Charitable donations at the door
Just had a chap trying to get us to sign up to a weekly draw in support of the air ambulance. All very official so no problems there. I would have quite liked to give my support. However, the method was by direct debit signed up on his pad. No alternatives
of signing up online, or by post. Just the pad. It is often the same at supermarkets. I have been reaching for my change, only to be told, we don't take money just direct debit donations. I just wondered what others felt. There is no way I am giving my bank
details to someone at the door, I have never seen before, no matter how authentic he looks. I would be quiet happy to sign up on line where I have the time to check the security of the site and any links. Surely they must be loosing out by this single handed
approach.
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We also had a young chap come to the door yesterday asking us to sign up for Great Ormond Street, again via direct debit. We often get approached in town as well.
We choose for ourselves which charities to support and would never give information like this direct to canvassers. It's bad enough getting phone calls and appeals from the charities we already support. I know it's competitive out there but I often wonder
if these hard headed methods of fund raising are actually counter productive?0 -
I don't like this method of donating either and wouldn't dream of signing up at the door. There's a hard sell attitude with many charities these days with some emphasis on making you feel guilty if you decline.
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Some time ago we had the same with the British Red Cross , I mentioned to the young lady I thought you were no longer allowed to do this sought of collecting at the door (I to thought it was now not allowed ) Yes she said but the local authority (council
) have given them permission , I declinednext morning rang the local council to find out who had given them permission , went through so many different depts but nobody new anything about it , so emailed the Red Cross , just a short apology email back
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Unfortunately, a lot of charities employ companies to fund-raise on their behalf, for a payment - often based on results. So some degree of 'hard sell' starts to appear.
I wouldn't sign up to this.
I have fund-raised for our local air-ambulance, but it was for loose change and there was no hard sell at all.
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I wouldn't give at the door beyond sponsoring a neighbours child for some fund rasining event. I do make several donations each year but they are nearly always done through Just Giving as that way I get to get e-mails/letters/phonecalls etc. Sometime I contribute
by check to an undertaker when a former colleague has died but the undertaker will send off one cheque from them.David
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You can try a sticker on the door saying no cold callers or charities. They are available on eBay. We have one and sometimes it works but it's surprising how many pretend not to see it.
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In this day and age you do not give any information at all to any callers to your door ,just say no thank you go away ,this may sound harsh ,but it is not ,even if they show you any credentials tell them to go away ,find out from your council, for registered
charities and inform them you have had cold callers they are probably bogus0 -
You can try a sticker on the door saying no cold callers or charities. They are available on eBay. We have one and sometimes it works but it's surprising how many pretend not to see it.
We get the stickers free from the local council/trading standards.
If someone then knocks I say very slowly in a monotone, no-ooo, thank you-ooo. No-ooo want-ttt.
When they ask "why are you talking like that" you just point to the sticker and say " I though you could not understand B english."
They don't come back for some reason.
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I'd forgotten but we do have a Trading Standards sticker as well as the eBay one. If we get callers now I make a point of checking in front of them that the sticker is still in place and telling them they will be reported.
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I don't report them because they are just the bottom rung in a sad chain. To be honest, despite taking the micky, I do feel sorry for them to be having to earn their living like that. Only a bit though.
There will be a miserable manager (MM) sat in their car watching "their team" somewhere. He/She is fair game.
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I've never reported them but just threaten to do so. The situation is compounded in our case as we live on a private park with a board at the entrance stating that cold callers must contact the park owner on the given telephone number before entering the
estate.PS. It's not the likes of Chatsworth but a park home estate.
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I don't like this direct debit donating either, whether at the door, or in the street. I prefer to make a cash donation when/if I feel like it. I already subscribe to the weekly lottery for our local hospice. The only time I did a doorstep lottery sign up
was to the Chestnut Tree House children's hospice in West Sussex, and only because we'd had a talk by them at Townswomen's Guild. I made an online donation to Save the Children once, for a special appeal, and now get bombarded with mail & emails wanting me
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I took poppies around in one of our previous villages, it was a big village so not everyone knew each other, I was shocked at some of the reactions I received. Don't shoot the messenger, complain to the charity or leave a sticker out in a clear position
to say you don't want cold callers.0 -
I took poppies around in one of our previous villages, it was a big village so not everyone knew each other, I was shocked at some of the reactions I received. Don't shoot the messenger, complain to the charity or leave a sticker out in a clear position
to say you don't want cold callers.If you came to my door you would have a mouthful as well as the door shut in your face. I shouldn't have to accept cold callers and shouldn't have to put up a sticker on my door
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I took poppies around in one of our previous villages, it was a big village so not everyone knew each other, I was shocked at some of the reactions I received. Don't shoot the messenger, complain to the charity or leave a sticker out in a clear position
to say you don't want cold callers.If you came to my door you would have a mouthful as well as the door shut in your face. I shouldn't have to accept cold callers and shouldn't have to put up a sticker on my door
...look out for eggs at haloween then
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I took poppies around in one of our previous villages, it was a big village so not everyone knew each other, I was shocked at some of the reactions I received. Don't shoot the messenger, complain to the charity or leave a sticker out in a clear position
to say you don't want cold callers.Actually, I do think poppy sellers are the one exception to the "never give at the door" rule. Mind you, in our town they usually leave it so late that most have already contributed.
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its not just your doorstep you have have to worry about,dont know how many times i have been approached in city centres,and the local supermarkets used to virtually barricade every door and mug you,if not on the way in they would get you at the checkout
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I took poppies around in one of our previous villages, it was a big village so not everyone knew each other, I was shocked at some of the reactions I received. Don't shoot the messenger, complain to the charity or leave a sticker out in a clear position
to say you don't want cold callers.If you came to my door you would have a mouthful as well as the door shut in your face. I shouldn't have to accept cold callers and shouldn't have to put up a sticker on my door
...look out for eggs at haloween then
I could do with some eggs chocolate ones would be nice.
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I have a security camera looking over the front door and drive ,so if i dont look the like of the caller i dont answer the door, then sometimes my brother phones "it's me"
from
outside
Write your comments here...Yeah, but do you then answer the door?
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We've a sticker that we have on the glass panel in the door which cures 99% of all cold (callers), including those from religious bodies as well. Available from Amazon for £0.99 plus free postage.
Timely thread as we're changing doors and will need a new one, wastrel that I am.
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The only one we will give to at the door is the Sally Army when they come round at Christmas after depositing their envelope a few days before. Otherwise it seems we are all alike and 'on yer bike' mate.
Can't believe that people are willing to give away their bank details!
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We have a "no cold callers/free newspapers" etc. Sticker on the door and they ignore it,If I don't recognise the caller I don't open the door or shut the door on them.I don't engage with anyone begging which basicly is what they are doing in shopping centres etc. I do give to charities but ones of MY choice
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This is one of the things that frightens me since I have been caring for my elderly parents. They are polite people, so would answer the door as they have done throughout their lives. In this day and age it doesn't pay to trust anyone. My Mum and Dad are
safe, safe from unscrupulous callers and from falling trying to reach the door, but only because someone is with them 24 hours per day. If anyone does call, either myself or my sister takes details and reports them. Personally, I don't think it should be allowed.0
