Thursday, February 08, 2007

I'll buy you a beer

I found yougotbeer.com after someone at work forwarded the link to a site with daily beer haikus. Yeah. Daily beer haikus. Seems ricockulous but what can you say? Some people really like their beer. A link on that site lead me to yougotbeer.com. What a fantastically clever idea. Got a friend who lives in another state that earned a promotion? Is someone you know the proud parent of a new Toyota Prius? Celebrate the moment by buying your loved ones beer. Here's how it works. (Because I'm a tech writer and I've got spare time I'll step it out for you.)
  1. Open a browser on your desktop.
    Note: I recommend Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer sucks ass.
  2. Type www.yougotbeer in the Address field and press [Enter].
  3. Click Buy Beer in the navigation bar or click the Buy someone a beer online today! link.
  4. Type the recipient's name in the Recipient Name field and the recipient's email in the Recipient Email field. For example, if you wanted to send beer to me, then you would type my name in the Recipient Name field and my email address in the Recipient Email field. Go ahead. Try it.
  5. Select a greeting from the Greeting drop-down list.
  6. Type your name in the Your Name field and your email in the Your Email field.
  7. Type a message in the Message field.
  8. Click the calendar icon and select the date on which you would like the beer to be sent.
  9. Select how many beers you would like to buy.
    Note: An increment of one equals $5. For example, buy three beers and the person will receive a $15 beer gift certificate.
  10. Do one of the following:
    • If you want to receive an email when the beer is picked up, check the Email me when the beer is picked up. check box.
    • If you do not want to receive an email when the beer is picked up, clear the Email me when the beer is picked up. check box.
  11. Click Save to Cart.
    Note:
    If you would like to start over, click Reset Form. You can click Reset Form at any time.
  12. Verify your order is correct and do one of the following:
    • If the order is correct and you do not want to buy beer for another person, click Proceed to Payment.
    • If the order is correct but you want to buy beer for another person, click Add Another.
    • If the order is not correct, click Edit and make the appropriate changes.
    • If you no longer want to buy your loved ones beer, click Delete.
      Note: Why would you do this? Seriously. Buy beer. It's good for you, it's good for your friends, and it's good for the economy.
  13. Complete the online form to pay by credit card or log in to PayPal to pay using your PayPal account.
    Note: Any field with a red asterisk is a required field and must be completed in order to process your beer request.
  14. Click Continue Checkout.
  15. Click Pay to place the order, click Cancel and Return to Merchant to cancel the order or click Edit Payment Information if there is an error in your billing information.
It's that easy. And at the end your loved ones have beer. What's better than that?

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