News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities. Parent comment

Re:Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities by linuxydave on Saturday July 11, 2015 @12:22PM (#9870360)
yeah, it gets frustrating when you're bombarded with calls by them as well as those PPI/whatever robocalls.

I've cancelled my donations to several charities because of their harassment and their pushiness makes me wonder if they are actually using their money on the people they're claiming to help :/

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities by milesskorpen on Saturday July 11, 2015 @12:41PM (#9870444)
In many cases, they aren't: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-red-cross-raised-...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities by batou on Saturday July 11, 2015 @01:32PM (#9870710)
This doesn't surprise me. Back in about 2002 the company i worked for built a shitty intranet for a major high street charity in the UK. Cost them £100,000...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities by linuxydave on Saturday July 11, 2015 @02:23PM (#9870957)
I'm in the wrong job... :p
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities by batou on Saturday July 11, 2015 @02:46PM (#9871052)
Everyone's in the right job. You just have to find customers who don't know how much everyone else charges :)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities by linuxydave on Saturday July 11, 2015 @03:30PM (#9871235)
Haha, cynical but true. Reminds me of this: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Free-State-govt-We-pa... (R40m is ~$3,211,291)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities by batou on Saturday July 11, 2015 @04:10PM (#9871367)
Wow now that's special!
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Law to target aggressive fundraising by charities by linuxydave on Saturday July 11, 2015 @01:26PM (#9870673)
>:(
[ Parent | on HN ]