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From: Ed P <esp@snet.n>
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Subject: Re: Last night was "surf and coop."
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 23:27:08 -0400
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On 3/11/2025 11:18 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2025-03-11 11:03 p.m., Graham wrote:
>> On 2025-03-11 8:02 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>> FTW... when you get beg letters from charities they have the same 
>>> sort of marketing gimmick.  They really only hope for a few bucks per 
>>> person for most of their donors but what they do is take what they 
>>> would really like from you and make that the minimum option.  They 
>>> might hope for $10 so they make that the first option then they have 
>>> $20, $50 $100.   Most donors will pay that minimum $10 because 
>>> anything less would look really cheap. If they think that is a little 
>>> low they will go with  the $20. If the organization is really lucky 
>>> they will give $50. It is a marketing trick, and now they are doing 
>>> it with tips, but starting way more than what used to be the norm for 
>>> good service.
>>>
>> A cancer charity that I used to support bills through a third party
>> billing company. They charged me $115 to make a $100 donation.
> 
> Ouch. I would be inclined to save that $15 by not donating the $100. It 
> is a hell of a thing to rip off your donors.
> 
> 
Fairly common, professional fund raisers.  I only give to a couple of 
charities that I've checked out for things like that. I also ignore any 
phone calls for a charity.