Last night I received a call from a charity asking for a donation. The representative said that the organization wasn’t asking for any money or a credit card number over the phone just a pledge. I said ok. She also said “you may make a donation in any amount.”
Again, I said ok.
“How much can we count on you for?”
I said $10.
I donate to other charities, and while this one was noble $10 was all I was willing to give at the time.
Well if you donate $15 we will give you a bumper sticker and a ribbon for your car.
“I’m not interested in any of that.”
Her retort was $15 is our lowest pledge level. Can you go up to $15?
I said no and hung up.
This may seem cruel, but since I was told I could make a donation in ANY amount and I said I wasn’t interested in any of the thank you gifts, I guess my $10 wasn’t good enough for the organization.
I’m not a cruel, heartless tightwad. Though if the organization really wanted to get more donations they should authorize their telemarketers to take whatever they could get and also mention that at a higher level of giving a get people who would send them money and then they wouldn’t get a premium. Some people don’t care about a premium and will donate at the level comfortable for them. No other organization has ever turned away money because the level of giving wasn’t to a certain standard.
Though because of her insistence that I donate a certain amount, this could have been a scam and I was being difficult.
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