yeah you and me both. I do pay my bills via snail mail, only because I find it easier to keep track of my finances with my physical checkbook and I can look at it whenever without having to go on the computer. But pretty much these days almost all bills can be paid online, and the companies prefer it, I know. I just find it easier to see where my money is actually going when I write checks than when I pay online. Some people put all their online transactions in their checkbooks, I'm not one of them. I don't get 5,000 labels per year, and certainly not as many as if I did actually pay for them, but it's definitely more than I need for something I didn't ask for in the first place. They are asking for money to give to worthy causes. So use the money you're spending on the labels to give to those worthy causes you keep asking us to support!
--- In [email protected], "Nate Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How many labels can a person really use though? They always seem to send > 50-100 labels, and I only send about 2 snail-mail envelopes per month... > Nine times out of ten I don't even use their labels to send them a new > donation! It's all either on line or in person. > > If there were some more productive use for the 5000 labels per year I get, > I'd be a lot happier about it. > > On 11/29/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Aaron Weintraub" > > <aaron.weintraub@> wrote: > > I used to refrain from using them if I didn't support the cause > > because I thought it was unethical or something. But now I'm like, > > screw it, they sent them to me, no one else can use them (obviously), > > so instead of me giving them my money, I'll take something for free > > from them! Fine, I'll be THEIR charitable cause! It's not like I > > ASKED for the damn labels. > > > > > > > > > > > I have learned in my life that 'marketing' is a strange beast. I > > tend to be > > > a more of a technical person, so I don't understand why an > > organization > > > would spend money on product for a freebie for the chance that > > someone else > > > might send money.... but that's why I'm not in marketing. > > > > > > At any rate, I use the free address labels all the time and do not > > feel > > > guilty about it at all. I donate to whom I chose to donate to - > > ADL, EFF, > > > etc. > > > > > > Don't worry, the organization has a marketing budget that takes > > things like > > > this into account... now as to whether that marketing budget is too > > large is > > > a different topic of discussion... and one I'm not qualified on to > > rule > > > either way. I'd guess that they have done studies for cost out > > (mailing > > > labels) vs cost in for each kind of promo and have seen that this > > one gives > > > them a good ROI. > > > > > > aw > > > > > > > > > >
