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Anyone else had calls from the Breast Cancer Society?

Posted by GregW (aka not2fast) Aug 27 '12, 19:18

I took one of their calls and told them I might donate if they checked out. It turns out they are one of those telemarketing companies that spends almost all of their money on fund raising.

If you are not familiar with it, this site is great for checking these things.

http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/26-0237089/breast-cancer-society.aspx (www.guidestar.org)

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I got a letter today from the Republican Senate Inner Circle Council or something like that inviting me to a seat at the table! - Stephen Aug 27, 19:39
I'm not picking up my phone lately. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 19:25
general principle to live by, don't do biz with anybody who spams (outright criminal marketing) telemarkets (just rude) or infomercials (I don't think - zeitgeist Aug 27, 19:22 4
- Yep, I never ever do business on the phone. Unless I was the person making the call. -- nm - Redmond Aug 27, 19:23 3
  - I just makes me cringe when someone says they got ripped off from a spam deal, like buying valentines flowers then finding out their phone number got - zeitgeist Aug 27, 19:30 1
    - My Dad got ripped off recently by the virus that takes over your computer then sells you the virus protection. - Redmond Aug 27, 19:33
  - Right...my standard response is "I'm sorry, I don't respond to telephone solicitations" *click* - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 19:30

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