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I recently donated to a well know charity that I never gave to before. Within a few weeks, twice, I received address labels, notepad and stickers asking for another donation.
Obviously money is spent to send out these freebies instead of using all of my donation for the intended purpose. My guess is they do this as they get more donations this way.
So I let it go and now I am constantly getting freebies from other organizations asking for donations. This annoys me as it is obvious this well know charity sold my contact information.
Ultimately I will not be mailing in any future donations to these larger charities. Instead I will do what I did before, write checks out to local charities especially the food bank and get gifts for disadvantaged children for the holidays. At least they keep my information private.
Obviously money is spent to send out these freebies instead of using all of my donation for the intended purpose. My guess is they do this as they get more donations this way.
So I let it go and now I am constantly getting freebies from other organizations asking for donations. This annoys me as it is obvious this well know charity sold my contact information.
Ultimately I will not be mailing in any future donations to these larger charities. Instead I will do what I did before, write checks out to local charities especially the food bank and get gifts for disadvantaged children for the holidays. At least they keep my information private.