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When charity turns bad?

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 wilkie14c 15 May 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-32748923

"she was being sent 180 letters a month and was plagued by phone calls"

"she spent much of her pension on charity donations but was receiving an "overwhelming" number of letters and phone calls asking for more. She believed charities were passing on her details to others"

What a terribly sad story
 browndog33 15 May 2015
In reply to wilkie14c:

Very sad. RIP.
 Trangia 15 May 2015
In reply to wilkie14c:

Awful. Many charities are guilty of pestering previous donors.

I've had it time and time again. Make a donation and they've got you on their records as a "soft" touch. Some of the cancer research charities are the worst.

Having got you they phone you and try to weedle more out of you and make you feel guilty for not making further donations.

It's shameful behaviour, particularly where the donor is elderly.
 mypyrex 15 May 2015
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I agree. Any charitable donation should be spontaneous and not as the result of being pressurised or mad to feel bad.
 Xharlie 15 May 2015
In reply to mypyrex:

This goes double for "give £3" posters on trains!
abseil 15 May 2015
In reply to wilkie14c:

> What a terribly sad story

Absolutely right. Thanks for posting the link.
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