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   On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:37:43 -0400, Michael Trew  wrote:   
   >On 4/19/2021 3:34 PM, Questor wrote:   
   >That's a similar ordeal to some charities.  Many are shams, and they   
   >only put ~10% toward the cause.  One that mailed me on occasion, sent   
   >little trinkets, address labels, etc. - was some heart or cancer   
   >foundation.  I looked them up - over 60% to the cause.  OK, I sent a   
   >small donation... $10 0r $20.  Partially because I felt guilty using the   
   >address labels.  Boy, was that a mistake.  I received hoards of things   
   >after that, mail, you name it from them - trying to get more out of me.   
   >It finally trickled to a stop months and months - maybe a year or more   
   >- after that one donation.  I would consider donating again IF there was   
   >a way to say stop soliciting me afterward.  The harassing solicitations   
   >(call them fund-raising if you will) are very repelling.   
      
   I've had that experience as well.  I made a modest donation to a reputable   
   organzation and was subsequently inundated with mailings for years before they   
   stopped.  I guess statistically one is much more likely to make repeat   
   donations   
   after having given once (whether through guilt or otherwise), so it makes sense   
   spend more to target people who have already given as opposed to those who   
   haven't.   
      
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