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[meganbmoore]

Dear Random Solicitor For University Fundraiser,

I actually find it kinda weird that you came by my apartment the one time I come home from work to eat.  I'm 99.999999999% sure that it was coincidence, though.  I don't mind you writing down my name so that you can count me as someone you talked to for your school fundraiser so you can get points, and I think it's pretty cool that you spotted the bookcases on the back wall and had a fangasm over the manga.  But no, you, a person I have known for two minutes, may not come into my apartment.  And when I say twice that I have no need for any of the magazines you are trying to sell, I probably mean it.

Sincerely,

Me

P.S.-How did you miss the "no solicitations" signs around the complex?  (Not that that's ever stopped anyone else.)

Comments

[advance.livejournal.com]

Oh dear god. I've had to deal with those people since just after Christmas. They come around the neighborhood I live in once a week about and bother anyone who happens to be outside. The same people hit up my father twice.

Of course I love how when I told them that 'If you're trying to sell me anything I don't have any money to give you.' gets them to say 'Well you can write us a check.'

I stared at them like they were dumb and shut the door in their face after telling them 'Good luck, but no.'

Who is teaching kids these days that they think 'no money' = 'write me a check that will probably bounce'

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

What bugs me is the automatic assumption that they simply have to say "fundraiser" and you will give them money. Uhm, no. I have no obligation to give you my money. I will possibly/probably give you my money if: (1) It is for something i consider to be an unquestionably worthy cause. This does not include trips or prizes. (2) It involves a product I can get a use out of. (3) I actually know you/your parents.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

You know what confuses the hell out of 'em? Say "I'm not interested in buying any of your products, but here's a donation" and give 'em a buck. XD

Yeah, I don't do that to the magazine kids, but to the ones selling overpriced candy and stuff. What would really be useful to the magazine kids is offering to call someone if they need help. Reading about the abuses many of the magazine kids go through is pretty sobering. A lot of them are runaways who hook up with a crew and get shuffled from site to site in a van, with very little chance to call home or to escape.

http://www.magcrew.com/

[madame-manga.livejournal.com]

I get the ones who say, "Oh, I'm the son of (random name), you know, right down the block? And my (random high school team) needs to raise money for (random cause, trip or equipment)."

Oh no, sweetheart. I am not going to fall for that. I am not too ashamed to admit that I don't know all my neighbors' names. :) 80% of the residents on my block are retired and have no school-age kids anyway, but SHEESH. How transparent can a scripted spiel be? I guess it hits enough buttons to snag a reasonable percentage of marks...