Give money to the DNC. Then everybody will get a hold of you.
Damn you Howard Dean! I trusted you! On 11/29/06, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here's what you do. Send the labels to everyone you know, then they can mail you stuff with no postage. It might take 40 years or so to get back to you though. Me, I paper myself with them before going out barhopping, for that added layer of security. Actually, I've never gotten any of these. We got some cheap-ass charities around here. --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters%40yahoogroups.com>, "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> <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 > > > > > > > > > >
