Wednesday, February 21, 2007

The Charity Business


I may seem like I am always down on charities, but I'm not. Well, I'm OK with charity, but not so much the business most major 'charities' brands' have become.

My unease is typified by this poster in our local street. And it's worth noting there are about a dozen such shops competing with rate-paying commercial sales outlets.

WE DON'T ACCEPT OLD BOOKS.

That was what I liked about such shops. Old stuff reused and the money going where most needed. Now they are flogging new stuff (see the poster behind?) to send what % after deductions for admin and marketing?

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