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Cancer Research
QuackQuackOops
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I am absolutely fuming!!
How dare Cancer Research send salesmen to my door bombarding me with sales patter (or trying to) wanting to get me to donate money and sign up to a Direct Debit!
We get enough salesmen knocking who want to sell double glazing or driveways......but charities asking for money is outrageous!
Its begging and should not be allowed. Donating to charity is voluntary and should never be done because a saleman makes you feel bad on your own doorstep.
How dare Cancer Research send salesmen to my door bombarding me with sales patter (or trying to) wanting to get me to donate money and sign up to a Direct Debit!
We get enough salesmen knocking who want to sell double glazing or driveways......but charities asking for money is outrageous!
Its begging and should not be allowed. Donating to charity is voluntary and should never be done because a saleman makes you feel bad on your own doorstep.
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Loads of them do it. Had one round yesterday evening (can't remember which charity though). It clearly isn't begging, it isn't outrageous and it clearly does work for their fundraising as otherwise it would not be worth their while doing it.
Just say no thank you and close the door. Not hard to do.0 -
Also remember that the guy knocking on your door isn't doing it for the love of it. He's getting paid. And if you agree to pay £5 a month, the charity won't see any money for at least 2 years as that is the sales company's costings.Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.0
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I had one knock my door before my business picked up. I kept telling him I had no income whatsoever for him to reply "so i'll put you down for £2 a week then?". Which bit of no income whatsoever did he not grasp?0
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I dont mind donations. Its the fact they don't want money but instead want my bank details that annoys meThis is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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Clearly, clearly? Its my opinion.
Knocking on someone's door and asking for money is not on for anyone. I am disabled and my partner happened to be out. By the time I got to the door and had that salesman telling me that I really should help people with cancer I was exhausted....it IS outrageous. If IF I want to donate to charity, I will do so.
For people like my MIL who are so so intimidated by people at the door it is very difficult to say no. It IS hard for her to close the door and say No....so much so that when she moved house she had boxes and boxes of unopened Betterware/Kleenex/Avon etc becasue she didnt know how to say no without feeling guilty.
There are 1000's of people like that who end up being talked into buying or giving what they dont have.
Door knocking should be banned completely.0 -
QuackQuackOops wrote: »I am absolutely fuming!!
How dare Cancer Research send salesmen to my door bombarding me with sales patter (or trying to) wanting to get me to donate money and sign up to a Direct Debit!
We get enough salesmen knocking who want to sell double glazing or driveways......but charities asking for money is outrageous!
Its begging and should not be allowed. Donating to charity is voluntary and should never be done because a saleman makes you feel bad on your own doorstep.
Maybe if someone in your close family gets cancer you may change your attitude!
Cancer is a serious illness which effects many many people and the effects are not only felt by the person suffering from the disease but their family/friends also!
My Mother is having a horendous time with cancer and I for one think that the cancer charities do a wonderful job with their fundraising etc.
to be perfectly blunt it is reading posts such as yours that makes me fume. Not the fact that you were disturbed by a caller at your door and had to spend a few minutes listening to a salesman!
If only cancer lasted just the few minutes that you have wasted dragging yourself to the door and then coming on here to post [STRIKE]moan[STRIKE] about it![/STRIKE][/STRIKE]The loopy one has gone :j0 -
no-oneknowsme wrote: »Maybe if someone in your close family gets cancer you may change your attitude!
Cancer is a serious illness which effects many many people and the effects are not only felt by the person suffering from the disease but their family/friends also!
My Mother is having a horendous time with cancer and I for one think that the cancer charities do a wonderful job with their fundraising etc.
to be perfectly blunt it is reading posts such as yours that makes me fume. Not the fact that you were disturbed by a caller at your door and had to spend a few minutes listening to a salesman!
If only cancer lasted just the few minutes that you have wasted dragging yourself to the door and then coming on here to post [STRIKE]moan[STRIKE] about it![/STRIKE][/STRIKE]
My post has nothing what so ever to do with the charity cause. It is to do with their methods of asking for donations.
My father has cancer, my Grandfather died of cancer....but what has that got to do with people cold calling and trying to get money out of people?
In this very same board there is a thread about Niagra Therapies and a cold caller trying to get elderly people to part with £9000 for a bed and all the replies have stated how disgusting it is.
The company doesnt matter. It is the methods which are deplorable.
You have missed the point completely.0 -
I recently got a picture of a dead dog through my door, telling me is should donate to some animal charity to stop this happening to other dogs.
I find a lot of charity methods of collection disgusting. But I guess, if they didn't ask they wouldn't get. I just wish they were more polite about it and less pushy!Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
no-oneknowsme wrote: »Maybe if someone in your close family gets cancer you may change your attitude!
I agree with the OP on this one. In my 36 years I've lost several good friends, 3 Grandparents, 3 of 5 Aunts/Uncles and my Dad from cancer. My Mom had breast cancer in 2007, a mastectomy and is currently awaiting results for further signs. My partner has had to have treatment for cervical cancer on several occasions. I've provided care for my Dad, Mom and supported my partner. Like many others I've grown up watching my loved ones dying from cancer, from a very early age. I get it, I really do.
I am quite capable of supporting a charity, and I do any chance I can, without the pressure of feeling harrassed on my own doorstep. Maybe if they got rid of the door-to-door people they could put their salaries back into the research pot?0 -
You both have the option of opening the door and politely saying "thanks for calling but I am not in a postion to offer donation at the present time"!
How hard can that be?The loopy one has gone :j0
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