December 7, 2025
I gave a goodish amount of money to a non-profit in September. Shortly after that they had a membership drive and asked me for money. People who donated during the drive would get little knickknacks worth almost nothing, but people who had donated prior to that didn’t.
I got 2 more letters after the membership drive letter. One began, “A few weeks ago I sent a letter asking you to donate, but I haven’t heard from you. …”
I wrote on the letter, mimicking their format,
“In September I sent you $XXX. Then you had a membership drive, but apparently my contribution wasn’t at the right time, so no mug or knickknack followed. Now you’re asking for more.
Stop.”
It killed me to waste the money on the stamp, but I did it. Striking a blow for freedom from solicitations.
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