I used to work in charity fundraising and they target and take advantage of old people on a far wider basis than your average third world scam factory.
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Indeed. I encountered several cases of the elderly agreeing to an inordinate number of charity Direct Debits.
I can even remember when the problem was caused in part by the chuggers on every high street, when we had them.
Yes they are. There was one inside my local branch of Sainsburys yesterday, right where you exit the tills and can't avoid them. I resent that because I hate having to saying no and it puts me in a bad mood for hours afterwards.
Man this is so true. At least, based on the post and emails that my 89 yr old mum receives. I keep sending "stop post" emails to them and they keep sneaking back one way or the other.
Until I got power of attorney my elderly mother has paying more out in charity direct debits a month than her monthly income. The borderline abusive response I received from most of the charities once I cancelled every DD was scandalous.
The Donkey Sanctuary are fucking loaded. I had a look at their reports recently. Tens of millions in assets, tens of millions in reserves. Seems the British would rather look after a donkey than a child.
I work in charity fundraising & this is not true. Maybe it's true for the one charity you worked for, if you are not making this up because you're a bitter person who gets uptight about simply seeing a charity ad. Your comparison to scams where people lose their life savings is the glaring red flag.
Honest question: why is the most charity advertising on what I call "Dementia TV" ie: the channels that endlessly play old fashioned whodunnits for 4 episodes one after the other? It can't merely be the ad rates, given that other channels have similar rates but you don't tend to see sad donkeys
Well it's both. They are cheaper ad rates and older generations are typically the supporters of a lot of charities, at least when it comes to regular giving and donations. It's advertising to your audience. But advertising to them is not the same as hounding or scamming them.
I had to block Greenpeace as they were calling me that often. The times that I did answer I couldn’t get a word in edgeways. It was fucking terrifying the amount of words they would put out a second. Glad I blocked them so I can give to charity without being bombarded
The snow leopard l adopted in 1960 will be 78 years old this year and there's no way 'Snuffles' would have lived that long without the £100,000 I've sent him.
Sure there are charities with questionable tactics, but most of the major ones are registered with the regulator. If you or your loved ones feel that you have been taken advantage of then please report them, for the sake of every one else. (And don't give to charities that aren't regulated)
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I can even remember when the problem was caused in part by the chuggers on every high street, when we had them.
The kittens
The donkeys
The kids
They might not know how to leave money to an animal shelter or help people with an illness they also suffered. No harm really.
The snow leopard l adopted in 1960 will be 78 years old this year and there's no way 'Snuffles' would have lived that long without the £100,000 I've sent him.
They (or their agent) called me up and kept trying to pressure me into continuing some form of payment, even I after I told them I was flat broke.
Used car salespeople have nothing on them.