I am not sure that Maslovsky committed to buying a C3000 if we raised the money... did he?
Personally, I sent him 50 bucks a few days ago for his great work on the upcoming Mplayer and the new Cacko ROM. I encourage you to support him, but unless you get a firm commitment from him to buy a c3000, I think you are better off raising the money yourself and shipping him a C3000.
my 2 cents,
Emerika