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I wish charities would spend less on fancy begging letters
I AGREE with WR Shail (Letters, April 26) about the mass of charity appeals we receive through the post.
Even charities that I have been supporting for years send further requests when I have sent a cheque to them. It is nice to have thanks for a gift, but what a waste of postage as a cheque is a receipt anyway.
I now keep a record of to whom I have sent and any further requests are binned as I only send at Christmas and Easter or if a major tragedy happens.
If charities spent less on long letters and fancy leaflets telling us what they have done - that would save money and also my recyling bin wouldn't be so full!
After all, we know what they do or we would not support them.
I would rather the money was spent helping those less fortunate than ourselves.
MRS D J GODFREY, Woolston, Southampton.
12:06pm Saturday 17th May 2008
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