Charity instead of card

**CompareStore** · 19-12-06

Just got an email from CJ saying that they are donating the amount they would normally spend on Christmas cards to a charity instead. Good on 'em!

Whilst it is nice to receive cards I would much rather this kind of thing happened especially from business partners.

Please don't stop sending the gifts though

**renegade** · 19-12-06

I agree BUT pretty much every charity now sells Christmas cards so it's a bit of a cop-out.

**drivetowin** · 19-12-06

Who'd have thought that - CJ giving money to DGM

**hpops** · 19-12-06

I agree with Keith - we just did this for our clients in our other business and it gave us a warm fuzzy glow

**Frostie** · 19-12-06

Originally Posted by drivetowin

Who'd have thought that - CJ giving money to DGM

LMAO - that has gotta go down as post of the year in my opinion!

A lass in our place bought 16 ducks for bangladesh instead of cards. We all explained that they would be sent back over here and probably end up in next weeks curry

It was from Present Aid which I think has just joined a network.

**km8** · 19-12-06

Originally Posted by CompareStore

Just got an email from CJ saying that they are donating the amount they would normally spend on Christmas cards to a charity instead. Good on 'em!

Whilst it is nice to receive cards I would much rather this kind of thing happened especially from business partners.

Please don't stop sending the gifts though

I agree.

When I get a Christmas card from someone I don't know personally, I think "Hmm, I'm on a mailing list". For example, I got 2 cards today from my elected representative, each with slightly different versions of my name.

Churlish, I know but I would much prefer they sent me a free-to-send email saying "Instead of spending £1 sending you something you don't want and will have to pay to recycle, we sent £0.50 to <insert charity here>. Click here to see the receipt".

Curmudgeon that I am, I think those emails really mean "we sent a donation of total £100 to <insert charity here> rather than send you and the 10,000 others on our also-ran list a card".

No offense to any companies who do indeed play it fair with charities. But if you do something like the above (and if you do, you and nobody else knows the cap fits) shame on you.

**Fraser** · 20-12-06

I think this has to be one of the best ways of handling the issue...

http://youngisaac.typepad.com/artie/...eck_is_in.html

**Pandini** · 20-12-06

Originally Posted by renegade

I agree BUT pretty much every charity now sells Christmas cards so it's a bit of a cop-out.

No it's not. The proportion of the cost of a charity Christmas card that actually goes to the charity is pitifully small - usually less than 5%.

Giving money direct to a charity not only makes a whole lot more sense, it saves the energy and resources that are used in the manufacture of cards too.

Merry Christmas!