We keep getting these phone calls from 800 numbers at our house. Since we got caller ID a month ago, we started screening calls and stopped answering those. Today I got annoyed and picked up just to see who was calling because they never leave messages on the machine.
The guy on the other end identified his company as ACS (Associated Community Services) calling on behalf of the Foundation For American Veterans. He starts pitching his script about how disabled veterans are in need and so forth. I listened to him and thought that if I had money that I would donate, but it started to sound very guilt trippy and similar to a call I received a few weeks ago (the Breast Cancer Society, which a small donation was given to). I tell him no in a polite way but he keeps persisting and I tell him no again. He got the point and said bye. I look up the number (800-201-4910) and ACS and found a whole bunch of complaints about them.
In addition to constant calling, what ticked me off most is that people have reported that only several percent of the donations actually end up funding what was in the pitch. Now I'm never donating anything over the phone anymore and won't donate to any charity that sounds the least bit legitimate.
I filed an online complaint with the FL attorney generals office, the FCC, and the Do Not Call registry. I doubt anything would be done but at least I did something about it.
Thanks for reading my rant.
The guy on the other end identified his company as ACS (Associated Community Services) calling on behalf of the Foundation For American Veterans. He starts pitching his script about how disabled veterans are in need and so forth. I listened to him and thought that if I had money that I would donate, but it started to sound very guilt trippy and similar to a call I received a few weeks ago (the Breast Cancer Society, which a small donation was given to). I tell him no in a polite way but he keeps persisting and I tell him no again. He got the point and said bye. I look up the number (800-201-4910) and ACS and found a whole bunch of complaints about them.
In addition to constant calling, what ticked me off most is that people have reported that only several percent of the donations actually end up funding what was in the pitch. Now I'm never donating anything over the phone anymore and won't donate to any charity that sounds the least bit legitimate.
I filed an online complaint with the FL attorney generals office, the FCC, and the Do Not Call registry. I doubt anything would be done but at least I did something about it.
Thanks for reading my rant.