Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Charities
Today, I receive a piece of "Charity Contribution" mail from one
of the major organizations......The same one that 'shafted' me
about ten years ago......
Every now and then one of the major television news networks
does a 'in depth' piece on the internal workings of charitable
organizations......I think that this week the Red Cross is in the
'soup' again on one of the networks......
Well my case was slightly different and 'individual'.....It was
just a simple matter of having some 'handling company',
employed by the charity in question, physically alter a hand
written check.....This meant when the check cleared my bank
it was altered to read a LARGER amount than I had written
the check for, in the first place......They withdrew more
money from my banking account that I authorized......
Needless to say this one incident has in turn ALTERED my
view of donating money to charities.......Pumps
of the major organizations......The same one that 'shafted' me
about ten years ago......
Every now and then one of the major television news networks
does a 'in depth' piece on the internal workings of charitable
organizations......I think that this week the Red Cross is in the
'soup' again on one of the networks......
Well my case was slightly different and 'individual'.....It was
just a simple matter of having some 'handling company',
employed by the charity in question, physically alter a hand
written check.....This meant when the check cleared my bank
it was altered to read a LARGER amount than I had written
the check for, in the first place......They withdrew more
money from my banking account that I authorized......
Needless to say this one incident has in turn ALTERED my
view of donating money to charities.......Pumps
# posted by Pumps @ 5:05 PM 
