A few months ago I set up a standing order to make a donation to the Red Cross.
This Sunday I received a telephone call initially thanking me for my donation.
The caller then went on to ask would I consider doubling my donation and when I said no he said well what about an extra 50% gradually going down to 25%.
When I said that this type of hard sell was something I did not expect of the Red Cross the caller said that he was not employed directly by the Red cross but from a company employed by them to raise funds.
Has anybody else experienced this, and is this the right way for a charity to go about their business.
I understand their need to raise more money but to target people who already make donations seems to me to be counterproductive
This Sunday I received a telephone call initially thanking me for my donation.
The caller then went on to ask would I consider doubling my donation and when I said no he said well what about an extra 50% gradually going down to 25%.
When I said that this type of hard sell was something I did not expect of the Red Cross the caller said that he was not employed directly by the Red cross but from a company employed by them to raise funds.
Has anybody else experienced this, and is this the right way for a charity to go about their business.
I understand their need to raise more money but to target people who already make donations seems to me to be counterproductive