IOTA Big Deal donations will be considered that, donations (to foundation), because the labour involved in resolving those that donate and those that don't is too great.

If anyone has an issue with this and want their iotas back, speak now. The deal is not about ROI anyway, only about the big deal happening for IOTA's ecosystem

The devs could already walk away with no repercussions if they wanted. Iota is released, the purchased product is delivered. So, what chain of reasoning led to those words of yours?

When and why did this change from a favored rate sale to a donation?

It's still a sale, but all proceeds go to foundation. The reason is quite simple: we don't have time time to differentiate 10s or hundreds of different people's requests, what rate they want to sell at, which want to forward to foundation and not etc. would take weeks

My up to date sale amounts:

111,181,240,000.00    @ 1 btc          cc001
333,543,720,000.00    @ 3btc           schnib (twinwinnerd)
222,362,480,000.00    @ 2btc           Metaphilibert
111,181,240,000.00    @ 1 btc          Yeash20
333,543,720,000.00    @ 3 btc          arjen01 PAID
166,771,860,000.00    @ 1.5btc        MoneyTeam
11,118,124,000.00      @ 0.1btc        tk88one
138,976,550,000.00    @ 1.25 btc      proto
22,236,248,000.00      @ 0.2 btc       adam9910
222,362,480,000.00    @ 2 btc          Dexter12
8,894,499,200,000.00  @ 80 Btc        bigiotabig PAID
55,590,620,000.00      @ 0.5 Btc       Torn
111,181,240,000.00    @ 1 btc          zzzman20
111,181,240,000.00    @ 1 btc          transpotime21bus PAID
22,236,248,000          @ 0.2 btc       adam9910
333,543,720,000.00    @ 3 btc          ramsroyal (seccour)
222,362,480,000.00    @ 2 btc          mr001 PAID
113,960,771,000        @ 1.025 btc     braelis
544,788,076,000        @ 4.9 btc        [anon] PAID
55,590,620,000          @ 0.5 btc        SupZ
200G                       @ 2 btc           hasseklas
240G.                      @ 2btc            Olloman PAID
60G                         @ 0.5 btc        dean (seccour) PAID
120G                       @ 1 btc           Ratatosk (seccour) PAID
120G                       @ 1 btc           ElitistCA (seccour)
600G                       @ 5 btc           btcddev PAID
2700G.                    @ 22.5btc.        Azeh PAID

I am now currently selling more IOTA at a rate of 55Gi 1 BTC. Please contact me if interested!

I've decided to just go ahead and go with the flow:

1) will up my donation to foundation from its current 7.5%
2) will donate 3% to bigdeal (which is the amount that would be enough if everyone donated)

Just want to go ahead and do my part and let the chips fall where they may.

I personally think that the teams approach is 100℅ valid and correct. Anyone that wants to sell their tokens can do so. If you believe that David and co. Has the future of IOTA as the #1 priority and that is the correct approachcan, you can donate and  hold.

No one is forced to buy anything, and no one has lost any money on the software sale so far. And if you are concerned, I will buy ANY amount you want to sell at 5 x ICO price (ANY amount).

In the end stable owners, ecosystem, and a foundation that is equipped to make larger deals and commitments to business partners and projects is a value driver for all token holders that far outweigh the "cost" of a percentage of the tokens in this early stage.

Remember, we are dealing with bleeding edge crypto here. And if successful, we may see an ecosystem worthy of rivaling Bitcoin in a marker of significant size.

I personally support the team as I did when I took part in the sale.

My 5 IOTA

I believe it was constructive; Dom kindly updated the website to include more information.

he has about 1Ti in his frozen account.

here is the list of all announced sells by him and all known users which actually claiming for their part:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nI950VU2V6teg1GO8aS1bcAWYpqDYXnWug8VQevzKck/

i think it is difficult to calculate the output for each user.
should it be divided by all announcements (where we don't know, if they all are real), or only by the ones, which are claiming for their iotas..?!

what does the community say and what think the devs?

what would now mean "act on his behalf" (CH's)