--- In [email protected], "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, I've never gotten any of these. We got some cheap-ass > charities around here. They are very nice--they all have pretty pictures of flowers or lighthouses or something like that. The ASPCA ones have puppies and kittens. Sorry you've been deprived of this experience. I don't have a problem with the labels themselves; as I said, I was happy to get free address labels. I'm just bothered that they send them to me whether I want them or not and they are charitable organizations that are presumably always looking for more money, so it seems to be a waste of resources and a ploy to guilt you into donating if you want to use the labels. But I'm on to them--their little scheme doesn't work with me! They are going to have to find another sucker. > > --- In [email protected], "Nate Allen" > <nate.allen@> 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 <ellengoodman6@> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
