What do YOU do??? - A POLL

[redbird]

I just received today in the mail, address labels from the HSUS, also a key chain and a new card. I haven't sent money to them in a few years, just can't afford it. I do use the labels tho and throw the key chain in a drawer with the rest of them.

I wish these people would stop sending stuff out, save the money you spend sending this stuff out and feed the animals instead.

[pomtzu]

I wish these people would stop sending stuff out, save the money you spend sending this stuff out and feed the animals instead.

AMEN!!!!!

And it's so nice to see all of these PT'ers in agreement. Woo-hoo!!! - miracles will never cease. I was hoping I wasn't the only one who thought this way.

[cassiesmom]

I'm with Redbird. I don't need another batch of address labels. I'd rather you use that money on the cause itself. I donated to the American Diabetes Association so now I get other health-related solicitations - they must exchange mailing lists. The American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and on and on.

[kaycountrygal]

I've got enough unsolicited address labels to last me three lifetimes. Years ago when the address labels first started, I sent a donation. However, it seems that every other charity or whatever must have found out that I contributed because then they all started sending address labels. Now I do not send any of them any money. No, I do not feel guilty about keeping the labels and using some of them.

[Freedom]

Back in the days before bichons, I did often donate once a year to certain groups. That all ended 6 years ago, but I still receive the address labels, along with the request for a donation.

Ellie, you likely got one of those labels on your Christmas card from me!

I have not had to buy address labels in years!

[carole]

yep even down under i get them from WSPA and another i cannot remember right now, they are really nice too, i do feel a bit guilty not donating, but i do donate if it is a cause i believe in and one on my list, i too donate to certain charitys when and if i am able, but i am also in total agreement with everyone here, if they are there then use then, i used to get xmas cards sent to me by the hand foot and mouth people, i never asked for them, not could i afford them or want them, but i always sent them back return to sender and please do not send to me, they did it a couple of more times ,but seem to have stopped now, does seem rather silly wasting their time like that.

[pomtzu]

It seems that everyone is pretty much in agreement, but I can't help but wonder who voted for "none of the above" and why. Maybe it's that they don't receive anything unsolicited in the mail??? - tho that's hard to believe.

When I was still working, one of my co-workers was absolutely horrified that I would actually use a product sent to me without me requesting it, and told me that I was stealing, and that if I didn't send the requested donation, then I should "return to sender". She really did need to get a life..........

[happylabs]

I wish these people would stop sending stuff out, save the money you spend sending this stuff out and feed the animals instead.

I agree! And, these people prey on the elderly. My mother gets so many of these it is ridiculous. They get about 25 calendars or more every year at the beginning of the year asking for donations. And, my mother is a sucker for this. She sends money to some of them. If they send her a nickle or a dime she sends it back!

I use the labels if I can. The U.S. Post Office says if you receive something you didn't order, you do not have to send it back.

So many people get ripped off every year by these so called charities. I do not trust any of them.