On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:23:49 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 19/02/2013 9:21 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> > There are a lot of worthy charities to which I contribute but it seems
> > that the requests for money tend to come earlier and earlier each year.
> > This amounts to a sneaky attempt to get a larger annual contribution. I
> > wonder if they realize that if I put the requests aside I will probably
> > forget them completely.
> >
>
> I am seeing a new and disturbing trend..... checking out in a grocery
> store or at the liquor store and being asked if you want to donate to
> XYZ charity. When it first started it was $1, then they started asking
> if you want to donate $2. A couple weeks ago I was at the grocery store
> and the cashier asked the person ahead of me if he wanted to donate $5.
> I was not at all surprised that he said no. She did not ask me, but I
> was left wondering if it was a legitimate charity or a sociological or
> marketing experiment and they were looking for the cut off point, the
> point where being pass from being intimidated by being asked directly
> and being outraged by the amount demanded.

One grocery store here gives 10¢ off if you bring your own bag and
they're smart enough to just ask if you want to donate that 10¢ to
whatever charity it is. Dimes do add up.

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