The latest scam to be unveiled on the unsuspecting public is the alleged promise from a brand or company to donate part of your payment to a charity of the owner's choosing. So from cereal delivery companies to pet food suppliers to shoe makers everyone is jumping on this bandwagon of tickling your giving bone to go buy more of the company's stuff that is otherwise idling in some warehouse getting chewed by rodents.
To these latest daylight robbers my message is thanks for the idea. Let me also start a campaign to blast all my social circle with (not to steal from Costanza) a so called charity. Yes it is called 'Charity'. You give me a $100 and I will donate a portion of it to a charity of 'your choosing'. I have done one better. I let the donor choose how they want to spend their hard earned cash. After all they should have a say in that matter not the intermediary.
So give - my fellows and my friends - give - give to me. I will let you decide how you want to spend that cash that you know not what to do with. Certainly you do not need more shoes or cereal or feed your pet too much - you know I care about your finances.
Another PS to the brands - why don't you focus on just making better shoes or petfood? Leave the giving to me? My anticipated take in this operation - close to 90%. This way I would be the best EBITDA business on the planet. Then we can discuss how best the profits can be plowed for generating more profits. You can donate your ideas to 'Charity'.
People as you can see this facetious or not so blog highlights a dangerous trend in corporate America - to scam you off your dollars in ingenious ways. Next up - tipping at Macy's. Get a shoe - tip the sales person. Followed by - a tip jar at the United Airlines ticket counter.
Thank you for allowing me to board the plane.
To these latest daylight robbers my message is thanks for the idea. Let me also start a campaign to blast all my social circle with (not to steal from Costanza) a so called charity. Yes it is called 'Charity'. You give me a $100 and I will donate a portion of it to a charity of 'your choosing'. I have done one better. I let the donor choose how they want to spend their hard earned cash. After all they should have a say in that matter not the intermediary.
So give - my fellows and my friends - give - give to me. I will let you decide how you want to spend that cash that you know not what to do with. Certainly you do not need more shoes or cereal or feed your pet too much - you know I care about your finances.
Another PS to the brands - why don't you focus on just making better shoes or petfood? Leave the giving to me? My anticipated take in this operation - close to 90%. This way I would be the best EBITDA business on the planet. Then we can discuss how best the profits can be plowed for generating more profits. You can donate your ideas to 'Charity'.
People as you can see this facetious or not so blog highlights a dangerous trend in corporate America - to scam you off your dollars in ingenious ways. Next up - tipping at Macy's. Get a shoe - tip the sales person. Followed by - a tip jar at the United Airlines ticket counter.
Thank you for allowing me to board the plane.
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