Do you think this is wrong?

[Rosieroo]

Recently I was contacted by phone to ask if I would have some raffle tickets to sell for a local lad that has cancer and needs treatment in America. I'd heard of the lad and agreed, the tickets came through we sold them and sent the money back. Then I got another call asking if we'd take some more tickets - I like to do my bit so agreed. I was thinking about the phonecalls that we got and thought how nice that people volunteer to contact people to buy them in their own time.

Well last night I got an evening paper and was flicking through the jobs page when I saw an advert for the people that have been phoning us. They get paid up to £8 an hour and bonuses, it said that there was £300 a week available to earn. Wages in Devon are low and that's a really decent hourly rate for here, I'm quite disgusted that we'd need to sell over 1200 tickets a month just to pay 1 person's wage (I've spoken to 2 different people there, so gawd knows how many people work for them).

Surely there must be someone out there willing to work the phonelines for a charity for a few hours in their own time, i.e. student types. Or even if needs must do it for minimum wage?

 

[Tara & Liam]

it is more than what a nurse earns an hour isnt it. disgusting.

 

[violet-glow]

I am so shocked by that. Arrgghh why do these people play on the emotions and good nature of others just to self gain

Go find the person that rang you a kick them

 

[*saulino*]

Hi

Thats wrong somthing like that should be volunteer work surely they can earn more money for the lad.
Katrina

 

[Rosieroo]

I thought it was wrong TBH I couldn't sit there it the knowledge that the money I was earning was coming out of a fund to save a 4 year olds life

 

[jenna]

how do they make money then? surely if they give so much money to employee's they cant make owt?

 

[Rosieroo]

Apparently they've raised £106k so far, they need £220k which they think they'll have by December

 

[*saulino*]

Hi

Its a shame they owuold have had that by now
Katrina

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

that is extremely out of order and id be very angry the money i was giving was going into someones back pocket

 

[Strangeness]

Sounds like a con to me. I'd be very wary of anyone phoning me up to sell raffle tickets. If you wanted to do something like that I would look for well known charities to you to do fund raising for hun.

 

[jenna]

i would only give to well known ones or family/friends friends... you cant trust any one these days

 

[stephlw25]

im shocked thats awful