March 27, 2009 at 1:07 pm
A letter from the chief executive of Centrepoint asks me for £1,000 – and makes it quite clear how it will be used: “Before we go on, I want to assure you that this isn’t one of those charity appeals where you are shown examples of ‘what your money could do’. Instead, I promise you [...]
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March 24, 2009 at 6:21 pm
We have been told (and some have learned from experience) that ‘if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is’. I am coining a new one: ‘If it sounds too simple to be true, it probably is’.
Christian Blind Mission (United Kingdom) Limited – which simply calls itself cbm – is in the commendable [...]
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March 7, 2009 at 5:30 pm
A life assurance company, with which I have had a life policy for about 35 years, addresses me as “Dear Sir or Madam” when writing to ask for the premium every six months. I feel they should know me well enough by now to be able to specify my gender with some certainty.
I have the [...]
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