charity sucks

Shaun · 11-12-2011, 03:25 PM

A while ago, I donated some money to the ASPCA so I could feel like I'm above people.

Now, these dickwads bother me for money all the time. and they gave my address (apparently) to the Animal Society, PETA, and most recently, The Make a Wish Foundation.

I'm sure if you combined the cost of all the postage, paper, and ink, it'd add up to a majority of my donation. One time they sent me, and probably their entire mailing list, checks for $2 with a notice, "You can cash this check, but we really hope you don't."

How do I make these people stop? Would they even listen if wrote them a letter? When I made the original donation I wrote, "DO NOT MAIL ME."

Phil Williamson · 11-12-2011, 03:37 PM

use these to make donations: http://www.charitychecks.us/index.html
still tax-deductable, but anonymous

Slade · 11-12-2011, 05:39 PM

charity is tricky anyway. only like 3% of your donation ends up helping the needy - charities have to support themselves first and foremost like any other business.

not the case with all of them i'm sure, but still

Tuna Hematoma · 11-12-2011, 06:13 PM

Those greedy charities.

Trooper · 11-12-2011, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaun

One time they sent me, and probably their entire mailing list, checks for $2 with a notice, "You can cash this check, but we really hope you don't."

What THE FUCK is this about? How that helpful to their cause? I'm actually a little bit enraged by this.

Slime · 11-12-2011, 08:02 PM

haha yeah i need to know more about the $2 check incident

Shaun · 11-12-2011, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trooper

What THE FUCK is this about? How that helpful to their cause? I'm actually a little bit enraged by this.

It's blatant guilt trip bullshit. You're not supposed to cash the check of course.

Thank you for supporting animals everywhere... here's a $2 reward. You deserve it for being such a good person. Of course.. this $2 could go to help feed and save more animals in need. So we really hope you don't cash this check. The decision is yours however... What would be better is if you gave money to us....

and then you write a check to them. 99.9% of animal lovers have guilt complexes. So charities get away with being manipulative.

I'm not saying charities are greedy. but how I mean c'mon. All the money I gave went towards being solicited for more money! And I have no idea how many checks might've gone out. I'm sure a small percentage got cashed.

I'd love to know how much a charity grosses and what their bottom line is.

Slime · 11-12-2011, 08:56 PM

i cant believe they send out $2 checks and ask you not to cash them. what assholes

Trooper · 11-12-2011, 09:22 PM

Hahaha. So people wake up in the morning with no particular intention to make a donation that day, receive a free cheque for $2 in the post, decide not to cash it ... and then give >$2 to the guys who sent it to them. Brilliant tactic, to be fair.

Opheox · 11-12-2011, 09:31 PM

i would just cash the check.

Pizza The Hut · 11-12-2011, 09:46 PM

the only thing I don't trust about charities is not that I think they're necessarily greedy but that I don't KNOW precisely where my dollars are going. I'd rather donate to a specific case/person or something. Or, if I was rich enough, start my own organization.

Mikepjbell · 11-12-2011, 09:47 PM

You could cash the cheque and take a photo of yourself holding the cash, which can then be sent back to them with a cheque payable to them. That way you're all square.

Bobby Swisha · 11-12-2011, 10:02 PM

I hate giving money to causes. I know that whoever is running the organization is probably using my money to come up anyway, and probably only half of it goes to the actual cause, if that much.

Mikepjbell · 11-12-2011, 10:27 PM

Just make sure that any "charity" your give to is actually a registered charity and has a registered charity number.

Bobby Swisha · 11-12-2011, 10:32 PM

A lot of those are scams too. In fact I'm pretty sure most mainstream well known charities are.

Mikepjbell · 11-12-2011, 10:44 PM

The World is against you

Zaquis · 11-12-2011, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slade

charity is tricky anyway. only like 3% of your donation ends up helping the needy - charities have to support themselves first and foremost like any other business.

not the case with all of them i'm sure, but still

the southern poverty law center spends more money on fundraisers than like, actually helping southern blacks

and united way is notorious for sending most of its revenue to its board of executives instead of helping needy families

Beast · 11-13-2011, 01:11 AM

Texting for charities and relief efforts seems to be the way to go for me.

Gorosaurus · 11-13-2011, 05:08 AM

I donate time. They can't ship that around.

Gorosaurus · 11-13-2011, 05:08 AM

Course.. that was to The Second Mile for over a year

Bobby Swisha · 11-13-2011, 07:23 AM

penn state is like the new michael jackson of pedophile jokes. RIP michael jackson

Bobby Swisha · 11-13-2011, 07:24 AM

Slade · 11-13-2011, 08:11 AM

Phil Williamson · 11-14-2011, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gorosaurus

Course.. that was to The Second Mile for over a year

haha wait really??

...did you get a piece?

McJuicy · 11-14-2011, 10:36 PM

charities only need to give a certain percent of income to charity to be considered one.
Heart and stroke foundation spends 85 cents in advertising to make a dollar.

11-12-2011, 03:25 PM	#1
Shaun Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 17,881	charity sucks A while ago, I donated some money to the ASPCA so I could feel like I'm above people. Now, these dickwads bother me for money all the time. and they gave my address (apparently) to the Animal Society, PETA, and most recently, The Make a Wish Foundation. I'm sure if you combined the cost of all the postage, paper, and ink, it'd add up to a majority of my donation. One time they sent me, and probably their entire mailing list, checks for $2 with a notice, "You can cash this check, but we really hope you don't." How do I make these people stop? Would they even listen if wrote them a letter? When I made the original donation I wrote, "DO NOT MAIL ME."
Shaun Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 17,881

11-12-2011, 05:39 PM	#3
Slade Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,390	charity is tricky anyway. only like 3% of your donation ends up helping the needy - charities have to support themselves first and foremost like any other business. not the case with all of them i'm sure, but still
Slade Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,390

11-12-2011, 08:02 PM	#6
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	haha yeah i need to know more about the $2 check incident
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891

11-12-2011, 08:56 PM	#8
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	i cant believe they send out $2 checks and ask you not to cash them. what assholes
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891

11-12-2011, 09:22 PM	#9
Trooper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,441	Hahaha. So people wake up in the morning with no particular intention to make a donation that day, receive a free cheque for $2 in the post, decide not to cash it ... and then give >$2 to the guys who sent it to them. Brilliant tactic, to be fair.
Trooper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,441

11-12-2011, 03:37 PM	#2
Phil Williamson Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 16,900	use these to make donations: http://www.charitychecks.us/index.html still tax-deductable, but anonymous

11-12-2011, 06:13 PM	#4
Tuna Hematoma Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 10,055	Those greedy charities.

11-12-2011, 09:31 PM	#10
Opheox Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 3,513	i would just cash the check.
Opheox Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 3,513

11-12-2011, 09:46 PM	#11
Pizza The Hut Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,633	the only thing I don't trust about charities is not that I think they're necessarily greedy but that I don't KNOW precisely where my dollars are going. I'd rather donate to a specific case/person or something. Or, if I was rich enough, start my own organization.

11-12-2011, 09:47 PM	#12
Mikepjbell Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,874	You could cash the cheque and take a photo of yourself holding the cash, which can then be sent back to them with a cheque payable to them. That way you're all square.

11-12-2011, 10:02 PM	#13
Bobby Swisha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 46,012	I hate giving money to causes. I know that whoever is running the organization is probably using my money to come up anyway, and probably only half of it goes to the actual cause, if that much.

11-12-2011, 10:27 PM	#14
Mikepjbell Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,874	Just make sure that any "charity" your give to is actually a registered charity and has a registered charity number.

11-12-2011, 10:32 PM	#15
Bobby Swisha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 46,012	A lot of those are scams too. In fact I'm pretty sure most mainstream well known charities are.

11-12-2011, 10:44 PM	#16
Mikepjbell Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,874	The World is against you

11-13-2011, 01:11 AM	#18
Beast Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 7,998	Texting for charities and relief efforts seems to be the way to go for me.
Beast Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 7,998

11-13-2011, 05:08 AM	#19
Gorosaurus Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 16,146	I donate time. They can't ship that around.

11-13-2011, 07:23 AM	#21
Bobby Swisha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 46,012	penn state is like the new michael jackson of pedophile jokes. RIP michael jackson

11-13-2011, 07:24 AM	#22
Bobby Swisha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 46,012

11-13-2011, 08:11 AM	#23
Slade Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,390
Slade Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,390

11-14-2011, 10:36 PM	#25
McJuicy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 8,786	charities only need to give a certain percent of income to charity to be considered one. Heart and stroke foundation spends 85 cents in advertising to make a dollar.
McJuicy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 8,786