Yuta Akaishi / HeartBreaker sticker relief project $5

[dawagarage]

i am doing this without permission from Yuta, a fellow zilvian & car enthusiast, or the heartbreaker crew in the hopes of helping them and ultimately Japan raise more money.

directly from his blog:
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab21/ayuaddict2/hb4jpPromo.jpg
"My name is Yuta Akaishi and i am part of a car club by the name of Heartbreaker, If you are reading my blog i assume you have a decent idea of what kind of cars we build and drive. We have huge respect for Japan and many of our friends and family call Japan their home. Personally for me, my whole family lives in Japan and have been affected my the earthquakes, the tsunami and now the complications with the nuclear power plants.

We have never sold any stickers with any variation of our logo to the public, however i would like to do so at this time and offer these vinyl stickers which i will be personally making for sale at five dollars each, The same person who designed our Heartbreaker logo, a good friend of ours - Grayson was kind enough to design this logo for us as he is also Japanese American with family in Japan, We are all striving to do our own little part in helping those in need and urge you to do the same.

Every penny that i can raise through the sale of these stickers will be donated to aid the recovery of Japan, meaning when you donate $5.00, i will forward that money right to Japan. The sticker is just a gift that i would like to send to you. The postage and cost of materials will be paid for by myself as my contribution to aiding Japan. I would very much appreciate it if you could post this info up on any forums, blogs, facebook pages that you frequent.

You can order by sending $5 to [email protected] through paypal (just click the donate button at the bottom right of my blog!), please be sure to include your desired color and your mailing address, and also please send an email including the paypal email address that you used, mailing address and desired color to [email protected] so i can verify your order and stay in contact with you. Thank you very much, and below is the exact design that you will be receiving: available in white, black, silver or chrome, 8" in length"
sticker design:
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab21/ayuaddict2/hb4jp.jpg

[BustedS13]

http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab21/ayuaddict2/hb4jpPromo.jpg

looks like a box of tampons bro

but good cause and all that.

[sw20>>s14]

legit...gotta love graysons work...

[lawrenceyang]

donated. japan needs all the help they can get right now...

[Daniel.]

The same Grayson who used to drive the red hatch? If so, I'm buying.

[ZenKi_373]

just finished donating. cmon guys its only 5 bills. you can spare.

[1on1]

The same Grayson who used to drive the red hatch? If so, I'm buying.

Yes, the same Grayson. I was going to post this in the Japan earthquake thread, but I rather have Yuta post it.

I'll be donating by this week!

[Daniel.]

Yes, the same Grayson. I was going to post this in the Japan earthquake thread, but I rather have Yuta post it.

I'll be donating by this week!

Word. Donating.

[jeeper_x]

Asians are gross.

What she says is true, they bring their whole family fucking everywhere, are fucking loud with their disgusting languages and have horrible social consciences.

What has america come to?

I really hope she doesn't face any "disciplinary actions" from her school being pressured by fucking immigrants.


if he wasn't such a self-hating asian racist, then i would buy one..

i'd rather go with red cross, which i already donated 10 dollars...

the japanese people will probably get the donation for sure with american red cross...

[tricky_ab]

^^ Whoa?!!! Who actually thinks like that?!?

[jeeper_x]

Yuta Akaishi's support for UCLA racist girl...

[BustedS13]

datsun needs paint

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

Yuta Akaishi's support for UCLA racist girl...


not here, dude. leave it in loud noises.

[jeeper_x]

umm, people need to know what kind of a person they are sending the money to...

[chiboy002]

if he wasn't such a self-hating asian racist, then i would buy one..

i'd rather go with red cross, which i already donated 10 dollars...

the japanese people will probably get the donation for sure with american red cross...
as much as i disagreed with Yuta for that post and supporting of her arrogant and ignorant remarks, the money isn't going to him. Its going to japan. Hell, if i had 100$ to spare i would give it the them - they need money more than anything in the world. Stickers is just a way of giving back.

This is actually benefiting others, not yuta and the heartbreakers.

Red Cross Japan would probably suffice, rather than American Red Cross.

[jeeper_x]

Press Release: American Red Cross Contributes an Initial $10 Million to Assist Japan (http://newsroom.redcross.org/2011/03/15/press-release-american-red-cross-contributes-an-initial-10-million-to-assist-japan%E2%80%99s-earthquake-and-tsunami-survivors/)

American Red Cross: Text 2 Help (http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_nolnav_text2help)

:eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2:

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

bro.


bro.



bro.





you are going out of your way to stop money from going to japan. give yourself a pat on the back.

[jeeper_x]

lol...

im not hating on heartbreaker guys at all...

it's just that the op posted that little fucking racist snip name and how he mentions his family in japan and crap pissed me off..

he hates asian, and japaneses are asians...

more power to the heartbreaker guys who actually care about japan....

and how am i stopping money going to japan?

i just post a legit convenient way to donate money to japan...

and japan actually got the money....

give yourself a pat on the back for being a dumb ass...

p.s. the little snip is asian himself

[BustedS13]

everything is a conspiracy dont give to red cross
u ever fold a $20 bill up and see the wtc burning? they knew it was going to happen bro

[wowitsaboy]

p.s. the little snip is asian himself
its NOT at all possible he was being sarcastic?

anyhow, IMHO everyone should by one to support the relief effort in Japan.
personally not loving the design, but loving what it represents

[jeeper_x]

he posted more than one post in that thread...

trust me...he aint trolling...

[mau5trap]

LOL, BustedS13 and jeeper_x, you guys know what you did.

[BustedS13]

LOL, BustedS13 and jeeper_x, you guys know what you did.

please elaborate

[Wongger]

Donated,

Hes at least doing something.

[rat240]

damn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ayuaddict]

Good day gentlemen.

I do troll around here quite a bit, as a long time member of this forum i've seen it's activity decline steadily, and have since been pretty sarcastic in many of my posts. Like somebody pointed out, i may not have made it blatant, i was pretty annoyed with how much attention that girl was getting due to the people taking her so seriously and decided to see if these people were gullible enough to get upset about somebody of asian descent backing her up . Due to my trolling is actually why i didn't post this here myself.

Please feel free to do as you see fit.

Although i would be very thankful of any donations.

[1337]

lol...

im not hating on heartbreaker guys at all...

it's just that the op posted that little fucking racist snip name and how he mentions his family in japan and crap pissed me off..

he hates asian, and japaneses are asians...

more power to the heartbreaker guys who actually care about japan....

and how am i stopping money going to japan?

i just post a legit convenient way to donate money to japan...

and japan actually got the money....

give yourself a pat on the back for being a dumb ass...

p.s. the little snip is asian himself

umad brah? Yuta I want two of those stickers <3

[ayuaddict]

umad brah? Yuta I want two of those stickers <3

Thank you for the support! In the past 24 hours we have raised over $1200. Any help will be greatly appreciated. And EVERY CENT will be donated!

[rat240]

never mind hope you telling the truth cause today people do shitty things for money

[ayuaddict]

I will provide a complete list of who donated and how much they did as well as a receipt from the organization i choose. Why have i yet to choose a organization? I had initially planned on giving the money to Red Cross but after a bit of research it appears they they may not be the best candidate, so i am doing extensive research until i find an organization that i am comfortable donating the money to.

[Tops*]

Thank you for the support! In the past 24 hours we have raised over $1200. Any help will be greatly appreciated. And EVERY CENT will be donated!

$1200!

Good looking out, bro!

Just look at all of the cars he's (along with </3) built.

Yuta WILL deliver, ladies and gents!

[xpertsnowcarver]

Jeeper X getting pinked is letting him off easy. That idiot should get banned.. Yuta's head is on right.. Jeeper just posts nonsense and spends all his time on the MMA thread... Why does this forum need him anyway?

Hi Yuta. Been waiting on payday. I'll pick two up tomorrow.

[lawrenceyang]

Jeeper X getting pinked is letting him off easy. That idiot should get band.. Yuta's head is on right.. Jeeper just posts nonsense and spends all his time on the MMA thread... Why does this forum need him anyway?

Hi Yuta. Been waiting on payday. I'll pick two up tomorrow.

i think you meant banned.

[xpertsnowcarver]

Whoops. Haha. Typing too fast at work. Been doing that a lot lately.

[FaLKoN240]

Jeeper x is a fucking retard.

He's said dumb shit more than once.

[nevertheless]

Donated. Yuta, I sent $5, and another $5 for a sticker.

[Gizmo_S13]

Just sent donation. Good Luck on raising more money!

[bp057]

Sent, good luck!

[ZenkiKid]

sent. Thanks!

[drift freaq]

Send donation shortly Yuta.

[K_style]

Good day gentlemen.

I do troll around here quite a bit, as a long time member of this forum i've seen it's activity decline steadily, and have since been pretty sarcastic in many of my posts. Like somebody pointed out, i may not have made it blatant, i was pretty annoyed with how much attention that girl was getting due to the people taking her so seriously and decided to see if these people were gullible enough to get upset about somebody of asian descent backing her up . Due to my trolling is actually why i didn't post this here myself.

Please feel free to do as you see fit.

Although i would be very thankful of any donations.


I sure did not take it as trolling...
Pmt sending now!

[K_style]

Hope Yuta does not mind me posting this to Northwestnissans.com

[chiboy002]

care to elaborate on the red cross, yuta? I plan on donating directly as well and am on the same boat

[WanganRunner]

care to elaborate on the red cross, yuta? I plan on donating directly as well and am on the same boat


^^
Yeah, I sent a PM about this but will also mention it here.

I want to donate a larger amount directly but I'm not sure that Red Cross is the way to go, so whatever charity you come up with, let me know.

[BOROSUN]

Police warn of bogus e-mails, phone calls seeking earthquake donations › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion (http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/police-warn-of-bogus-e-mails-phone-calls-seeking-earthquake-donations)

make sure its legit.

[xchaosx]

I gotta vouch for him, he is a personal friend. Yuta is looking into sending the donations to a fund that will go as directly as possible toward relief effort for japan.

We appreciate the support immensely.

[chiboy002]

I gotta vouch for him, he is a personal friend. Yuta is looking into sending the donations to a fund that will go as directly as possible toward relief effort for japan.

We appreciate the support immensely.
yeah that was a concern of mine with red cross that i came up, instead of directly giving all of it i wouldn't doubt them dividing it amongst the other ones - which i'm fine with cause its still helping but still...

[VROOOM]

sent 20 bucks yesterday

[wh0aitznic0]

I <3 Japan.

</3 </3

[Daniel.]

I gotta vouch for him, he is a personal friend. Yuta is looking into sending the donations to a fund that will go as directly as possible toward relief effort for japan.

We appreciate the support immensely.

It's Grayson! :wavey:

[xchaosx]

hey daniel, long time!

[sw20>>s14]

I gotta vouch for him, he is a personal friend. Yuta is looking into sending the donations to a fund that will go as directly as possible toward relief effort for japan.

We appreciate the support immensely.

gray gray! ill get in touch with you soon...

btw, you guys are doing something amazing! got 110% of my support...

[drftwerks]

thumbup
fuck.

[JDMJNKY]

any actual decal pics installed?

[1on1]

Hey Bryan, wassup!

[Otto347]

Ordered two, also threw in a few extra bucks to cover shipping.

[lancerevil]

Any idea when these will ship out?

[ayuaddict]

one hundred orders were shipped out today, another hundred will be shipped out each following day.

Here is one of the many photos of the (awesome) people's cars.

http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab21/ayuaddict2/DSC_6875.jpg

And we are at almost $6000 in donations! We are hoping to reach $10,000 and will be giving the money directly to the Japanese Consulate General.

[olah.inc]

you wanna send me one sticker to germany?

[Wongger]

Damn $6000 thats awesome. Goodwork!

[captainfalco]

order sent. keep up the good work

[lawrenceyang]

got mine in the mail today. keep it up

[RickyS13.]

how do we get a pink sticker like that S14? :D Next week i will hit you up. Cool design for sure.

[Daniel.]

Anyone know how I can get in touch with Yuta directly? Just wanna know if my stickers got sent yet.

[Gizmo_S13]

^^^^ x2 been waiting for almost 3 weeks now.

[xpertsnowcarver]

I don't really care for the stickers, as long as Yuta got my $10.

[nevertheless]

Got my stickers, be patient.

[huntington19]

bought 4 through evan!! whooooooop!

[1on1]

Anyone know how I can get in touch with Yuta directly? Just wanna know if my stickers got sent yet.

[email protected]

I would give you his number, but I am unsure if he will be cool with it.

[ayuaddict]

Hello ladies and gentlemen.

We are doing our absolute best to send these stickers out as quickly as possible.

All domestic orders not requesting chrome as the color made previous to the 24th of march have been sent out. All international orders made previous to the 24th will be shipped out on monday. I am shooting to have all donations made between the 24th and the 31st shipped out on friday.

Unfortunately i am afraid i cannot get chrome to work, I delayed those as i had been in contact with a person who does vinyl and he had expressed interest in helping us out by making the chrome ones for us. However he has yet to get back to me about that. I will be substituting the chrome ones with silver and sending them out for now, and work on finding a chrome vinyl that is usable for this.

I appreciate the donations very much and i will definitely keep you guys posted when i donate it (as soon as the donations hit $10,000).

And i would like to apologize to all of you. To be honest i have not been able to send out the stickers as quickly i as would like to, due to the sheer amount of donations coming in daily. I had not expected, and was not equipped for that. But I am doing my absolute best to get the stickers out as quickly as possible. I just ask for one thing, please keep in mind that this is not my job. I have work and school outside of making these stickers.

I appreciate the understanding and patience.

For more information please read this post on my blog (http://yuta-akaishi.blogspot.com/2011/04/concerns-about-stickers.html).

[xpertsnowcarver]

No pressure dude. Don't let anyone rush you. It's about the support and, in this case, a donation. Not the sticker. (The sticker looks nice, don't get me wrong.)

[CamryOnBronze]

^ I completely agree. Good luck with everything, dude!

[sw20>>s14]

bump for some more extraordinary efforts from zilvia going to a great cause!!

[bornslippy73]

I just sent my donation! Thank you for doing this.

[RickyS13.]

Donation sent thanks :D

[yayforsteve1]

donation sent too!!!! koo

[ZenkiKid]

Any updates yuta? How much have you collected so far?

[Darren]

Don't know if it's too late, or w/e, but i just donated this morning.. would have done it sooner, but didn't see this thread until today.

Nice work Yuta! keep it coming

Gambarimasu!!!

[Otto347]

Got mine last week! Thanks!

[drftwerks]

money sent to yuta for blowies and stickers

[worangejuice]

dang,
I ordered the chrome ones, just sent a PM, really no rush, that number its climbing to is staggering!
Great work here :)

[Perfect Balance]

So any kind of updates on the status of chrome?

I ordered a chrome one, but silver would be fine if it doesn't work, just kind of wondering what the status was on these things.

[ayuaddict]

Hello sir, i apologize for the delay. I could not get chrome to work, so i spoke to a friend of mine who also does vinyl to see if he could get the chrome ones made, he agreed and was supposed to get back to me but never did, unfortunately we will be substituting chrome orders with silver and an additional sticker, we will have them out this week for sure. Once again i apologize. Thank you for your patience.

We are at around $7000, still aiming for $10,000.

[zeitgeist]

Its great what you're doing.

My hat is off to you, those who helped you, and the people who donated
keep up the good work

Also what are the option of colors? I may have missed it but I dont see it in this thread.

[Perfect Balance]

Hello sir, i apologize for the delay. I could not get chrome to work, so i spoke to a friend of mine who also does vinyl to see if he could get the chrome ones made, he agreed and was supposed to get back to me but never did, unfortunately we will be substituting chrome orders with silver and an additional sticker, we will have them out this week for sure. Once again i apologize. Thank you for your patience.

We are at around $7000, still aiming for $10,000.Thanks for the quick response man. Silver is fine. Keep at it, I think you can hit 10k for sure.

[Gizmo_S13]

Got mine in the mail today! Gonna slap it on the cress tomorrow!

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/Deuce4456/ff063e04.jpg

[VROOOM]

got mine today! they look great. ill try and send 20 more dollars tomorrow to help you get to $10,000.

[Perfect Balance]

Got my stickers today. If it wasn't pouring rain outside I'd have a pic of them on the car.

[!Zar!]

I got one of these things.

#prayforjapan

[sw20>>s14]

'chout now....mels back

[!Zar!]

Fresh out the PENITENTIARY.

[wannabdr1ftr]

Got mine today...keep up the great work man.

[Perfect Balance]

Finally got mine on a few days ago. Don't really know if I can post this here but I don't know where else it would go.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8601/0imag0188.jpg

[RickyS13.]

Still havent got mine hope everything is good Yuta.

[ayuaddict]

RickyS13. I appreciate your patience. All the gift stickers for donations made between March 23rd and April 25th have been sent out as of today. If you do not receive it within ten days, please send me an email at [email protected]

Thanks!

[revcyanide]

RickyS13. I appreciate your patience. All the gift stickers for donations made between March 23rd and April 25th have been sent out as of today. If you do not receive it within ten days, please send me an email at [email protected]

Thanks!

awesome man, glad to hear it, its great you are ding such an amazing thing

[cxlo8331]

Got mine today,

Even got a bonus one.

Thanks again Yuta!

[RickyS13.]

Thanks Yuta :D

[worangejuice]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a253/worangejuice/sideglidehb.jpg

[qwerth]

awesome sticker i got it a couple weeks ago its an awesome thing that he's doing
everyone should try and pick some of these up!

[sw20>>s14]

any updates on meeting the target?

[ayuaddict]

Donations have been really slowing down. Our goal is still $10,000 but I'm debating whether we should just cut it short and donate what we have. The money is not doing anybody any good just hanging out with me.

We are currently at $7412.22 after paypal fees.

If you have any suggestions or advise please feel free to email or PM me.

[Persona]

Send the money in.

[keistyle]

I'm about to order one

[keistyle]

I'm about to order one


yup...ordered one..

[sw20>>s14]

uh, i randomly remembered this thread today and was wondering what ever happened to this......

i dont talk to many of you outside of zilvia so maybe im just out of the loop?

[keistyle]

I never got my sticker

:(

[Perfect Balance]

Bumping this old thread once again. Whatever happened with this?

Also, +1 for people not getting their stickers. My buddy never got his despite pm's, emails, and emails to his buddy Henry. (who replied, saying he forwarded it to Yuta)

In the end it's a donation anyway and not about the stickers, but did the donation ever really happen or did we all just end up paying for some stickers that some of us never got?

Basically we need an update methinks.

[sw20>>s14]

fuck the stickers, i want to know if the money went towards the right cause......

[Perfect Balance]

fuck the stickers, i want to know if the money went towards the right cause......

That's what I mean. If the money went towards the cause that's one thing, at least it went to the right place, but if everyone just "effectively" purchased some stickers, AND many never got them, then that's a fail all around.

[ayuaddict]

Hello, sorry I didn't see this thread sooner.

Every sticker that was ever donated for was sent out in the mail. I have sent out close to 500 replacements stickers to those who never received their sticker(s), and since there is no way to confirm delivery i have been sending them out based on the "honor system". I am aware that several never got to the donator because of emails, facebook messages, etc. and because 15-20 envelopes keep coming back despite them being sent to the provided address.

All the money has been donated.

I had big plans on what to do with the money initially, my goal was $10,000. I planned to contact larger Japanese corporations as soon as we had that and hope that they would match our donation, I hoped that perhaps we could get $100,000 over to Japan if we got enough companies to match. but...

I realize that this is me just being lame as a person but I just got sick of it. The paypal account got "hacked" twice, both times resulting in all the money we had being wiped out (paypal was able to gt it back both times). The Gmail account is still inaccessible. People were filing claims on paypal, which is totally understandable and i truly am sorry anybody felt ripped off, but please try to understand i was doing this by myself. Donations tapered off at around $7500, people lost interest, i couldn't bring my self to keep pushing it to try and get more donations. So i ended it early. I opened up a new account at my bank, linked up the paypal to it, withdrew all the money and brought it to the Consulate General of Japan office.

I guess i just couldn't handle the heat, i figured that there would be a few naysayers or disgruntled people simply because we were dealing with so many different people. I just want to say this once:

I sent out every sticker that was ever donated for.
I donated the money to the Consulate General of Japan.
I personally donated around $1000 in vinyl, gas, postage.
I will keep sending out stickers to people who didn't receive theirs.

So i would like to try something different for sending out replacement stickers, with the email being useless, i want to propose something that would help me quite a bit, anybody who didn't receive their stickers could you please send a self addressed envelope to:

1265 N Chrisden St. Apt. Q105
Anaheim, Ca, 92807

With a memo of the desired color(s) on the back of the envelope please. I will continue to pay for the postage on the envelope going back to you. And if you would like, i am willing to refund the 45 cents it cost to mail the envelope to me, in which case, please write your paypal address next to the color(s).

Please try to spread this info around if you have any friends who also did not receive a sticker.

Thank you and I am sorry not everybody is happy with how this turned out.

[nathanong87]

yuta is a good man. i trust him.

[worangejuice]

I back Yuta 1000%!!!
I got my sticker plus 2 extra stickers, if you see his blog, you know he's cool beans!
He is internet legit (and famous)
Takes alot for a small group of cool kids to even try something this radd!!!

[Perfect Balance]

Thanks for the update man. I'm sorry if I came off like a douche when I originally bumped this thread, I thought at first that you were avoiding this thread purposely. I didn't want to believe that but it seemed that way at first.

Glad to know things were carried out properly and the money ended up in the right place. :hs:

[taeisbeast]

Thats great guys. keep it up.

[slydin240sx]

Anyway I can purchase a sticker? I would have donated had I seen this thread way earlier. PM if so.

[sw20>>s14]

man, you people made this out to be about the wrong thing. and you say some people actually filed disputes over this? i cant believe how much some of you value these stickers. its pathetic.

im glad the money made it to the right place, in the end, thats ALL that matters...

[lflkajfj12123]

high five for yuta, high five for japan

[keistyle]

Stickers matter some.

We're kids. Let us be.

man, you people made this out to be about the wrong thing. and you say some people actually filed disputes over this? i cant believe how much some of you value these stickers. its pathetic.

im glad the money made it to the right place, in the end, thats ALL that matters...

[WanganRunner]

I got mine like super pronto, was excellent. Glad the money got to those who needed it.

Yuta for President 2011

[cbasil]

Are these stickers still available?

[TheRealSy90]

Are these stickers still available?

No........