Re: OTQ

You can always report them to the state attorney general's office Auralie.
Often they are fundraiser groups w/ an extremely LOOSE affiliation to actual
police.

On 1/15/08, Bonnie Holmes <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
>
> 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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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