From: mt999999@ymail.com   
      
   On 4/22/2021 4:07 PM, Questor wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Agreed, but to think of all the wasted effort and money on the   
   additional mailings.  Whatever I donated, I'd have given twice that much   
   to not be bombarded for years after... lol   
      
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