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The thing is, companies get a HUGE tax break for making donations to non-profit organizations. A HUGE tax break. It is in Outspark's best interest to collect the money and donate it to a foundation that supports planting trees. I do not think that they will go out and plant trees themselves, but they can give the money to a foubdation that will and does. It benefits everyone. I do not think Outspark is doing it JUST to help their profits. A lot of companies support Earth Day. The company I work for does. We pay a donation and then they send the money to a foundation set up for planting trees.
This promotion gives the players new items, gives them several different choices, and the items all benefit the player in-game if they chose to buy them. I personally did not want the outfit, or the tree, but stocked up on the Green potions, because if you look at the price of the regular HP potions, the green ones are half that price and give you the same thing. <---- benefits to the players. Outsparks does make a profit off of the sales, Outspark gets a tax break (which EVERY company wants and needs), and Outspark's get the publicity that comes with helping non-profit organizations. <------benefits to the company. Non-profit foundations get money to further their cause, the earth gets more trees, they can produce more oxygen for us to breath, and help the environment out by providing homes and shelter to wildlife. <----- EVERYone benefits.
It is actually called Fraud to collect money for something and NOT give the moeny to whatever organization they are collecting for. Outspark cannot make money if they get shutdown or have a lawsuit filed against them for fraud. So, why would they scam??


Sorry for the long post, just my two cents worth. Support the earth, do not think about it as supporting Outspark. Most companies that collect money and other items for charity actually hire people to collect the stuff and pass it out. Not all of the donations go straight towards the charity. This is no different.