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Satechi is offering 20 percent off sitewide this week, marking a great chance to save on the company's best accessories. In order to get the discount, you can shop on Satechi's website and then enter the code DONATE at checkout. Satechi will be contributing 10 percent of website sales during this event to the Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund.

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Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Satechi. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

Satechi is known for its wireless chargers, USB-C hubs, keyboards, cables, and other accessories, many of which are compatible with Apple products like the MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, iMac, and iPhone. We've collected a few examples of the accessories you can buy during this sale below, but remember that the code DONATE will work sitewide through February 17.
The sale will end in one week, so browse Satechi's website soon if you're interested in using the coupon code before it expires. Additionally, be sure to visit our full Deals Roundup to shop for even more Apple-related products and accessories.

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That is a really nice gesture on Satechi's part to basically discount goods by 20% then donate 10% to the earthquake relief. I suspect most of what they donate will actually make it to the relief fund, unlike all the BS charity garbage we have in the USA like Wounded Warrior and others in which the vast majority of funds raised go into private pockets rather than to help those it was raised to help. So kudos to Satechi.
 
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The recent earthquake affected scores of people in both Turkey and Syria. The article seems to suggest that donated funds will only be provided to Turkey.

Is there information available regarding the details of Satechi's donation program, in particular where and to whom funds are channeled? (I briefly looked on their web site any did not see anything relevant)
 
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To Satechi, thank you < 3

The note about Syrian relief above is poignant since getting aid into northwest Syria is very much an issue, and Turkey closed the crossing points for a while after the earthquake.
 
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xmach said:
The recent earthquake affected scores of people in both Turkey and Syria. The article seems to suggest that donated funds will only be provided to Turkey.

Is there information available regarding the details of Satechi's donation program, in particular where and to whom funds are channeled? (I briefly looked on their web site any did not see anything relevant)
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The article says they are donating to the "Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund". A quick Google search found this:
www.tpfund.org

Türkiye Earthquake Relief Fund | Turkish Philanthropy Funds

All of us at Turkish Philanthropy Funds are saddened by the news of the terrible earthquake that struck Gaziantep and its neighboring cities, with a magnitude of 7.8 on February 6th at 4:17 am local time. The earthquake was felt by at least ten surrounding cities. Our thoughts are with the...
www.tpfund.org www.tpfund.org

Should answer your concerns.
 
dmylrea said:
The article says they are donating to the "Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund". A quick Google search found this:
www.tpfund.org

Türkiye Earthquake Relief Fund | Turkish Philanthropy Funds

All of us at Turkish Philanthropy Funds are saddened by the news of the terrible earthquake that struck Gaziantep and its neighboring cities, with a magnitude of 7.8 on February 6th at 4:17 am local time. The earthquake was felt by at least ten surrounding cities. Our thoughts are with the...
www.tpfund.org www.tpfund.org

Should answer your concerns.
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Thanks for your input, but no, the concern stands. What you linked to is the "Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund", which appears to be a solid, legitimate initiative to assist everyone in need irrespective of nationality. The fund's web site explains that "Your donation to the Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund will provide emergency relief and fuel long-term recovery efforts in Turkey and Syria." [emphasis added]

There is still no clarity on what the "Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund" is or where donated monies go. The names of the two funds are slightly similar but very obviously different. If for some reason they are different names for the same organization/fund, this needs to be clarified explicitly. If instead it is a fund for only some but not all survivors of the binational earthquake, prospective donors should understand that upfront.
 
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xmach said:
Thanks for your input, but no, the concern stands. What you linked to is the "Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund", which appears to be a solid, legitimate initiative to assist everyone in need irrespective of nationality. The fund's web site explains that "Your donation to the Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund will provide emergency relief and fuel long-term recovery efforts in Turkey and Syria." [emphasis added]

There is still no clarity on what the "Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund" is or where donated monies go. The names of the two funds are slightly similar but very obviously different. If for some reason they are different names for the same organization/fund, this needs to be clarified explicitly. If instead it is a fund for only some but not all survivors of the binational earthquake, prospective donors should understand that upfront.
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Unfortunately, you saw an erroneous link that I since corrected. My post above does have the correct link.
 
xmach said:
There is still no clarity on what the "Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund" is or where donated monies go. The names of the two funds are slightly similar but very obviously different. If for some reason they are different names for the same organization/fund, this needs to be clarified explicitly. If instead it is a fund for only some but not all survivors of the binational earthquake, prospective donors should understand that upfront.
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Several organizations that have "Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund" in their names.

There's the one @dmylrea mentioned above, the Turkish Philanthropy Funds' (TPF) Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund. Here's their Press Release.

There's also the (Bridge to) Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund and Diyanet Center of America's Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund.

The one started by the Turkish Philanthropy Funds (TPF) and mentioned by @dmylrea seems to be the most popular/mentioned and main one though.

411-TPF Turkiye Earthquake

A year into the devastating earthquakes that struck Southeastern Turkiye with magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.5 on February 6th, TPF is still committed to serve the region. Since the early morning of February 6th, we have been in contact with our partners on the ground, analyzing the need. TPF T...
donate.tpfund.org donate.tpfund.org
 
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Unfortunately, you saw an erroneous link that I since corrected. My post above does have the correct link.
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OK, the situation is now more clear. There is a "Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund" associated with the Global Giving platform that donates to everyone affected by the earthquake, regardless of Turkish or Syrian nationality.

But what Satechi is funding is the Türkiye Earthquake Relief Fund", which is a project of Turkish Philanthropy Funds, an organization based out of a WeWork office in New York that declines to acknowledge much less assist the many Syrians affected by the historic earthquake.

Satechi might want to clarify this, and perhaps reconsider and refocus its donation efforts to any of the many other relief efforts that recognize and assist human suffering irrespective of nationality.
 
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That is a really nice gesture on Satechi's part to basically discount goods by 20% then donate 10% to the earthquake relief.
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Call me a cynic, but I see it mainly as a way for them to increase sales.

Discount products by 20%, donate 10%, while keeping X% for themselves, and write off 10% donation as business expense.

If you had already planned to buy something from them before seeing this, cool. At least part of the sale will go towards helping people. On the other hand, if you're going to purchase something just from seeing this "Sitewide Sale in Support of Earthquake Relief" post as an easy and convenient way to help, then you're better off donating directly to the Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund.
 
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Call me a cynic, but I see it mainly as a way for them to increase sales.

Discount products by 20%, donate 10%, while keeping X% for themselves, and write off 10% donation as business expense.

If you had already planned to buy something from them before seeing this, cool. At least part of the sale will go towards helping people. On the other hand, if you're going to purchase something just from seeing this "Sitewide Sale in Support of Earthquake Relief" post as an easy and convenient way to help, then you're better off donating directly to the Turkiye Earthquake Relief Fund.
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Dear Cynic...that's how business donations work. The more they sell (a benefit to them) the more that gets donated, and yes, due to passed tax laws, they get to write off the donations. Every business that has donation events does it the same way.

I always comment when big corps host donation events that require their customers to buy womething or give, why doesn't the big corp who has spare millions or billions just donate without involving the customer? Grocery chains that host "feed the hungry/kids" donations...they literally have 100's of stores full of food -- can't they just donate themselves?

In any case, it's for a good cause.
 
Does anyone have experience with the watch/phone/pods charger pictured in the article? Does it fast charge apple watch?
 
Every time i see these chargers I get annoyed and think why isn’t the watch facing the bed. The cord is in the wrong place for nightstand mode. Ill use my old fuse dock until it dies
 
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Does anyone have experience with the watch/phone/pods charger pictured in the article? Does it fast charge apple watch?
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I have the iPhone-airpods that charges very well, is strong and looks great!
having a stronger or faster usb_c chord helps as well!
 
The prices on those 3 in 1 are ridiculous. I just got one today from Amazon I paid like $40 for and it looks damn near the same
 
Hmm, those well-known and established MAKAQI branded products, from “shenzhenshimakaqikejiyouxiangongsi” Company (as per Amazon details.)

I can’t imagine why it looks so similar to a legitimate company’s product, and yet is half the price. 🤔

Hard pass.
 
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T Coma said:
Hmm, those well-known and established MAKAQI branded products, from “shenzhenshimakaqikejiyouxiangongsi” Company (as per Amazon details.)

I can’t imagine why it looks so similar to a legitimate company’s product, and yet is half the price. 🤔

Hard pass.
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I would much rather pay half the price for something like that than the crazy prices Satechi or other companies charge. It's ridiculous how much a charger costs through those places.

Hard pass.
 
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