In addition to the Amazon.com Honor System, this site is an Amazon.com Affiliate. What this means is that if you click the button below, or the one at the top of the nav bar to the left, you'll be transferred to Amazon.com and can shop there as you would normally.  You pay the same price as always, but 5% of your purchase is credited to my account (and 95% to Amazon.com). So while paying the same low, low, Amazon.com price *cough* you'll be helping to support this site.

Your purchase can be of any size; most people just buy a CD or DVD or book, and while 5% of $14.97 isn't very much, it costs you nothing and if everyone does it, it adds up to several dollars a month for me.

Click this button (or the one on the nav bar) to go to Amazon.com. Anything you buy in that session (don't leave Amazon for another site and then return) will be credited to my account, and I will get 5% or more of the sales price, money that will go to site expenses.

Direct Mail You can also mail me directly, if you want to send something and don't have a credit card or trust Amazon.com's Honor system. Or you can just send me something weird but interesting, or say "Hi!" via snail mail. The old PO Box address is no more. If you really want to mail something, email me for a mailing address.   Thanks to the Donors If you would like to be thanked for your donation, please drop me an email to let me know you've donated, and what name, if any, you'd like to be thanked by.  The Amazon Honor System is completely anonymous, and I only see the transactions and how much they were for; I do not see your name or user name or anything of that type, so I have no way to know who the nice person is that just gave me money. Also, if anyone has a bright idea for a name for the Donors, do let me know?  I thought of "toasters" since see, it's Champagne, and you are toasting it... But somehow that's not quite right, due to the whole "burnt bread" connotation. And yes, I'm supposed to be the clever writer type, and yes, thinking up names is my job. Hey, what do you want, it's free.  Oh wait...   Past Donations by Month 2005-2006: $10.00/month Thanks to Anonymous for the same donation every month, even though I often didn't really deserve it. December 2004: $10.00 Thanks to Anonymous. November 2004: $10.00 Thanks to Anonymous. October 2004: $15.00 Thanks to Anonymous. September 2004: $15.00 Thanks to Anonymous. August 2004: $25.00 Thanks to Anonymous and Anonymous. July 2004: $15.00 Thanks to Anonymous. June 2004: $15.00 Thanks to Anonymous. May 2004: $15.00 Thanks to Anonymous. April 2004: $25.00 Thanks to Anonymous and Anonymous. March 2004: $10.00 Thanks to Anonymous. February 2004: $10.00 Thanks to Anonymous. January 2004: $10.00 Thanks to Anonymous. December 2003: $20.00 Thanks to Anonymous. November 2003: $97.00 Thanks to Donnie, JR, Anonymous, and Anonymous. October 2003: $10.63 Thanks to Aahzmadius. September 2003: $29.34 Thanks to Aahzmadius, Anonymous, and the Amazon.com Quarterly Member Payment. August 2003: $54.18 Thanks to Aahzmadius, Anonymous, and James. July 2003: $55 Thanks to James and Anonymous. June 2003: $10 Thanks to Anonymous. May 2003: $40 Thanks to Jim and Donnie. April 2003: $70 Thanks to Jim, Donnie and Tom. March 2003: $148 Thanks to: Lee, Donnie, Starina, Wolfman, Snowy, Tom, Michael, and two anonymous donors.

If you have any questions or comments on this page, please let me know.