$19 a month/63 cents a day

[Don M.]

Earlier this year, watching TV was little more than political ads. Then, for several weeks, we were inundated with Medicare ads. Now, it seems that every other commercial is promoting "charities" asking for people to sign up their credit cards for a monthly donation of $19. Given the cost of broadcasting these commercials, and the salaries of these charity "executives". I doubt that more than a couple of dollars actually goes to the services these ads claim to support. Plus, giving credit card numbers to some of these "charities" may well expose the donors to credit card fraud in the future.

Those who decide to get involved would be well advised to monitor their credit card activity Closely.

 

[hollydolly]

Earlier this year, watching TV was little more than political ads. Then, for several weeks, we were inundated with Medicare ads. Now, it seems that every other commercial is promoting "charities" asking for people to sign up their credit cards for a monthly donation of $19. Given the cost of broadcasting these commercials, and the salaries of these charity "executives". I doubt that more than a couple of dollars actually goes to the services these ads claim to support. Plus, giving credit card numbers to some of these "charities" may well expose the donors to credit card fraud in the future.

Those who decide to get involved would be well advised to monitor their credit card activity Closely.

you're lucky it's ''only' $19... here the Salvation army charity is asking for £29..00.. completely blind to the elephant in the room that most people can't even afford to heat their homes in the uk now, especially pensioners who are the ones who are most likely to be drawn into this legalised emotional blackmail... to line the pockets of the Charity execs

 

[jimintoronto]

Here in Canada, there is a website that allows the public to find out exactly what percentage of each dollar donated to a registered Canadian charity goes to salaries and advertising costs, and what percentage of each dollar given, actually goes to the target of the particular charity. The website is called Charity Intelligence. It rates over 800 Registered Canadian Charities, yearly. here is a link to Charity Intelligence, for our Canadian members to take a look at.

Charity Profiles JIM.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I'm not a lawyer, but I seem to recall a law that states money transactions of less than $20 aren't subject to fraud suits, etc. Thus the $19.
These "charity ads" are paid ads, just like those crummy 3 day deodorant ads. So the charity has to pay to air the ad on TV, after paying a production company to make the ad, and whatever is left gets split between salaries and then some charity stuff. Can't imagine who gets the smallest share.

 

[oldman]

Here in Canada, there is a website that allows the public to find out exactly what percentage of each dollar donated to a registered Canadian charity goes to salaries and advertising costs, and what percentage of each dollar given, actually goes to the target of the particular charity. The website is called Charity Intelligence. It rates over 800 Registered Canadian Charities, yearly. here is a link to Charity Intelligence, for our Canadian members to take a look at.

Charity Profiles JIM.

Here in the U.S. it’s guidestar.org.

 

[jujube]

Remember when they used to send you little doodads like labels, a couple of cheap greeting cards, a notepad, etc, along with the appeal?

My mom would feel like she had to send something to them since they had been "so nice" ..... so she'd send a dollar bill.

I'd say, "Mom, don't send them money! You'll never get off their list!"

 

[jimintoronto]

Remember when they used to send you little doodads like labels, a couple of cheap greeting cards, a notepad, etc, along with the appeal?

My mom would feel like she had to send something to them since they had been "so nice" ..... so she'd send a dollar bill.

I'd say, "Mom, don't send them money! You'll never get off their list!"

And of course the "Giver lists " are bought and sold by SOME charities in the USA. A long time ago, before the advent of home computers, there were companies that were in the business of collecting the names and addresses of people who were interested in buying certain types of consumer items. How did they do that ? By setting up at a place like a boat show, and offering a chance to win a FREE CRUISE to the Bahamas....Just fill out this ballot.

Yes there was a PRIZE draw, but the much more important thing was that over the course of a week long boat show, they would now have thousands of names, home address, and phone numbers of people who MIGHT want to buy a boat. EACH of those slips with that information could be SOLD for around 50 cents per name to other marketing companies.

When I was involved in that business here in Toronto, we did wedding shows just about every week end in Ontario, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. With a work partner, I would drive to the location for the Friday opening, work through to Sunday afternoon, then drive home. WE were paid 20 cents per name, then the company would transcribe the data onto paper, and sell it to buyers for 75 cents per Bride's name, home address, and phone number, and when she was getting married and where. A good week end would see me making a thousand dollars for 4 days of work. This was in the 1980's. JIM