Yesterday I had a nice young lady knock on my door selling raffle tickets on behalf of The Prince Of Wales Hospital which is 160km away in Sydney. When I asked her how much for a ticket she gave me a long spool about all the different options I had starting from $30 up to well over $100 (ongoing per month) - the difference was in what would be included in the prize and how often it would be drawn. When I said I'm not interested she asked me for my reasons for not wanting to support such a worthy cause. A golfing buddy of mine told me recently never tell them that you are retired as they will assume that you could have-plenty of money and keep hassling you - just say that you are unemployed. You should have seen how fast she apologised and took off down the steps once I had told her that.
As a side issue it seems it is becoming more and more common these days for organisations to ask people to commit to a monthly donation and they won't except anything less than a $20 or $30 direct debit. Like most people over the years I have bought a lot of raffle tickets and made plenty of one off donations in support of good causes but no way am I going to commit to giving someone that much money. You don't even know how much of it goes to the people they represent and how much of it goes into supporting the fundraising machine itself...
As you know where I live we get door knockers for all sorts of "charities" on a very regular basis (not including phone ups).
A general discussion among local friend was similar to the amount having been door knocked for donations.
I think it is the Newcastle area that gets hit a lot.
I was for some years donating monthly to surf life saving and found out it wasn't NSW getting the money but QLD, they all do a great job but I would have rather my own state getting the funds first.
Hi Vince, I actually asked the young lady why they were door knocking in the Newcastle area for a Sydney based hospital and she said because sometimes our rescue choppers will drop people down there for specialised treatments (probably true). For years before I retired I participated in a scheme where all employees (1000+) had money deducted monthly from their earnings as a donation. At the start of each year we all voted on who the 2 or 3 most deserving recipients for the coming 12 months would be. The best part was at the end of the year a couple of representatives would go and handover the checks in person - so we always knew where 100% of our money was going. Over the years many charitable organisations around this region have benefited from that scheme and I know that it's still continuing just as strongly today.
Glad to see that you made it back safely from your trip up the coast we're taking the van to Mudgee next week and of course we will be stocking up on some of that fine local produce while we're out that way...
most of those door to door /shopping center charity donations get used up in commissions, an admin fees so very little actually gets to the cause better to donate direct
most of those door to door /shopping center charity donations get used up in commissions, an admin fees so very little actually gets to the cause better to donate direct
......she asked me for my reasons for not wanting to support such a worthy cause.
Worthy cause? How rude. I take that as her trying to make you feel bad about not donating. She would not like my reply as an answer to that question.
I support a couple of organisations on a regular basis and reserve the right to chose for myself. You can knock on my door and ask but accept my answer without further questions.
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I always ask, "Are you being paid for your duty?" If the answer is yes, then I suggest, very politely, that they are leeches sucking the blood of a cause that should never have been started using paid personnel as that detracts from the idea of donation. I hate the obvious backpackers in supermarkets that fall into this category.
Door to door they are getting paid same as most outside supermarkets. At our local woolies even on Sundays there is normally a ticket seller for some charitie. Buy a ticket and then it starts in the mail, by phone and email as bad as the indian scammers and my windows problem on my ipad.
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Glad to see that you made it back safely from your trip up the coast we're taking the van to Mudgee next week and of course we will be stocking up on some of that fine local produce while we're out that way...
cheers BB
Great place Scotts Head can definitely recommend a visit.
Enjoy the trip to Mudgee (nice place too) and enjoy more, the local product.
Glad to see that you made it back safely from your trip up the coast we're taking the van to Mudgee next week and of course we will be stocking up on some of that fine local produce while we're out that way...
cheers BB
Great place Scotts Head can definitely recommend a visit.
Enjoy the trip to Mudgee (nice place too) and enjoy more, the local product.
Vince as I said when I was over there my brother in law has been going up to Scotts Head with the family and friends for years and they swear by it. By the way that Trail A Mate works a treat it's a lot better on my back than the wind up jockey wheel that it replaced was.
