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Just received a begging letter from The Children's Society, which is a perfectly reputable and well respected charity, asking me for a donation. So far, so normal: Like most of us, no doubt, I get lots of these from various charities, asking for me to make a donation, sell some raffle tickets or whatever. I'm afraid most of them go straight to the recycling bin, as we don't have much spare money and any donations that we do make go to a couple of pet charities.
The bizarre thing about this letter is that it asks me, apparently straight-faced, to make a donation (or rather an "investment" as they put it) of £100,000.00. Yes, that's One Hundred Grand . The whole tone of the letter implies that I wouldn't think twice about doing this and also suggests easy payment terms, over three years, of £2,777.77 per month, as an alternative . I can't decide if it's a joke, an error, or maybe they have mistaken me for a corporate donor (I'm self employed and belong to the local Chamber of Commerce and they appear to sell lists on to various sources).
Or maybe they get advance notification of major Premium Bond winners? I live in hope
The bizarre thing about this letter is that it asks me, apparently straight-faced, to make a donation (or rather an "investment" as they put it) of £100,000.00. Yes, that's One Hundred Grand . The whole tone of the letter implies that I wouldn't think twice about doing this and also suggests easy payment terms, over three years, of £2,777.77 per month, as an alternative . I can't decide if it's a joke, an error, or maybe they have mistaken me for a corporate donor (I'm self employed and belong to the local Chamber of Commerce and they appear to sell lists on to various sources).
Or maybe they get advance notification of major Premium Bond winners? I live in hope