Don't Worry, We're Not Selling Anything

[jw5]

This is usually the first sentence you get from these people selling charity donations:

"Don't worry, we're not selling anything."

They approach strangers on the street without knowing whether they can afford it or not, make a sales pitch based on compassion to try and get
them to part with money for a donation and take a cut of the sales proceeds.

To the sales people selling donations and their bosses/supervisors:

When you approach people on the street, make a sales pitch, want the people to part with money and take a commission, you ARE selling
something. The product you are selling is called a charitable donation. Even if you don't stop this practice, at least stop the bullshit talk.

 

[po2wq]

ya ...

v r not selling u anyting ... but v juz want ur moni ...

 

[ZorrorroZ]

We should reply with:
"Oh? You aren't selling anything?! But I am !!

Can I ask you to buy a subscription of Reader's Digest/Time/Straits Times/Sammy Boy Forum Membership/<Insert Product Here>?"

 

[no_faith]

"Don't worry, we're not selling anything."

when they say that, i worry.

 

[zhihau]

To the sales people selling donations and their bosses/supervisors

bro,

this reminds me of the so called charity Christmas Cards at 10 bucks per pack, last i checked, the person pandering these cards get 2 bucks out of each packet sold. wonder how much do the charity get in the end

 

[Varuna]

If it is donation, it is donation. People know and understand what this word means. And it's up to people's discretion to fish out money to give to you. some may and some may not. No need to explain with "We are not selling any thing, etc.."

 

[Devil Within]

I would lie to them that I am an insurance agent and would like to review about their insurance plan first. You can see their face change every fast. LOL!... If not, I'll tell them to look for the famiLEE or go to Istana. People there are very rich and willing to donate. LOL!....

 

[wikiphile]

This is usually the first sentence you get from these people selling charity donations:

"Don't worry, we're not selling anything."

They approach strangers on the street without knowing whether they can afford it or not, make a sales pitch based on compassion to try and get
them to part with money for a donation and take a cut of the sales proceeds.

To the sales people selling donations and their bosses/supervisors:

When you approach people on the street, make a sales pitch, want the people to part with money and take a commission, you ARE selling
something. The product you are selling is called a charitable donation. Even if you don't stop this practice, at least stop the bullshit talk.

the sales agency do this and get 30% of the donations and remainder to the charity.

 

[no_faith]

the sales agency do this and get 30% of the donations and remainder to the charity.

so it is not so true and honesty about volunteer work.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Isn't it similar to a used car salesman telling you that you can 'trust' him?

 

[no_faith]

Isn't it similar to a used car salesman telling you that you can 'trust' him?

yeah it is also similar when i told my lover...trust me, i really love you.
mostly there is profit return.

 

[bushtucker]

i'd rather donate money to organisations holding flag day. at least i get a sticker!

 

[geylangchickenloyangduck]

nah beh...come Geylang, we r not selling too...we are just renting out pussies for you to deposit some fluid.

 

[halsey02]

I usually, wave these 'pests' off, say thank you & walk away, but those really pesky ones, I would tell them this, "what you sell I don't want, what I want to buy, you don't have"...that will end their, "we are not selling anything"

 

[jw5]

I usually, wave these 'pests' off, say thank you & walk away, but those really pesky ones, I would tell them this, "what you sell I don't want, what I want to buy, you don't have"...that will end their, "we are not selling anything"

Most of them can't even accept a polite rejection.
Next time if they pester you, ask them to donate their commission for the day.
All in the name of charity.

 

[laksaboy]

They: "Don't worry, we're not selling anything."

Me: "Don't worry. I'm not giving anything."

Always remember the NKF scandal: 1 dollar donated is not 1 dollar directly benefiting the needy.

Just like education, public transport, medical care, religion and almost everything else on this shitty island, charity and 'non-profit' is BIG business. HUGE.

 

[jw5]

the sales agency do this and get 30% of the donations and remainder to the charity.

Let's donate directly to the charitable organization or even find people on the streets to give to.
Why should we give money to these agencies?

 

[wikiphile]

Let's donate directly to the charitable organization or even find people on the streets to give to.
Why should we give money to these agencies?

Unfortunately, outsourcing fundraising is the most cost effective method to these organizations. They start out with a good intention and somewhere along the line get caught up in this murky fund raising business.

The board members are made up of prominent people and your MIW

http://www.ccf.org.sg/aboutus/patron.html
http://www.myheart.org.sg/about/key-office-bearers/

I forgot the sales agency's name, it is located somewhere along Temple Street in Chinatown and the set up is reminiscent of a MLM. You start from sales executive -> sales manager -> senior manager - > director or something like that. I was about to leave the army after 6 years and i went for every interview that responded back including them.

I'm suprised not by its methods but its longevity 5 yrs later after i first visited that place

 

[no_faith]

wat a shame.
charity become mlm.
also the people selling, sumtimes can see FT.

 

[jw5]

The management of the charitable organizations using direct selling to individuals should re-look their methods of fund raising. Their logic is that these donations obtained from agents selling directly to individuals are incremental donations. For example, for every $10 donated, even if 30% goes to the agents, there will be $7 extra for the needy, which would not be available if not for this method. Hence, the needy benefits and the charitable organization has done its job.

Let's look at it another way. The individual members of the public are the donors or essentially customers of these charitable organizations. The latter should be as accountable to them, as they are to the needy beneficiaries.
The charitable organizations should ask themselves these questions:

1. Are the individual donors or customers fully aware how much they are donating is actually going to the needy? Are the percentages and amounts fully disclosed to them before they part with their hard earned money?

2. Are the donors or customers getting the return on their donation which they should or expect? Would the charities be able to spend less if they did not go through the agents and instead used other means of fund raising? Let's also not forget that if they use agents, they don't have to think of or conduct as many alternative methods of fund raising.

3. Have they considered who they are targetting as donors? These salespeople are mostly outside shopping malls and mrt stations. Most people go to shopping malls for their meals or to buy groceries and to mrt stations to get to and from work, take their children to school, etc. Very few are going shopping for luxury goods or a joyride on our world class transit system. Should you be allowing the agents to sell to these ordinary folk and then taking a cut of their donations? There could be a case for arguing that these agents should only be allowed to gather outside posh nightspots or country clubs, even if direct selling is considered acceptable.
Appealing to ordinary peoples' sense of compassion and then taking a cut does not seem right to me.