Brother Adam Posted August 28, 2004 Posted August 28, 2004 I think my address is on the Catholic "spam" list. I'm getting "Catholic" mail from organizations all over the place soliciting money. It is almost "Binny Hinnish". "God will so abundantely bless your life if you would just bless our organization with any monotary donation" :angry: I don't know how I got on this list, but I'm not too happy about it.
luciana Posted August 28, 2004 Posted August 28, 2004 If you've donated to an organization that sold your name to other charities, then you're done for. I give to charities, only good, orthodox ones I trust, but I didn't always and I guess even the good ones have to make money and selling addresses helps. I also subscribe to some Catholic magazines which probably also puts me very high on the "send me tons of mail list"
luciana Posted August 28, 2004 Posted August 28, 2004 It's nothing bad really. They figure if you give for one good cause you'll give for another, so they ask each other for their mailing lists. I'm a teacher and I receive mail from teacher colleges, teacher supply catalogs, and other education-related places not because I gave them my name, but because they found out I teach from one company or education magazine and then it spreads. In the US this is so normal. There's a place you can call/ write to that takes your name off of advertisers list, but I don't think that applies to charities. That cuts down on the amount of junk mail.
ryanmeyersmusic Posted August 28, 2004 Posted August 28, 2004 most have privacy information listed on their mailouts, if over the phone you should ask them for it. Given the type of material that gets propogated with sold lists of information, no Catholic charity should contribute. Plus it's just messed up.
Sursum Corda Posted August 28, 2004 Posted August 28, 2004 If you call one of the places that you've received mail from, I think they are required to tell you where they got your name and address from. Also, you can request/demand that they take you off the list...although, you might end up with cool address labels from one of those charities
Norseman82 Posted August 28, 2004 Posted August 28, 2004 I've been cataloguing all the "I need money" letters I get. Some organizations I know I get monthly letters from. But, since Sept. 29, 2003, I've gotten 149 letters of either "I need money", subscription requests, conference invitations, etc. And I hate to say this, but the most cowardly organization I've seen in the "I need money" letters I receive is Catholic Answers, simply because on a lot of their various appeals they do not put a return address on the outside of their envelopes.
Sursum Corda Posted August 28, 2004 Posted August 28, 2004 [quote]And I hate to say this, but the most cowardly organization I've seen in the "I need money" letters I receive is Catholic Answers, simply because on a lot of their various appeals they do not put a return address on the outside of their envelopes. [/quote] That's because when they do put return addresses on their mailings, they don't get opened. It's a bit underhanded if you ask me.
homeschoolmom Posted August 28, 2004 Posted August 28, 2004 All right, I confess... I sold your name and addy... I needed the money... I was going to send you a solicitation, but that seemed pointless... so, I sold it... You will soon be getting a flood of junk mail from well, literally thousands of places... and thanks for funding our homeschooling endevors...
Brother Adam Posted August 28, 2004 Author Posted August 28, 2004 [quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Aug 28 2004, 04:28 PM'] All right, I confess... I sold your name and addy... I needed the money... I was going to send you a solicitation, but that seemed pointless... so, I sold it... You will soon be getting a flood of junk mail from well, literally thousands of places... and thanks for funding our homeschooling endevors... [/quote] :angry:
homeschoolmom Posted August 29, 2004 Posted August 29, 2004 oh c'mon... you know I was kidding, right? right?
Sinner Posted August 29, 2004 Posted August 29, 2004 I must be on the same list. Sometimes they put a religeous chachky in the mailing that almost makes me feel guilty......... I put them in the back of Church and kids seem to like them...... oh well. CHOP DOWN THEM TREES.......THERES TOO MANY IN THE FOREST ANYHOW!!
Brother Adam Posted August 29, 2004 Author Posted August 29, 2004 yeah, my message to most of these "Catholic" organizations: don't come crying to me for money.
Norseman82 Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 On a humorous note.....I received a duplicate mailing from Catholic Relief Services on the same day.....and in it was some statistic about how much of the money they collect goes to charity work!!! (Could be more if they didn't send out multiple mailings to the same person on the same day...)
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