Re: OTQ

Most state governments have a source you can check on the net to see how
much of your donation actually goes to the organization and how much goes
to the professional solicitor.  I recently checked on the Tennessee Police
Federation and found that only 17% went to the Police Federation.  


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 1/15/2008 2:23:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OTQ
>
> I kinda like that, Rich. And while I don't have nine kids to amuse 
> [thank goodness], I do know how to say "Can you hang on for a sec?" 
> Seems like every cop in Florida has his own benevolent society, which 
> we seem to have supported last year. Maybe I can just put the phone 
> down on the table and go back to reading my book.
>
>
> On Jan 14, 2008, at 10:08 PM, Richard Apking wrote:
>
> > I live in  a sort of rural area, the town (pop 104) seems to be too
> > small for the dtd types to bother with.  However, the phone solicitors
> > are rampant.  My good friend Jim Kelly has 9 kids, he says it's kinda
> > neat, when the phone folks call, he gives the phone to a 2 year old.
> > Has been doing that quite a while.  Says he isn't bothered very much,
> > and it keeps the kids entertained.  The phone folks, on the other hand
> > don't enjoy it nearly as much, since they can't break the connection
> > until he does.  I think it's great.
> >
> > Donna wrote:
> >> no DTD allowed here. If a new company wants to promote something, they
> >> do it at the town hall (err... bar) everyone gets a notice in the
> >> mailbox with time, date, who they are.... and it is up to you to show 
> >> up
> >> if you want to hear the deal of the week.
> >>
> >>
> >>   Although I will get kids coming to the door selling some kind of 
> >> school thing- candy bars, magazines....
> >>
> >> I do feel sorry for the telemarketers who call my aging mothers house
> >> tho..... they get the speach about getting a real job instead of
> >> bothering old folks like her... LOL~!
> >>
> >>
> >>   Donna
> >>
> >>
> >> Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>   Not too many d-t-d salespeople when it's 20 degrees out here....
> >> Verizon heavily canvassed here last year, trying to convert everyone. 
> >> I
> >> would see them going d-t-d in addition to the constant barrage of 
> >> mail and
> >> tv ads. But they didn't usually get to me because my doorbell doesn't 
> >> work
> >> :+)
> >> One guy finally confronted me in the driveway. We talked at length, 
> >> but
> >> Verizon could in no way match what I get from Comcast. So he gave up. 
> >> Then
> >> around Tgvg they sent a young girl here. Again, Verizon can't match 
> >> what I
> >> get from Comcast. One difference in her spiel was that several times 
> >> she
> >> mentioned that Comcast used copper wire which she said is nowhere 
> >> near as
> >> good as what Verizon has. I explained that Ft Wayne's REA Wire is a 
> >> large
> >> producer of the copper wire and I'd much rather keep a local 
> >> manufacturer in
> >> business. Finally, she told me essentially that Comcast would be 
> >> defunct in
> >> the coming year and then I'd be sorry because it would cost me twice 
> >> as much
> >> to convert. (well, she said it more nicely than that, but that's the 
> >> gist of
> >> it.)
> >>
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >> neIN, Zone 5
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "james singer"
> >> To: "Garden Chat"
> >> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 6:34 PM
> >> Subject: [CHAT] OTQ
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Anybody else noticed this? We've had a big increase in door-to-door
> >>> salesmen--from zero 6 months ago to two-three a day now. We've also 
> >>> had
> >>> four Verizon salesmen in the last 5 day [not counting Sunday, of 
> >>> course]
> >>> peddling their new FiOS [fiber-optic system] internet/cable 
> >>> channel/long
> >>> distance hookup service. Since they tore up most of the front yards 
> >>> around
> >>> here when they installed the fiber-optic cable, you'd think they 
> >>> would be
> >>> smart enough to let the neighborhood ire quell before bragging about 
> >>> what
> >>> they did. But since their cable competitor here is Comcast, it's 
> >>> become a
> >>> tussle between dumb and dumber.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Island Jim
> >>> Southwest Florida
> >>> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> >>> Hardiness Zone 10
> >>> Heat Zone 10
> >>> Sunset Zone 25
> >>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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