cold calling

[maggieoldbird]

hi guys, hoping you can help, just had a guy knock on my door saying he was from Diabetes UK. Went on to tell me he was type 2 on a shedload of tabs etc. Finally got to the point and that was he wanted me to sign up to a weekly diab uk lottery. Has anyone else heard of this lottery is it legit ? When i told him i was also a diabetic and would check it out first he practically fell getting away.

 

[poohtiggy]

hi guys, hoping you can help, just had a guy knock on my door saying he was from Diabetes UK. Went on to tell me he was type 2 on a shedload of tabs etc. Finally got to the point and that was he wanted me to sign up to a weekly diab uk lottery. Has anyone else heard of this lottery is it legit ? When i told him i was also a diabetic and would check it out first he practically fell getting away.

Sounds dodgy to me, if it was legit surely we would have got to know about a lottery! Anyway it's now illegal I think to cold call. Hope nobody fell for it

 

[ally1]

sounds dodgy to me

 

[Robbity]

I suppose it's just possible that he was trying to do some fund raising off his own bat, but I would have expected that at least he would have posted on the forum to gain some publicity for such an effort. But at least you didn't get sworn at for your scepticism, which has happened to me more than once...

Robbity

 

[jay hay-char]

Interesting, because a quick Google reveals that Diabetes UK do run a weekly lottery, which I didn't know.

I'd be very surprised if they sold tickets door-to-door - normally you need a licence from the Council to collect for charity in public or door-to-door - and the behaviour of your visitor sounds suspicious, to say the least. The DUK website suggests that you can only enter the draw by dealing directly with them, in any event.

I'd say that if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck ......

 

[Enclave]

in my area we had a charity shop set up in the name of Diabetes uk to raise funds for them, but on closer inspection it was run by the mom of a boy with diabetes, who wanted to raise funds for her family to go on holiday !! Only found out because they were out in the town collecting money from folks on the same day that I was doing a collection for an unrelated charity .. The police inspected my authority from the council ..then went over to the diabetes collection lot ..they took their tins and marched them away .. The shop closed very soon after that and I got a mouthful about depriving her family from the holiday of a life time !!! As they returned after the police had done with them ...
It was NOTHING to do with me .. every year the police look at the authority slips if we are doing a street collection ! but this person thought I had sent them over to her !! the cheek of some folk is just unreal ...
expect your lotto seller was working in good faith ..but maybe not for the Diabetes uk charity directly. You can ask to see his authority slips from the charity and the council ..he should be carry both when he's collecting.

 

[Brunneria]

I recently had a very well presented lady knock on the door. She was asking me to sign up for a £1 or £2 ticket for a lottery to raise money for our local hospice/private hospital, which needs a new wing.

Initially quite happy to contribute £1 or £2, I quickly called a halt to the conversation when I realised she wanted £1 or £2 a week, indefinitely - although she was avoiding explaining that part! That would be £50-£100 a year.

I accept it is for a good cause. A local good cause. And i wouldn't begrudge the money. But i would never sign up for a 'charity lottery' when the true cost was never openly discussed during the sign up process.

And i'm sorry to say that i wont make any charitable donations to Diabetes UK or the British Heart Foundation until they change their dietary advice.

 

[chris lowe]

I got a sticker from Amazpn that says no cold callers no religious groups no charity collectors. It does work