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Discuss Suckered by a charity in the UK Tiling Forum area at TilersForums.com.
Move on mate, we've all been suckered at sometime in our lives.
im not going to fall out with you over this gm
i only stated what i would do in your position
think this whole thing through properly
i was in round table for over twenty years and on top of the tens of thousands i helped raise i personaly paid thousands myself
charity donations are tax deductable and do your business a lot of good image wise
been there worn the t shirt last time i had one they ended bein done by manchester police fraud department :lol:These places should be banned :yikes:
You need to watch out for loads of them unfortunately.
Services wall charts (Police, fire, Ambulance etc).....supposedly
Drug awareness booklets going out to schools.........supposedly
Also watch out for the phone call claiming to be "just going to print, your advert, that you agreed to place". And you cannot remember who or wot they are............thats wot they expect........but claim you definately placed the order :yikes:
I got caught a couple of times when I first started, and unfortunately it has made me suspious of everyone. I registered with TPS, and MOST of the calls stopped.....still get some, but I tell them to bog off
hi DaveMike... Gm isn't saying that the charity isn't worthy, it is the fact that he didn't get what he agreed too...
Please read the OP again
Last October while in the middle of my tiling course I recieved a phone call from a charity "The Forresters Fund For Children" they told me I could advertise in their booklet which was going to be distributed to all residential and business addresses in my area. At the time I was wondering how I was going to reach all my prospective clients and thought this would be ideal as being associated with a reputible charity would make me look like an honest, caring person (which I am by the way).
I was just about to start out and was nieve, all this advertising for £349 bargain.
I agreed and was promptly phoned back to confirm the order, but this time the call was being recorded wheras the sales call had not been. Alarm bells should have started to ring but didn't as I'm a trusting soul (or fool).
A couple of weeks later received a proof through the post showing my advert and looked good and proffessionally done only now correspondance was coming from a company called Vardis. It appears Vardis do all the charities admin, sales etc, still no alarm bells.
I hadn't heard anything for about 6 weeks so I called them to ask when the booklets would be going out, only to be told that they are distributed on an area to area basis over the course of the year and that they go to hospitals, dentists waiting rooms and are sold at charity events and won't be going to everyone in my area at all.
I phoned a couple of the other adverts in the booklet, one lady had gone out of business as she'd paid up front to take advantage of their discount, this had been all the money she had set aside for advertising, another small business I contacted had received the same sales speil as me but thankfully like me hasn't parted with a penny yet.
Next step I contacted the manager at Vardis explaining how I and others had been mis-sold this advertising, after some discussion he reduced my bill to £150 but as I explained to him why should I pay anything for this as it isn't going to reach my target audience, therefore won't give me a return, he just kept telling me that it was for charity and he thinks the reduction is more than genourous.
I don't want to appear heartless and that I'm stiffing a charity but I feel I have to make a stand against their unscrupulis methods so I've contacted Trading Standards. Hope they can sort it out but I fear because the sales call wasn't recorded it's me and the advertiser in my areas word against theirs and they have a recording of us agreeing on the return call.
Anyone else been duped or am I the only idiot on here
Graeme
ETL Pro Tiling
ok DaveMike.. again.. i didn't say it was the charity at fault.. i said he didn't get what he agreed too..
If he wanted to give money to a charity just for the sake of giving it ,then fair enough, but he agreed to a certain booklet advertising and he didn't get what he was told he would... this is nothing to do with giving money to a charity it is miss selling of a product/service..
I fully understand your views but why should anybody agree to something they didn't get..??..and still have to pay for it..
hi Dave
re read the post
definatly says that gm was rang by forresters
but it wouldnt have been forresters that rang it would have been vardis who would have been commissioned to produce this booklet on their behalf to raise funds for their charity
forresters recieve part of the payment recieved for the ad space sold,
by taking this space and refusing to pay you deprive the charity of funds
i think im going to have to agree to disagree on this matter as im seeing it from the charities point of view
ive done a lot of fundraising over the years and have seen the difference first hand it makes to others life
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