tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post302370793940025833..comments2023-08-08T11:48:10.725+01:00Comments on swisslet: it's too much....swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-23861449693260600942012-07-05T01:17:49.391+01:002012-07-05T01:17:49.391+01:00i understand what your saying but listen i work fo...i understand what your saying but listen i work for oxfam 365 and you may or not know this but when you donate to oxfam not all of your money goes to the crisis some goes to campaigning and development but 365 is solely for the emergencies and your money ONLY goes to that and is NOT commissioned. i work for them and i don't get commission. i do door 2 door because i am aware of how many lives i am able to change and i carry on and work hard and do not get discouraged when people shut doors in my face. i act brave and hope to GOD that the next person may see how URGENT these matters really are 365 stands for NON-STOP and I've actually been in china and witnessed the change first hand. if it was not for you guys who already help and myself who helps(and by the way i give to charity myself despite working for them) these people would have NO HOPE. sometimes i think we need to re-evaluate our lives then put ourselves in the positions of those who are struggling and wonder if we would not want as many people to help us if they could at every possible occasion. so please do not be discouraged as you are already amazing people and saving thousands of lives a year!!!! we knock on doors ONLY because there is soooo much more to do!!<br /><br />GOD BLESS YOU Xmarikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139838962776729444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-26767715266608383762011-02-18T17:32:57.638+00:002011-02-18T17:32:57.638+00:00That's weird. I also give to the Red Cross and...That's weird. I also give to the Red Cross and I have never been rang by or on behalf of them apart from the initial call where I agreed to support them (and to be fair, I had given a chugger on the street my phone number). I've also had no mail from them.<br /><br />When I sign up to give to charities I always tick the option "Don't phone me" and "don't mail me", and if possible I don't give them my phone #. I just ask them to contact me by email. I hate feeling cynical about charities but I have had the "can you give more per month" letters from WaterAid, Shelter and Oxfam to name but a few. In fact if it wasn't for the fact Oxfam does so many good things I'd have stopped giving to them as their door-knocking tactics are terrible. I start off with "I already give to you". Salesperson (because that's what they are), "yes, but you don't give to Oxfam 365!". I closed the door at that point, albeit gently. And I then had no wish to find out what this 365 scheme was that, as an Oxfam supporter they hadn't told me about :-).<br /><br />But... I guess difficult times require more and more extreme measures to get people to part with cash... I just wish they'd stop targetting existing supporters so frequently.<br /><br />Sorry for the long waffle there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-83102365839619120192011-02-17T13:21:05.586+00:002011-02-17T13:21:05.586+00:00And just how much money is being spent on all the ...And just how much money is being spent on all the spam/marketing?Clairhttp://mooninthegutter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-46256207586089885212011-02-17T00:31:12.141+00:002011-02-17T00:31:12.141+00:00No, you're not wrong. There's a line and ...No, you're not wrong. There's a line and this cold caller definitely crossed it (see! I can pun too). Not to mention that there's no way for you to trace that the 200K will actually go to Pakistan. What if they raise more? What happens to the overage?Lazygalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008100108035617927noreply@blogger.com