# Crafting Dopers, quick Livestrong question **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-dopers-quick-livestrong-question/266346 "2004-09-27T20:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-dopers-quick-livestrong-question/266346/1 "2004-09-27T20:11:57Z")
You know, those yellow Livestrong bands everyone has and is mad over having. I haven’t seen them anywhere, and I want to be a bit different anyway. If anyone has one, can you do a quick DMC-color check and let us know what color it is? I’d like to get some floss this week and play around with it a bit, but I’d like it to be the “right” color. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-dopers-quick-livestrong-question/266346/2 "2004-09-27T20:16:51Z")
Isn’t the whole point of a LiveStrong bracelet is that you donated to cancer research? ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-dopers-quick-livestrong-question/266346/3 "2004-09-27T20:24:27Z")
Oh, I wasn’t aware that you couldn’t donate to research w/o it. 😉 It’s more than an “I gave” receipt. At least as far as I understand it. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-dopers-quick-livestrong-question/266346/4 "2004-09-27T20:34:54Z")
Yes, it’s more than a receipt, but I thought you just wanted one and didn’t want to pay for it and/or didn’t know you could get one with a donation so you were making one yourself. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-dopers-quick-livestrong-question/266346/5 "2004-09-27T20:43:57Z")
as I understand it, the “coolness” factor has set in to the point that people are being offered at least $20 to give up theirs. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-dopers-quick-livestrong-question/266346/6 "2004-09-27T20:57:40Z")
> [@Mynn](#): > > as I understand it, the “coolness” factor has set in to the point that people are being offered at least $20 to give up theirs. Why on Earth would someone pay $20 for one, when you can [buy them for $1 each](http://www.laf-store.org/)? Perhaps the OP can use the graphic on that site to judge the color as well. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-dopers-quick-livestrong-question/266346/7 "2004-09-27T21:00:30Z")
I’d imagine the massive backorder time has something to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-dopers-quick-livestrong-question/266346/8 "2004-09-27T21:05:33Z")
Heck, there are 3,000 or so [on eBay](http://search.ebay.com/livestrong_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8) for less than $5.