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Originally Posted by Russic
I tend to lose respect for many charities via telemarketer call. I'll never forget the time somebody lectured me on the phone about not giving money to Firefighter burn victims. That was the worst in a long list of condescending remarks from various charities. Of course they aren't all like that, but in this case a few bad apples really screwed everybody else. I made the mistake of donating a few years back to a charity and what resulted was constant call backs from the same place looking for more money. The groups I support now are groups I seek out.
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I don't know why people didn't use the internal do-not-call lists. Maybe they were like me and didn't know they existed?
I support Foster Parents Plan. However, they would call me every 6 to 8 weeks asking if I could possibly give more. The first few times I tried to explain that I really didn't have a lot of spare cash and giving what I was was already a strain on my pocketbook. Yet the calls just kept on coming. Then I was told charities had the same do-not-call lists that businesses had... stopped the calls instantaneously.