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getagrip_already

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13. 10 cents on the dollar...

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Sun Aug 14, 2016, 04:07 PM

Aug 2016

Is pretty much the norm for fund raising organizations, especially email and phone based.

It's why we have a policy of not donating to ANY phone solicitation. When we give money, we go directly to the org it's going to.

The underlying org's are usually starved for cash, and see it as money they wouldn't otherwise see anyway. But I hate the thought of giving 90% to phone thugs.

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