FD has probably mentioned this before, but it happened again — the mail included a request for a charitable donation accompanied by not only printed address labels but a nickel glued to the pleading letter.
Now, FD loves the post office and still writes actual letters and still mails in checks for bills, no on-line bill payments for FD! But not even FD could use even a portion of the address labels that are sent with charity donation requests — FD can’t even use those that correctly spell FD’s somewhat challenging first and last names. (Oddly enough, no charitable organization has yet sent FolioDeux any labels.) Sending these out seems like a waste of the money the charity is trying to raise.
The “we’re sending a nickel” (or in the case of the Mt. Vernon association once, a George Washington-faced quarter) to somehow shame you into sending us a lot of money back technique is even worse. FD assumes this works on enough people to convince the charities to continue the practice, but it seems sleezy in the extreme. A check of the American Institute of Philanthropy’s charity rating guide confirmed what FD’s suspected: the sending organization in this latest case was rated as “D” on an A – F scale.