Why?Vax45

Picking random charity type:

Making a profit from off the back of human suffering feels wrong. While money goes towards their buisness, then the cycle of poverty seems to just continue. Done in the name of a charity they take money away from being distributed more evenly. It will never be equal, but it could be more so.

It appears we are helping people, but wealth is just being redistrbuted to people who already have wealth, and new charities will appear. All the time companies seem to make a profit at the expense of less cared for people.

I forget the name of the charity organization, but they set up a whole show at halftime during a football game (around Christmas two years ago). They had fireworks, half-naked cheerleaders, a whole band, and a bunch of other crap purely in the name of charity. The charity organization is notorious for ringing bells in the streets. Either way, that doesn't exactly sound like a humble charity organization and not much better than business' making a profit.

And charity organizations wouldn't exist without the efforts of anyone and they can't possibly give due credit to every single person that makes a donation, so charity organizations will just say they donated X amount of dollars to Y whatever while thanking all the people who donated. After all, it IS officially their money.

Also, remember that businesses asking you for a donation at the cash register is costly because they have to tell their employees to do that and have to make the efforts of making the transaction to whatever they're donating to.

They don't have to do that.

Companies don't have to do s*** for anyone and if they can't brag about it, then hardly any business will donate to charity. So take your pick, business' not getting donations at all, or giving to charity and bragging about it.

Vax45

Rereading the post you quoted with the context you put made me realise that there was a mistake on my part. Live Aid bands profited based on the fact they could sell more albums if they did a good gig.

Charities are going to understand that it's not the companies who donated and they are going to appreciate any income they can get. I'm all for companies turning a profit, but not in this way!

The last part of your post makes sense (I'm not saying what else you posted didn't, it's just something that I fully get), though there's more than one way to approach a situation. It's how they sell it.

Nobody's going to call you an ass for not donating a dollar, nobody's going to care, and even if someone did, they're not going to call you out on it and it's not going to haunt you for the next 24 hours. There's no need to feel awkward. There's more to raising the price than losing a few customers. And really, what's so bad about bragging that you donated to charity? If you get publicity because your company donated to charity, that's more people that'll shop at your store, more people that might donate a dollar, more money goes to the charity, more you can brag, more customers you get.........Vax45

It's just how I feel if I'm put on the spot like that, which does make me feel less inclined to go there again, partly because I would like to help, but not in this way. The issue of boasting about donating to charity for me is that in this case it's not the company that's donating, it's their consumers.

To treat it like it's their generosity is misleading and morally wrong, imo. Live Aid raised millions for charity, it was an event that no one knowingly profited from (that has influence) and people didn't phone up to donate so they could boast. They didn't get any fame for that, they just did what they felt was right.

Profit in the face of misery.

Slightly raising the prices (even the slightest) will have huge consequences. Companies don't want to donate to charity if it's going to cut into their profits.Vax45

That's part of the reason I don't like the way they do it. Rather than just do what's right, they do it for publicity. If the execs of the companies really cared about the charity and their consumers they wouldn't (shouldn't?) make people feel awkward about donating.

If they added it to the price, with the intention of it going to charity, then they may lose the odd few customers who resent paying 3 pence more, but everyone would (unknowingly) add to a charity, rather than just the few.

It's their choice whether they increase price at the possible cost of customers, but I don't appreciate being left feeling like an arse for not donating to "their" chosen cause. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for charity and will help when it feels right, just it feels wrong to give to a company who is promoting a cause, for which they then use to get respect.

Popcorn Kernels that get stuck in your gumsKeitekeTokage

Ah yes, another one to add! (Thanks for reminding me)

Opening a bag of microwavable popcorn to discover that two thirds of it hasn't 'Popped'.

What further bothers me about this, its that its always some mega corporation raising money for a cause. How about instead of soliciting money from us, they simply make a donation out of their own coffers?

sonicare

Personally I would much prefer them to just add a few pence on to the price of something and not tell me why the price has increased. Displays of moral rightousness in an attempt to soften the companies image leaves me with a sour taste.

I'll give money in my own time and not when I feel there is pressure being put on me.

People who eat with their mouth open.

People who push in to queues.

People who just text when in the company of others.

I wouldn't be shocked, or refuse to be seen by someone. The patients comfort is surely important, as otherwise they may not wish to return for any further sessions.

There could be any number of reasons why someone may wish to see a person of the same sex.

I like them, but also have a negative view on them. It gives me motivation to go a little deeper into the world of the game.

Though I do wish that some games had a lot more so I can feel that the game is even bigger than it may truly be. The counter to this is now finding motivation to play games without them.