Our museum has a transparent collections box near the front entrance. We notice that donations vary depending on the currency which clients can see inside. If the bills are $2.00 - $5.00, we get $2.00 - $3.00 donations. If there is only change inside, we get change, mostly! In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] says... > >Has anyone noticed if transparent boxes get more than opaque ones? > >And, outside the US in areas visited by lots of American tourists, >does including some $ bills along with your currency help? > >For what it's worth: the only boxes I've ever seen people queuing up >to use are ones which 'do' something. > >-- >Patricia Reynolds >Keeper of Social History, Buckinghamshire County Museum / Freelance Curator > >16 Gibsons Green >Heelands >Milton Keynes >MK13 7NH >ENGLAND > >[log in to unmask] -- ; winvn.ini [Personal] UserName=Jennifer Bunting [log in to unmask] Organization=iSTAR Navigator User ReplyTo= [Communications] UseSocket=1 NNTPHost=news.nstn.ca SMTPHost=fox.nstn.ca NNTPService=nntp MailDemandLogon=1 MailForceType=2 DebugComm=1 GenSockDLL=genasync.dll ConnectAtStartup=1 [Authorization] NNTPUserName= NNTPPassword= NNTPSavePassword=0 [Preferences] EnableThreading=1 SignatureFile=C:\NAVIGATR\NEWS\WinVn.ini EnableSignature=1 MailLog=0 MailLogFile=MAIL.LOG PostLog=0 PostLogFile=POST.LOG DoList=2 FullNameFrom=1 ArticleThreshold=50 ShowUnsubscribed=1 ShowReadArticles=1 ConfirmBatchOps=1 NewWndGroup=1 NewWndArticle=0 SaveArtAppend=1 ConnectAtStartup=1 ConfirmExit=1 ConfirmReplyTo=1 CcByMail=0 ThreadFullSubject=0 GroupMultiSelect=0 ShowUnreadOnly=0 [Coding] CodingStatusVerbose=0 DumbDecode=0 ArticleSplitLength=50000 EncodingTable= SubjectTemplate=%s - %f [%p/%t] MIMEBoundary=*-*-*- Next Section -*-*-* BlankBeforeMIME=0 DecodePath=C:\NAVIGATR\NEWS\download BlockCodingStatusAlwaysOnTop=0 ReviewAttach=1 AttachInNewArt=0 ExecuteDecodedFiles=0 KeepArticleHeaderVisible=0 UseSmartFiler=1 EncodingType=Base-64 GenerateMIME=1 MIMEUsageSuggestions=1 MIMEUUType=x-uue MIMEXXType=x-xxe MIMECustomType=x-custom3to4 DefaultContentType=Other AlsoDecodeOpenArticles=0 MinimizeStatusWindows=0 [Interface] ListFontFace=Courier ListFontSize=10 ListFontStyle=Regular ArticleFontFace=Courier ArticleFontSize=10 ArticleFontStyle=Regular StatusFontFace=Times New Roman StatusFontSize=11 StatusFontStyle=Regular PrintFontFace=Arial PrintFontSize=12 NetUnSubscribedColor=0,0,200 NetSubscribedColor=0,0,0 ArticleUnSeenColor=0,0,0 ArticleSeenColor=0,0,200 ArticleTextColor=0,0,0 StatusTextColor=0,0,0 ArticleBackgroundColor=255,255,255 ListBackgroundColor=255,255,255 StatusBackgroundColor=255,255,255 ThumbTrack=1 WinVnFontFace=MS Sans Serif WinVnFontSize=8 WinVnFontStyle=Bold CompositionFontFace=Courier CompositionFontSize=10 CompositionFontStyle=Regular UseInverseSelections=0 [winvn] Notice1=**** The [winvn] section is no longer needed unless **** Notice2=**** you want compatibility with old versions of WinVn **** [Admin] Newsrc=C:\NAVIGATR\NEWS\NEWSRC Version=WinVN 0.93.14 [Searches] LastArticleTextFind= LastArticleHeaderFind= LastGroupNameFind= [Smart Filer] OnDupeName=0 OnNameTooLong=0 MaxFileNameLen=8 MaxFileExtLen=3 EnableExtensionConversion=1 [Mail Addresses] [log in to unmask] [Logging] MailLog=0 MailLogFile=MAIL.LOG PostLog=0 PostLogFile=POST.LOG [Confirmation] ConfirmBatchOps=1 ConfirmDisconnect=0 ConfirmSaveOnExit=0 ConfirmReplyTo=1 [Group List] DoList=2 ShowUnsubscribed=1 GroupListMultiSelect=0 UsenetWindowPos=0,0,400,540 [Article List] ArticleThreshold=50 MinArticlesToRetrieve=50 FullNameFrom=0 EnableThreading=1 ShowUnreadOnly=0 NewWndGroup=0 ThreadFullSubject=0 ThreadDepthIndicator= SaveArtAppend=1 ArtListMultiSelect=1 GroupWindowPos=1,0,800,300 [Article] NewWndArticle=0 WrapIncomingArticleText=0 WrapIncomingArticleTextLength=80 TrimHeaders=1 ScrollPastHeaders=1 ItalicizeQuotes=1 ArticleWindowPos=130,259,640,362 [Compose] WordWrap=1 PrefillCcAddress=1 ShowOrgHdr=0 ShowReplyToHdr=0 ShowKeywordsHdr=0 ShowSummaryHdr=0 ShowDistributionHdr=0 ShowFromHdr=0 FollowupSaysTemplate=In article %i, %a says... ReplySaysTemplate=In article %i, you say... SignatureFile=C:\NAVIGATR\NEWS\WinVn.ini EnableSignature=1 [Attachments] DefaultAttachInNewArt=0 ArticleSplitLength=50000 SubjectTemplate=%s - %f [%p/%t] GenerateMIME=1 MIMEUsageSuggestions=1 MIMEBoundary=*-*-*- Next Section -*-*-* MIMEUUType=x-uue MIMEXXType=x-xxe MIMECustomType=x-custom3to4 DefaultEncodingType=Base-64 DefaultContentType=Other EncodingTable=