Hi There,
Just wondering if anyone else have ever had a charity cold calling.
The other day my elderly parent received a call from a lady phoning asking if they would sell ticket on behalf of Temple street hospital. I took over the call as my mam is too nice to say no.
Maybe I am being a little suspicious but I did not like them calling. Is this common practice?
I would consider myself to be a very charitable person and have done fund raising in the past but I do not agree with any kind of fund raising that is in your face and that is what I call this.
Is there any chance you could get in touch with the hospitals fundraising dept and check this out further/make verbal complaint?
Always a possibility that this is a scam? If not then it's certainly objectionable in my opinion. Maybe check with the hospital if it was legitimate first.
Always a possibility that this is a scam? If not then it's certainly objectionable in my opinion. Maybe check with the hospital if it was legitimate first.
I thought that it was a scam too. My folk seem to get alot of these type of dodgy calls. I believe that they can get on to there telephone provider to stop cold calls? I must arrange that asap. but I wonder if this will stop the calls at all.
I believe that they can get on to there telephone provider to stop cold calls? I must arrange that asap. but I wonder if this will stop the calls at all.
We have had 2 of these calls in the last month - one for Temple Street and one for Beaumont. I really object to these calls especially as they both came at dinner time - maybe so we would just say yes to get them off the phone. I dont think it's a scam as it's selling raffle tickets for them rather than buying from them - and if you send the money back to the hospital it should get where it's intended to go. I let them both drone through their full script, said no thanks and hung up.
Temple Street seem to be very bad for this sort of thing. Being a Childrens hospital seem to stir guilty donations from more people. There's a couple of people who seem to have a full time job going into the NCR/Dorset St pubs, especially when there are games on in Croker.
Personally I don't think anyone should give any money to these hospitals. Their funding should be (is?) completely covered by the Govt. Charitable donations merely provide a stop gap for poor management; either funds are being mismanaged or not enough is being provided.