Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities(bbc.co.uk)
bbc.co.uk
Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33490964
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Shame, I'm just trying to have the red cross stop calling my house about blood donations.. ill give blood, just stop calling me.
The fundamental problem here is that the charitable sector is packed full of moral hazard, broken incentivisation, inefficiency, lack of transparency, and ignorance of customer needs.
There are very few markets where I'm willing to go as far as using the word "broken". One is insurance (which is why I helped found Guevara) the other is charity.
There are very few markets where I'm willing to go as far as using the word "broken". One is insurance (which is why I helped found Guevara) the other is charity.
The one time I dumped a £3 donation via SMS my number was basically call bombed afterwards. After the 15th call in under 24 hours, some at unsociable hours, I took the SIM out and threw it away and signed up for another giffgaff account (I have a few SIMs lying around). This was for one of those "international crisis" ones.
I tend to tell them all to bugger off now. If you're going to shit on me for being nice, I don't want to know.
My mother was a victim as well. Had someone call her all sorts of names for cancelling a direct debit that they'd "miscalculated" on purpose. I managed to get the caller's identity and company and sent a nasty email to their directors. Got a cheque back for the lot. Sod the charity.
I tend to tell them all to bugger off now. If you're going to shit on me for being nice, I don't want to know.
My mother was a victim as well. Had someone call her all sorts of names for cancelling a direct debit that they'd "miscalculated" on purpose. I managed to get the caller's identity and company and sent a nasty email to their directors. Got a cheque back for the lot. Sod the charity.
yeah, it gets frustrating when you're bombarded with calls by them as well as those PPI/whatever robocalls.
I've cancelled my donations to several charities because of their harassment and their pushiness makes me wonder if they are actually using their money on the people they're claiming to help :/
I've cancelled my donations to several charities because of their harassment and their pushiness makes me wonder if they are actually using their money on the people they're claiming to help :/
In many cases, they aren't: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-red-cross-raised-...
This doesn't surprise me. Back in about 2002 the company i worked for built a shitty intranet for a major high street charity in the UK. Cost them £100,000...
I'm in the wrong job... :p
Everyone's in the right job. You just have to find customers who don't know how much everyone else charges :)
Haha, cynical but true. Reminds me of this: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Free-State-govt-We-pa... (R40m is ~$3,211,291)
Wow now that's special!
>:(
Yeah, playing silly buggers with direct debits is a good way for them to get cut off from using direct debits at all, so I'm not surprised they refunded it ASAP.