Had a call last night from this organization telling me all the wonders they do to help in the fight for Breast Cancer. Then they wanted money. I mentioned I had not heard of them before. I do think Breast Cancer is a cause worthy of donation. I asked how much of the donation went to the actual cause... she mumbled... 10%. I asked her to repeat it.
...10% of their donations actually go to help Woman with Breast Cancer... the other 90% go to their salaries etc for fundraising.
I told her I was not interested in helping their organization, The Woman to Woman Breast Cancer Foundation. What a lesson to learn about the people trying to get money for "Charity". Before you give your money you might want to check them out! There are some legitimate organizations (American Cancer Society - 73 % to the cause, Susan G. Komen for the cure - 87% for the cause) that really use most of the money they collect for the cause and do wonderful things. I am grateful for them, so I have donated to both of these worthy causes this year!
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I used to work for a telemarketer in Illinois that made the calls for so-called woman to woman breast cancer foundaiton. I also called for donations for veterans, firemen, breast cancer funds..on and on and on. We would call suckers in New York, Florida, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri...to name a few. It is a total scam......the call center takes over 90% of every dollar you donate. It is a hunt for the dumb and dumber, a true numbers game. About 3% of those people called will actually donate at least $10 - ,minimum patron listing donation. About 40% of those who say they will donate actually are dumb enough to mail back check. Since the telemarketer makes minimum wage...and the operation is ( i am not kidding) 20 ex-cons (mostly) calling from the basement of a seedy buildng (we are talking card tables set up with 1/2 broken computer.phone systems lined up and in place) they make a LOT of money off stupid people....a lot of elderly people. Once you are dumb enough to donate for one charity....(let's say the Police scam) LOOK OUT!!! You will forever be called by the SAME outfit...by the SAME people...for every other kind of donations. In three months you will get timely calls for Fire, Terminally ill children funds, Veterans...all of it. They will call and call and call....:Suck the sucker dry" we used to call it. The script is VERBATIM, if you deviate from it...you are fired. To them this is MOST important...the worry of Law-Suits abounds. The script is very carefully put together...and if you read it VERBATIM they don;t have to worry about lawsuits. Every phone call/convesation is monitored by (tatooted ex-con) supervisors and recorded. The reason a lot of time the phone would ring and by the time you get to it...they hang up...is because noone actually called....It was the computer. All these phone numbers are in the computer "File" to be called and as a PERSON on our end is available the computer will put it through. If the phone rings and no one is there,,,it is because the computer knows a telemarketer is not available so it makes YOU wait or it hangs up on you. Better the sucker waits...or runs to the phone over and over than have the minimum wage telemarketer wait for YOU! As a note, I left for greener pastures...I lasted about 1/2 a year. I am not proud of what I did - but right out of the joint...it was the only job I could get. I lasted, much longer than the average employee there. The average telemarketer lasts about 1 month. If your hourly average isn't at least $40/hour in donations...they fire you. If you can manage over $50/hour you get a whole 50 cents/hour extra in your weekly check. Most do not habit what it takes...to get slammed on all day long. They computer assisted calls means as soon as you computer terminate one call...the next sucker is on the line. You can average 400 calls a 6 hourshift this way. Out of 400 calls.....there will be a few stupid people. God....I hated it...but when your only option is to do it or be homeless...you have no choice. I hope this helps you to understand this slimy business.
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